Deprecated - Usability feedback

hello

i am not sure, if this topic belongs to this discussion, but i hope it belongs ;) anyway... sometimes, when i am looking for some modul and don't know to choose between two or three, it will be very nice, if there will be option to rate the modules published on the www.drupal.org site. sometimes users (and also me) are choosing software, plugins and also drupal modules based on the users rating.

I've been trying to understand the variables used in drupal, since api.drupal.org does not let you search on variables. Is everything in database.4.x.mysql (the install file) a global variable?

I've set up a bunch of different sandboxes to test modules. (By a sand box, I just mean a test site. I don't know if I'm using the word sandbox correctly.)

I've started setting up a test site for each complex module I'm testing, so that I know any problems is not due to interaction.

I know have 5:
--one to test cck
--one to test the lm_paypal suite
--one to test cck plus lm_paypal suite
--one to test everything else together
--(one to be the live site but is not live yet)

How Could I do this... if you go to nerdamerica.com there is a gray box where the logo should be... I tried to add one via php and also inserting html code into the title setting... neither worked. any ideas? maybe would have to do my own theme?
thanks

Why the sidebars go down the innerContent? (See an example)
How to prevent this happen?

Hello,
umm I am trying to convert a normal layout to a drupal theme
I simply opened the page.tpl.php and inserted the snippets in my code
there are some codes about tabs, messeges, mission and so on
are they essential...related to the admin pages or what...cuz i don't need to use them.
additionally i don't want to use the slogan/logo system...i have the header with the fixed logo and slogan, yet...when i used the theme...these images never worked, please check my -primary- code:
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" xml:lang="<?php print $language ?>" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

print $head_title