ofpeb, to get rid of the “Site” and “Comments” bar, you can do one of two things: edit style.css and add to the bottom:
#rsslinks
{
display: none !important;
}
That’s the quick and dirty way. Or you can remove the below section from header.php:
<div id='rsslinks'>
<div class='capsule'>
<a href='<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>'>
<img border='0' align='top' alt='Comments RSS'
src='<?php print bloginfo('template_directory') . "/images/rss-icon.gif"; ?>' />
<span title='Subscribe to the RSS feed for the comments on this site'>Comments</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class='capsule'>
<a href='<?php bloginfo("rss2_url"); ?>'>
<img border='0' align='top' alt='Site RSS'
src='<?php print bloginfo('template_directory') . "/images/rss-icon.gif"; ?>' />
<span title='Subscribe to the RSS feed for the posts on this site'>Site</span>
</a>
</div>
<?php if( $options['showloginout'] == 1 ) { ?>
<div class='capsule'>
<?php wp_loginout(); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
Regarding moving the adsense banner up, I do not see one in your page now — perhaps too late, but if you still need help, you can contact me at the email address in my first comment above.
Finally, regarding the “disgusting” comment from “tomontoast”, I guess he is referring to my HTML/CSS changes to the default theme, or to the default theme markup itself. Trenchant criticism, for sure.