I'm not much of a CSS expert - I know enough to wander through, make minor changes, etc.
I've mostly, successfully incorporated MT into my old site design. It's a bit of a kludge, but darned if it don't work;
My Webpage
My troubles are with the archives templates - click on an individual permalink or monthly archive and it mostly works, but inspite of replicating the same changes I made in the main template, I can't get the text to wrap within a 300 wide table, like the main page.
I suspect what I was able to accomplish through brute forcing MT into my old HTML design is getting trumped by the stylesheets (notice the brief moment where the page lays out fine, then gets redrawn...), but I'm not sure where to look.
I guess I'm not so much looking for answers as a point in the right direction and vague words of encouragement. Though answers are always welcome...
[EDIT] Oh, and while I was able to remove the sidebar and move the monthly archives list to the bottom, I'd rather build a seperate archives page - I'm guessing I can do this by making my own template. If someone could point me at any appropriate material, I'd appreciate it.