Is there any way to lock the pane size on the actual site. vs. taking the whole skin back into editing sorftware. I want to lock the left pane to a specific size, but cant seem to repack the skin correctly after i ve done this to get it back to the site.

It's easier to edit the files on the server. I use Expression Web, but one can presumably use any other web editor as well. You can also use ftp. Smartftp is a good one and will handle down and uploading automatically while you make edits. Anotehr option that I'm really enjoying is a new module called SLS Filemanager. There's a post about it in the annoucements forum yesterday and I promptly gave it my approval there as well. It lets you edit any file on the server in place, no downloading or anything. If you know what you're doing then it's a lot of fun to use.

You should of course learn how to package a skin as well. Have a look at some of the freebie skins and see how they're packed up. You have no paths in any of the zips, unless you've spcifically created sub folders for images. Just files in each. the skin files in a skins.zip and the container files in a containers.zip and then put both of those in a new zip and give it the name of the skin. Then upload it.

Rob