What we have done.
Set the width of the "body"
We have filled in the space below the side bar with a black back ground by adjusting the background color of # content wrap
Copied and paste code from else where, to give the Nav top bar the look I want
What we are going to do
Concentrate on the text color and hover colors for the side and top nav bars
The additions to the css, for this i shall put at the top of the css code. anything below /*########page layout######*/ will remain unchanged.
we can adjust the text style for each section of the site layout separately.
first we are going to change the side bar text style (/*####side bar changes#### */)
and then the top bar (/*#####navtop back elements#####*/)
don't ask me what all the bits do, but most is self explanatory.
Have a play,