ARGH! 3 wee issues

Hey Everyone –

Slowly making my way through the gauntlet that is WordPress….kicking myself for shortcutting all these years.

I have three little formatting issues I am having a problem resolving and can’t seem to find any resolution via searches. Any help would be appreciated.

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1) An easy one: where do I place the code for including a comment bullet image (the little dialogue box) before the comments link?

2) My sidebar seems to shove things too far to the right. I have fidgeted with the padding and margins, but it still seems to not center properly.

3) My footer….well I got it to sit at the bottom, but now it is running into some invisible wall instead of spanning the page.

Help?

Fadi