i've created an archives page and all is good except that when i click on the archives by month link on the archives page, the resulting page is all screwed up. See attachment of screenshot and then compare it to this URL which is the correct styling: http://wordthirst.com
when i disable archive by date in ATO Archives it works fine. very strange.

it's because of the css you added to CSS Inserts

/*BELOW IS CODE FOR THE POST TITLE IMAGE*/
.date {
       background: url('http://wordthirst.com/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/post-title-date-img1.gif') repeat-x  scroll top left;
        display: inline;
        float: left;
        width:55px;
	text-align:center;
	color:#002157;
	font-family: georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size:12px;
        margin: 0px 10px -10px 0px;
}

this is very global and since the <body...> html statement gets a class of 'date' assigned to it, this CSS applies so you see a new page background.

OK, thanks for the insight. I'll have to think this one over...
cheers