i'm attempting to edit my template. i have the basics down but i can't get rid of this huge annoying space.
http://www.naanishoppe.com
the following is fine minus some additional customization...
{* $Id: head.tpl,v 1.58 2006/03/17 08:50:44 svowl Exp $ *}
<table style="WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse HEIGHT: 400px">
<tbody>{if $main ne "fast_lane_checkout"}
<tr><td class="HeadLine" height="22" colspan="3"><div>
{if $usertype eq "C"}
{ include
file="customer/search.tpl" }
{/if}</div>
<table style="WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">
<tbody><tr><td style="BACKGROUND: url(../images/backgroundimage1.jpg) left top"><DIV><img alt=""
src="{$ImagesDir}/naanilogo1.gif" border="0" /><img alt="" src="{$ImagesDir}/naanilogo2.gif" border="0" /><img alt=""
src="{$ImagesDir}/naanilogo3.gif" border="0" /></DIV>
<table style="WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">
<tbody><tr><td><img alt="" src="{$ImagesDir}/save5percent.gif" border="0" /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<td style="WIDTH: 250px">
<div><img alt="" src="{$ImagesDir}/xlogo2.gif" width="250px" border="0" /></div>
<div><img alt="" src="{$ImagesDir}/xlogo1.gif" width="250px" border="0" /></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
-----This is where it starts getting ugly. None of this data appears on the homepage so I'm not sure what parts of it are mandatory or are creating the excessive white space
<td class="HeadLine" align="right">
{if ($usertype eq "C" || $usertype eq "B") && $all_languages_cnt gt 1}
<form action="home.php"
method="get" name="sl_form">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="{$smarty.server.PHP_SELF}?
{$smarty.server.QUERY_STRING|amp}" />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 5px;"><b>
{$lng.lbl_select_language}:</b></td>
<td><select name="sl" onchange="javascript
: this.form.submit();">
{section name=ai
loop=$all_languages}
<option value="{$all_languages[ai].code}"{if $store_language eq $all_languages[ai].code} selected="selected"{/if}
>{$all_languages[ai].language}</option>
{/section}
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
{else}
{/if}
</td>
</tr>
{else}
{* Fast Lane Checkout page *}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="HeadLine">
<form action="{$xcart_web_dir}/include/login.php" method="post" name="toploginform">
<input type="hidden" name="mode"
value="logout" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="{$redirect}" />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="FLCAuthPreBox">
{if $active_modules.SnS_connector and $sns_collector_path_url ne '' &&
$config.SnS_connector.sns_display_button eq 'Y'}
<img src="{$ImagesDir}/rarrow.gif" alt="" valign="middle" /><b>{include
file="modules/SnS_connector/button.tpl" text_link="Y"}</b>
{else}
<img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" class="Spc" alt="" />
{/if}
</td>
{if $login ne ""}
<td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"><b>{$userinfo.firstname} {$userinfo.lastname}</b> {$lng.txt_logged_in}</td>
<td class="FLCAuthBox">
{if $js_enabled}
{include file="buttons/button.tpl" button_title=$lng.lbl_logoff href="javascript
:
document.toploginform.submit();" js_to_href="Y"}
{else}
{include file="buttons/logout_menu.tpl"}
{/if}
</td>
{/if}
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
{/if}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="HeadThinLine"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" class="Spc" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
{********
Remove this line to display how much products there are online ****
<tr>
{insert name="productsonline" assign="_productsonline"}
<td colspan="2" class="NumberOfArticles" align="right">
{if $config.Appearance.show_in_stock eq "Y"}
{insert name="itemsonline"
assign="_itemsonline"}
{$lng.lbl_products_and_items_online|substitute:"X" :$_productsonline:"Y":$_itemsonline}
{else}
{$lng.lbl_products_online|substitute:"X":$_product sonline}
{/if}
</td>
</tr>
**** Remove this line to display how much products
there are online ********}
{if $main ne "fast_lane_checkout"}
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="middle" height="32">
<table
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="HeadTopPad"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" alt=""
/></td>
{if (($main eq 'catalog' && $cat ne '') || $main eq 'product' || ($main eq 'comparison' && $mode eq 'compare_table') || ($main eq
'choosing' && $smarty.get.mode eq 'choose')) && $config.Appearance.enabled_printable_version eq 'Y'}
<td class="PrintableRow"
align="right">{include file="printable.tpl"}</td>
{/if}
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
{else}
{* Fast Lane Checkout page *}
<tr>
<td
colspan="2" class="FLCTopPad"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
{/if}</tr></td></tbody>
</table>