Spacing, sizing, and border question

[AuC]

Ok, I am using (or working on getting ready) the 1.3.8a version of ZenCart after switching hosting providers. I have nearly all my configuration and display issues figured out and worked out to look as close as possible to the old version my company was accustomed to.

The first item I am looking to re-size to match is the very top bar that goes across the size of the page, with the Home & Log In options in the upper right (#1 on my images) I want to size down the larger one to match the smaller one from the old cart and can't find where to edit to size that down. The old site also had a | between home and Log in I liked (and | home | in the footer bar that is similar to the top). Also wondering where to edit the size of the similar bar that is on the bottom of the page.

The space above the categories box on the left, I am trying to figure out how to bump the box closer to the border under the company logo, #2 in the images, the space is much larger than desired in the new cart vs. the older one.

Number 3, with the old cart version I had the products displayed in 3 items per row like in the new cart (that stopped working with the host change on the old software, so the screen shot shows them in one column only) and they were in a bordered box with the golden gradient top bar background (I can live with out the gradient top in the new version) and I would like put them in a bordered box and maybe bump them down slightly. These are illustrated in #3 in my screen shots.

Lastly, the border space between the information box in #4 is larger in the old cart (desired look) vs. no border at all in the new cart. Is this a configuration issue or will the space show up when there are more categories added instead of the two in my new cart at the moment?

These are the last configurations I am trying to fix before importing all my products in and switching my live link to the new system.

Links if needed:

New Cart: http://aucornerstone.com/zen-cart-v1...ain_page=index
Old Cart: http://aucornerstone.com/zen-cart-v1...ain_page=index

Thanks in advance.

-Jesse