Wow, so rusty. I think part of it is I have never really done a website on a Mac. I always did websites on Windows and most of the time just used Notepad. The other part is that I haven't made a website in probably 7 years at least.

All I'm trying to remember is how to make a menu on the left that's vertically centered in the browser window and when a link on that left side is pressed it will change on the right.

I know it has to be done with layers (div) but thats about as much as I remember.

Eventually I'll need a photo gallery and also looking for any ideas on how to approach that if there's any nice easy to use alternatives to Lightbox since it seems everyone and their grandmother is using lightbox these days.

Made some progress using way back machine to find my old sites and am sorta working from there.

Still looking for ideas on alternatives to lightbox though if anyones got a good suggestion.

There's lots of jQuery powered galleries out there that seem easy incorporate.

Here's a lead :http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/fresh-jquery-image-gallery-display-solutions/