Issue the first: For the padding...

In the CSS, find:

#canvas #content #primary .entry .tag, #canvas #content #primary .footer .multiform-checkbox {
width: 80%;
clear: both;
float: left;
}

#canvas #content #primary .footer .multiform-checkbox {
margin-top: 8px;
}

Below it, add:

#canvas #content #primary .entry .tag {
margin-bottom: 8px;
}

(Adjusting the 8px as needed.)

For the positioning of the ENTRY POSTER...

In the theme layer, find:

$e->print_poster();
$e->print_userpic();

and reverse the order. Save & compile.

In the CSS, find:

#canvas #content #primary .entry .entry-poster, #canvas #content #comments .comment .comment-poster {
display: block;
font-size: .85em;
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
clear: both;
}

and remove clear: both;. This should do what you want it to; let me know if it doesn't.


If you also want the TAGS to be to the right of the userpic, the steps are similar.

In the theme layer, find:

$e->print_tags();
$e->print_userpic();
$e->print_poster();


and put tags either before or after poster. Save & compile.

In the CSS, find:

#canvas #content #primary .entry .tag, #canvas #content #primary .footer .multiform-checkbox {
width: 80%;
clear: both;
float: left;
}

And remove clear: both.


IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU WANT THE ENTRY_POSTER TO COME FIRST, LEAVE clear: both ON THE TAGS. IF YOU WANT TAGS TO COME FIRST, LEAVE clear: both ON THE ENTRY_POSTER.


Issue the second: I wish you the best of luck! My CSS should be a little easier to read, but our organization structure doesn't match up. I spread out the lists / definition lists / tables, doing it a little differently in each section but leaving things within entries mostly alone so that users can make their own tables / lists without interference from my theme.


Issue the third: If I could be sure, I would have had you just fix that. But I know you didn't have my tweak to make the tags inline, so I assume we missed each other somehow when I was updating the text on my journal.