Template Troubles

I still haven't finished bringing this weblog to the state that I would like. In his individuality the writer of Scribe, the brand new template that I'm using, didn't make it easy for rank amateurs like me to tweak things. He included no section for links in the sidebar, and, worse, some things like the fancy sidebar titles seem to consist of gif graphics files that are called up each time from a website called "blogblog/scribe" that I can't reach. And what if that site ever goes down? Or am I misapprehending things?

Also I'm wondering if Haloscan is usable with Scribe. I can't find the sections in the Scribe template where Haloscan says its codes must be inserted. In its redesign Blogger is now using its own comments system, but I think Haloscan's is still better. For one thing, unlike Haloscan, the Blogger comments are not retroactive and instead are only available for the posts made after Blogger installed its upgrade, yesterday.

Also I keep putting off getting a counter. But I am not really afraid to! Ha-ha.