www.aboutclout.com next to my logo on the left u can see next to it there is a vanailla coloured strip that i cant set to white, the vanilla colour doesnt show when i look on my background colour in page properites (im using dreamweaver) anyone got any clues?

line 42 of your page's source code:

<td colspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><img src="AC logo copy.jpg" width="278" height="278" /></td>

notice the bgcolor="#ffffcc" ...change it to bgcolor="#ffffff"

i dont know wat id do without this forum!! thank u

With just a little bit of work, you could get it to validate as strict.