fear not,
i am rebuilding all the site pages to look like this one,
http://www.totalwar.org/links/RTW_section.shtml

but it is a slow process,
I have made a new template for the site which requires me to edit every single page,
the old template was ok, but i found it unweildy, the background is forced onto every page (causing the difficulties you have mentioned) and i wanted to make it easier for authors to follow and understand.

Most sections were written by different authors and they have not followed the old template to the letter - so i have to fix all that too...

While rebuilding the pages i am trying to find/follow every internal link because i know we lost some content when the server crashed and for some inexplicable reason the missing pages are not in my download backups of the site, (it now takes Five 700MB CD's to backup the Org).
the missing stuff is mostly ancient - like all the cheat codes for Shogun so i have to either remake a new page or remove all the links to lost pages.

Plus the site is scattered amongst itself, so all content is also getting re-organised into easier to find/follow locations.

(hoping to have some free time in a couple of days)

Already I have had to remake 4 of the uploaders because they were "uniques" and could not be placed inside tables.

Once all that is done I have some new content for the site to add in.

:-)
Cheers,
B.