The problem with the flash player refreshing on different page loads is due to the architechture of the page. With frames, clicking on the link just reloads the content in the main content frame. This means that the flash player isn't refreshed at the same time. With my CSS based attempt, the entire page is reloaded when you click on a link, which as you've noticed means the music player will restart. I'm not sure how to fix this myself, without reintroducing frames again.
http://www.mattheerema.com/archive/exactly...-are-frames-bad
You could try playing around with some AJAX though, which would allow you to reload the bits of the page you need without messing with the flash music player. But thats something i'm not fully up to speed with.
Personally I'm not a fan of music on web pages though, usually because when I'm on the web I'm usually listening to music already. Tori Amos should never be mixed into metal!
With the PSD file, it should be 8 layers there, but i'm not sure how many CS2 only features there are in the file. Have you tried loading the CS2 demo and having a play with that? I tried opening yours up but all it brings down is a corrupt 1.3kb file.
Glad you like it though, i'm mainly a fan of CSS because its just so lightweight and simple. As well as the csscreator link, have a look at http://www.cssbasics.com/, this was probally the fastest way of learning i've found.
http://hak5.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=483...ight=web+design for a few more links you might like.
Also get the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox, very useful: http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/