Can anyone give me some help editing the Abe html?
I use CSS only. 

Try this: Use default Abe html layout and use the following modified abe.css. The only changes needed are logo margins and color/font palette. Name your logo the same as abe's (logo32.png - makes things easier)

Click here for the modified abe.css

I modified the previous abe.py but found with the current version I'm using (0.8pre) that css is much easier. Most objects on the page can be manipulated.