Basic C# / CSS help

[Guest2]

I posted something similar in servers but realised its probably in the wrong part of the forum. I have a new sharepoint site that I want to modify. How do I go about editing basic parts such as those highlighted in the screenshot below. I am using a free editor - Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer, this is the default.master page that lets you see code for the menus...

This is the code for the documents, lists, discussions part.

<Sharepoint :SPNavigationManager
id="QuickLaunchNavigationManager"
runat="server"
QuickLaunchControlId="QuickLaunchMenu"
ContainedControl="QuickLaunch"
EnableViewState="false">
<div>
<SharePoint: DelegateControl runat="server"
ControlId="QuickLaunchDataSource">
<Template_Controls>
<asp:SiteMapDataSource
SiteMapProvider="SPNavigationProvider"
ShowStartingNode="False"
id="QuickLaunchSiteMap"
StartingNodeUrl="sid:1025"
runat="server"
/>
</Template_Controls>
</SharePoint: DelegateControl>
<SharePoint:AspMenu
id="QuickLaunchMenu"
DataSourceId="QuickLaunchSiteMap"
runat="server"
Orientation="Vertical"
StaticDisplayLevels="2"
ItemWrap="true"
MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0"
StaticSubMenuIndent="0"
SkipLinkText=""
>
<LevelMenuItemStyles>
<asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="ms-navheader"/>
<asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="ms-navitem"/>
</LevelMenuItemStyles>
<LevelSubMenuStyles>
<asp:SubMenuStyle CssClass="ms-navSubMenu1"/>
<asp:SubMenuStyle CssClass="ms-navSubMenu2"/>
</LevelSubMenuStyles>
<LevelSelectedStyles>
<asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="ms-selectednavheader"/>
<asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="ms-selectednav"/>
</LevelSelectedStyles>
</SharePoint:AspMenu>
</div>
</Sharepoint: SPNavigationManager>

 

[Guest2]

My god, theres about a million CSS styles (bottom right in screenshot)

Is there an easier way of creating an intranet for our company where people will be able to run a customized file upload facility? - That will move certain files into certain areas based on question/answers.

I thought sharepoint was the answer to this but even building a basic "hello" webpart looks stupidly hard, then theres actually sorting out the looks of the site