This is a progress report on finding a solution : If all CSS pertaining to the NAV position in the Template's style sheet are commented out, then it works.
This is a dirty solution and I would like to find the root of the problem. I think it has to do, at least in part with the WIDTH parameter. I am progressing with learning CSS, understanding JQuery and overall trying to figure out how all those files interact to give out the web page I want. I still find it hard to follow CSS priorities across the different stylesheet and identifying the proper Class to modify. This is where I was hoping to get help. Keep you all posted.