Hello, I just started Xanga out of the blue, and I have some very amateur-esque questions. Please bear with me :)

I followed the instructions for 'need direction,' but I'm still having some problems getting it just~ right.
For instance, I can't seem to hide my music player - it pops out as a white module box. Is there anyway I can hide this? And also, it doesn't seem to play by itself - the visitor needs to turn it on every time he/she enters my site. Would really appreciate if someone could help me fix these minor issues. Thank you~!