New, and loving rainmeter

[fRUitY]

Hi all,
First post here, and I'm completely new to rainmeter having randomly found it yesterday. I actually got it by coming across this guy on dA so blame him if I'm jumping in at the deep end.

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http://skinnerz.deviantart.com/gallery/25656988#/d36ay1v

I've taken a slight variation from the above, and I'm using rocketdock instead of objectdock (i like the minimize to dock feature, don't think it's on objectdock). However, I'd like some help with a few different things.
Firstly, I understand from the FAQ that rainmeter won't replace the taskbar, but how much can I reduce my need of it by? I'd love to move the start button to rocketdock, or is this a feature of objectdock only? I understand you can use openstartmenu.exe, but it still opens the menu in it's original location (so the windows button on the keyboard is easier). Am I just quicker to go to objectdock and give up, or can you place a start menu on the sidebar etc?

Secondly, in the above theme the sidebar has white text. It's fine, but I think it's slightly too dim to read. I've tried the transparency, but that just fades the background colour of the sidebar. How would I go about making the colour brighter?
Lastly, any other advice on what I should add or remove? Screenie below:

[Alex2539]

Your questions about Objectdock and Rocketdock should probably be asked at their respective forums. Rainmeter has no affiliation with them.

As for the colour of the text, right-click the tray icon and choose Configs/Enigma/Resources/Configuration.ini and use the configuration tool to change the values of Color1, Color2 and Color3.