I got the mt-static stuff to work finally. The stuff that you put into mt-static needs to be a web accessible path. I had
WRONG! DON’T DO THIS StaticWebPath /home/billy/public_html/mt-static
When it should have been
StaticWebPath http://www.billybryant.net/mt-static
Now, all of the icons and everything work. It looks pretty nice. The interface is much better withall of the buttons. All of the buttons work now also.