according to http://www.webhostingtalk.com they seem decent enough, although it seems they oversell on their VPS', though that's not entirely out of the ordinary

dont' know if this helps but here's a partial screen shot of what I get when I click the 'create new style' tab.

This just emailed from my hosting provider:

I'm not finding anything on the server that would cause those errors. If you could, contact the developer for any suggestions as to how to resolve that issue. If we can help with any of their suggestions, please let us know

Ok, seeing the error now, it's not trying to write at that point. It's just trying to read the directory. From that, it looks like images/markup_panel isn't even readable. Can you check the permissions on this directory?

Rick I just checked it and everything was checked as readable. I unchecked and rechecked but still nothing. I think I'll move everything to ValueWeb hosting. Thanks.