Try a darker brown and not totally black ;)

Thank you so much - this is exactly what I needed!
I'm all set now - no more stupid questions.

I tried the Firebug thing, I've never used it before - so thank you for turning me on to that too.

Hey, im having a little trouble with this theme ,
everything looks great, but the theme only works properly on the home page and the announcements ?
anyway i can fix this , ive included what it looks like in my forums.

thanks :D