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.item {
color: #000000;
font-size: 11px;
background-color: #C0C6CB;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
padding: 1px;
}

this is possibly the reason..
background-color: #C0C6CB;

This is what shows up
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http://unsinner.com/xoops.css

/* $Id: xoops.css 2252 2008-10-06 09:19:23Z phppp $ */
table {
width: 100%;
}

img {
border: 0;
}

img.center {
text-align: center;
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
margin-top: 6px;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}

img.left {
text-align: left;
float: left;
margin: 2px 6px 2px 0;
clear: left;
}

img.right {
float: right;
text-align: right;
margin: 2px 0 2px 6px;
clear: right;
}

acronym, abbr, dfn {
cursor: help;
}

#xoopsHiddenText {
visibility: hidden;
color: #000000;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;
}

.pagneutral {
font-size: 10px;
width: 16px;
height: 19px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(./images/pagneutral.gif);
}

.pagact {
font-size: 10px;
width: 16px;
height: 19px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(./images/pagact.gif);
}

.paginact {
font-size: 10px;
width: 16px;
height: 19px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(./images/paginact.gif);
}



/* For required elements in XOOPS form, can be overwritten in theme styles */
.xoops-form-element-caption .caption-marker {
display: none;
}

.xoops-form-element-caption-required .caption-marker {
background-color: inherit;
padding-left: 2px;
color: #ff0000;
}

.xoops-form-element-help {
font-size: .9em;
padding-top: 5px;
font-weight: normal;
}

/* FabClearing by Fcaldera www.html.it*/
#centercolumn .blockContent:after, .xo-blockcontent:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0px;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}

#centercolumn .blockContent, .xo-blockcontent {
display: inline-block;
} /* for IE/Mac */

#centercolumn .blockContent, .xo-blockcontent {
clear: both; /* for Gecko */
height: 1%; /* for IE */
}

http://unsinner.com/themes/black/styleNN.css

html {
scrollbar-face-color: #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #CCCCCC;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #666688;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #CCCCCC;
scrollbar-track-color: #000000;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000;
}

body {font-family: Verdana; color: #FFFFFF; background: transparent; background-image: url(images/pc_bg.gif); margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 10px;}
hr {color:#669999; height:1px;}

a {color: #D9D9D9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;}
a:hover {color: #FFFFFF;}


h1 {}
h2 {}
h3 {}
h4 {}
h5 {}


ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style: square inside;
text-align: left;
color: #333333;
line-height: 18px;
}
li {font-family: Verdana;
list-style: square url(images/list.gif) inside;
color: #669999;
}
li a{font-family: Verdana;
list-style: square url(images/list.gif) inside;
font-size: 9px;
}


textarea, select, input {

font-family: Verdana;
background-color: #394B5C;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 9px;
border-top: 1px #000000 solid;
border-right: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px #9e9e9e solid;
margin-top: 1px;
}



table {
width: 100%;

}
TR, TD {
font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial;
font-size: 9px;
color: #DFE5EA;
padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;
}

.head_top {
width: 780px;
text-align: right;
vertical-align:middle;
background-color: #83818F;
background-image: url(images/headbg2.gif);
height: 15px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #333333;

vertical-align:top;
}

.head_top a { color: #FFFFFF;}
.head_top a:hover { color: #000000;}

.head_buttons{
background-color: #CCCCCC;
width: 780px;
height: 14px;
vertical-align:top;
text-align: center;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
}
.buttons_menu {
text-align: left; background-color: #000000;background-image: url(images/headbg.gif); height: 14px; vertical-align:top;
}
.buttons_menu a {color: #B0B0B0;font-size: 10px;}
.buttons_menu a:hover {color: #FFCC66;font-size: 10px;}

td#buttons_boven {
height: 30 px;
width: 80px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(images/buttons_boven.gif);
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #666666;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;}

td#buttons_boven a {
font-weight: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-top: 4px;
display: block;
height: 16px;
width: 80px;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(images/buttons_boven.gif);}

td#buttons_boven a:hover{
color:#252048;
background-image: url(images/buttons_boven_over.gif);}

.head_table{
vertical-align:middle;
background-color: #394B5C;
width: 780px;
height: 94px;
text-align: center;

border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;

}
.body_table{
background-color: #000000;
width: 780px;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;

}

}
.head_menu {
background-color: #222222; height: 17px; vertical-align: middle;
}



td#leftcolumn {width: 125px; font-size:9px; background-color: #000000;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #666666;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
}
td#leftcolumn th { background-color:transparent;
vertical-align: middle;
color: #E5E5E5;
}
td#leftcolumn div.blockTitle {

width: 125px;
height: 22px;
color: #111807;
text-align:center;
padding-top: 8px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 9px;
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url(images/all_ln_los.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
filter:Glow(Color=#000000, strength=4);
}
td#leftcolumn div.blockContent {
background: transparent;
}


td#centercolumn {
font-size: 9px;
line-height: 17px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px;
}
td#centercolumn a {color: #669999; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;}
td#centercolumn a:hover {color: #FFFFFF;}

td#centercolumn th {
background-color:transparent;
vertical-align: middle;
padding: 5px;
color: #E5E5E5;
background-image: url(images/sub_title.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
td#centerCcolumn {padding: 0px 3px 1px 3px;}
td#centerCcolumn div.blockTitle {

color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
font-size: 9px;
padding: 0px 3px;
background-color: transparent;
height: 17px;
}
td#centerCcolumn div.blockContent {
padding: 4px;
line-height: 120%;
}

td#centerLcolumn {width: 50%; padding: 0px 3px 0px 5px;}
td#centerLcolumn div.blockTitle {
padding:0px 3px;
color: #000000;
height:17 px;
text-align: left;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 9px;
background-image: url(images/itemtitle.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
background-color: transparent;
}
td#centerLcolumn div.blockContent { padding: 4px;
line-height: 120%;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
background: #222222;}


td#centerRcolumn {width: 50%; padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;}
td#centerRcolumn div.blockTitle { padding:6px 2px 2px;
padding:0px 3px;
color: #000000;
height:17 px;
text-align: left;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 9px;
background-image: url(images/itemtitle.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
background-color: transparent;}

td#centerRcolumn div.blockContent { padding: 4px;
line-height: 120%;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
background: #222222;}


div#content {text-align: left; padding: 8px 3px 8px 3px; }


td#rightcolumn {
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #666666;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
width:170px; font-size:9px; text-align:center;
}
td#rightcolumn th { background-color:transparent;
vertical-align: middle;
padding: 0px;
color: #E5E5E5;
background-repeat: repeat-x;}
td#rightcolumn div.blockTitle {
text-align:center;
width: 170px;
height:22px;
padding-top: 8px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 9px;
background-image: url(images/bar_all.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;

border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;



}
td#rightcolumn div.blockContent {
line-height: 17px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
background: #000000;
}

td#footerbar { color: #E5E5E5; height: 30px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9px; }


td#mainmenu a { color:#ffffff;}
td#mainmenu a:hover { background-color: #C0C6CB; color : #000000;}
td#mainmenu a.menuTop {
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 4px;
height: 13px;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;}

td#mainmenu a.menuMain {
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 4px;
height: 13px;
border-top: 1px solid #666666;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;}

td#mainmenu a.menuSub {
padding-left: 20px;
padding-top: 4px;
height: 13px;
color:#669999;
border-top: 1px solid #666666;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;;
}

td#usermenu a {color:#D9D9D9;
height: 17px;
padding: 0px 2px 2px 9px;
background-image: url(images/all_ln_sep.gif) ;
background-repeat: repeat-x;}
}


td#usermenu a:hover {color : #FFFFFF;}
td#usermenu a.menuTop {}
td#usermenu a.highlight {}

.reviews {
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url(images/rev_bg.jpg) ;
color: #3D3762;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
font-size: 11px;
}

.reviews a {color:#5F9F2B;}
.reviews a:hover {color:#C0D417;}

.outer { background-color: #222222;
background-image: url(images/outer.gif) ;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #000000;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; ;}
.head {
background-color: #333333;
height:17px ;
color: #E5E5E5;
}
.even {background-color:#393939; padding: 5px;}
.odd {background-color: #525252; padding: 5px;}
.foot {background-color: #222222; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #E5E5E5 ; text-align: center; }
tr.even td {background-color: #393939; padding: 5px;}
tr.odd td {background-color: #525252; padding: 5px;}


div.errorMsg { background-color: #000000; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-left: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; padding: 9px; color: White; }
div.confirmMsg { background-color: #525252; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-weight: bold; padding: 9px;}
div.resultMsg { background-color : #000000; color: #D1DBEC; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-left: 1px solid #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; border-right: 1px solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #FFFFFF; padding: 9px;}


div.xoopsCode {
background-color: #E9E9E9;
border: 1px solid #000000;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 6px;
color: #222222;
margin: 20px;
}
div.xoopsQuote {
background: #222222;
border: 1px solid #000000;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 6px;
color: #FF6600;
}


.item {
color: #000000;
font-size: 11px;
background-color: #C0C6CB;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
padding: 1px;
}

.item a {color: #081F34;}
.item a:hover {color: #000000;}

.itemHead {
height: 17px; background-image: url(images/itemtitle.gif) ;
background-color: #666666; color: white;
padding: 0px 3px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10 px;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
}
.itemInfo {
color: #081F34; text-align: right;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
background-color: transparent;

}
.itemInfo a {color:#000000;}
.itemInfo a:hover {color:#669999;}


.itemTitle {color: #666666;}

.itemTitle a {
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold; font-size: 9px;
}

.itemTitle a:hover{
color: #FFFFFF;
}

.reviewPoster {
padding-left: 10px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #999999;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-right: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999; }
.itemPoster {}
.itemPostDate {}
.itemStats {}
.itemBody {padding-left: 5px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
.itemText { line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
.itemText:first-letter {}
.itemFoot {
background-image: url(images/itemtitle.gif) ;
height:17px;
text-align: right;
color: #999999;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
background-color: #666666;
}

.itemFoot {color: #666666;}
.itemFoot a{color: #000000;}
.itemAdminLink {}
.itemPermaLink {}


.comTitle {font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; color: #FFFFFF; }
.comText {padding: 3px;}
.comUserStat {font-size: 9px; color: #222222; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid #000000; background-color: #E9E9E9; margin: 3px; padding: 3px;}
.comUserStatCaption {font-weight: normal;}
.comUserStatus {margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 9px; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; font-size: 9px;}
.comUserRank {margin: 2px;}
.comUserRankText {font-size: 9px;font-weight:bold;}
.comUserRankImg {border: 0;}
.comUserName {}
.comUserImg {margin: 2px;}
.comDate {font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-size: 9px;}
.comDateCaption {font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;}

http://unsinner.com/modules/newbb/templates/newbb.css

/* -- style.css -- */
div.karma
{
background-color: transparent;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #DDDDFF;
border-left: 1px solid #DDDDFF;
border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
padding: 10px;
}

span.digest
{
}

span.index_title{
float: left;
border: 0px;
}

span.index_extra{
float: right;
padding: 2px;
border: 0px;
}

div.signature {
bottom: 10px;
}

div#index_welcome{
margin: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
html>body div#index_welcome {
margin-bottom: 15px;
}

#index_welcome div.title{
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom: dashed 1px;
padding: 5px;
}

#index_welcome div.desc{
padding: 5px;
font-size: 12px;
}

#index_welcome div.visit{
text-align: right;
font-size: 11px;
}

#index_forum a{
font-weight: bold;
}

table.index_category{
border: 0px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

table.index_category td{
padding: 2px;
}

table.index_category .desc, table.index_category .desc a{
font-weight: normal !important;
margin-top: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}

#index_forum span.item{
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
margin: 0px;
border: 0px;
}

#index_forum span.extra{
float: right;
text-align: left;
margin: 0px;
}

div#forum_header{
margin: 5px;
}
#forum_header div{
padding-top: 5px;
}

/* -- dropdown menu -- */

div.dropdown{
float: left;
}

div.dropdown .menu, div.dropdown .userbar{
font-weight: bold;
float: left;
margin: 0px 1px;
border: 0px !important;
padding: 0px;
}

div.dropdown .item{
font-weight: bold;
padding: 2px 5px;
white-space: nowrap;
border: 0px !important;
}

div.dropdown ul, div.dropdown table {
width: 135px;
}
/* -- dropdown menu -- */

/* -- user level -- */
table.userlevel{
width: 90%;
border: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}

table.userlevel td{
height: 13px;
padding: 0px;
}

table.userlevel td.end{
width: 3px;
}

table.userlevel td.end img{
width: 3px;
height: 13px;
}

table.userlevel td.center{
width: 100%;
}

table.userlevel td.center img{
height: 12px;
}
/* -- user level -- */

span.online_admin{
color:#FFA34F;
}

span.online_moderator{
color:#006600;
}


/*
* Fromhttp://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
*/
.clear:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}
.clear {display: inline-table;}
/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
* html .clear {height: 1%;}
.clear {display: block;}
/* End hide from IE-mac */

/* color -- dropdown menu for Forum */
div.dropdown a, div.dropdown .menubar a{
color:#FFF;
}

div.dropdown .menu, div.dropdown .menubar, div.dropdown .item, div.dropdown .separator{
background-color: #436792; /* same color set as in your theme/style.ss .th{} is recommended */
color:#FFF;
}

div.dropdown .separator{
border: 1px inset #e0e0e0;
}

div.dropdown .menu a:hover, div.dropdown .userbar a:hover{
color: #333;
}
/* color - end */

i installed newbb forum and i dont know how to remove the highlighting from around the forum index


i know it has to do with css i dont know how to remove it your help is needed thank you

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thank you i did a lot of work on this site

it worked great no bugs yet thx for your help !!!!

is this the one i need? for 2.0.18.1

2.0.* above 2.0.14 and 2.2.* (using the full package)


1. Move the "upgrade" folder inside the "htdocs" folder (it's been kept out as it's not needed for full installs) on your local machine


2. Delete htdocs/mainfile.php, htdocs/install/, htdocs/cache/, htdocs/extras/, htdocs/template_c/, htdocs/themes/ and htdocs/uploads/ from the "htdocs" folder on your LOCAL machine


3. Upload the content of the htdocs folder on your LOCAL machine over your existing files on your server


4. For security considerations, you are encouraged to move directories xoops_lib (for XOOPS libraries) and xoops_data (for XOOPS data) out of document root, or even change the folder names.


5. Make the directory of xoops_data/ writable; Create and make the directories of xoops_data/caches/, xoops_data/caches/xoops_cache/, xoops_data/caches/smarty_cache/ and xoops_data/caches/smarty_compile/ writable.


6. Ensure the server can write to mainfile.php


7. Access <your.site.url>/upgrade/ with a browser, and follow the instructions


8. Follow the instructions to update your database


9. Write-protect mainfile.php again


10. Delete the upgrade folder from your server


11. Update the "system" module from the modules administration interface, other modules are recommended to update as well

i am not sure how to upgrade from 2.0.18 to 2.3.0 new at this help. its hard to understand the release notes can some one guide me ?

i have no prob with it

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