wow! It worked. Thank you soooooo much....sooo much...

Thanks...I bet you can see the next question coming: what line of the code do I add this fieldset {border: none;} to?

Hi, does anyone know how to remove borders around a block (central, left, right?) in the default theme? I have 2.3.3 xoops.

I have done the 2 things below but neither have made the borders around the blocks disappear.

1) I've set the variable "padding" to 0px in Theme_blockcenter_l.html; theme_blockcenter_r.html; theme_blockcenter_c.html; theme_blockright.html and theme_blockleft.html.

2) Also in default/style.css I've changed the variable "solid" to "none". And padding to "0" where required. My style.css for default theme now looks like what you see below:

html, body {color: #000; background-color: #2A75C5; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size:9pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}

table {width: 100%;}
table td {padding: 0; border-width: 0; vertical-align: top; }

a {color: #666; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;}
a:hover {color: #ff6600;}

h1 {font-size:1.4em;}
h2 {font-size:1.3em;}
h3 {font-size:1.2em;}
h4 {font-size:1.1em;}
h5 {font-size:1em;}
ul { margin: 2px; padding: 2px; list-style: disc inside; text-align: left;}
ol { margin: 2px; padding: 2px; list-style: decimal inside; text-align: left;}
li { margin-left: 2px; color: #2A75C5;}

input.formButton {}

.item {border: 1px solid #666;}
.itemHead {padding: 3px; background-color: #2A75C5; color: #fff;}
.itemInfo {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #efefef}
.itemTitle a {font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; font-variant: small-caps; color: #fff; background-color: transparent;}
.itemPoster {font-size: .9em; font-style:italic;}
.itemPostDate {font-size: .9em; font-style:italic;}
.itemStats {font-size: .9em; font-style:italic;}
.itemBody {padding-left: 5px;}
.itemText {margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.5em;}
.itemText:first-letter {font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold;}
.itemFoot {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #efefef;}
.itemAdminLink {font-size: .9em;}
.itemPermaLink {font-size: .9em;}

#header {
margin : 0;
padding : 0;
height: 80px;
background: #2A75C5 url(xo-banner_bg.png) repeat-x left top;
padding: 0px;
color: #fff;
border: 0px none #000;
}
#headerbanner {width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; text-align:center;}
#headerlogo img {padding: 0;}
#headerbar {border-bottom: 0px none #ddd; background-image: url(hbar.gif);}

#leftcolumn {width: 170px; border-right: 0px none transparent; font-size:1em;}
#leftcolumn th {background-color: #2A75C5; color: #fff; vertical-align: middle;}
#leftcolumn .blockTitle {padding: 1px; background-color: #ddd; color: #2A75C5; font-weight: bold;}
#leftcolumn .blockContent {padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2em;}


#centercolumn {font-size: 1em;}
#centercolumn th {background-color: #2A75C5; color: #fff; vertical-align: middle;}

#centerCcolumn, #bottomCcolumn {padding: 0 0px 0px 0px;}
#centerCcolumn .blockTitle, #bottomCcolumn .blockTitle {padding: 0px; color: #2A75C5; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-size:1.1em;}
#centerCcolumn .blockContent, #bottomCcolumn .blockContent {border-left: 0px none transparent; border-right: 0px none transparent; border-bottom: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-bottom: 2px; line-height: 1.2em;}

#centerLcolumn, #bottomLcolumn, #centerRcolumn, #bottomRcolumn {
width: 50%; padding: 0 0px 0 0;
}
#centerLcolumn .blockTitle, #bottomLcolumn .blockTitle, #centerRcolumn .blockTitle, #bottomRcolumn .blockTitle {
padding: 0px; color: #2A75C5; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0;
}
#centerLcolumn .blockContent, #centerRcolumn .blockContent, #bottomLcolumn .blockContent, #bottomRcolumn .blockContent {
border-left: 0px none transparent; border-right: 0px none transparent; border-bottom: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2em;
}

#content {text-align: left; padding: 4px;}

#rightcolumn {width: 170px; border-left: 0px none transparent; font-size:1em;}
#rightcolumn th {background-color: #2A75C5; color: #fff; vertical-align: middle;}
#rightcolumn .blockTitle {padding: 1px; background-color: #ddd; color: #2A75C5; font-weight: bold;}
#rightcolumn .blockContent {padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2em;}

Can anyone advise where I'm going wrong please?
Thanks in advance.

Ok, I guess I'll have to pack it in. No more XOOPS. i haven't got a clue what's wrong and I've lost faith in XOOPs. That said, I do appreciate your help Ghia. Thanks and God Bless.

There is no topic on that forum. 90% of the forums have no topics yet. Neither these forums nor the other 10% of them have any buttons. I've looked at the preferences and permissions again. I have full privilege on the forums, and can't understand why the stop. Thanks for your help.

Hi again. Here's a transcript of the debug error I get on opening CBB: SELECT DISTINCT t.topic_id, t.topic_replies, t.forum_id, t.topic_title, t.topic_views, t.topic_subject, f.forum_name, f.allow_subject_prefix, p.post_id, p.post_time, p.icon, p.uid, p.poster_name FROM bb_posts AS p LEFT JOIN bb_topics AS t ON t.topic_last_post_id=p.post_id LEFT JOIN bb_forums AS f ON f.forum_id=t.forum_id WHERE 1=1 AND t.forum_id IN () AND t.approved = 1 AND p.post_time>1216564022 AND p.approved=1 ORDER BY p.post_time DESC LIMIT 0, 5
Error number: 1064
Error message: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') AND t.approved = 1 AND p.post_time>1216564022 AND p.approved=1 ORDER BY p.post' at line 1

Also, there's a note at the bottom of the topic stating that the topic is locked and stickyed. Could this be related to the issue?

Hi Ghia, I'm not sure what language files u r referring to. I'll just explain a little more: The forum module (cbb 3.0.8) on my site, when you click on a topic, has no option for you to edit or reply to it. The post reply box (message) usually at the end of a topics postings is not there. There are no buttons at all. Could this be due to the language file you mentioned earlier?

Hi,
my CBB 3.0.8 forum is missing all the buttons, e.g topic reply, new topic, poll, vote buttons. It's therefore impossible to post or vote. The permissions table does say that I have all permissions to post, vote, poll etc- so it's not a permissions issue..?.
GZip is not selected on the CBB preference page. I've left the default selections on the preference page. Any ideas, anyone, please?

Ok, I tried from another computer and internet connection and got no problem at all. So I suspect issue is with my pc or internet connection. Thanks again for your help ghia ) )