thanx for the reply ackbarr
2. and 3. are now fixed! thanx very much
but the 1. solution doesnt seem to work...
i tried "table.item {width:100%;}" on different parts of the css and nothing changed.. i even tried making it 100000%.
Here is the css of the theme:
/* XOOPS Style Config */
body { text-align: left;line-height: 120%; font-family: Osaka, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
table td { padding: 0; border-width: 0; vertical-align: top;}
div#content {text-align: left; padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;)
div#content td{ padding: 3px; line-height: 120%;}
.odd {background-color:#ececec;}
.outer {background-color:#666666; width: 100%;}
.even {background-color:#f5f5f5;}
th {background: url(images/lines.gif) #f1f1f1; color: #333333; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold;height:25px;white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;padding-left:6px;padding-right:6px}
.head {font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:1px;background:url(images/catbkg.gif) #dedede;height:25px}
.foot {font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:1px;background-color: #dedede;height:25px}
ul { margin: 2px; padding: 2px; list-style: decimal inside; text-align: left;}
li { margin-left: 2px; list-style: disc inside; color: #999999;}
.comTitle {font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 2px;}
.comText {padding: 2px;}
.comUserStat {font-size: 10px; color: #000000; font-weight:bold; border: 1px solid #999999; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;}
.comUserStatCaption {font-weight: normal;}
.comUserStatus {margin-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; color: #2F5376; font-weight:bold; font-size: 10px;}
.comUserRank {margin: 2px;}
.comUserRankText {font-size: 10px;font-weight:bold;}
.comUserRankImg {border: 0;}
.comUserName {}
.comUserImg {margin: 2px;}
.comDate {font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-size: smaller}
.comDateCaption {font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;}
/* Based on the original Style Sheet for the fisubsilver v2 Theme for phpBB version 2+
Edited by Daz - http://www.forumimages.com - last updated 08-02-03*/
/* The content of the posts (body of text) */
body{background:#f1f1f1 url(images/lines.gif);color:#000000;font:12px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
scrollbar-3dlight-color:#cccccc;
scrollbar-arrow-color:#000000;
scrollbar-base-color:#cccccc;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#2f4f4f;
scrollbar-face-color:#cccccc;
scrollbar-highlight-color:#cccccc;
scrollbar-shadow-color:#cccccc;
scrollbar-track-color:#f1f1f1}
/* General font families for common tags */
font,th,td,p{font:12px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}
/* General text */
.gensmall{font-size:10px}
.genmed{font-size:11px}
/* General page style. The scroll bar colours only visible in IE5.5+ */
a:link,a:active,a:visited,a.postlink{color: #4682b4;text-decoration:none}
a:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration:underline}
/* titles for the topics:could specify viewed link colour too */
.topictitle{font-size:11px;font-weight:bold}
a.topictitle:visited{color:#5493b4}
a.topictitle:hover{color:#000000}
/* Name of poster in viewmsg.php and viewtopic.php and other places */
.name{font-size:11px;font-weight: bold}
hr{border: 0px solid #eeeeee;border-top-width:1px;height:0px}
/* Main table cell colours and backgrounds */
td.row1{background:#f5f5f5; padding: 3px;}
/* This is the border line & background colour round the entire page */
.bodyline{background:#ffffff;color:#000000;border:1px solid #666666}
/* This is the outline round the main forum tables */
.forumline{background:#757575;color:#000000;border:0px}
/* The largest text used in the index page title and toptic title etc. */
.maintitle,h1{
font:bold 20px/120% "Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none}
.subtitle,h2{font:bold 18px/180% "Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
text-decoration:none}
/* Used for the navigation text,(Page 1,2,3 etc) and the navigation bar when in a forum */
.nav{font-size:11px;font-weight:bold}
.postbody{font-size:12px;line-height:125%}
/* Location,number of posts,post date etc */
.postdetails{font-size:10px;color:#ff64ba}
/* Quote blocks */
.quote{background:#fafafa;border:1px solid #ff7fc5;color:#444444;
font-size:11px;line-height:125%}
/* Code blocks */
.code{background:#fafafa;border: 1px solid #ff7fc5;color:#006600;
font:11px Courier,"Courier New",sans-serif;padding:5px}
/* This is for the error messages that pop up */
.errorline{background:#9fcfa1;border:1px solid #6d943a}
/* Form elements */
form{display:inline}
input{font:11px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}
select{background:#ffffff;font:11px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}
input.post,textarea.post{background:#ffffff;border: 1px solid #ff0690;
font:11px Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:2px}
input.button,input.liteoption{border:1px solid #ff0690;background: #ffe3f3;font-size:11px}
input.catbutton{border:1px solid #ff0690;background:#ffe3f3;font-size:10px}
input.mainoption{border:1px solid #ff0690;background:#ffe3f3;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold}
/* This is the line in the posting page which shows the rollover
help line. Colour value in row2 */
.helpline{border-style:none}
/* These are table top and bottom backgrounds */
.tt12bkg{background:url(images/tt12_m.gif) repeat-x;height:12px;width:100%}
.tb12bkg{background:url(images/tb12_m.gif) repeat-x;height:12px;width:100%}
.tt22bkg{background:url(images/tt22_m.gif) repeat-x;height:22px;width:100%}
.tb22bkg{background:url(images/tb22_m.gif) repeat-x;height:22px;width:100%}
.ttb{width:100%}
/* This is the header table with imac screen */
.scrntbkg{background:url(images/scrn_t.gif) repeat-x;height:14px;width:100%}
.scrnbbkg{background:url(images/scrn_b.gif) repeat-x;height:14px;width:100%}
.scrnlbkg{background:url(images/scrn_l.gif) repeat-y;width:14px}
.scrnrbkg{background:url(images/scrn_r.gif) repeat-y;width:14px}
.scrn{width:100%;text-align:center}
td.scrnm{background:#ffffff}
.item {border: 1px solid #666666;}
.itemHead {background: #f1f1f1 url(images/lines.gif); color: #333333; height:25px; white-space:nowrap; text-align:left; padding: 3px}
.itemInfo {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #efefef}
.itemTitle a {font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold; font-variant: small-caps; color: #4682b4; background-color: transparent;}
.itemPoster {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemPostDate {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemStats {font-size: 90%; font-style:italic;}
.itemBody {padding-left: 5px; text-align: left}
.itemText {margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 1.5em;}
.itemText:first-letter {font-size: 133%; font-weight: bold;}
.itemFoot {text-align: right; padding: 3px; background-color: #efefef}
.itemAdminLink {font-size: 90%;}
.itemPermaLink {font-size: 90%;}
div.errorMsg { background-color: #FFCCCC; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-left: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px;}
div.confirmMsg { background-color: #DDFFDF; color: #136C99; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-left: 1px solid #DDDDFF; border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px;}
div.resultMsg { background-color : #CCCCCC; color: #333333; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid silver; border-left: 1px solid silver; font-weight: bold; border-right: 1px solid #666666; border-bottom: 1px solid #666666; padding: 10px;}
div.xoopsCode { width:95%; background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px inset #000080; font-family: Osaka, "Courier New",Courier,monospace; padding: 0px 6px 6px 6px;}
div.xoopsQuote { width:95%; background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px inset #000080; font-family: Osaka, "Courier New",Courier,monospace; padding: 0px 6px 6px 6px;}
Thanx for entertaining my newb questions, when and if i can I'll also help others :X