hey ,myfriend just installed xoops, and we are having trouble with... getting the news to show up on the front page, and getting the colors right.

help?

Hi.
You can find some extra help on the docs menu (over there, at right, "XOOPS Documentation"). As to getting the news to show up in the front page, you should set the default module (under Preferences, IIRC) to be News. And the colors are set in themes, usually inside a style.css file. So you might want to download new themes or to hack the one you're using (if so, check the "update files in themes directory" option in Preferences).

Happy Xoopsing