Well thanks for that, DB's, I've been going loopy for the last 20 minutes not understanding why the free board had gone white while the homepage was still black! Had an awful sinking feeling I'd malconfig'd my PC yet again or got some dreadful virus... relieved to know everythings alright. Sifted through the themes & come up with "Mystery Blue" which is quite nice & I must say everythings much easier to read. But I think it would be nice if you could keep black as an option for the diehard conservatives among us