Is this your normal DU Latest page view?

[dweller]

sorry for the fuzziness, but in particular i am curious about the white/grey/black bars on the left column of forums.

sometime today my browser started this, and i can't get rid of it. I'm using an older version of netscape specifically b/c it did NOT do this, but later versions and Firefox and Mozilla and IE all had those blasted bars...

anyway, just trying to see if that's what anyone/everyone else sees. Normally i have just blue text for the forums, the latest threads, and the LBN column all on a white background.

i asked in ATA since Bugs is being phased out, but don't expect an answer anytime soon.

tia,

dp

[welshTerrier2]

1. yup ... i got 'em ...

i'm using Firefox ...

i see black bars with white lettering for the following groups:

Announcements
Admin Picks
My Forums
Forum Categories
Archives
Site Information
Private Forums

btw, what are "Private Forums" ??

[dweller]

2. i think they are all 'private' forums

in that you have to be a member of DU to contribute in them.

I wonder why the black/grey/white bars all of a sudden now show up, and they hadn't all along before? I had seen them in Firefox, etc, and stuck with my old browser since they didn't show there...

thanks
dp

[Jersey Devil]

3. Private forums can only be seen by those admitted to them

There is one for moderators while they are moderating so they can communicate with each other. I don't know about any others.

[dweller]

5. you are right

i meant 'protected' forums. Something i read in ATA about them.

i was confused. as normal.
dp

[Jersey Devil]

6. protected forums

The software they use here (which I have used on another site) has the following kinds of forums:

public - anyone can view and post.

protected - anyone can view by only registered users can post.

restricted - posting restricted to members of certain "groups", such as moderators or any other group created by the admins.

private - can only be seen or posted in by certain members as selected by the admins.

[Jersey Devil]

4. Yes and it's looked like that all along

at least in IE and Firefox. I don't use Netscape.

[RoyGBiv]

7. Yes, they are there ...

This is merely a formatting style issue, and what you are seeing is a common way of a deliniating different sections of a web page.

The older version of Netscape doesn't show them because it cannot interpret the HTML that creates these things.

[charlie]

8. If you just want blue text on a white background

disable style sheets in your Preferences menu.

[dweller]

9. thanks n/t