Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/forums.info
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/forums.info,v
diff -u -N -r1.9 -r1.10
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/forums.info	2 Jul 2002 02:00:01 -0000	1.9
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/forums.info	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.10
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@
             <file type="query_file" path="www/user-history.xql"/>
         </files>
         <parameters>
-        <!-- No version parameters -->
+            <parameter datatype="number"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="table_border_color"  default="#dddddd" description="The color of the table borders and between the cells, try #ffffff for a cool look"/>
+            <parameter datatype="string"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="table_other_bgcolor"  default="#d9e4f9" description="The bgcolor for the other table rows"/>
+            <parameter datatype="string"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="table_bgcolor"  default="#eeeeee" description="This is the color of the first message / table row"/>
         </parameters>
 
     </version>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.11 -r1.12
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.adp	11 Jul 2002 12:49:26 -0000	1.11
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.12
@@ -4,91 +4,83 @@
 
 <center>
 
-  <table cellpadding="5" width="95%">
-
-<if @moderate_p@>
+  <table width="95%">
     <tr>
-      <td colspan="3">
-        <nobr><small>[
-</if>
-
-<if @admin_p@>
-          <a href="admin/forum-edit?forum_id=@forum_id@">Administer</a> | 
-</if>
-
-<if @moderate_p@>
+      <td style="white-space: nowrap; font-size: x-small; line-height: 150%">
+        <if @moderate_p@>
+        [
+          <if @admin_p@>
+            <a href="admin/forum-edit?forum_id=@forum_id@">Administer</a> |
+          </if>
           <a href="moderate/forum?forum_id=@forum_id@">Manage/Moderate</a>
-</if>
+        ]       
+        </if>
 
-<if @moderate_p@>
-        ]</small></nobr>
-        <br><br>
-      </td>
-      <td align="right">
-<formtemplate id="search">
-        <formwidget id="forum_id">
-        Search:&nbsp;<formwidget id="search_text">
-</formtemplate>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-</if>
-
-    <tr>
-      <td colspan="4">
-        <nobr>@notification_chunk@</nobr>
-        <br><br>
+        <br>
+  
+        @notification_chunk@
+  
+        <br>
+  
         <if @post_p@>
-          <nobr><small>[ <a href="message-post?forum_id=@forum_id@">Post a New Message</a> ]</small></nobr>
+          [ <a href="message-post?forum_id=@forum_id@">Post a New Message</a> ]
         </if>
       </td>
-    </tr>
-
-  </table>
-
-  <br>
-
-  <table bgcolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="5" width="95%">
-
-    <tr>
-      <th align="left" width="55%">Subject</th>
-      <th align="left" width="20%">Author</th>
-      <th align="center" width="5%">Replies</th>
-      <th align="center" width="20%">Last Post</th>
-    </tr>
-
-<if @messages:rowcount@ gt 0>
-<multiple name="messages">
-
-  <if @messages.rownum@ odd>
-    <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee">
-  </if>
-  <else>
-    <tr bgcolor="#d9e4f9">
-  </else>
-
-      <td>
-        <if @messages.new_p@><b></if>
-        <a href="message-view?message_id=@messages.message_id@">@messages.subject@</a> 
-        <if @messages.new_p@></b></if>
-<if @moderate_p@ and @messages.state@ ne approved>
-        <small>(@messages.state@)</small>
-</if>
+      <td align="right">
+        <formtemplate id="search">
+          <formwidget id="forum_id">
+            Search:&nbsp;<formwidget id="search_text">
+          </formtemplate>
       </td>
-      <td><a href="user-history?user_id=@messages.user_id@">@messages.user_name@</a></td>
-      <td align="center">@messages.n_messages@</td>
-      <td align="center">@messages.last_modified@</td>
     </tr>
+  
+    </table>
+  
+    <br>
+  
+    <table style="color: black; background-color: @table_border_color@;" width="95%">
+  
+      <tr>
+        <th align="left" width="55%">Subject</th>
+        <th align="left" width="20%">Author</th>
+        <th align="center" width="5%">Replies</th>
+        <th align="center" width="20%">Last Post</th>
+      </tr>
+  
+      <if @messages:rowcount@ gt 0>
+        <multiple name="messages">
+          <if @messages.rownum@ odd>
+            <tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_bgcolor@;" >
+          </if>
+          <else>
+            <tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_other_bgcolor@;">
+          </else>
+  
+          <td style="padding: 4px;">
+            <if @messages.new_p@>
+              <strong>
+            </if>
+              <a href="message-view?message_id=@messages.message_id@">@messages.subject@</a> 
+            <if @messages.new_p@>
+              </strong>
+            </if>
+            <if @moderate_p@ and @messages.state@ ne approved>
+              <small>(@messages.state@)</small>
+            </if>
+          </td>
+          <td style="padding: 4px;"><a href="user-history?user_id=@messages.user_id@">@messages.user_name@</a></td>
+          <td align="center" style="padding: 4px;">@messages.n_messages@</td>
+          <td align="center" style="padding: 4px;">@messages.last_modified@</td>
+          
+            </tr>
+        </multiple>
+      </if>
+      <else>
+        <tr bgcolor="@table_bgcolor@">
+          <td colspan="4"><strong>No Messages</strong></td>
+        </tr>
+      </else>
+  
+    </table>
 
-</multiple>
-</if>
-<else>
-    <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee">
-      <td colspan="4">
-        <i>No Messages</i>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-</else>
-
-  </table>
-
 </center>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.4 -r1.5
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.tcl	2 Jul 2002 02:00:01 -0000	1.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/forum-view.tcl	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.5
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
     forum_id:integer,notnull
 }
 
+
 forum::security::require_read_forum -forum_id $forum_id
 
+# get the colors from the params
+set table_border_color [parameter::get -parameter table_border_color]
+set table_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_bgcolor]
+set table_other_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_other_bgcolor]
+
 set package_id [ad_conn package_id]
 set user_id [ad_verify_and_get_user_id]
 set admin_p [forum::security::can_admin_forum_p -forum_id $forum_id]
@@ -33,8 +39,7 @@
 element create search search_text \
     -label Search \
     -datatype text \
-    -widget text \
-    -html {size 60}
+    -widget text
 
 element create search forum_id \
     -label ForumID \
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.9 -r1.10
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.adp	2 Jul 2002 02:00:01 -0000	1.9
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.10
@@ -3,68 +3,76 @@
 <property name="context_bar">@context_bar@</property>
 
 <center>
-
-  <table cellpadding="5" width="95%">
-
+  <table width="95%">
     <tr>
-      <td>
-<if @admin_p@>
-        <nobr><small>[ <a href="admin/forum-new">New Forum</a> ]</small></nobr>
-</if>
-<else>&nbsp;</else>
+      <td style="font-size: x-small; white-space: nowrap; align=right;">
+        <if @admin_p@>
+          [ <a href="admin/forum-new">New Forum</a> ]
+        </if>
+        <else>
+          &nbsp;
+        </else>
       </td>
-      <td>&nbsp;</td>
       <td align="right">
-<formtemplate id="search">
-        <formwidget id="forum_id">
-        Search:&nbsp;<formwidget id="search_text">
-</formtemplate>
+        <formtemplate id="search">
+          <formwidget id="forum_id">
+            Search:&nbsp;
+          <formwidget id="search_text">
+        </formtemplate>
       </td>
     </tr>
 
   </table>
 
   <br>
 
-  <table bgcolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="5" width="95%">
+  <table width="95%" style="color: black; background-color: @table_border_color@;">
 
     <tr>
       <th align="left" width="70%">Forum Name</th>
       <th align="center" width="10%">Threads</th>
       <th align="center" width="20%">Last Post</th>
     </tr>
 
-<if @forums:rowcount@ gt 0>
-<multiple name="forums">
+    <if @forums:rowcount@ gt 0>
+      <multiple name="forums">
+        <if @forums.rownum@ odd>
+          <tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_bgcolor@;">
+        </if>
+        <else>
+          <tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_other_bgcolor@;">
+        </else>
 
-  <if @forums.rownum@ odd>
-    <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee">
-  </if>
-  <else>
-    <tr bgcolor="#d9e4f9">
-  </else>
-
-      <td>
-        <if @forums.new_p@ and @forums.n_threads@ gt 0><b></if>
-        <a href="forum-view?forum_id=@forums.forum_id@">@forums.name@</a>
-        <if @forums.new_p@ and @forums.n_threads@ gt 0></b></if>
-        <if @forums.charter@ not nil><br><i>@forums.charter@</i></if>
-      </td>
-      <td align="center">@forums.n_threads@</td>
-      <td align="center"><if @forums.n_threads@ gt 0>@forums.last_modified@</if></td>
-
-    </tr>
-
-</multiple>
-</if>
-<else>
-    <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee">
-      <td colspan="3">
-        <i>No Forums</i>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-</else>
-
+        <td>
+          <if @forums.new_p@ and @forums.n_threads@ gt 0>
+            <strong>
+          </if>
+          <a href="forum-view?forum_id=@forums.forum_id@">@forums.name@</a>
+          <if @forums.new_p@ and @forums.n_threads@ gt 0>
+            </strong>
+          </if>
+          <if @forums.charter@ not nil>
+            <br><em>@forums.charter@</em>
+          </if>
+        </td>
+        <td align="center">
+          @forums.n_threads@
+        </td>
+        <td align="center">
+          <if @forums.n_threads@ gt 0>
+            @forums.last_modified@
+          </if>
+        </td>
+          </tr>
+      </multiple>
+    </if>
+    <else>
+      <tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_bgcolor@">
+        <td colspan="3">
+          <em>No Forums</em>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    </else>
   </table>
 
 </center>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.3 -r1.4
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.tcl	2 Jul 2002 02:00:01 -0000	1.3
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/index.tcl	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.4
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@
 set user_id [ad_verify_and_get_user_id]
 set admin_p [permission::permission_p -party_id $user_id -object_id $package_id -privilege admin]
 
+# get the colors from the params
+set table_border_color [parameter::get -parameter table_border_color]
+set table_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_bgcolor]
+set table_other_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_other_bgcolor]
+
 form create search -action search
 
 element create search search_text \
     -label Search \
     -datatype text \
-    -widget text \
-    -html {size 60}
+    -widget text
 
 element create search forum_id \
     -label ForumID \
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/Attic/message-chunk.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.8 -r1.9
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.adp	16 Jul 2002 15:17:28 -0000	1.8
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.9
@@ -1,43 +1,68 @@
-    <tr bgcolor="@bgcolor@">
-      <td>
-        <table bgcolor="@bgcolor@">
-          <tr bgcolor="@bgcolor@">
-            <td>
-              <b><a href="message-view?message_id=@message.message_id@">@message.subject@</a></b>
-            </td>
-          </tr>
-        </table>
-      <td width="15%"><a href="user-history?user_id=@message.user_id@">@message.user_name@</a></td>
-      <td align="center" width="20%">@message.posting_date@</td>
-      <td align="right" width="25%">
-        <nobr><small>
-          [
-            <a href="message-post?parent_id=@message.message_id@">reply</a>
-            | <a href="message-email?message_id=@message.message_id@">email</a>
+
+<tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_bgcolor@;">
+  <td align=left style="padding-left: 1em">
+
+  <strong>
+    <if @preview@ nil>
+      <a href="message-view?message_id=@message.message_id@">@message.subject@</a>
+    </if>
+    <else>
+      @message.subject@
+    </else>
+  </strong>  
+
+  <td align=center>
+    <a href="user-history?user_id=@message.user_id@">@message.user_name@</a></td>
+  <td align=center>@message.posting_date@</td>
+
+  <if @preview@ nil>
+  
+    <td align=right style="padding-right: 1em; padding-left: 1em;">
+      <div style="white-space: nowrap; font-size: x-small">
+        [ <a href="message-post?parent_id=@message.message_id@">reply</a>
+        | <a href="message-email?message_id=@message.message_id@">email</a>
+        ]
+        <if @moderate_p@>
+          <br>
+          [ <a href="moderate/message-edit?message_id=@message.message_id@">edit</a>
+          | <a href="moderate/message-delete?message_id=@message.message_id@">delete</a>
+          
+          <if @forum_moderated_p@>
+            <if @message.state@ ne approved>
+              | <a href="moderate/message-approve?message_id=@message.message_id@">approve</a>
+            </if>
+            <if @message.state@ ne rejected and @message.max_child_sortkey@ nil>
+              | <a href="moderate/message-reject?message_id=@message.message_id@">reject</a>
+            </if>
+          </if>
           ]
-        </small></nobr>
-<if @moderate_p@>
-        <br>
-        <nobr><small>
-          [
-            <a href="moderate/message-edit?message_id=@message.message_id@">edit</a>
-            | <a href="moderate/message-delete?message_id=@message.message_id@">delete</a>
-<if @forum_moderated_p@>
-<if @message.state@ ne approved>
-            | <a href="moderate/message-approve?message_id=@message.message_id@">approve</a>
-</if>
-<if @message.state@ ne rejected and @message.max_child_sortkey@ nil>
-            | <a href="moderate/message-reject?message_id=@message.message_id@">reject</a>
-</if>
-</if>
-          ]
-        </small></nobr>
-</if>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr bgcolor="@bgcolor@">
-      <td colspan="4"><blockquote>@message.content@</blockquote></td>
-    </tr>
+        </if>
+      </div>
+    </td>
+
+  </if>
+
+</tr>
+
+<tr style="color: black; background-color: @table_bgcolor@">
+  <if @preview@ nil>
+    <td colspan="4" style="padding: 1em">
+  </if>
+  <else>
+    <td colspan="3" style="padding: 1em">  
+  </else>
+
+    <if @message.html_p@ false>
+      <div style="font-family: monospace">
+        <%= [ad_text_to_html --  "$message(content)"] %>
+      </div>
+    </if>
+    <else>
+      @message.content@
+    </else>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+
 <if @message.n_attachments@ not nil and @message.n_attachments@ gt 0>
-  <include src="message-attachment-chunk" &message="message" bgcolor=@bgcolor@>
+  <include src="message-attachment-chunk" &message="message" bgcolor=@table_bgcolor@>
 </if>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/Attic/message-chunk.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.2 -r1.3
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.tcl	5 Jun 2002 19:25:37 -0000	1.2
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-chunk.tcl	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.3
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
     
     a message chunk to be included in a table listing of messages
 
+    _so that has to be wrapped in a <table>_
+
     @author yon (yon@openforce.net)
+    @author arjun (arjun@openforce.net)
     @creation-date 2002-06-02
     @version $Id$
 
@@ -11,6 +14,12 @@
 if {![array exists message]} {
     ad_return_complaint 1 "Need to provide a message to display."
 }
-if {![exists_and_not_null bgcolor]} { set bgcolor "#ffffff" }
+
+if {![exists_and_not_null bgcolor]} { 
+    set table_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_bgcolor]
+} else {
+    set table_bgcolor $bgcolor
+}
+
 if {![exists_and_not_null moderate_p]} { set moderate_p 0 }
 if {![exists_and_not_null forum_moderated_p]} {set forum_moderated_p 0}
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-email.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-email.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.2 -r1.3
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-email.adp	3 Jun 2002 04:39:05 -0000	1.2
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-email.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.3
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 <p>Email a copy of the following message:</p>
 
-<include src="message-preview-chunk" bgcolor="#eeeeee" &message="message">
+<table width="100%">
+<include src="message-chunk" bgcolor="#eeeeee" &message="message" preview=1>
+</table>
 
 <formtemplate id="message"></formtemplate>
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post-confirm.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post-confirm.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.4 -r1.5
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post-confirm.adp	2 Jul 2002 19:42:19 -0000	1.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post-confirm.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.5
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 
 <p>Please confirm the following post:</p>
 
-<include src="message-preview-chunk" bgcolor="#cccccc" &message="message">
+<% set table_border_color [parameter::get -parameter table_border_color] %>
 
+<center>
+  <table style="color: black; background-color: @table_border_color@ ;" width="95%">
+    <include src="message-chunk" &message="message" preview=1>
+  </table>
+</center>
+
 <form action="message-post" method="post">
   <input type="hidden" name="form:id" value="message">
   @exported_vars@
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.2 -r1.3
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.adp	3 Jun 2002 04:39:05 -0000	1.2
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.3
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 <property name="context_bar">@context_bar@</property>
 
 <if @parent_id@ ne "">
-  <include src="message-preview-chunk" bgcolor="#eeeeee" &message="parent_message">
+  <table style="color: black; background-color: @table_border_color@;"  width="100%">
+    <include src="message-chunk" bgcolor="@table_bgcolor@" &message="parent_message" preview=1>
+  </table>
   <br>
 </if>
 
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.8 -r1.9
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.tcl	26 Jul 2002 01:04:35 -0000	1.8
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-post.tcl	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.9
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 set user_id [ad_verify_and_get_user_id]
 
+# get the colors from the params
+set table_border_color [parameter::get -parameter table_border_color]
+set table_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_bgcolor]
+
 form create message
 
 element create message message_id \
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@
         forum::get -forum_id $forum_id -array forum
 
         set confirm_p 1
+        set content [string trimright $content]
         set exported_vars [export_form_vars message_id forum_id parent_id subject content html_p confirm_p]
         
         set message(html_p) $html_p
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-oracle.xql
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-oracle.xql,v
diff -u -N -r1.3 -r1.4
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-oracle.xql	2 Jul 2002 19:42:19 -0000	1.3
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-oracle.xql	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.4
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
                    0 as n_attachments,
                    subject,
                    content,
+                   html_p,
                    person.name(user_id) as user_name,
                    to_char(posting_date, 'Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as posting_date,
                    tree.tree_level(tree_sortkey) as tree_level,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
                    (select count(*) from attachments where object_id = message_id) as n_attachments,
                    subject,
                    content,
+                   html_p,
                    person.name(user_id) as user_name,
                    to_char(posting_date, 'Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as posting_date,
                    tree.tree_level(tree_sortkey) as tree_level,
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-postgresql.xql
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-postgresql.xql,v
diff -u -N -r1.4 -r1.5
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-postgresql.xql	2 Jul 2002 19:42:19 -0000	1.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view-postgresql.xql	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.5
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
                    0 as n_attachments,
                    subject,
                    content,
+                   html_p,
                    person__name(user_id) as user_name,
                    to_char(posting_date, 'Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as posting_date,
                    tree_level(tree_sortkey) as tree_level,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
                    (select count(*) from attachments where object_id = message_id) as n_attachments,
                    subject,
                    content,
+                   html_p,
                    person__name(user_id) as user_name,
                    to_char(posting_date, 'Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as posting_date,
                    tree_level(tree_sortkey) as tree_level,
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.adp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.adp,v
diff -u -N -r1.7 -r1.8
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.adp	11 Jul 2002 12:49:26 -0000	1.7
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.adp	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.8
@@ -2,57 +2,71 @@
 <property name="title">Forum @forum.name@: @message.subject@</property>
 <property name="context_bar">@context_bar@</property>
 
+<br>
+
 <center>
 
-  <table cellpadding="4" width="95%">
-    <tr>
-      <td colspan="4">
-        <nobr>@notification_chunk@</nobr>
-<if @post_p@>
-        <nobr><small>[
-          <a href="message-post?forum_id=@forum_id@">Post a New Message</a>
-        ]</nobr></small>
-</if>
-      </td>
-      <td align="right">
-<formtemplate id="search">
+<table width="95%">
+  <tr style="white-space: normal">
+    <td align=left>
+      @notification_chunk@
+      <br>
+      <if @post_p@>
+        <small>
+          [&nbsp;<a href="message-post?forum_id=@forum_id@">Post a New Message</a>.&nbsp;]
+        </small>
+      </if>
+    </td>
+    <td align=right>
+      <formtemplate id="search">
         <formwidget id="forum_id">
         Search:&nbsp;<formwidget id="search_text">
-</formtemplate>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-  </table>
+      </formtemplate>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
 
-  <br>
+<br>
 
-  <table bgcolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="5" width="95%">
-<include src="message-chunk" bgcolor="#eeeeee" forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@ moderate_p=@moderate_p@ &message="message">
-  </table>
+<table bgcolor="@table_border_color@" width="95%">
+  <include src="message-chunk" 
+           bgcolor="@table_bgcolor@" 
+           forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@ 
+           moderate_p=@moderate_p@ 
+           &message="message">
+</table>
 
 <if @responses:rowcount@ gt 0>
-  <br>
 
-  <table cellpadding="5" width="96%">
+  <table width="95%">
 
-<multiple name="responses">
-
-<% set width [expr 100 - $responses(tree_level) * 3] %>
-
-    <tr>
+    <multiple name="responses">
+    
+    <% set width [expr 100 - $responses(tree_level) * 3] %>
+  
+    <tr style="padding-top: 1em">
       <td>
-        <table align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="5" width="@width@%">
-<if @responses.rownum@ odd>
-  <include src="message-chunk" bgcolor="#d9e4f9" forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@ moderate_p=@moderate_p@ &message="responses">
-</if>
-<else>
-  <include src="message-chunk" bgcolor="#eeeeee" forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@ moderate_p=@moderate_p@ &message="responses">
-</else>
+        <table align="right" bgcolor="@table_border_color@" width="@width@%">
+          <if @responses.rownum@ odd>
+            <include src="message-chunk" 
+                     bgcolor="@table_other_bgcolor@" 
+                     forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@ 
+                     moderate_p=@moderate_p@ 
+                     &message="responses">
+          </if>
+          <else>
+            <include src="message-chunk" 
+                     bgcolor="@table_bgcolor@"
+                     forum_moderated_p=@forum_moderated_p@
+                     moderate_p=@moderate_p@
+                     &message="responses">
+          </else>
         </table>
       </td>
     </tr>
 
-</multiple>
-
+    </multiple>
+  
   </table>
 </if>
 
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.7 -r1.8
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.tcl	2 Jul 2002 19:42:19 -0000	1.7
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/www/message-view.tcl	30 Jul 2002 22:04:59 -0000	1.8
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 forum::security::require_read_message -message_id $message_id
 
+# get the colors from the params
+set table_border_color [parameter::get -parameter table_border_color]
+set table_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_bgcolor]
+set table_other_bgcolor [parameter::get -parameter table_other_bgcolor]
+
 # Check if the user has admin on the message
 set moderate_p [forum::security::can_moderate_message_p -message_id $message_id]
 if {!${moderate_p}} {
@@ -28,8 +33,7 @@
 element create search search_text \
     -label Search \
     -datatype text \
-    -widget text \
-    -html {size 60}
+    -widget text
 
 element create search forum_id \
     -label ForumID \
@@ -94,7 +98,6 @@
         -pretty_name $message(subject) \
         -url [ad_conn url]?message_id=$message_id \
     ]
-    append notification_chunk "<br><br>"
 } else {
     set notification_chunk ""
 }