You can change the white text for those areas to another color.
Look for the catbg area in the css and change the font colors there.
Look thru this section of the css and change #fff to the color you want for the font for that area.
/* This is used for categories, page indexes, and several other areas in the forum.
.catbg and .catbg2 is for boardindex, while .catbg3 is for messageindex and display headers*/
.catbg , tr.catbg td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
background: #f0f0f0 url(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m105/mysmileyplace/overviewlight/catbg.png) repeat-x;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
line-height: 25px;
}
.catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td
{
background: #f0f0f0 url(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m105/mysmileyplace/overviewlight/catbg.png) repeat-x;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
line-height: 25px;
}
.catbg, .catbg2, .catbg3
{
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;
}
.catbg, .catbg2
{
font-weight: bold;
}
.catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
font-size: 95%;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited
{
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
color: #bbbbbb;
}
I see some hex colors in the css that aren't complete, I was just checking to see if it came that way or if you had made an error.
Can use #000, #fff, #666 that works fine.