On my homepage the bio and gallery boxes are light grey (#cccccc). Nothing I've tried to change that color to white seems to work. I've been on the forums for the past hour searching for an answer and can't find anything that works. I've tried putting the following code into my Customizing CSS, but it doesn't change a darn thing. I also tried putting that code into the CSS of my Theme. Nothing.

.box {background: #ffffff; border: medium double #f5f5f5;}

I've tried calling the style #box .box and simply box. I've tried bioBox, etc. Nothing. Does anyone know how to change those boxes on the home page? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Plus every time I go to the Control Panel I'm force to log-in again, which has become quite annoying now!

Your CSS was missing commas between the elements you were trying to change, and since you are overriding a theme you need !important.

Try this:

 
.box, 
.boxTop,
.boxBottom {
    background: #ffffff !important; 
    border: medium double #f5f5f5;
}

In the future, don't guess as to what elements you need to change. Try the Firefox Web Developer - see tutuorial (including like to the tool) at http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1354921.

--- Denise

Thanks Denise. It was the !important that made the difference.

Is there a way to make them transparent rather then with solid colour? I want my background image to not be blocked by the boxes.

Ahk, never mind! I got it with
.boxBottom,
.boxTop,
.box
{background:none !important;
}