Venice now groks Cascading StyleSheets; the stylesheet is generated by a

special servlet and cached at runtime; various JSP pages and formatter classes
have been updated to respect the stylesheet settings

src/com/silverwrist/util/AnyCharMatcher.java

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.util;
+
+public final class AnyCharMatcher
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Attributes
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private char[] charset;
+  private int[] locs;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Constructors
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public AnyCharMatcher(char[] charset)
+  {
+    this.charset = charset;
+    this.locs = new int[charset.length];
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  public AnyCharMatcher(String charset)
+  {
+    this.charset = charset.toCharArray();
+    this.locs = new int[charset.length()];
+
+  } // end constructor
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public final int get(String str)
+  {
+    int numindexes = 0;
+    int i;
+    for (i=0; i<charset.length; i++)
+    { // locate the index of the first HTML character
+      int tmp = str.indexOf(charset[i]);
+      if (tmp>=0)
+	locs[numindexes++] = tmp;
+
+    } // end for
+
+    if (numindexes==0)
+      return -1;  // no characters found
+    else if (numindexes==1)
+      return locs[0];  // only one found
+
+    int rc = locs[0];
+    for (i=1; i<numindexes; i++)
+    { // this loop determines the lowest possible return value
+      if (rc==0)
+	return 0;  // can't get any lower!
+      if (locs[i]<rc)
+	rc = locs[i];  // this is now the lowest
+
+    } // end for
+
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end get
+
+} // end class AnyCharMatcher
+

src/com/silverwrist/util/IOUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.util;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+/* Some concepts in here borrowed from Apache Jakarta Avalon Excalibur 4.0 */
+
+public class IOUtil
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static int DEFAULT_BUFSIZE = 4096;
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External static operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public static void shutdown(InputStream stm)
+  {
+    try
+    { // close the stream
+      stm.close();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (IOException e)
+    { // throw away the exception
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  public static void shutdown(OutputStream stm)
+  {
+    try
+    { // close the stream
+      stm.close();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (IOException e)
+    { // throw away the exception
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  public static void shutdown(Reader rdr)
+  {
+    try
+    { // close the stream
+      rdr.close();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (IOException e)
+    { // throw away the exception
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  public static void shutdown(Writer wr)
+  {
+    try
+    { // close the stream
+      wr.close();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (IOException e)
+    { // throw away the exception
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end shutdown
+
+  public static void copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output, int bufsize) throws IOException
+  {
+    byte[] buffer = new byte[bufsize];
+    int rd = input.read(buffer);
+    while (rd>=0)
+    { // simple read-write loop to shove data out the door
+      if (rd>0)
+	output.write(buffer,0,rd);
+      rd = input.read(buffer);
+
+    } // end while
+
+  } // end copy
+
+  public static void copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException
+  {
+    copy(input,output,DEFAULT_BUFSIZE);
+
+  } // end copy
+
+  public static void copy(Reader input, Writer output, int bufsize) throws IOException
+  {
+    char[] buffer = new char[bufsize];
+    int rd = input.read(buffer);
+    while (rd>=0)
+    { // simple read-write loop to shove data out the door
+      if (rd>0)
+	output.write(buffer,0,rd);
+      rd = input.read(buffer);
+
+    } // end while
+
+  } // end copy
+
+  public static void copy(Reader input, Writer output) throws IOException
+  {
+    copy(input,output,DEFAULT_BUFSIZE);
+
+  } // end copy
+
+  public static StringBuffer load(Reader input, int bufsize) throws IOException
+  {
+    StringWriter wr = new StringWriter();
+    try
+    { // copy from reader to StringWriter
+      copy(input,wr,bufsize);
+      return wr.getBuffer();
+
+    } // end try
+    finally
+    { // make sure and close the StringWriter before we go
+      shutdown(wr);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end load
+
+  public static StringBuffer load(Reader input) throws IOException
+  {
+    return load(input,DEFAULT_BUFSIZE);
+
+  } // end load
+
+  public static StringBuffer load(File file, int bufsize) throws IOException
+  {
+    FileReader rdr = new FileReader(file);
+    try
+    { // load from the string reader
+      return load(rdr,bufsize);
+
+    } // end try
+    finally
+    { // make sure and close the reader before we go
+      shutdown(rdr);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end load
+
+  public static StringBuffer load(File file) throws IOException
+  {
+    return load(file,DEFAULT_BUFSIZE);
+
+  } // end load
+
+} // end class IOUtil

src/com/silverwrist/util/StringUtil.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -17,8 +17,24 @@
  */
 package com.silverwrist.util;
 
+import java.util.*;
+
 public class StringUtil
 {
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static data members
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  private static final String VAR_START = "${";
+  private static final String VAR_END = "}";
+  private static final char[] HTML_ENCODE_CHARS = { '"', '&', '<', '>' };
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * External static operations
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
   public static String encodeStringSQL(String str)
   {
     if (str==null)
@@ -46,10 +62,16 @@ public class StringUtil
   {
     if (str==null)
       return null;
+    AnyCharMatcher nhc = new AnyCharMatcher(HTML_ENCODE_CHARS);
+    int ndx = nhc.get(str);
+    if (ndx<0)
+      return str;   // trivial short-circuit case
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
-    for (int i=0; i<str.length(); i++)
-    { // loop through the string encoding each character in turn
-      switch (str.charAt(i))
+    while (ndx>=0)
+    { // append the matched "head" and then the encoded character
+      if (ndx>0)
+	buf.append(str.substring(0,ndx));
+      switch (str.charAt(ndx++))
       {
 	case '"':
 	  buf.append("&quot;");
@@ -67,14 +89,16 @@ public class StringUtil
 	  buf.append("&gt;");
 	  break;
 
-	default:
-	  buf.append(str.charAt(i));
-	  break;
-
       } // end switch
 
-    } // end for
+      if (ndx==str.length())
+	return buf.toString();  // munched the entire string - all done!
+      str = str.substring(ndx);
+      ndx = nhc.get(str);
 
+    } // end while
+
+    buf.append(str);  // append the unmatched tail
     return buf.toString();
 
   } // end encodeHTML
@@ -101,22 +125,55 @@ public class StringUtil
       // break off the tail end
       ndx += find.length();
       if (ndx==work.length())
-	work = null;
-      else
-	work = work.substring(ndx);
-
-      // do the next find
-      if (work!=null)
-	ndx = work.indexOf(find);
-      else
-	ndx = -1;
+	return b.toString();   // entire string munched - we're done!
+      work = work.substring(ndx);
+      ndx = work.indexOf(find);
 
     } // end while
 
-    if (work!=null)
-      b.append(work);
+    // append the unmatched "tail" of the work string and then return result
+    b.append(work);
     return b.toString();
 
   } // end replaceAllInstances
 
+  public static String replaceAllVariables(String base, Map vars)
+  {
+    String work = base;
+    boolean did_replace, retest;
+
+    retest = true;
+    do
+    { // main loop for replacing all variables
+      did_replace = false;
+      Iterator it = vars.keySet().iterator();
+      while (it.hasNext())
+      { // variable start is there...
+	if (retest)
+	{ // only perform this test on the first iteration and after we know we've replaced a variable
+	  if (work.indexOf(VAR_START)<0)
+	    return work; // no more variables in text - all done!
+	  retest = false;
+
+	} // end if
+
+	// get variable name and see if it's present
+	String vname = it.next().toString();
+	if (work.indexOf(VAR_START + vname + VAR_END)>=0)
+	{ // OK, this variable is in place
+	  work = replaceAllInstances(work,VAR_START + vname + VAR_END,vars.get(vname).toString());
+	  did_replace = true;
+	  retest = true;
+
+	} // end if
+
+      } // end while
+
+    } while (did_replace);  // end do
+
+    return work;  // all done!
+
+  } // end replaceAllVariables
+
 } // end class StringUtil
+

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/StyleSheet.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import javax.servlet.*;
+import javax.servlet.http.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.RenderConfig;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.RenderData;
+
+public class StyleSheet extends HttpServlet
+{
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Overrides from class HttpServlet
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  public String getServletInfo()
+  {
+    String rc = "StyleSheet applet - Generates a Cascading Stylesheet for Venice's use\n"
+              + "Part of the Venice Web Communities System\n";
+    return rc;
+
+  } // end getServletInfo
+
+  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+      throws ServletException, IOException
+  {
+    ServletContext ctxt = getServletContext();
+    RenderData rdat = RenderConfig.createRenderData(ctxt,request,response);
+    String stylesheet = Variables.getStyleSheetData(ctxt,rdat);
+    response.setContentType("text/css");
+    response.setContentLength(stylesheet.length());
+    PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
+    out.write(stylesheet);
+    out.flush();
+    response.flushBuffer();
+
+  } // end doGet
+
+} // end class StyleSheet

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/Top.java

@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ public class Top extends VeniceServlet
   {
     super.init(config);  // required before we do anything else
     ServletContext ctxt = config.getServletContext();
+    String root_file_path = ctxt.getRealPath("/");
+    if (!(root_file_path.endsWith("/")))
+      root_file_path += "/";
 
     // Initialize LOG4J logging.
-    DOMConfigurator.configure(ctxt.getInitParameter("logging.config"));
+    String lconf = ctxt.getInitParameter("logging.config");
+    if (!(lconf.startsWith("/")))
+      lconf = root_file_path + lconf;
+    DOMConfigurator.configure(lconf);
 
     // Initialize the Venice engine.
     VeniceEngine engine = Variables.getVeniceEngine(ctxt);

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/Variables.java

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets;
 
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.ref.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.*;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ public class Variables
   protected static final String ENGINE_ATTRIBUTE = "com.silverwrist.venice.core.Engine";
   protected static final String COUNTRYLIST_ATTRIBUTE = "com.silverwrist.venice.db.CountryList";
   protected static final String LANGUAGELIST_ATTRIBUTE = "com.silverwrist.venice.db.LanguageList";
+  protected static final String STYLESHEET_ATTRIBUTE = "com.silverwrist.venice.rendering.StyleSheet";
 
   // HttpSession ("session") attributes
   protected static final String USERCTXT_ATTRIBUTE = "user.context";
@@ -60,13 +63,19 @@ public class Variables
 
   public static VeniceEngine getVeniceEngine(ServletContext ctxt) throws ServletException
   {
-    synchronized(engine_gate)
+    synchronized (engine_gate)
     { // we must synchronize efforts to access the engine
       Object foo = ctxt.getAttribute(ENGINE_ATTRIBUTE);
       if (foo!=null)
 	return (VeniceEngine)foo;
 
+      String root_file_path = ctxt.getRealPath("/");
+      if (!(root_file_path.endsWith("/")))
+	root_file_path += "/";
+
       String cfgfile = ctxt.getInitParameter(ENGINE_INIT_PARAM);  // get the config file name
+      if (!(cfgfile.startsWith("/")))
+	cfgfile = root_file_path + cfgfile;
       logger.info("Initializing Venice engine using config file: " + cfgfile);
 
       try
@@ -318,4 +327,22 @@ public class Variables
 
   } // end flushCookies
 
+  public static String getStyleSheetData(ServletContext ctxt, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
+  {
+    String data = null;
+    SoftReference r = (SoftReference)(ctxt.getAttribute(STYLESHEET_ATTRIBUTE));
+    if (r!=null)
+      data = (String)(r.get());
+    if ((data==null) || rdat.hasStyleSheetChanged())
+    { // construct or reconstruct the stylesheet data, save a soft reference to it
+      data = rdat.loadStyleSheetData();
+      r = new SoftReference(data);
+      ctxt.setAttribute(STYLESHEET_ATTRIBUTE,r);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    return data;
+
+  } // end getStyleSheetData
+
 } // end class Variables

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/AuditDataViewer.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class AuditDataViewer implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
     rdat.writeContentHeader(out,title,null);
     
     // Write the informational and navigational table
-    out.write("<TABLE WIDTH=\"100%\" BORDER=0><TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD ALIGN=LEFT>"
+    out.write("<TABLE WIDTH=\"100%\" BORDER=0><TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\">"
 	      + rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "\nDisplaying records <B>" + (offset+1)
 	      + "</B> to <B>" + last_index + "</B> of <B>" + total_count + "</B>\n"
 	      + "</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>\n");
@@ -114,30 +114,30 @@ public class AuditDataViewer implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 
     // Start writing the table containing the actual audit records.
     String tb_font = rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2);
-    out.write("<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=3>\n");
-    out.write("<TR>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>Date/Time</B></FONT></TH>\n");
-    out.write("<TH ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>Description</B></FONT></TH>\n");
-    out.write("<TH ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>User</B></FONT></TH>\n");
-    out.write("<TH ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>SIG</B></FONT></TH>\n");
-    out.write("<TH ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>IP Address</B></FONT></TH>\n");
-    out.write("<TH ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=4 NOWRAP>" + tb_font + "<B>Additional Data</B></FONT></TH>\n</TR>\n");
+    out.write("<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=3>\n<TR>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>"
+	      + tb_font + "<B>Date/Time</B></FONT></TH>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>"
+	      + tb_font + "<B>Description</B></FONT></TH>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>"
+	      + tb_font + "<B>User</B></FONT></TH>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+	      + "<B>SIG</B></FONT></TH>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+	      + "<B>IP Address</B></FONT></TH>\n<TH ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" COLSPAN=4 NOWRAP>"
+	      + tb_font + "<B>Additional Data</B></FONT></TH>\n</TR>\n");
     Iterator it = audit_list.iterator();
     while (it.hasNext())
     { // display each record in turn
       AuditData dat = (AuditData)(it.next());
-      out.write("<TR>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font
-		+ rdat.formatDateForDisplay(dat.getDateTime()) + "</FONT></TD>\n");
-      out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font
-		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getDescription()) + "</FONT></TD>\n");
-      out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font
-		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getUserName()) + "</FONT></TD>\n");
-      out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font
-		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getSIGName()) + "</FONT></TD>\n");
-      out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+      out.write("<TR>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+		+ rdat.formatDateForDisplay(dat.getDateTime())
+		+ "</FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getDescription())
+		+ "</FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getUserName())
+		+ "</FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
+		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getSIGName())
+		+ "</FONT></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font
 		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getIPAddress()) + "</FONT></TD>\n");
       for (int i=0; i<AuditData.DATA_COUNT; i++)
       { // write the data values
-	out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>" + tb_font);
+	out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\" NOWRAP>" + tb_font);
 	if (dat.getData(i)!=null)
 	  out.write(StringUtil.encodeHTML(dat.getData(i)));
 	else

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDBaseFormField.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class CDBaseFormField implements CDFormField, ColorSelectors
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT COLOR=\""
+    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=RIGHT CLASS=\"content\"><FONT COLOR=\""
 	      + rdat.getStdColor(enabled ? CONTENT_FOREGROUND : CONTENT_DISABLED) + "\">"
 	      + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption));
     if (caption2!=null)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class CDBaseFormField implements CDFormField, ColorSelectors
     out.write(":</FONT>");
     if (required)
       out.write(rdat.getRequiredBullet());
-    out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT>");
+    out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\">");
     renderActualField(out,rdat);
     out.write("</TD>\n</TR>\n");
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDBaseFormFieldReverse.java

@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ public abstract class CDBaseFormFieldReverse implements CDFormField, ColorSelect
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=RIGHT>");
+    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=RIGHT CLASS=\"content\">");
     renderActualField(out,rdat);
-    out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR=\""
+    out.write("</TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\"><FONT COLOR=\""
 	      + rdat.getStdColor(enabled ? CONTENT_FOREGROUND : CONTENT_DISABLED) + "\">"
 	      + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption));
     if (caption2!=null)

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDFormCategoryHeader.java

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ public class CDFormCategoryHeader implements CDFormField, ColorSelectors
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT COLOR=\""
+    out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD ALIGN=RIGHT CLASS=\"content\"><FONT COLOR=\""
 	      + rdat.getStdColor(enabled ? CONTENT_FOREGROUND : CONTENT_DISABLED) + "\"><B>"
-	      + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption) + ":</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>");
+	      + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption) + ":</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"content\">");
     if (rtext==null)
       out.write("&nbsp;");
     else // display in the correct state

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDPasswordFormField.java

@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ public class CDPasswordFormField extends CDBaseFormField
 
   protected void renderActualField(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE=" + String.valueOf(size));
+    out.write("<SPAN CLASS=\"cinput\"><INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD CLASS=\"cinput\" NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE="
+	      + String.valueOf(size));
     out.write(" MAXLENGTH=" + String.valueOf(maxlength));
     if (!isEnabled())
       out.write(" DISABLED");
     out.write(" VALUE=\"");
     if (getValue()!=null)
       out.write(getValue());
-    out.write("\">");
+    out.write("\"></SPAN>");
 
   } // end renderActualField
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDPickListFormField.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class CDPickListFormField extends CDBaseFormField
 
   protected void renderActualField(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<SELECT NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE=1");
+    out.write("<SELECT CLASS=\"content\" NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE=1");
     if (!isEnabled())
       out.write(" DISABLED");
     out.write(">\n");

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/CDTextFormField.java

@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ public class CDTextFormField extends CDBaseFormField
 
   protected void renderActualField(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write("<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE=" + String.valueOf(size));
+    out.write("<SPAN CLASS=\"cinput\"><INPUT TYPE=TEXT CLASS=\"cinput\" NAME=\"" + getName() + "\" SIZE="
+	      + String.valueOf(size));
     out.write(" MAXLENGTH=" + String.valueOf(maxlength));
     if (!isEnabled())
       out.write(" DISABLED");
     out.write(" VALUE=\"");
     if (getValue()!=null)
       out.write(getValue());
-    out.write("\">");
+    out.write("\"></SPAN>");
 
   } // end renderActualField
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/ColorSelectors.java

@@ -31,30 +31,34 @@ public interface ColorSelectors
 
   public static final int LEFT_FOREGROUND = 5;
 
-  public static final int CONTENT_BACKGROUND = 6;
+  public static final int LEFT_LINK = 6;
 
-  public static final int CONTENT_FOREGROUND = 7;
+  public static final int CONTENT_BACKGROUND = 7;
 
-  public static final int CONTENT_HEADER = 8;
+  public static final int CONTENT_FOREGROUND = 8;
 
-  public static final int CONTENT_DISABLED = 9;
+  public static final int CONTENT_HEADER = 9;
 
-  public static final int CONTENT_ERROR = 10;
+  public static final int CONTENT_DISABLED = 10;
 
-  public static final int SIDEBOX_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 11;
+  public static final int CONTENT_ERROR = 11;
 
-  public static final int SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 12;
+  public static final int SIDEBOX_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 12;
 
-  public static final int SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND = 13;
+  public static final int SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 13;
 
-  public static final int SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND = 14;
+  public static final int SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND = 14;
 
-  public static final int CONFIRM_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 15;
+  public static final int SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND = 15;
 
-  public static final int CONFIRM_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 16;
+  public static final int SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK = 16;
 
-  public static final int ERROR_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 17;
+  public static final int CONFIRM_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 17;
 
-  public static final int ERROR_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 18;
+  public static final int CONFIRM_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 18;
+
+  public static final int ERROR_TITLE_BACKGROUND = 19;
+
+  public static final int ERROR_TITLE_FOREGROUND = 20;
 
 } // end class ColorSelectors

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/ContentDialog.java

@@ -154,15 +154,15 @@ public class ContentDialog implements Cloneable, ContentRender, ColorSelectors
     if (error_message!=null)
     { // print the error message
       out.write("<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER CELLPADDING=6 CELLSPACING=0><TR VALIGN=TOP>"
-		+ "<TD ALIGN=CENTER>\n" + rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_ERROR,3) + "<B>");
+		+ "<TD ALIGN=CENTER CLASS=\"content\">\n" + rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_ERROR,3) + "<B>");
       out.write(StringUtil.encodeHTML(error_message));
       out.write("</B></FONT>\n</TD></TR></TABLE>\n");
 
     } // end if
 
     // Output the start of the form
-    out.write("<FORM NAME=\"" + formname + "\" METHOD=POST ACTION=\"");
-    out.write(rdat.getEncodedServletPath(action) + "\">" + rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "\n");
+    out.write("<FORM NAME=\"" + formname + "\" METHOD=POST ACTION=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(action)
+	      + "\"><DIV CLASS=\"content\">" + rdat.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "\n");
 
     enum = hidden_fields.keys();
     while (enum.hasMoreElements())
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class ContentDialog implements Cloneable, ContentRender, ColorSelectors
     if (command_order.size()>0)
     { // render the command buttons at the bottom
       boolean is_first = true;
-      out.write("<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>");
+      out.write("<DIV ALIGN=CENTER CLASS=\"content\">");
       enum = command_order.elements();
       while (enum.hasMoreElements())
       { // render each of the command buttons in the list
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class ContentDialog implements Cloneable, ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 
     } // end if
 
-    out.write("</FONT></FORM>\n");
+    out.write("</FONT></DIV></FORM>\n");
 
   } // end renderHere
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/MenuSIG.java

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
 
-public class MenuSIG implements ComponentRender
+public class MenuSIG implements ComponentRender, ColorSelectors
 {
   private String image_url;
   private boolean image_url_needs_fixup = false;
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class MenuSIG implements ComponentRender
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
+    String hilite = "<FONT COLOR=\"" + rdat.getStdColor(LEFT_LINK) + "\">";
     if (image_url!=null)
     { // display the image by URL
       if (image_url_needs_fixup)
@@ -90,13 +91,13 @@ public class MenuSIG implements ComponentRender
       SIGFeature ftr = (SIGFeature)(it.next());
       out.write("<BR>\n<A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(ftr.getApplet() + "?sig="
 								+ String.valueOf(sigid)));
-      out.write("\">" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(ftr.getName()) + "</A>\n");
+      out.write("\">" + hilite + StringUtil.encodeHTML(ftr.getName()) + "</FONT></A>\n");
 
     } // end while
 
     if (show_unjoin)
       out.write("<P>\n<A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sigops?cmd=U&sig=" + String.valueOf(sigid))
-		+ "\">Unjoin</A>\n");
+		+ "\">" + hilite + "Unjoin</FONT></A>\n");
 
     out.write("\n");  // all done...
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderConfig.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.*;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
 import com.silverwrist.util.DOMElementHelper;
+import com.silverwrist.util.IOUtil;
 import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.ConfigException;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.UserContext;
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
   private boolean allow_gzip;
   private boolean no_smart_tags;
   private String font_face;
+  private File stylesheet;
+  private long stylesheet_time = 0;
   private String image_url;
   private String static_url;
   private String site_logo;
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
-  protected RenderConfig(String config_file) throws ConfigException
+  protected RenderConfig(String config_file, String root_file_path) throws ConfigException
   {
     config = loadConfiguration(config_file);
 
@@ -132,6 +135,28 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
       logger.debug("Font face: " + font_face);
 
+    String stylesheet_loc = render_sect_h.getSubElementText("stylesheet");
+    if (stylesheet_loc==null)
+    { // no <stylesheet/> tag - bail out now!
+      logger.fatal("<rendering/> section has no <stylesheet/> element");
+      throw new ConfigException("no <stylesheet/> found in <rendering/> section",render_sect);
+
+    } // end if
+
+    if (!(stylesheet_loc.startsWith("/")))
+      stylesheet_loc = root_file_path + stylesheet_loc;
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("Stylesheet location: " + stylesheet_loc);
+
+    // Test to make sure the stylesheet is actually present.
+    stylesheet = new File(stylesheet_loc);
+    if (!(stylesheet.exists() && stylesheet.canRead()))
+    { // it's not there - bail out!
+      logger.fatal("unable to read stylesheet file: " + stylesheet_loc);
+      throw new ConfigException("stylesheet " + stylesheet_loc + " cannot be read",render_sect);
+
+    } // end if
+
     Element colors_sect = render_sect_h.getSubElement("colors");
     if (colors_sect==null)
     { // no <colors/> tag - bail out now!
@@ -485,11 +510,11 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
 
   void writeContentHeader(Writer out, String primary, String secondary) throws IOException
   {
-    out.write(getStdFontTag(colors_array[CONTENT_HEADER],5) + "<B>" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(primary)
-	      + "</B></FONT>");
+    out.write("<SPAN CLASS=\"chead1\">" + getStdFontTag(colors_array[CONTENT_HEADER],5) + "<B>"
+	      + StringUtil.encodeHTML(primary) + "</B></FONT></SPAN>");
     if (secondary!=null)
-      out.write("&nbsp;&nbsp;" + getStdFontTag(colors_array[CONTENT_HEADER],3) + "<B>"
-		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(secondary) + "</B></FONT>");
+      out.write("&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN CLASS=\"chead2\">" + getStdFontTag(colors_array[CONTENT_HEADER],3) + "<B>"
+		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(secondary) + "</B></FONT></SPAN>");
     out.write("<HR ALIGN=LEFT SIZE=2 WIDTH=\"90%\" NOSHADE>\n");
 
   } // end writeContentHeader
@@ -527,6 +552,46 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
 
   } // end getLeftMenu
 
+  synchronized String loadStyleSheetData() throws IOException
+  {
+    // Load the stylesheet data.
+    StringBuffer raw_data = IOUtil.load(stylesheet);
+    stylesheet_time = stylesheet.lastModified();
+    
+    // Set up the replacements map to replace the various parameters.
+    HashMap vars = new HashMap();
+    vars.put("font",font_face);
+    vars.put("color.frame",colors_array[FRAME_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.top.background",colors_array[TITLE_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.top.foreground",colors_array[TITLE_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.top.link",colors_array[TITLE_LINK]);
+    vars.put("color.left.background",colors_array[LEFT_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.left.foreground",colors_array[LEFT_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.left.link",colors_array[LEFT_LINK]);
+    vars.put("color.content.background",colors_array[CONTENT_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.content.foreground",colors_array[CONTENT_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.content.header",colors_array[CONTENT_HEADER]);
+    vars.put("color.disabled",colors_array[CONTENT_DISABLED]);
+    vars.put("color.error",colors_array[CONTENT_ERROR]);
+    vars.put("color.sidebox.top.background",colors_array[SIDEBOX_TITLE_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.sidebox.top.foreground",colors_array[SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.sidebox.background",colors_array[SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.sidebox.foreground",colors_array[SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.sidebox.link",colors_array[SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK]);
+    vars.put("color.dlg.confirm.title.background",colors_array[CONFIRM_TITLE_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.dlg.confirm.title.foreground",colors_array[CONFIRM_TITLE_FOREGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.dlg.error.title.background",colors_array[ERROR_TITLE_BACKGROUND]);
+    vars.put("color.dlg.error.title.foreground",colors_array[ERROR_TITLE_FOREGROUND]);
+    return StringUtil.replaceAllVariables(raw_data.toString(),vars);
+
+  } // end loadStyleSheet
+
+  boolean hasStyleSheetChanged()
+  {
+    return (stylesheet_time!=stylesheet.lastModified());
+
+  } // end hasStyleSheetChanged
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Static operations for use by VeniceServlet
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -539,13 +604,20 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
     if (obj!=null)
       return (RenderConfig)obj;
 
+    // Get the root file path.
+    String root_file_path = ctxt.getRealPath("/");
+    if (!(root_file_path.endsWith("/")))
+      root_file_path += "/";
+
     // Get the parameter for the renderer's config file.
     String cfgfile = ctxt.getInitParameter(CONFIG_FILE_PARAM);
+    if (!(cfgfile.startsWith("/")))
+      cfgfile = root_file_path + cfgfile;
     logger.info("Initializing Venice rendering using config file: " + cfgfile);
     
     try
     { // create the RenderConfig object and save it to attributes.
-      RenderConfig rconf = new RenderConfig(cfgfile);
+      RenderConfig rconf = new RenderConfig(cfgfile,root_file_path);
       ctxt.setAttribute(ATTR_NAME,rconf);
       return rconf;
 
@@ -588,6 +660,7 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
     m.put("title-link",new Integer(TITLE_LINK));
     m.put("left-bg",new Integer(LEFT_BACKGROUND));
     m.put("left-fg",new Integer(LEFT_FOREGROUND));
+    m.put("left-link",new Integer(LEFT_LINK));
     m.put("content-bg",new Integer(CONTENT_BACKGROUND));
     m.put("content-fg",new Integer(CONTENT_FOREGROUND));
     m.put("content-hdr",new Integer(CONTENT_HEADER));
@@ -597,6 +670,7 @@ public class RenderConfig implements ColorSelectors
     m.put("sidebox-title-fg",new Integer(SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND));
     m.put("sidebox-content-bg",new Integer(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND));
     m.put("sidebox-content-fg",new Integer(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND));
+    m.put("sidebox-content-link",new Integer(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK));
     m.put("confirm-title-bg",new Integer(CONFIRM_TITLE_BACKGROUND));
     m.put("confirm-title-fg",new Integer(CONFIRM_TITLE_FOREGROUND));
     m.put("error-title-bg",new Integer(ERROR_TITLE_BACKGROUND));

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/RenderData.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import com.silverwrist.venice.db.PostLinkRewriter;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.db.UserNameRewriter;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.menus.LeftMenu;
 
-public class RenderData
+public class RenderData implements ColorSelectors
 {
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Static data values
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ public class RenderData
     if (urls.size()<nchoice)
       nchoice = urls.size();
 
-    out.write(rconf.getStdFontTag("#3333AA",5) + "<B>" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption)
-	      + "</B></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;" + rconf.getStdFontTag("#3333AA",3));
+    out.write("<SPAN CLASS=\"chead1\">" + rconf.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_HEADER,5) + "<B>"
+              + StringUtil.encodeHTML(caption) + "</B></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN CLASS=\"chead2\">"
+	      + rconf.getStdFontTag(CONTENT_HEADER,3));
     for (int i=0; i<nchoice; i++)
     { // loop through all the choices
       if (i==0)
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ public class RenderData
 
     } // end for
 
-    out.write("]</FONT><HR ALIGN=LEFT SIZE=2 WIDTH=\"90%\" NOSHADE>\n");
+    out.write("]</FONT></SPAN><HR ALIGN=LEFT SIZE=2 WIDTH=\"90%\" NOSHADE>\n");
 
   } // end writeContentSelectorHeader
 
@@ -304,6 +305,18 @@ public class RenderData
 
   } // end getLeftMenu
 
+  public String loadStyleSheetData() throws IOException
+  {
+    return rconf.loadStyleSheetData();
+
+  } // end loadStyleSheetData
+
+  public boolean hasStyleSheetChanged()
+  {
+    return rconf.hasStyleSheetChanged();
+
+  } // end hasStyleSheetChanged
+
   public String formatDateForDisplay(Date date)
   {
     if (display_date==null)

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/SideBoxConferences.java

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
+    String hilite = rdat.getStdColor(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK);
     if (hotlist.size()>0)
     { // display the list of conferences
       out.write("<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=2>\n");
@@ -82,10 +83,11 @@ public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 	String href = "confdisp?sig=" + conf.getEnclosingSIG().getSIGID() + "&conf=" + conf.getConfID();
 	out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=14><IMG SRC=\""
 		  + rdat.getFullImagePath("purple-ball.gif")
-		  + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=14 HEIGHT=14 BORDER=0></TD>\n");
-	out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT>\n" + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "<B><A HREF=\""
-		  + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href) + "\">" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getName())
-		  + "</A></B> (" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getEnclosingSIG().getName()) + ")</FONT>\n");
+		  + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=14 HEIGHT=14 BORDER=0></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sidebox\">\n"
+		  + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "<B><A HREF=\""
+		  + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href) + "\"><FONT COLOR=\"" + hilite + "\">"
+		  + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getName()) + "</FONT></A></B> ("
+		  + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getEnclosingSIG().getName()) + ")</FONT>\n");
 	if (conf.anyUnread())
 	  out.write("&nbsp;<A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href + "&rnm=1") + "\"><IMG SRC=\""
                     + rdat.getFullImagePath("tag_new.gif")
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@ public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
     if (uc.isLoggedIn())
     { // write the link at the end
       out.write("<P>" + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND,1) + "<B>[ <A HREF=\""
-	        + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("settings?cmd=H") + "\">Manage</A> ]</B></FONT>");
+	        + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("settings?cmd=H") + "\"><FONT COLOR=\"" + hilite
+		+ "\">Manage</FONT></A> ]</B></FONT>");
 
     } // end if
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/SideBoxSIGs.java

@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ public class SideBoxSIGs implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 	SIGContext sig = (SIGContext)(it.next());
 	out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=14><IMG SRC=\""
 		  + rdat.getFullImagePath("purple-ball.gif")
-		  + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=14 HEIGHT=14 BORDER=0></TD>\n");
-	out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT>\n" + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND,2) + "<B><A HREF=\""
-		  + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sig/" + sig.getAlias()) + "\">"
-		  + StringUtil.encodeHTML(sig.getName()) + "</A></B></FONT>\n");
+		  + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=14 HEIGHT=14 BORDER=0></TD>\n<TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sidebox\">\n"
+		  + "<A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sig/" + sig.getAlias()) + "\">"
+		  + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK,2) + "<B>" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(sig.getName())
+		  + "</B></FONT></A>\n");
 	if (sig.isAdmin())
 	  out.write("&nbsp;<IMG SRC=\"" + rdat.getFullImagePath("tag_host.gif")
 		    + "\" ALT=\"Host!\" BORDER=0 WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=20>\n");
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@ public class SideBoxSIGs implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
 
     if (uc.isLoggedIn())
     { // write the two links at the end
+      String hilite = rdat.getStdColor(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_LINK);
       out.write("<P>" + rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_FOREGROUND,1) + "<B>[ <A HREF=\""
-		+ rdat.getEncodedServletPath("settings?cmd=S") + "\">Manage</A> | <A HREF=\""
-                + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sigops?cmd=C") + "\">Create New</A> ]</B></FONT>");
+		+ rdat.getEncodedServletPath("settings?cmd=S") + "\"><FONT COLOR=\"" + hilite
+		+ "\">Manage</FONT></A> | <A HREF=\""
+                + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("sigops?cmd=C") + "\"><FONT COLOR=\"" + hilite
+		+ "\">Create New</FONT></A> ]</B></FONT>");
 
     } // end if
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/TopDisplay.java

@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ public class TopDisplay implements ContentRender, ColorSelectors
     { // draw in the outer framework of the sidebox
       out.write("<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0>"
 		+ "<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE BGCOLOR=\"" + rdat.getStdColor(SIDEBOX_TITLE_BACKGROUND)
-		+ "\"><TD ALIGN=LEFT>\n");
-      out.write(rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND,3) + "<B>"
-		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(sideboxes[i].getPageTitle(rdat)) + "</B></FONT>\n");
-      out.write("</TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=\"" + rdat.getStdColor(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND)
-		+ "\"><TD ALIGN=LEFT>\n");
+		+ "\"><TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sideboxtop\">\n"
+		+ rdat.getStdFontTag(SIDEBOX_TITLE_FOREGROUND,3) + "<B>"
+		+ StringUtil.encodeHTML(sideboxes[i].getPageTitle(rdat))
+		+ "</B></FONT>\n</TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=\""
+		+ rdat.getStdColor(SIDEBOX_CONTENT_BACKGROUND) + "\"><TD ALIGN=LEFT CLASS=\"sidebox\">\n");
 
       // Fill in the sidebox by calling down to the base.
       if (sideboxes[i] instanceof ContentRender)

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/menus/LeftMenuItem.java

@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
 import com.silverwrist.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.ColorSelectors;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.ComponentRender;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.RenderData;
 
-abstract class LeftMenuItem implements ComponentRender
+abstract class LeftMenuItem implements ComponentRender, ColorSelectors
 {
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Attributes
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ abstract class LeftMenuItem implements ComponentRender
     StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
 
     if (disabled)
-      buf.append("<FONT COLOR=\"#CCCCCC\">");
+      buf.append("<FONT COLOR=\"").append(rdat.getStdColor(CONTENT_DISABLED)).append("\">");
     else
     { // write the <A> tag
       buf.append("<A HREF=\"");
@@ -76,14 +77,12 @@ abstract class LeftMenuItem implements ComponentRender
       buf.append('"');
       if (new_window)
 	buf.append(" TARGET=\"_blank\"");
-      buf.append('>');
+      buf.append("><FONT COLOR=\"").append(rdat.getStdColor(LEFT_LINK)).append("\">");
 
     } // end else (writing <A> tag)
 
-    buf.append(text);
-    if (disabled)
-      buf.append("</FONT>");
-    else
+    buf.append(text).append("</FONT>");
+    if (!disabled)
       buf.append("</A>");
     buf.append("<BR>\n");
     out.write(buf.toString());