changing sidebar color….and adding a box around posts

One thing at a time here, I just viewed your source.. Um, what the heck is going on here lol? All those <br> tags in there.. =P

I think you’ll want to find this section in your theme’s CSS file:

FIND THIS:
#sidebar ul {
border-width: 0px 1px 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #fff;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 20px;
margin: 0px 0px 15px;
background-color: #D6DFF7;
color: #215DC6;
font-size: 11px;
list-style-type: none;
}

REPLACE WITH THIS:
#sidebar ul {
border-width: 0px 1px 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #fff;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 20px;
margin: 0px 0px 15px;
background-color: #000000;
color: #215DC6;
font-size: 11px;
list-style-type: none;
}

See if that helps for the sidebar background color..

spencerp