Why do my blocks have a black box?

[BorderlandsHQ]

If you go to my site here: http://dust514zone.com/

You'll see that the HTML & Javascript blocks have a black/dark box around the text.

(For ex, look at "Navigation" and "Dust 514 Information" - they have black boxes around them)

Why does this happen? And how do I remove it?

[Renegd98]

Did you make any edits to the styles.css file?

It appears that this is the culprit:  catbg3 tp_leftblock_title

[BorderlandsHQ]

I never made any edits to the style.css file.

Okay, so if that's the culprit, how do I remove it?

[IchBin]

style.css file. Find the .header class and either change or remove the background color.

[BorderlandsHQ]

I can't seem to find it...

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/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link
{
   color: #5f7bb5;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
   color: #5f7bb5;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
   color: #5f7bb5;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Navigation links - for the link tree. */
.nav, .nav:link, .nav:visited
{
   color: #66cc00;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a.nav:hover
{
   color: #cc3333;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Tables should show empty cells. */
table
{
   empty-cells: show;
}

/* By default (td, body..) use verdana in black. */
body, td, th , tr
{
   font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
   background: #202021;
   color: #000000;
   font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
   margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
   padding: 0px;
}
.page
{
   background: #121211;
   color: #ACAEAE;
}

/* Input boxes - just a bit smaller than normal so they align well. */
input, textarea, button
{
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
input, button
{
   font-size: 90%;
}

textarea
{
   font-size: 100%;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* All input elements that are checkboxes or radio buttons. */
input.check
{
}

/* Selects are a bit smaller, because it makes them look even better 8). */
select
{
   font-size: 90%;
   font-weight: normal;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* Standard horizontal rule.. ([hr], etc.) */
hr, .hrcolor
{
   height: 1px;
   border: 0;
   color: #666666;
   background-color: #666666;
}

/* No image should have a border when linked */
a img
{
   border: 0;
}
/* A quote, perhaps from another post. */
.quote
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #D7DAEC;
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px;
   padding: 1px;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

/* A code block - maybe even PHP ;). */
.code
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   font-family: "courier new", "times new roman", monospace;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.3em;
   /* Put a nice border around it. */
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 99%;
   /* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: auto;
   /* Stop after about 24 lines, and just show a scrollbar. */
   max-height: 24em;
}

/* The "Quote:" and "Code:" header parts... */
.quoteheader, .codeheader
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.2em;
}

/* Generally, those [?] icons.  This makes your cursor a help icon. */
.help
{
   cursor: help;
}

/* /me uses this a lot. (emote, try typing /me in a post.) */
.meaction
{
   color: red;
}

/* The main post box - this makes it as wide as possible. */
.editor
{
   width: 96%;
}

/* Highlighted text - such as search results. */
.highlight
{
   background-color: yellow;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
}

/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg
{
   background: #181818;
   color: #ACAEAE;
   border-left: 1px solid #252525;
   border-top: 1px solid #252525;
}
.windowbg2
{
   background: #1d1d1d;
   color: #ACAEAE;
   border-left: 1px solid #252525;
   border-top: 1px solid #252525;
}
.windowbg3
{
   background: #181818;
   color: #ACAEAE;
   border-left: 1px solid #252525;
   border-top: 1px solid #252525;
}
/* the today container in calendar */
.calendar_today
{
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* These are used primarily for titles, but also for headers (the row that says what everything in the table is.) */
.titlebg, tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, .titlebg2, tr.titlebg2 th, tr.titlebg2 td
{
   background: #292C29;
   color: #FFFFFF;
   font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.titlebg, .titlebg a:link, .titlebg a:visited , .titlebg2 a:link, .titlebg2 a:visited
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.titlebg a:hover , .titlebg2 a:hover
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: underline;
}
td.titlebg, th.titlebg, div.titlebg { padding: 4px; }

/* 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 , .catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
   background: #1C1C1C url(images/catbg.gif) repeat-x top left;
   color: #FFFFFF;
   font: bold 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited , .catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
   color: #ffffff;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

.tfoot
{
   background: #000000;
   color: #FFFFFF;
}
.tfoot a:link
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.tfoot a:visited
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.tfoot a:hover, .tfoot a:active
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* This is used for tables that have a grid/border background color (such as the topic listing.) */
.bordercolor { }

/* This is used on tables that should just have a border around them. */
.tborder
{
   background: #000000;
   color: #000000;
}

/* Default font sizes: small (8pt), normal (10pt), and large (14pt). */
.smalltext
{
   font-size: x-small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
.middletext
{
   font-size: 90%;
}
.normaltext
{
   font-size: small;
}
.largetext
{
   font-size: large;
}


/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* All the signatures used in the forum.  If your forum users use Mozilla, Opera, or Safari, you might add max-height here ;). */
.signature
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   padding-bottom: 3px;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* Sometimes there will be an error when you post */
.error
{
   color: red;
}


/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.maintab_first, .maintab_back, .maintab_last, .maintab_active_first, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_active_last
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.maintab_back, .maintab_active_back
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size:  9px;
   vertical-align: top;
   padding: 2px 6px 6px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.maintab_first
{
   width: 10px;
}
.maintab_back { }
.maintab_last
{
   width: 8px;
}
.maintab_active_first
{
   width: 6px;
}
.maintab_active_back { }
.maintab_active_last
{
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.maintab_back a:link , .maintab_back a:visited, .maintab_active_back a:link , .maintab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.maintab_back a:hover, .maintab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: underline;
}
/* definitions for the mirror tab */
.mirrortab_first, .mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_last, .mirrortab_active_first, .mirrortab_active_back, .mirrortab_active_last
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_active_back
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size: 9px;
   vertical-align: bottom;
   padding: 6px 6px 2px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.mirrortab_first
{
   width: 10px;
}
.mirrortab_back { }
.mirrortab_last
{
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_first
{
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_back { }
.mirrortab_active_last
{
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in mirror tab. */
.mirrortab_back a:link , .mirrortab_back a:visited, .mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.mirrortab_back a:hover, .mirrortab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #ACAEAE;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* The AJAX notifier */
#ajax_in_progress
{
   background: #32CD32;
   color: white;
   text-align: center;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 18pt;
   padding: 3px;
   width: 100%;
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
}

/* Dark Fantasy */
.time { color: #AAADAA; }
.inlineimg { vertical-align: middle; }
.header
{
   background: #2B3032;
}

.header_bg
{
   background: #2B3032 url(images/header_bg.gif) repeat;
}

.sub
{
   background: #414141 url(images/sub.gif);
}

.sub_nav
{
   color:  #FFFFFF;
   font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
   padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
}
.sub_nav a:link
{
   color:  #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.sub_nav a:visited
{
   color:  #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.sub_nav a:active
{
   color:  #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.sub_nav  a:hover
{
   color:  #FFFFFF;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

#side_borders_inner
{
   border-left: 1px solid #2B3032;
   border-right: 1px solid #2B3032;
   width: 99%;
   margin: 0px auto;
}
.nopost_spacer
{
   padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;
}

[Renegd98]

find the following:

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.header
{
   background: #2B3032;
}


and remove it

[IchBin]

You really should use the search function of the editor you're using. You would have found it much easier.