The current high-contrast black-on-white design feels outdated and creates a harsh visual mismatch with the dark images used in the slideshow. To make the site look more modern, I propose decreasing the contrast. Adding the following CSS to the top of site_www.css achieves this result: body, a span, #content { color: #222; } #content, #content #slidenav { background-color:#fafafa; } Alternatively, a milder variant could be used: body { background-color:#e4e4e4; } body, a span, #content { color: #222; } #content, #content #slidenav, #content .post-day { background-color:#f5f5f5; } Or, for something slightly less dull, this version uses an imperceptible purple tint: body, a span, #content { color: #222; } body { background-color:#e6e3e6; } #content, #content #slidenav, #content .post-day { background-color:#f7f4f7; } Regards, daffyduck