maybe next week you guys can try a theme like this one
http://custom.simplemachines.org/the...php?lemma=1236
better contrast and not *BRIGHT*

the old phpbb smile set looks better , i use them on my board

ps:
my smf forum, https://sitia.kinghost.net/~thehardwaresxtreme/forum/
i'm having a issue with DNS and the main domain www.thehardwaresxtreme.com is not working