Techie Guidance Please

[Daedalus]

My techno-fu is weak.

Two things I cannot figure out:
1. I have a problem reading black font on a blue background. Is there a way I can change it?
2. Are avatars enabled? If so, I can't seem to make it work.

Nits - not a big deal in the overall scheme of things.

Again, Thanks very much for setting us up!
Jack