Peter, I did as you suggested and another template worked. I didn't get the stacking effect.

But, I don't seem to be able to prevent the stacking on the jw_InternetGazette template, so I'm just going to stick with Joomlaboard at this time.

Thanks for your help, man.

dave

or that internet gazette was built differently

out of the box the internet gazette template works with everything that comes with joomla. when you start adding all the components, modules, bots, bridges and everything else things start not to work as you would have liked; it doesn't mean anything is wrong wtih the template

Hi,
I think it's just a css conflict, try publishing the smf login module at the very bottom underneath all the other modules, this worked for me.