I've tried a whole bunch of things to make those lines disappear but nothings has worked. I'm also still not able to make my header height enough to show my whole header. But first things first. Any ideas about my first question?

Here is a link to the answer in the FAQ thread.

Thanks for that lead. I tried finding the code he was talking about but couldn't. Once I find it though, all I have to do is change the color code? Can you give me more specific instructions on how to find the css?

It's in CSS Inserts.

Look in Atahualpa Theme Options (ATO)>Add HTML/CSS Inserts>CSS Inserts

I don't see that code in the CSS inserts. Will it be the exact text?

ATO)>Add HTML/CSS Inserts>CSS Inserts is not code it is the location for where the code will be. You should see the following which you can delete to get rid of the bars or just change the color.

div#imagecontainer { 
border-top: solid 5px #333; 
border-bottom: solid 5px #333; 
}

Thanks for this info "lmilesw"- I've just joined the forum, specifically to look at this problem, and this CSS tip has solved my challenge with the theme. I didn't actually even consider looking in that section.

I'll try it out on other parts of Atahualpa too - thanks!

Originally Posted by lmilesw

ATO)>Add HTML/CSS Inserts>CSS Inserts is not code it is the location for where the code will be. You should see the following which you can delete to get rid of the bars or just change the color.

div#imagecontainer { 
border-top: solid 5px #333; 
border-bottom: solid 5px #333; 
}

I don't know, call me crazy, but this is all I see...(see below)

td#header {
padding-bottom: 15px;
}
div.searchbox {
position: absolute;
top: 130px;
right: 25px;
}
div.searchbox input.text {
border: none;
padding: 2px 15px 2px 3px;
background: #fff url('<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/search2.gif') no-repeat right center;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
height: 15px;
bolder: solid 1px #e7e7e7;
font-size: 11px;
}

a.posts-icon {
position: absolute;
top: 163px;
right: 140px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #fff;
font-size: 11px;
}
a.comments-icon {
position: absolute;
top: 163px;
right: 30px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #fff;
font-size: 11px;
}

div#menu1 ul.rMenu {
background: transparent;
border: none;
}

div.widget ul li {
padding: 1px 5px 1px 14px !important;
background: url('<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/bullets/gray-arrow.gif') no-repeat 0 4px;
}
div.widget ul li a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Menu Bars */


/* Adjustments for the menu bars, which in their default
state have 1px borders plus -1px margins to avoid 1+1=2px
borders between neighbor items. */
ul.rMenu-hor ul, ul.rMenu-hRight ul { margin-top: 0px; }
ul.rMenu-hor li { margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; }
ul.rMenu-hor { padding-left: 0px; }
ul.rMenu-ver li { margin-top: 0xp; }

div#menu1 ul.rMenu li a, div#menu2 ul.rMenu li a {
padding: 8px 10px;
}
/* different padding for parents with arrow image */
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li.rMenu-expand a, div#menu2 ul.rMenu li.rMenu-expand a {
padding: 8px 22px 8px 10px !important;
background-position: 97% 50% !important;
}
/* less padding for children with arrow image */
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li.rMenu-expand li a, div#menu2 ul.rMenu li.rMenu-expand li a {
padding: 5px 22px 5px 10px !important;
background-position: 97% 50% !important;
}


/*
ul#rmenu {
padding:5px;
}
*/
div#menu2 {
background: #666666;
}
div#menu1 {
background: #eee;
}


/* XX comments to .... */
h3#comments {
margin: 10px 0;
padding: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
background: #f5f5f5;
}

ul.commentlist {
border-top: 0;
margin: 0;
line-height: 1.4;
font-size: 12px;
}
ul.commentlist li.thread-odd, ul.commentlist li.thread-even {
margin: 5px 0;
padding: 10px;
border-bottom: solid 5px #fafafa;
background: #fff;
}
span.authorname, span.authorname a {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 17px !important;
}
div.commentmetadata a {
color: #999;
font-size: 10px;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 1px;

What version of atahualpa?
What is your URL pointing at the issue