#HCB_comment_box * {
margin:0;padding:0;outline:0;border-width:0;
}

#HCB_comment_box textarea.commentbox {
  width:100%; /* was 100% */
  display:block;
  border: 0
  ;
}

#HCB_comment_box textarea, #HCB_comment_box input.text, #HCB_comment_box input.submit  {
  border: 0px none transparent;
  background-color: #EDDAAF;  /* #EDDAAF was transparent */
  padding-left:5px; /* was 5px */
  border-color: #9B432F; 
  border-width: 1px;
  color: #000000; /* was #444 */
}

#HCB_comment_box .hcb-wrapper-half {
  width:50%;
}

#HCB_comment_box input.text {
   width:100%; /* was 100% */
   color: #000000 /* new tag; did not exist before */
   background-color: #EDDAAF; /* light beige; was #f8f8f8 */
   margin-top:5px; /* new tag; did not exist before */
   margin-bottom:8px; /* new tag; did not exist before */
}

/* the submit button */
#HCB_comment_box input.submit {
  cursor:pointer;
  font-weight:bold;
  background:url(submit.png) no-repeat;
  width:84px;
  height:25px;
  color:transparent;
  margin-top:8px; /* new tag; did not exist before */
}

#HCB_comment_box span.home-desc {
  font-size:10px;
  opacity:0.4;
}

#HCB_comment_box blockquote {
  margin:0 !important;
  padding:20px;
  background:url(speech-bubble.png) no-repeat;
}

/* the individual comment display containers */
#HCB_comment_box div.comment {
  border-bottom:1px solid #9B432F; /* brick; was eee */
  margin-bottom:0px;
}