diff --git a/addressbook/inc/hook_home.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/hook_home.inc.php
index 9062b69d70..33b0c5ac0a 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/hook_home.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/hook_home.inc.php
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@
 		$portalbox = CreateObject('phpgwapi.listbox',
 			Array(
 				'title'     => $title,
-				'primary'   => $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
-				'secondary' => $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
-				'tertiary'  => $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
 				'width'     => '100%',
 				'outerborderwidth' => '0',
-				'header_background_image' => $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi/templates/phpgw_website','bg_filler.gif')
+				'header_background_image' => $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi/templates/default','bg_filler')
 			)
 		);
 		$app_id = $GLOBALS['phpgw']->applications->name2id('addressbook');
diff --git a/calendar/inc/hook_home.inc.php b/calendar/inc/hook_home.inc.php
index bcb4892975..0b938d82e7 100755
--- a/calendar/inc/hook_home.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/inc/hook_home.inc.php
@@ -60,12 +60,9 @@
 		$portalbox = CreateObject('phpgwapi.listbox',
 			Array(
 				'title'	=> $title,
-				'primary'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
-				'secondary'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
-				'tertiary'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['theme']['navbar_bg'],
 				'width'	=> '100%',
 				'outerborderwidth'	=> '0',
-				'header_background_image'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi/templates/phpgw_website','bg_filler')
+				'header_background_image'	=> $GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->image('phpgwapi/templates/default','bg_filler')
 			)
 		);
 
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/default/css/submarine.css b/phpgwapi/templates/default/css/submarine.css
index 7f4e52f2ab..0876fa8f19 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/default/css/submarine.css
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/default/css/submarine.css
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ a:hover
 .portal
 {
 	background-color: #80BBFF;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	border-color: #000000;
+	border-style: ridge;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/default/images/bg_filler.png b/phpgwapi/templates/default/images/bg_filler.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac100a1ec8
Binary files /dev/null and b/phpgwapi/templates/default/images/bg_filler.png differ
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/css/submarine.css b/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/css/submarine.css
index 7791dc1975..c8e9b8e9b4 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/css/submarine.css
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/css/submarine.css
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ a:hover
 .portal
 {
 	background-color: #80BBFF;
+	border-width: 1px;
+	border-color: #000000;
+	border-style: ridge;
 }
 
 .bodytext