diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
index b6657a43c7..613584e4d0 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.portalbox.inc.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 			if ($var=='' || !isset($this->$var))
 			{
 				echo 'Programming Error: '.$this->getvar('classname').'->getvar('.$var.')!<br>'."\n";
+				echo function_backtrace(1);
 				$GLOBALS['phpgw']->common->phpgw_exit();
 			}
 			//echo "Var = ".$var."<br>\n";
@@ -109,14 +110,9 @@
 			$this->p->set_block('PORTAL','link_field','link_field');
 
 			$var = Array(
-				'outer_border'	=> $this->getvar('outerborderwidth'),
 				'outer_width'	=> $this->getvar('width'),
-				'outer_bordercolor'	=> $this->getvar('outerbordercolor'),
-				'outer_bgcolor'	=> $this->getvar('titlebgcolor'),
 				'title'	=> $this->getvar('title'),
 				'inner_width'	=> $this->getvar('width'),
-				'inner_bgcolor'	=> $this->getvar('innerbgcolor'),
-				'header_background_image'	=> $this->getvar('header_background_image'),
 				'control_link'	=> ''
 			);
 			$this->p->set_var($var);
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/default/portal.tpl b/phpgwapi/templates/default/portal.tpl
index dcc39152f1..98398fc1e6 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/default/portal.tpl
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/default/portal.tpl
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 <!-- BEGIN portal_box -->
 <p>
-<div style="border: #9c9c9c 1px solid;">
+<div class="portal_box">
 <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="{outer_width}"> 
  <tr nowrap align="center">
   <td align="left">
-	<div class="divSideboxHeader" style="height: 15px; padding-top: 0px">
-	<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="{outer_width}">
+	<table class="portal_box_header" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
 	  <tr>
 		<td align="left">&nbsp;<strong>{title}</strong></td>{portal_controls}
 	  </tr>
 	</table>
-	</div>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td colspan="2">
-   <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="{inner_width}" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
+   <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
     {row}
    </table>
   </td>