For those of you who think the new Meebo Chat Box is really cool and want to customize the colors, at least on your own site, you'll enjoy this next tutorial.

And for those of you who would like the new Meebo Chat Box if you could just read the darned thing, this may well save your eyes ... and your sanity.

Because this is CSS, it will affect YOUR SITE ONLY. It doesn't affect how the message is sent out, so it doesn't affect how your friends see what you have written like a typical IM. And it doesn't affect how the chat box looks when you're on another Multiply page. But at least you'll have something unique for your own page. Here is the sample code I used to get the effect in the example to the right. You can change the colors and sizes and font family to whatever is right for you.

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courtesy from my friend joe