The capability has always existed to change the color(s). Do you want a prompt asking the user if the post should be a different color?

Originally posted by Carefree
The capability has always existed to change the color(s). Do you want a prompt asking the user if the post should be a different color?

color or colour? Or have I just grown up with too much British literature?
If you're talking about changing just the text colour, then Carefree is right - there are a number of colour tags available for changing the text. If you're talking about the background, or just about anything else, then the short answer is that there is nothing readily avilable.
Is there any particular reason for this request? Sometimes understanding the "why" behind a question saves us all some time in coming to a solution.

OK - I know what you're wanting now. It's called the "Alternating Topic Colors Mod". I put it up on SnitzBitz.

Nothing like that has been written. Wouldn't be too difficult, but I can easily imagine some very awful color combinations.

Probably the easiest way to handle it would be to add another field to the database to record the desired topic color. In the default table "FORUM_TOPICS", I'd add a "T_COLOR" field. You wouldn't need to define it in "config.asp" since it won't be static.
Then in "forum.asp", you'd have to add it after the line and again after the line
Remember those "CColor" variable locations from the alternating color mod? You'd replace them with "Topic_Color".
In "post.asp" and in "post_info.asp", you'd have to include the new field in forms and in SQL calls/updates to the database.

That'll get you started. If you run aground, ask for help and we'll give you a hand.