[natralis]

this is exactly what i have in the template

<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<form action="/shoutbox.php" method="post" name="vbform">
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="shout">

<tr>
<td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" width="100%"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Shout, Shout...Let It All Out</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

<table cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<tr bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}">
<td width="100%"><normalfont><b>Your Shout:</b></normalfont> &nbsp; <smallfont><b>[ <a href="$bburl/misc.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=showsmilies" class="small" target="_blank">Smilies</a> - <a href="$bburl/misc.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=bbcode" class="small" target="_blank">vB Code</a> ]</b></smallfont>
<br/><textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="60" class="bginput" wrap></textarea>
<br/>$smiliebits</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}">
<td width="100%"><input type="submit" name="comment_submit" value="Shout Now!" class="bginput" accesskey="s"></td>
</tr>

</form>
</table>