When I look at my database in web direct it is not rich in colors or text. What setting am I missing? (see attachments)

make sure your on a supported browser (chrome, safari, IE) and set yourself up with best practices for themes

http://www.dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-themes-best-practices

I've tried mutilple browsers on both mac and windows. It actuially flashes the correct page then reverts to the bad one.

attached is side by side. In client and browser

Check out the links and make sure your themes and styles are set up efficiently for all objects in the file.

Pay particular to what the resources say about redundant data in the CSS due to improper management of styles.

I will thanks. It still doesn't make sense - it's a box and text. 

Well, It does have something to do with styles. Thanks for the push in the right direction