It works on my demo site as you can see , so it must be a mod ?
I tried it on the Demo site and the same problem is there using the Ancedota theme the display above the navigation bar on the left says "News: SMF - Just Installed!" When I select Ancedota_Alt the news display is not visible.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings the Alt theme has a nice look. Aside from the minor news glitch the only other question I have is; where is the code for the button size, specifically the width? I have a lot of buttons and either need to skinny them up or repeat the blue bar for the second row so it has a background. I really wish I could get the navigation bar from Ancedota in Ancedota_Alt but Christmas has already passed

Thanks for the reply I'll check in and see what can be done.