diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dc49c2f..f793593 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ If using emacs markdown-mode:
 -->
 <style>
 body {
-    background-color:#fdd;
+/*    background-color:#fdd;*/
 }
 .columns {
     margin-left:0 !important;
@@ -84,6 +84,26 @@ h5 {
     font-weight:bold;
     margin-bottom:0;
 }
+/* these need to be full width
+#section1 {
+    background-color:#fff;
+}
+#section2 {
+    background-color:#eee;
+}
+#section3 {
+    background-color:#ddd;
+}
+#section4 {
+    background-color:#ccc;
+}
+#section5 {
+    background-color:#bbb;
+}
+#section6 {
+    background-color:#aaa;
+}
+*/
 </style>
 <div style="float:right; position:fixed; top:.5em; right:.5em;">
 <p><a href="https://github.com/plaintextaccounting/plaintextaccounting.github.io"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/plaintextaccounting/plaintextaccounting.github.io.svg?style=social&amp;label=Github" alt="github" title="send pull requests, bug reports, blog posts, star us, tweet with #plaintextaccounting tag" /></a></p>
@@ -191,6 +211,7 @@ I'm not sure. Current plain text accounting tools can do some schema definition
 <p><!-- section --></p>
 <a name="ledger-likes"></a>
 <div id="section3">
+
 <style>
 th, td { border:none; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; border-bottom:thin solid #ddd; white-space:nowrap; }
 </style>
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 74a242b..d14459b 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ If using emacs markdown-mode:
 
 <style>
 body {
-    background-color:#fdd;
+/*    background-color:#fdd;*/
 }
 .columns {
     margin-left:0 !important;
@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@ h5 {
     font-weight:bold;
     margin-bottom:0;
 }
+/* these need to be full width
+#section1 {
+    background-color:#fff;
+}
+#section2 {
+    background-color:#eee;
+}
+#section3 {
+    background-color:#ddd;
+}
+#section4 {
+    background-color:#ccc;
+}
+#section5 {
+    background-color:#bbb;
+}
+#section6 {
+    background-color:#aaa;
+}
+*/
 </style>
 
 <div style="float:right; position:fixed; top:.5em; right:.5em;">