Thanks for the replies.
I just went through my admin page source and disabled all the plug-ins that were making changes to it, but still I do not see any highlighting on the menu items. Here’s what my admin <head> looks like now (real domain name replaced):
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/problem-with-post-edit-buttontml; charset=UTF-8″ />
<title>Forums ‹ domainname.com — WordPress</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
addLoadEvent = function(func){if(typeof jQuery!="undefined")jQuery(document).ready(func);else if(typeof wpOnload!=’function’){wpOnload=func;}else{var oldonload=wpOnload;wpOnload=function(){oldonload();func();}}};
var userSettings = {‘url’:’/’,’uid’:’1′,’time’:’1264170174′};
var ajaxurl = ‘http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php’, pagenow = ‘admin’, adminpage = ‘simple-forum-admin-panel-forums-sfa-forums-php’, thousandsSeparator = ‘,’, decimalPoint = ‘.’;
//]]>
</script>
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’global-css’ href=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/css/global.css?ver=20091228′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’wp-admin-css’ href=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?ver=20091221′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’colors-css’ href=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20091217′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<!–[if lte IE 7]>
<link rel=’stylesheet’ id=’ie-css’ href=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/css/ie.css?ver=20091217′ type=’text/css’ media=’all’ />
<![endif]–>
<script type=’text/javascript’>
var pcbExclusions = new Array(
"sfcbdummy"
);
</script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/jquery/jquery-132.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-admin/js/utils.js?ver=20090102′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/jquery/ui.core.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/ui.accordion.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/ui.sortable.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/jquery.form.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/sfa-calendar.js?ver=2.9.1′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/sfa-tags.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/ajaxupload/ajaxupload.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/checkboxes/prettyCheckboxes.js?ver=1.3.2′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/problem-with-post-edit-buttonighslide/problem-with-post-edit-buttonighslide.js?ver=4.0.7′></script>
<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/admin/sfa-admin.js?ver=4.1.0′></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/css/menu/sf-menu.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/css/admin/sf-admin.css" />
<style type="text/css">
.sfsidebutton, .sfsidebutton a { background-color: #0066CC; color: #FFFFFF; }
.sfform-panel { background: #0066CC; color: #FFFFFF; }
.form-table td.longmessage { color: #FFFFFF; }
.sffieldset legend { background-color: #78A1FF; color: #FFFFFF; }
.sfsubfieldset legend { background-color: #A7C1FF; color: #FFFFFF; }
.subhead { color: #FFFFFF !important; }
.form-table td { color: #000000; }
.sffieldset { color: #000000; background-color: #78A1FF; }
.sublabel { color: #000000 !important; }
.sfsubfieldset { color: #000000; background-color: #A7C1FF; }
#sfavataroptions span { background-color: #A7C1FF; color: #000000; }
.form-table th { background-color: #464646; color: #D7D7D7; }
.sfmaintable th, .sfsubtable th, .sfsubsubtable th { background: #0066CC; color: #D7D7D7; }
.sfmaintable { background-color: #EAF3FA; }
.sfmaintable td { color: #000000; }
.sfsubtable, .sfsubsubtable { background-color: #78A1FF; }
.sfsubtable td, .sfsubsubtable td { color: #000000; }
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/css/problem-with-post-edit-buttonighslide/problem-with-post-edit-buttonighslide.css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
hs.graphicsDir = "http://www.domainname.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-forum/resources/jscript/problem-with-post-edit-buttonighslide/support/";
hs.outlineType = "rounded-white";
hs.outlineWhileAnimating = true;
hs.cacheAjax = false;
hs.showCredits = false;
hs.lang = {
closeText : ",
closeTitle : ‘Close’,
moveText : ",
moveTitle : ‘Move’,
loadingText : ‘Loading’
};
var jspf = jQuery.noConflict();
jspf(document).ready(function()
{
jspf("#sfadminmenu").accordion({
autoHeight: false,
collapsible: true,
active: 0 });
jspf(‘input[type=checkbox],input[type=radio]’).prettyCheckboxes();
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function quotescollection_checkAll(form) {
for (i = 0, n = form.elements.length; i < n; i++) {
if(form.elements[i].type == "checkbox" && !(form.elements[i].hasAttribute(‘onclick’))) {
if(form.elements[i].checked == true)
form.elements[i].checked = false;
else
form.elements[i].checked = true;
}
}
}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
#search_meter_menu {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#search_meter_menu li {
display: inline; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; text-align: center;
margin: 0;
line-height: 170%;
}
#search_meter_menu li.current {
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #fff;
color: #000;
padding: 5px;
}
#search_meter_menu a {
background-color: #fff;
color: #69c;
padding: 4px;
font-size: 12px;
border-bottom: none;
}
#search_meter_menu a:hover {
background-color: #69c;
color: #fff;
}
#search_meter_menu + .wrap {
margin-top: 0;
}
div.sm-stats-table {
float: left;
padding-right: 5em;
padding-bottom: 3ex;
}
div.sm-stats-table h3 {
margin-top: 0;
}
div.sm-stats-table .left {
text-align: left;
}
div.sm-stats-table .right {
text-align: right;
}
div.sm-stats-clear {
clear: both;
}
</style>
</problem-with-post-edit-buttonead>