Originally Said By: Jason Byrnes
If you did not upload the template file to the server, the contact form solution pack files would throw an error in the browser and no email would be received. 
I forgot to upload the Template folder, however, NO error was coming up and the emails were being sent. Every test mail I sent went through with no problem, despite the fact that the Template folder had not been uploaded to the server. Then I tried uploading the Template folder to see if that would correct the black background problem; It had no effect.
