Forum Font Color

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:44 pm

Is there a way to change the font color in the forum. I have been trying to edit thw 2 .css files, but nothing changes. Thank you

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

It would depend on what theme and what forum style you are using. Are you using a theme that has a forums folder or is it using the subSilver default style?

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:00 pm

It is MtechnikV3blue and it appears to use the subsilver default. There is no forums folder.

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:47 pm

Then my guess would be it would be in the modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/subSilver.css .

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:30 am

I have edited that file, trying to change the font color from white to black without success. I then tried to change the backround color to make the white font more readable, again, no luck. It seems like the .css file is not being read at all. Is this possible? Steve

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:27 pm

Raven, here is an example of what I mean. My subsilver.css contains this section

Code:

/* Main table cell colours and backgrounds */


td.row1   { background-color: #6699CC; }


td.row2   { background-color: #6699CC; }


td.row3   { background-color: #6699CC; }

but when I check the source code from the generated page I have this

Code:

/* Main table cell colours and backgrounds */





td.row1   { background-color: #EFEFEF; }





td.row2   { background-color: #DEE3E7; }





td.row3   { background-color: #D1D7DC; }

Thank you, Steve

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:51 am

Any thoughts would be of great help. Seems as if this is a simple question, and I have a simple mind, lol, but the ideas are just not forming. Thank you, Steve Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:48 am

You probably have a copy of your site on your local pc, correct? Try using the Windows Search facility on your nuke folder and search for the phrase "background-color: #EFEFEF". If that does not yield any results, then post back.

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:14 pm

Negative results on that search, Raven. I took the files from a backup I made this morning. Steve

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:03 pm

Then that means it's probably in a table, probably bbthemes. Look in your Forum admin, under styles. Are you, perchance, using a customized style? When you look at the forum Configuration link, does the style say subSilver or something else? Also look under Style Management. Has the style been customized?

Worker Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 165

If the theme is a second hand theme then look for a forum.css file in the theme directory. There is where all the colors are stored for the forums stuff. If that leads you no where then look in the theme.css file under styles and see if it helps there. Sorry if I interupted Raven just trying to help
Thanks
Fury

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:30 pm

NP at all. I welcome help! It could be any of these things.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:40 am

In admin/forums/config subsilver is the default. (there are no other choices). I cannot find any reference to Style Management. But I did find the culprit, thanks to you guys. It was theme/style/style.css. Corrections have been made, thank you very much. Your student, Steve Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:46 am

Great! Just as an FYI, in Forums Administration Panel, on the left hand side right above User Admin should be a Styles Admin. That is where you can design your own style or modify an existing one.

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:01 am

Thank you, Raven. I just double checked, and I don't have that Styles admin. Right above User Admin I have Groups Admin, but there is no heading for Style Admin. I just noticed on the BP site, I changed the color of the forum fonts, but it also changed the color of the main page fonts. Those two must be linked somehow. Is there a reason for so many css files all apparently controlling the same thing? It would seem to me that once a class is set and then called, i.e. gensmall, the color selected for the class would overrule the style.css. You know, the more I work on this, the more I realize how much I don't know. When you realize that you are on the back side of the learning curve, you sometimes wonder - what is the point of all this? Maybe I should just give up. Crying or Very sad