I feel stupid (change font color)

[hcfwesker]

I'm trying to migrate from smf 1.1.11 to smf 2.0 rc4 ... and FAILING miserably.

I've actually learned a bit, but this EASY little task has been bothering for hours of trial & error, and haven't found a real answer while searching the forum.

Where do i change the forum's font color, I just want white text

/* use dark grey for the text, leaving #000 for headers etc */
body, td, th, tr
{
   color: #fff;
}


^^^^^   When did the code go from 6 to 3 digits?



Help

[Good]

I hope this link is useful for you:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=404621.0

[Paul_Pauline]

#fff is white.

They still use six digits for colours, they just shorten it for some basic colours, ie; the full code for white is # ffffff

It will also recognise white without the # in front of it.

[hcfwesker]

I have tried all of these options ...

/* use dark grey for the text, leaving #000 for headers etc */
body, td, th, tr
{
   color: #FFFFFF;
}


/* use dark grey for the text, leaving #000 for headers etc */
body, td, th, tr
{
   color: #ffffff;
}


/* use dark grey for the text, leaving #000 for headers etc */
body, td, th, tr
{
   color: #FFF;
}


/* use dark grey for the text, leaving #000 for headers etc */
body, td, th, tr
{
   color: #fff;
}



the text on the index page is not changing from black.

[Good]

Use mode: global headers footers
and add this code:

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<STYLE type="text/css">
a:link
{
color: #ffffff;
}

a:visited
{
    color: #ffffff;
}
a:hover
{
    color: #ffffff;
}
.smalltext
{
    color: #ffffff;
}
.middletext
{
    color: #ffffff;
}
.normaltext
{
    color: #ffffff;
}
.largetext
{
    color: #ffffff;
}

</STYLE>

add that code in footer or header of global headers footers mode

[hcfwesker]

Ummmm, shouldn't the font color able to be changed in the stylesheets, where i been trying to edit?

And, that code in the headers/footers will change the font color for ALL my themes on the forum.

[Paul_Pauline]

Are you doing a hard refresh and emptying the cache in Admin > Forum Maintenance after making the changes.

Just a thought, you are making the changes in the CSS of the theme you are using and not the default.

[hcfwesker]

yes.  the  css/index.css  of the theme i am trying to edit.  Even shows the theme in the preview box.  but no changes after i save, hard refresh 50 times, nothing.  I know how to do this, it's just, for some reason, not working.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Why your change is made on that part of css?  That is for header and the header will be white if that is the change but not the text normal or link.

To change the text color, you need to change the first part of your css i.e. like this:

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/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link, a:visited
{
color: #663300;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
color: #CC6600;
text-decoration: none;
}

That is my forum text color normal, link and hover.

[hcfwesker]

Yes, that is for text that are links on the site, like board titles, topic titles, etc ...  I'm talking about the text in posts/board descriptions/admin pages, Info center text, etc ...

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

I guess you may be right then. Good luck.

[hcfwesker]

Trial & Error ... I FOUND it ...


/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg, #preview_body, .content, .roundframe
{
   color: #fff;
   background: url(images/windowbg.gif) #313131 repeat-x;
}
.windowbg2
{
   color: #fff;
   background: url(images/windowbg2.gif) #313131 repeat-x;
}
.windowbg3
{
   color: #fff;
   background: url(images/windorbg3.gif) #313131 repeat-x;
}

[TehCraw]

My advice is to use FireBug when modifying themes. It shows you the exact id/class of any text string on a certain page, as well as its' inherited properties.