Changing background color of default theme

[reefforum]

I would like to do this without installing a mod if possible? 

I tried this but it did not change anything:

Edit the value of background-color: for the body class (/* The main body of the entire forum. */) in your style.css file

thank you

[AllanD]

in the index.css file  near the top find

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


/* Set a fontsize that will look the same in all browsers. */
body
{
   background: #E9EEF2 url(../images/theme/backdrop.png) repeat-x;
   font: 78%/130% "Verdana", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
   margin: 0 auto;
   padding: 15px 0;
}


the #E9EEF2 is the color and the backdrop.png is the background at the very top.
Hope this helps

[MrGrumpy]

Actually the site is using 1.1.13 and therefore the file is style.css

Look in your style.css for the body class on line 52

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


body {
background-color: #E5E5E8;
margin: 0px;
padding: 12px 30px 4px 30px;
}

Change the #E5E5E8 to what evr color you want to use

[AllanD]

Sorry tried to help

[Gary]

Sorry tried to help

No need to apologise. I really wish people would include the version they're running... prevents assumptions like this...

[reefforum]

Actually the site is using 1.1.13 and therefore the file is style.css

Look in your style.css for the body class on line 52

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


body {
background-color: #E5E5E8;
margin: 0px;
padding: 12px 30px 4px 30px;
}

Change the #E5E5E8 to what evr color you want to use

Thank you.  yes version 1.1.13.  I did exactly what you said and nothing changes.

[MrGrumpy]

What color are you trying to change the background to?

[reefforum]

What color are you trying to change the background to?

I tried a few different ones, none of them worked  #696969

[MrGrumpy]

It must work as your background has changed color from #E5E5E8 to #646D7E and I can clearly see it has changed color

[MrGrumpy]

Now its gone back to the default color, you did have it changed so you are doing it right but if you want attatch your style.css here and i will change the code for you

[reefforum]

thank you so much.  I could not see any change on my screen using 3 different browsers so I changed it back

[MrGrumpy]

Ok upload this and then once uploaded just clear your browser cache just incase, press Ctrl and F5 together

[reefforum]

thank you

so the only thing that changed was this;?
/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
   background-color: #696969;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 12px 30px 4px 30px;
}

I wonder why it didnt work when I did it

[MrGrumpy]

Yeah, all i changed was the actual hex color code, i'm not sure why you didn't see the change when you done it but I viewed your site when you did and I could see you had changed the color

[cantona]

friends, i want to change few colors in curve theme, but i don't know how its made
what should i do, how edit? help me pls..

[antechindia]

This is background colour which u can use it for gave background color for your theme #E9EEF2 and this is url of background image
   url(../images/theme/backdrop.png) repeat-x. Its extension  .png that pick the transparent background color. You can change it in body part of css.

[Gary]

cantona - in future, create a topic of your own when asking for support. But to answer your question, all the containing elements you want to change are within the main_block.png graphic.

antechindia - You can just remove the image call outright if you want a solid colour, no need for transparencies.