I need help changing the color of some text and other

Started by Don Houston, June 26, 2012, 04:30:02 PM

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Don Houston

I do not know exactly where this would be located, but I need to find out where I can change the color for some categories.



Notice I have the words General Stats Highlighted, that is because they are a black color and I would like to see them white.

Also, on the footer, I want it to say Theme Created by Don Houston, how do I do that?

kat

I edited your post, so that the image shows, Don. ;)


kat

No sweat! There was a ".", where there should've been a "/", that's all.

It's probably something in index.css. But, I have a feeling that changing the colour of that text will change the colour of other text, too.

It might, actually, be best to ask in the theme's support topic, to be honest, as it seems to be a custom theme.

You might get lucky, here, though. :)


kat

Sorry. :P

I just saw that you created the theme...

I was suggesting that, as it's custom theme, it would be best to post in that theme's topic.

But, of course, there isn't one. :)

Ignore me, I'm a raving Muppet! ;)

Don Houston


Shambles

Hey Don!

When I need to find this stuff out I use my Firefox browser. If I right-click a part of my forum I can select "Inspect Element" and on the right of the screen I'll get shown part of the stylesheet that created/coloured that element.

While it's showing I can play with the colours (and other cool stuff) until it looks right to me. After that I can edit the actual .css file and make the change permanent.

But beware what the wise K@ says - changes could cascade into other parts of the forum if you try this method.

I believe IE (*shudders*) also has an inspect facility, but I couldn't advise further on that.

Good luck

Don Houston

Yea I tried what you said to try shambles and I still can't figure out how to find the Hex decimal to change the font color.  All I want to do is make it a white color instead of the black


Don Houston

No, I know what the color is, I found it using your trick  but this is what I found
                  <a href="http://topicsbb.com/forum/index.php?action=stats"><img class="icon" src="http://topicsbb.com/forum/Themes/Topicsbb/images/icons/info.gif" alt="Forum Stats"></a>
                  Forum Stats
               

I want to be able to change the text color to #ffffff

Shambles

Yep - you got the html listed. The css will show up if you select the "css" or "style" option when inspecting the element. On my machine it shows up on the right hand side; there you can see how the colour property has been assigned and also change it on-the-fly (temporarily).

You need to get the css showing up. Post back if you need further help with this (or gizza link to your forum so I can take a screenie for you)



EDIT: I got your forum now but you're in maintenance mode atm

Don Houston

OK, so I only have one thing left and that is to add Designed by Don Houston in the footer.  I looked in all the files and could not find the footer anywhere.  What file do I use to modify the Footer so I can say the Theme is designed by me?

kat

This could absolute crap. So, please, keep a copy of the file, as a backup.

In your theme's index.template.php, find this section of code:

// Show the "Powered by" and "Valid" logos, as well as the copyright. Remember, the copyright must be somewhere!
echo '
<div id="footer_section"><div class="frame">
<ul class="reset">
<li class="copyright">', theme_copyright(), '</li>
<li>


and add this, as the next line, modified to suit:

<a href="http://www.someaddress.com" title="Theme copyright: Don Houston" target="_blank"></a> </li>

I HAVEN'T CHECKED THIS!


Don Houston

And I have one more thing,

I am trying to download the theme so that if I need to reinstall the board, I do have a theme to install it with,  When I try to download it through FTP, it keeps locking up on me.  Is there a better and faster way?

kat

Quote from: Don Houston on June 27, 2012, 01:29:27 PM
Why is it crap?

I said it might be. I'm no coder, you see. ;)

You could download it using your CPanel's File Manager. I'd be concerned as to why FTP is locking-up, though.

larry1123

find where general statistics is in the theme files add or change the ID tag to it
<a id="general_statistics">General Statistics</a>

In the CSS file use in that page or put inline add
#general_statistics {
color: #FFF;
}


That will do what you need. I tested. As long as the CSS is added and the ID tag is added around the text it can be something other than an <a> </a> but I find that it works for adding things like this vary well.


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