Colors

Last post 08-01-2011, 7:53 PM by JanSm. 2 replies.
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  •  07-29-2011, 3:46 PM 23294

    Colors

    We're experimenting with the color scheme of our pages.

    We're currently struggling to find out where we change the colors of Topic titles in Forums (which are currently showing as white text on a white background) and the boxes that go around Blog items. 

    Could WA's documentation for Look and Feel: Colors and Styles be expanded to describe where a user could change some of the more frequently customisable settings, i.e. forum, blog, etc?


  •  07-31-2011, 1:48 PM 23298 in reply to 23294

    • jim is not online. Last active: 05-16-2012, 5:40 PM jim
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    Re: Colors

    From Settings -> Colors and styles go to Functional pages -> List -> Link and change the font color as needed. We will also see about updating that help page.


    Jim Sympathy, Fluid Apricot
  •  08-01-2011, 7:53 PM 23300 in reply to 23294

    • JanSm is not online. Last active: 05-15-2012, 1:55 PM JanSm
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    Re: Colors

    My experience with customizing a WA template is in a word, painful, oh, and time consuming. You will need to go to Settings/Site look and feel. Check out Styles and Color for the basic settings.

    But, there are lots of elements that need to be edited-many you can find in the CSS customization option. Tip-make a copy of the original before you modify it-and add your own comments to keep track of what you're doing. It's best if you have all the html hex colors identified. I use a great ap called ArtDirectorsToolKit which has a color identifier feature to figure out what hex colors are in the template. You can search the CSS code for hex values and replace with your own.

     

    But, and this is where it get's realllly time consuming, there will be still other elements you will have to find by using a browser html inspector-like Firebug for Firefox. WA is best if you don't have a lot of customization to do to the templates. Find a template with as close to the color scheme as you can get.

    Good luck. Customizing WA templates is not for sissies.


    Jan
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