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Posted September 7, 20177 yr Hey Folkes So I've had the pleasure of being made the head of media for the forum I work with. I'm currently making a custom theme and I have a few questions. 1 - Currently for some reason I can only use colour gradients as a background, I would like to make the forum sections and title bars slightly transparent and have my own custom background image. 2 - I would like to add custom textures like metal or fire to the Title bars 3 - Once I am done editing the theme how do I make it available to everyone on the forum currently for some reason only I can see it. Secondary Question can somone post a link to the plugins so I can grab a roster or cms to make a roster
September 7, 20177 yr 1 & 2, depends how you are changing your colors (e.g. using custom.css or the easy mode option) 3) far right of theme name click the 'edit' button (pencil icon) and should see: Make changes to the area I marked in blue
September 7, 20177 yr Author Okay so how would i add a custom background or make the tabs transparent
September 7, 20177 yr Author I'm some what new to the way these forums edit themes etc. I'm trying to basically make the tabs sort of transparent but coloured Have the entire background be one image I'm using the easy editor I do believe I'm not quite sure how this all works haha Edited September 7, 20177 yr by BGL Justice V
September 7, 20177 yr Author My main issue is when I do something to the theme like make the background a gradient and save it and then make it the default theme. If I look at the website it's just in solid grey and not a black and green gradient like I set in the editor
September 7, 20177 yr I better let someone else answer regards Easy Mode as do not use it myself but by looks of it you would have to use the 'custom.css' to add those changes Might want to add any images to the 'Manage Resources (far right of theme name) make sure you make a note of the image details to add to custom.css e.g. {resource="body_bg.jpg" app="core" location="custom"} 13 minutes ago, BGL Justice V said: My main issue is when I do something to the theme like make the background a gradient and save it and then make it the default theme. If I look at the website it's just in solid grey and not a black and green gradient like I set in the editor Have you selected the correct theme from drop down menu when viewing forum
September 7, 20177 yr Author the theme I made is in my name I edit it and then go out of the easy editor and click to use the theme and it just does not look like what ive made.
September 7, 20177 yr Sorry but as mentioned ... better for someone who uses Easy Mode to answer than for me to just guess and waste your time with what ever I come up with
September 7, 20177 yr Had a thought ... you are clicking the 'Build' tab ? Then selecting the theme from drop down menu (at bottom of the page when viewing forum)
September 7, 20177 yr Author 41 minutes ago, steve00 said: Had a thought ... you are clicking the 'Build' tab ? Then selecting the theme from drop down menu (at bottom of the page when viewing forum) when editing the colours of my forum I need a bit of assistance on the main page it goes browse, then forum, then the home button, and then in black is the name of your forum. ( how do i change the name of my forum to white. Also Im not sure if anyone is skilled enough to answer this (more than likely) but how would I take a picture off google and make it my forums background "Body" as for the "Navigation bars" "browse, activity, store etc" is there a way to say make these look like metal.... be made of fire.. .etc 1 hour ago, steve00 said: Sorry but as mentioned ... better for someone who uses Easy Mode to answer than for me to just guess and waste your time with what ever I come up with Do you know how to code things like what I need and where to put it ? you could just message me the code for how to make the body my own picture
September 8, 20177 yr 14 hours ago, BGL Justice V said: when editing the colours of my forum I need a bit of assistance on the main page it goes browse, then forum, then the home button, and then in black is the name of your forum. ( how do i change the name of my forum to white. Also Im not sure if anyone is skilled enough to answer this (more than likely) but how would I take a picture off google and make it my forums background "Body" as for the "Navigation bars" "browse, activity, store etc" is there a way to say make these look like metal.... be made of fire.. .etc Do you know how to code things like what I need and where to put it ? you could just message me the code for how to make the body my own picture For the Forum color to be white then in custom.css add: .ipsType_pageTitle { color: #fff; } for the navigation bar then you would need to add an image or use gradients (you would have to experiment in that area by creating the image or find one) Regards image off google then be careful you are not infringing any copyright issues (may need to obtain the original authors permission to use) Already mentioned how to add your own image as background You might be better taking screenshots and posting them so we know what part referring to
September 8, 20177 yr Author 3 hours ago, steve00 said: For the Forum color to be white then in custom.css add: .ipsType_pageTitle { color: #fff; } for the navigation bar then you would need to add an image or use gradients (you would have to experiment in that area by creating the image or find one) Regards image off google then be careful you are not infringing any copyright issues (may need to obtain the original authors permission to use) Already mentioned how to add your own image as background You might be better taking screenshots and posting them so we know what part referring to I just said "image on google" as a way of saying like uploading a picture from the internet or a picture I own, I could of worded it better. I will take a picture of what I mean for the nav bars and what I'm trying to do and upload it in a bit. as for the .ipsType_pagetitle { color: #fff; } I would add that in the custom.css "anywhere?" or in a specific location
September 8, 20177 yr Author 3 hours ago, steve00 said: For the Forum color to be white then in custom.css add: .ipsType_pageTitle { color: #fff; } for the navigation bar then you would need to add an image or use gradients (you would have to experiment in that area by creating the image or find one) Regards image off google then be careful you are not infringing any copyright issues (may need to obtain the original authors permission to use) Already mentioned how to add your own image as background You might be better taking screenshots and posting them so we know what part referring to Alright so that worked out perfect with the custom CSS so now I took pictures of what im trying to do. - Area marked in red ; Would like the nav bars to have a texture similar to the other included image - Area marked in Green ; Wish to make white - Area marked in blue ; make either red or white (most likely white) " I know how to change the footer text colors. @steve00
September 8, 20177 yr for the blue and green boxes ... if want them all to be a white color then change the code you added into custom.css to: .ipsType_pageTitle, .ipsType_richText, .ipsBreadcrumb > ul > li, .ipsApp .ipsButton_link, .ipsBreadcrumb [data-action="defaultStream"], .ipsBreadcrumb [data-action="markSiteRead"] { color: #fff; } for the navbar to have texture then need to create the textured image you want to use first
September 8, 20177 yr Author Also I have the image code for my background in resources how would i make it the background
September 8, 20177 yr Author Like where in the custom css would it go and when my tab texture is done where would that css go Edited September 8, 20177 yr by BGL Justice V
September 8, 20177 yr Author Well now we have a whole new issue, the text on the page when I clickmoderator to go to the moderator control panel is all black and so is my background ???
September 9, 20177 yr 6 hours ago, BGL Justice V said: Well now we have a whole new issue, the text on the page when I clickmoderator to go to the moderator control panel is all black and so is my background ??? Must be something you added yourself somewhere as I have only given code for text and for the text to be white.
September 10, 20177 yr Author Last step what is this text called so I can make it black the highlight text
September 13, 20177 yr On 11/09/2017 at 4:23 AM, Kyle Girga said: How can I delete a old theme I no longer wish to use? Please start your own topic as your question not related to the OP's questions
September 13, 20177 yr On 9/11/2017 at 4:23 AM, Kyle Girga said: How can I delete a old theme I no longer wish to use? Cuztomization > Themes > click the dropdown for the relevant theme > Delete
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