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background color not working

zachgold / 2010-11-17 23:39:05   

Hi,

I'm having trouble changing the background color on any of my pages. It's white by default and when I try to change it, the change shows ups in the little color box, but after I save and try to edit the page again it's back to white. Seems I can't change it to any other color.

I'm also wondering how to change the background color for the menu, or just use a single background image for the all the pages (including menu) as I've seen on some sites made with Indexhibit.

Here's my site: www.zachgold.tv

Thanks,
Zach

arsondpi / 2010-11-18 00:16:38   

See if this solution (I found by using the search box) works...

As for your second question - it's done with css. Check the second red link in the Useful threads post in the main forum page.

zachgold / 2010-11-18 00:40:18   

Odd, it seems to have trouble saving all the color values in the corners of the gradient. I didn't notice the exact pattern described in that post, but changing between colors for quite a while eventually gets it to save pure black.

For the menu background, I guess you're telling me I have to edit the css files? I know html, but figured this feature would be included in the GUI.

Vaska A / 2010-11-18 00:49:23   

It is in the interface - look in Additional Settings.

But, to change it globally you need to make some changes via CSS. Not everything can be in the interface...

zachgold / 2010-11-18 01:01:39   

Where in Additional Settings? All I see are Background Tiling, Process HTML, and Hide Page From Index.

Vaska A / 2010-11-18 01:07:39   

There is a background color chooser...but it's only specific to one page at a time.

zachgold / 2010-11-18 17:53:04   

The color chooser only changes the background of the individual page on the right side of the screen. If you look at my page above, it looks rather odd with a black background on the right and a white strip on the left where the menu is. I'm trying to change the color of the menu page to match.

zachgold / 2010-11-18 20:56:52   
  1. Figured I could do this (as well as add a background image for the menu) by adding some html to the Pre-Nav Text: 
  2. <body background="/files/gimgs/image.jpg" bgcolor="#000000">

but it doesn't seem to do anything.

zachgold / 2010-11-20 02:08:19   

Any answers? It's getting to be pretty frustrating to do something so simple.

ellen_b / 2010-11-20 08:35:07   

I am actually having the exact same problem. I would like to change the background colour universally. Or, at least change it for the left hand side under the menu strip.

It makes sense that this would be changed using CSS in the Settings - but I have also tried to add this to the Pre-Nav Text and it isn't working. Could someone please clarify/confirm where this CSS should be inserted?

(ellenbleiwas.com)

ellen_b / 2010-11-27 00:08:01   

Okay. I see what you meant - my apologies. I\'m just starting with all this. For anyone that is looking for an answer to this in the future, you can change the background colour of the menu in this way (...and maybe there are other ways, but this worked for me):

\n\n

STEP 1
\nAs Vaska said:
\ngo into /ndxz-studio/defaults.php file and change:
\n$default[\'color_picker\'] = true;
\nto:
\n$default[\'color_picker\'] = false;

\n\n

Then you can enter in the exact color you want for the background. BUT, you will no longer have a color choosing device...

\n\n

STEP 2
\nGo into /ndxz-studio/site/sample/style.css and where it describes the menu, change background colour to what you want it to be. ie. if you want black, in this file you would write:
\nbackground-color: #000000;

ellen_b / 2010-11-27 00:09:05   

(odd... it is showing n where they were not intended - please ignore any n in that post)

This thread has been closed, thank you.