Question [SOLVED] Category Text Color on default template

sozzled wrote:

Rooster wrote: I made that change, but it changed the category header backgrounds (for all) to green ...

Sorry, I thought that's what you wanted to do. My mistake.

You need to change the color attribute of the Kunena [HTML] <A> tag style. Can you do without any further help?

Need help

The answer may depend on what you've got for your Joomla site template: see My Joomla site template makes a mess of Kunena . What's the URL of your forum? What colour do you want to make the <A ...> font colour?

The forums area located at www.swgmemories.com/CMS/index.php/forum/index

You'll note the dark blue'ish category backgrounds with some dark'ish text, maybe a gray or browish color. I would like to make that #00dda1. You do need to log in to see the forums - I'll send you a PM with that info. Thanks again!

Also wondering if this bit of edited code will make the Profile header area the correct color or if I need to edit/create more code for that?

I don't know if this is what you want to do, but add the following three lines to the end of the file ../templates/beez_20/css/general.css:

Hey thanks! I do have two questions though..

1. At first I didn't think it worked.. Using FF still shows the dark text color for some reason. Any idea why and how to fix that? Works fine on IE, least IE9 for sure.. Tried closing / restarting FF, and even used another PC which had never been to ths site before.

2. Is there any way to those color modifications into files held by the actual Kunena template itself? If not, how do you know which Joomla template file to stick it in? EG. do the modifications always go in that general.css file? If I wrote a template from the ground up (mostly, lol) could this stuff be incorporated in the Kunena template 100% - meaning, is this limitation of having to edit the Joomla template done because of choices the Beez_20 designer made? Just trying to wrap my head around the modification locations, lol.

Rooster wrote: Is there any way to those color modifications into files held by the actual Kunena template itself?

Our advice is, unless you really know what you're doing, you don't want to do that. It may only be my opinion but I believe simple changes, like colour changes, belong in your site template file(s). If you change your site template then you may not even have to change Kunena at all. It's best to leave Kunena alone. That way, when there are new releases of Kunena, you don't have to worry about whether you have to change things all over again.

Now, of course, it's possible to create your own Kunena template but, I have to admit, the instructions in the Wiki are complicated and you need to invest a lot of time (and energy) to understand the procedure. If you're technically gifted then, of course, that wouldn't be a problem. However, only one person in one hundred who asks questions on this forum about how to change colours - a fairly basic thing to do - has no understanding of the basic principles of how to use browser developer tools (e.g. Firebug) let alone how CSS works.

There are always options - lots of options - available to people who don't have the technical skills but who still want to make a few fancy layout changes. Some of these options rely on the choice of Joomla template you use (see My Joomla site template makes a mess of Kunena ); other options involve engaging a professional web designer to make the changes for you.

In conclusion, however, my answer to this question is to modify your main Joomla site template CSS file if you want to tweak a minor Kunena web element style.

As far as your first question is concerned, you need to force a browser page refresh and then you will see the changes. Use Google to learn how to force a browser page refresh (or clear your browser cache) so that you download a fresh copy of your CSS files.