I'm running 6.1.4 could you tell me the directions so I may alter the color and also maybe some images and fonts on the templates.
Thanks
I'm running 6.1.4 could you tell me the directions so I may alter the color and also maybe some images and fonts on the templates. Thanks |
I'll tell you the best I can since you didn't tell us what you'd like to change.
1. Download & Install Firefox Browser
2. Download & Install Firebug Add-On to Firefox browser.
3. Restart Firefox after installing Firebug.
4. Go to the page on your site that you would like to make changes on.
5. When the page loads, look in the lower right corner, you will see a bug.
6. Click on the Bug. This turns Firebug On
7. Look at your screen now, the top part is your site, the bottom part is a split window with 2 sections. Left is basically the html/script. Right side is the CSS.
8. Locate a specific item you would like to alter the color/appearance/font-size/font-decoration/weight or whatever one and right click on that item.
9. In the column on the right, you will note the CSS in order of hierarchy, the top is what's the final say, the bottom is what takes place if there is nothing at the top. It has a line number on the left side of the colum, a file name on the right side, if you hover over the file name it will give you the full file path such as: http://yoursite.com/templates/tmpl_uni/css/general.css This is the file you edit, the # on the left side is the line number of that specific file.
10. Play with things in Firebug until you get them to look as you want, then open your server via FTP Client (I recommend WinSCP but everyone has a preference) and go to the specific file and make the changes by editing the file with a code editor (I recommend Notepad++ but again everyone has their preference, just don't attempt to use Dreamweaver for this, it won't work correctly on Dolphin) and then save the file.
***If you make a mistake in Firebug, not a big deal, just refresh the page. Always check your work BEFORE you close the CSS File to make sure everything is working correctly after editing. You can always use the back button (undo function) if you don't like the change you made or it causes an error. Just have fun with it, experiment, try new things and you will learn a ton of useful information.
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What I want to change is the background color, some fonts, etc. I went to the css in the server templates>base>css but nothing happens when I change it there. I will try that suggestion and see how that works. Thanks |
I'll tell you the best I can since you didn't tell us what you'd like to change. 1. Download & Install Firefox Browser 2. Download & Install Firebug Add-On to Firefox browser. 3. Restart Firefox after installing Firebug. 4. Go to the page on your site that you would like to make changes on. 5. When the page loads, look in the lower right corner, you will see a bug. 6. Click on the Bug. This turns Firebug On 7. Look at your screen now, the top part is your site, the bottom part is a split window with 2 sections. Left is basically the html/script. Right side is the CSS. 8. Locate a specific item you would like to alter the color/appearance/font-size/font-decoration/weight or whatever one and right click on that item. 9. In the column on the right, you will note the CSS in order of hierarchy, the top is what's the final say, the bottom is what takes place if there is nothing at the top. It has a line number on the left side of the colum, a file name on the right side, if you hover over the file name it will give you the full file path such as: http://yoursite.com/templates/tmpl_uni/css/general.css This is the file you edit, the # on the left side is the line number of that specific file. 10. Play with things in Firebug until you get them to look as you want, then open your server via FTP Client (I recommend WinSCP but everyone has a preference) and go to the specific file and make the changes by editing the file with a code editor (I recommend Notepad++ but again everyone has their preference, just don't attempt to use Dreamweaver for this, it won't work correctly on Dolphin) and then save the file. ***If you make a mistake in Firebug, not a big deal, just refresh the page. Always check your work BEFORE you close the CSS File to make sure everything is working correctly after editing. You can always use the back button (undo function) if you don't like the change you made or it causes an error. Just have fun with it, experiment, try new things and you will learn a ton of useful information. I got to make another shiny list!!!! Thank you and everyone else for helping me. I have never used Dolphin, have done vbulletin which I like but I love dolphin software much better! Now I can say that I do like how It is all turning out Again thanks! |