Minnow on .com vs .org

  • Resolved marta-s

    (@marta-s)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I’ve had one of my blogs on wp.com, and now I’m transferring it to a self-hosted platform. But I want to continue using the Minnow theme. Everything else went smoothly, except that it seems that the Minnow theme is not the same. On .com, the Customize section offers me “Colors & Backgrounds” where I have 2 featured palettes to choose from, plus a suggestion of colors. I mostly use one of the featured palettes, because I like it. The chosen palette adjusts the background and font color.
    Now, when I upload the Minnow theme (1.0.5) through my self hosted admin, all of the sudden, the Colors and Background options are separate, and I no longer see the 2 basic featured palettes. I can change the background color, but it’s isolated, i.e. not connected with any palette.
    I really didn’t expect that the theme basic options will be downgraded in this way. I’d even be willing to pay a little to get the premium plan, but this again seems to available only in wp.com version.
    I don’t know how to change CSS, and I don’t want to go there. If the Minnow for self-hosted domains doesn’t give me the option of choosing palettes, like the .com version, then I’ll just have to use a different theme.

    Here are the sites:
    – On wp.com: https://soulfulsparks.wordpress.com/
    – On self-hoted: https://soulfulsparks.hamoves.net/

    Please advise. Thank you.

    Gratefully,
    Marta

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  • Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    Hi Marta – colour palettes are a special feature specific to WordPress.com sites. It isn’t available on self-hosted sites.

    I don’t know how to change CSS, and I don’t want to go there.

    If you change your mind, just let me know, as I would be happy to provide the exact CSS you could copy and paste into your site to recreate the featured palette you chose over at WordPress.com. ??

    Thread Starter marta-s

    (@marta-s)

    Thank you, Kathryn. Perhaps I should try and change the CSS, if you are so kind to send me one. I really like the Minnow theme, at least for now. I guess I would copy the CSS code into the style.css under Appearance > Editor.
    And then I could change the color codes in the CSS when I’d want to change colors.

    Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    Sure, here’s what to do:

    1. Since you’re already using Jetpack, activate the Custom CSS module under Jetpack > Settings.

    2. Under Appearance > Edit CSS, you’ll find a new editor where you can add custom CSS. Here is the CSS from your featured palette at WordPress.com, copy-paste it into this CSS editor:

    .social-links ul a:before { color: #FFFFFF;}
.menu-toggle, .menu-toggle:before, .menu-toggle:after { border-color: #636363;}
#infinite-footer .blog-info a,#infinite-footer .blog-info a:visited { color: #111111;}
#infinite-footer .container, body { color: #333333;}
blockquote { color: #636363;}
#infinite-footer .blog-credits, #infinite-footer .blog-credits a, #infinite-footer .blog-credits a:hover, #infinite-footer .blog-info a, #infinite-footer .blog-info a:visited, #infinite-footer .blog-info a:hover { color: #636363;}
#infinite-handle span:hover, button:hover, input[type="button"]:hover, input[type="reset"]:hover, input[type="submit"]:hover { border-color: #636363;}
#infinite-handle span:hover, button:hover, input[type="button"]:hover, input[type="reset"]:hover, input[type="submit"]:hover, .wp-caption-text, .comment-reply-link, .comment-reply-link:visited, .comment-metadata, .comment-metadata a, .comment-metadata a:visited { color: #636363;}
.site-footer, .site-footer a, .site-footer a:visited, .page-header { color: #636363;}
.entry-format a:hover { border-color: #636363;}
.entry-format a:hover, .entry-format a:active, .entry-format a:focus, #respond h3, .comments-title, .entry-meta, .entry-meta a, .entry-meta a:visited, .entry-meta a:active, .entry-meta a:hover, .entry-meta a:focus { color: #636363;}
.page-header, .hentry, .entry-meta, td, th { border-color: #cccccc;}
.page-header, .hentry, .entry-meta, td, th { border-color: rgba( 204, 204, 204, 0.2 );}
#infinite-handle span, button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"], .entry-format a, .entry-format a:visited { color: #636363;}
#infinite-handle span, button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"], .entry-format a { border-color: #636363;}
.entry-meta, .entry-meta a, .entry-meta a:visited, .entry-meta a:active, .entry-meta a:hover, .entry-meta a:focus { color: #636363;}
#infinite-footer .container, body, .entry-format:before, .entry-format a, #infinite-handle span, button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] { background-color: #eeeeee;}
.site-header, tr:nth-of-type(2n), blockquote, pre, .wp-caption { background-color: #EAEAEA;}
.slide-menu { background-color: #E8E8E8;}
blockquote { border-color: #E8E8E8;}
.social-links ul a:before { background-color: #6b87a5;}
.social-links ul a:hover:before { background-color: #6b87a5;}
.social-links ul a:hover:before { background-color: rgba( 107, 135, 165, 0.75 );}
.menu-toggle:hover, .menu-toggle:hover:before, .menu-toggle:hover:after, .menu-toggle:active, .menu-toggle:active:before, .menu-toggle:active:after, .menu-toggle:focus, .menu-toggle:focus:before, .menu-toggle:focus:after, .sidebar-open .menu-toggle, .sidebar-open .menu-toggle:before, .sidebar-open .menu-toggle:after { border-color: #4F6681;}
.comment-author, .comment-author a, .comment-author a:visited { color: #4F6681;}
a, a:visited, a:active, a:focus, a:hover { color: #4F6681;}
.entry-title, .entry-title a, .entry-title a:visited { color: #4F6681;}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { color: #4F6681;}
.widget-title { color: #4F6681;}
.site-title a, .site-title a:visited, .site-title a:hover { color: #4F6681;}

    Let me know how it goes.

    Thread Starter marta-s

    (@marta-s)

    Thanks a million, Kathryn. It looks so much better now. And it was really easy to implement too ??
    The happiness was instantaneous ??

    Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    I’m very glad to hear that! ??

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