A Few Questions About Code

  • Resolved thesimling

    (@thesimling)


    12 years, 10 months ago

    First of all, I’m not very advanced at code (just not my thing). Please, in your descriptions, try to be as detailed as possible so that I don’t get lost along the way!!

    Also… you will find my site here: https://www.burnettlegacy.simmin24.co.uk/wordpress

    In the middle, I have a white panel, (where the background is blocked out). Can I make this a transparent black? If so, how?

    Then, my next question: How do I make the text’s default colour white?

    Also, how do I change my site’s default font (I want a nicer font for the “Archives” bit, along with everything else)?

    Where can I locate the panel with the menu on it, and how do I make that a transparent black? Also, if it’s not too hard, how do I give it a border?

    Last question… I have got a background for a different section of my website:
    body.category-generation1 { background:url(10.jpg) fixed !important; }

    How do I make it centered?

    Thank you to anyone who helps me!!! ??

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  • Because it is a new theme.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    But what about the modifications I’ve already made? I don’t want to lose them!

    What modifications?

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    Background, header, etc. Quite a few!

    Just set the background & header up on the child theme using Appearance -> Header and Appearance -> Background as you did previously.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    I had a very complex set up though, which different background for different categories! I also had a header and removed some space between the header and the menu bar. I won’t be able to replicate that because I just did it by guesswork!

    When I said “etc” I MEANT “etc”.

    You will have to port your changes over into the child theme. You shouldn’t have been editing the Twenty Ten theme’s stylesheet or templates files in the first place. You will find warnings about this posted all over these forums.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    Well I didn’t go onto these forums because whenever I asked for an answer to one problem someone told me there was another problem.

    How do I port over these changes? How do I fix the problems I actually wanted fixing?

    How do I port over these changes?

    What changes did you make?

    How do I fix the problems I actually wanted fixing?

    By adding new/amended CSS to the child’s stylesheet. Try using Firefox with the Firebug add-on for this kind of CSS work. It will help you identify which part of the parent’s CSS needs over-writing in the child’s stylesheet.
    https://getfirebug.com/

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    Well I seemed to make it work, miraculously. I guess fiddling around and guesswork is the way to go.

    Does anyone have any straight-forward answers for the questions (while trying to work it out myself with Esmi’s method, any other suggestions would be good – don’t want to bet it all on one thing!).

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    What code do I use to make something semi-transparent?

    PROGRESS:

    White Panel —> Transparent Black: Not Done

    Default Text Colour Black —> White: Not Done

    Changing Font: Done

    Panel Black —> Transparent Black: Not Done
    Border: Not Done

    Centered Background: Not Done

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    I’m lost… I can’t save in Firebug which is what would help me a lot. I cannot find the LOCATION of some of the code. If you use this and click on the white banner in the background, it says: “wordpress #3 line _____”

    Where do I find this file?

    If there is no reference to an external stylesheet, the the style is being added directly to the <head><head> section of all pages – usually by the theme. In this case, it will be the background colour as defined in Appearance-> Background.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    Have you looked at the site? It might make your job easier and mine too? :S I’ll try what you’ve suggested, but I’m still confused.

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