• How do i change the text color of the default theme? I need everything that is blue to be a bit more dark blue, but I’m unsure of where to change it.

    Anyone?

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  • The default theme is very wonkily put together. It’s all done with graphics. Check the images folder….

    You might be better advised to hit https://themes.wordpress.net and grab something that comes closer to what you want without you having to edit every dumb graphic in the theme….

    Thread Starter bayas

    (@bayas)

    The image folders? Are you sure, because the only thing I want to change is the color of the text. I thought i might be easy to change this.

    If anybody know the code for text color used in wordpress, I can just search thru the documents..

    I’ll be able to help if you answer this question: When you say “blue” which text exactly do you need to change color? Are you talking about the header, the titles of posts, the color of those titles when you hover over them, the links on the side of the page… which one(s)?

    Your answer can probably be found by looking at 2 files: first, in the theme editor, take a look at what’s in the Page Template file (or the sidebar file) and figure out what tag/attribute combo is being tapped for that text. After that, look at the Stylesheet and find the tag or attribute there (I presume you can read CSS, even if you don’t “know” it.) You can track you answer that way.

    (And no, not everything in that theme is done in images, just the bg colors and the curved edges. Otherwise everything is CSS.)

    Sorry for misreading…. was way tired!

    HA!

    I started playin with the CSS for my defualt theme and was finding colors in it that are not even in the blog!!!

    Still don’t realy understand it. Its like as if this CSS has nothin ta do with the theme I’m usein!!!

    I modded the CSS like crazy…loadin it up and nothin happend…not even anything bad!!!

    man…nuts eh..oh well…I put my back up in and I’ll move onto another file for the changes ??

    Thread Starter bayas

    (@bayas)

    I’m talking about the titles of posts (blue at mouse over), name of categories (for every post), and the whole sidebar which has blue text.

    I only want another blue color, which is darker som match a logo I’m putting together. Unfortunately, I can not match the logo to the theme, it has to be the other way around.

    When it comes to CSS, I’m not experienced at all..

    I’m lookin ta do pretty much the same thing Bayas and I have touched every aspect of the CSS file with no results at all..none…not even bad ones.

    So modifying the text color, link color and hover color has got ta be in another file.

    I’m lookin right now and can’t find it so I am back in here searchin..If I find somethin…I’ll letcha know…Hopefully someone will step up with a solution ??

    Its funny lookin through this script! The dude that designed it has a sence of humour ??

    Found all kindsa little messeges in the files…this ones at the bottem of the CSS that doesn’t seem to even be used for the theme….

    /* “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m half crazy all for the love of you.
    It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage.
    But you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.” */

    HAHA!!!

    WOW! sorry bout the multiple posting here dude but I followed the link in my WP for the kubrick theme…found a support forum for who ever is gona stick with the default theme…

    https://getk2.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=276350d3ed3a6077ee9273567e0f40f8&f=8

    Bayas: Ah, the hover text. Look for the following lines, each of which controls one aspect of the font

    This one controls text decorations

    h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    This one controls the color

    a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
    color: #06c;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    As for the headers, the “h2 a:hover” part is what you’re looking for in both of these. Presuming you only want to change the color, don’t touch the first one. In the second one delete the “h2 a:hover” and add a class below it like this:


    h2 a:hover{
    color: #000000; /*Replace 000000 with whatever color you want*/
    text-decoration: none; /*replace "none" with whatever decoration you want, like an underline. */
    }

    (Feel free to copy and paste this. It’ll work)

    As for the sidebar, that’s a little more difficult. The reason your sidebar is blue is because those are all links. (The headers aren’t blue, are they?) All links are controlled via the link classes:

    This one controls the colors & decorations for regular text links (a), when you hover over header 2 links (ie, your article titles) (h2 a:hover), and when you hover over header 3 links (h3 a:hover)

    a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
    color: #06c;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    This one controls what happens to all regular text links links — in the sidebar and in the main page — when you hover over them

    a:hover {
    color: #147;
    text-decoration: underline;
    }

    You’ll need to do a number of things to get just the text in the sidebar to change colors. Let me ask you, are you looking to change all the links’s colors (within the regular text) or just those within the sidebar? (let me know and I’ll continue.)

    *NOTE: BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING BACK UP THIS FILE, JUST IN CASE.

    Edit: Fixed for readability. Man, talk about a lot of typos. Also, ignore any <br\>’s.

    Thread Starter bayas

    (@bayas)

    Perhaps it will be easier for you, just to take a look at the current site.

    https://www.haraldsbuss.net/blog

    I noticed right now that all the blue text has mouse over (hover). All the links in the sidebar should be darker.. I only care about the text that is blue, the black headers can stay.

    I don’t know man…tryed it again and i get no change at all.

    Maybe im uploading my back-up copy over and over ??

    I think Bayas and I are lookin for the same thing here …just the the ability to exchange the light blue link color with the dark blue hover to the oposite.

    I also on top of that need to change the footer text color to white from black…can’t see the text right now ??

    https://www.chillbillyproductions.com

    I can’t beleive its taking me this long to change some colors!!!

    Oh well…everything else is far easier to work with than some stuff I’ve seen.

    This is going to be a toughie. Gimme a few (hours) and I’ll write up a quick how-to. I figure this’ll help anyone else who’s facing the same problem. (Been there, done that, printed the code unto a t-shirt.)

    The biggest issue with Kubrick that we’re facing is also it’s biggest strength: it is a VERY structured theme. It’s one of the reasons I like working with it. It’s also why it’s hard to explain, unless you know some CSS. (Which is why I asked before.)

    Again, gimme a few hours ’til, you know, I get out of work. I’ll write up a mini-how to on this for you guys. (Besides, it’s always fun to spruce up my tech writing skillz, ’cause, you know, I’m like a tech writer ‘n stuff. No, seriously, I am. Paid and everything most of the time.)

    Sweet dude…Id do the same for you man.

    Ive worked with CSS files before, but my no meens am I a pro…thought I was doin fine till I met this one!!! ??

    Thanks again

    Chillbilly: about halfway down in the stylesheet.css file look for this code:


    #footer p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 20px 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

    Add the line “color: #fff;” (no appostrophes (sp?)). Click Save. Should look like this


    #footer p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 20px 0;
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
    }

    That should do it.

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