hey
man its hard to find help here.. serach results are a bit confusing

i need to change forum headers/foruns' names/etc.. font color! How to do it?
I'm a rly newby with joomla and i am a bit lost...

here's my testing site:
http://www.w-graphic.net/
just hit on forum menu and you'll see my problem...

Tried to check CSS file but it ask me to change it.
i did it but still getting that message

Your css file is /components/com_fireboard/template//forum.css
You need to chmod this to 766 in order for the file to be updated.

Warning: fopen(../components/com_fireboard/template//forum.css) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/pistol/domains/w-graphic.net/public_html/administrator/components/com_fireboard/admin.fireboard.html.php on line 2343

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: Stat failed for ../components/com_fireboard/template//forum.css (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/pistol/domains/w-graphic.net/public_html/administrator/components/com_fireboard/admin.fireboard.html.php on line 2344

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/pistol/domains/w-graphic.net/public_html/administrator/components/com_fireboard/admin.fireboard.html.php on line 2344

THXXXX

I sympathize with your problem - I've had to edit the heck out of the colors in my template too.

I've never been able to edit any of my CSS's from within Joomla. Just FTP the current CSS down to your local computer, edit it, then FTP the new version back up. Be sure to create a backup of the old version before you edit it.

If I may, here are some useful tips for editing the colors:

1) Install the Firefox web browser if you don't have it, then install the add-on called "Colorzilla". This will create an icon in the bottom left corner of Firefox. You can use it to hover over any part of your site and see the code for the color you're hovering over (for example #AAAAAA is white and #FFFFFF is black - or maybe the other way around, I forget). Then search for that color code in your CSS. I looked at your website. The color you want to change is #DDDDDD. However, looking at the rest of your site, I believe you may find that this color is being set in your Joomla template CSS, not your Fireboard CSS. That could be problematic, since changing the font color might affect your entire site, not just your Fireboard forums. You may want to consider changing the background color of Fireboard instead of the font color. Your background color is #F7F7F7.

2) Install the add-on called "Web Developer" into Firefox. This will create an icon in the bottom right corner of Firefox that will display the code for the current page. You can change the code in the window at the bottom and it will instantly show you what the web page would look like if you changed the code for real. So if you're not sure what effect changing the code will have, this is a safe way of finding out without actually changing anything.

Best of luck.

EDIT:

Well, since this was stickied, I'll add a little bit more info about installing Firefox add-ons. To install an add-on:

First, Firefox is downloadable from www.mozilla.com.

1) From within Firefox, click Tools-->Add-Ons, then in the bottom right corner, click "Get Extensions".
2) In the "Search" box at the top, type the name of the add-on you're looking for. Or just browse them if you want - there are hundreds of cool add-ons available.

In order to make use of the Firefox add-ons you must, of course, be viewing your website with Firefox instead of another browser such as Internet Explorer, Opera, or Safari.

hey again!

first of all, sorry for posting on wrong forum

2nd, many thx!!!
that was rly helpfull. And btw, those firefox extensions rock!!!

As you said i'll use a FTP to edit CSS offline and upload it!
Also, understand why you sympathize with my problem... rly not easy to find the right matching bg colors on those different sections LOOL

But hey, now i kno how to do it thx once again m8

EDIT*

ok, done!
i think it came out a really nice orange gamming forum, huh??
ehehe

http://www.w-graphic.net/index.php?optio...reboard&Itemid=4

thx once again!

I think I'll sticky this as proof that this DOES work.

i also have a problem similar to this

the image here shows it- the background is grayish, and the text is white, so it is hard to see the white text



how do i change the white text to black or blue only in my forum and not in my entire site?

A fellow forum member took the time to write instructions on how to accomplish this 3 posts up.

www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...34115/catid,8/#34122

Please take the time to read it and apply it to your situation.

Also, the file you want to edit is the FireBoard forum.css file NOT the Joomla template CSS file.

thanks!

Could you please let me know where I can change the color of the message content text?
I used the Firefox add-on as suggested in this topic and think that the code is in the red color. But I could not know exactly where to change the code. I want to change the color into black: #000000.

VIEW PAGE
-------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#fb_views {}
th.view-th{text-align:right;padding-right: 10px;}
th.fb_sectiontableheader {}
td.fb-msgview-left {background:#EFF0F4;vertical-align: top;width:170px;border-bottom: 0px solid #CCCCCC;border-left:1px solid #CCCCCC;}
td.fb-msgview-right{border-right:1px solid #CCCCCC;padding:5px 10px 5px 30px;vertical-align: top;}
div.fb-msgview-l-cover{overflow:auto;text-align: center;padding:5px;}
span.view-username{}
span.view-username a:link,
span.view-username a:visited{font-weight:bold;text-decoration: none;color:#357994;}
span.view-username a:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration: none;}
span.msgusertype{font-weight:normal;text-decoration: none;text-decoration: none;font-style:italic;}
span.fb_avatar{}
span.fb_avatar img{border:1px solid #CCCCCC;padding: 1px;margin:5px;}
div.viewcover{border:1px solid #CCCCCC;background: #DDDDDD;color:#333333;text-align: center;margin:2px 5px;}
span.msgtitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration: none;background: url(images/msgtitleicon.gif) no-repeat left center;padding-left:25px;line-height:26px;}
span.msgdate{font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;padding-left:10px;}
span.msgkarma{font-weight: bold;color: #333333;text-decoration: none;padding-right: 10px;}
div.msgtext{overflow:auto;}
div.msgtext pre, div.msgtext .code{border-left: 5px solid #F4A94F;border-right: 1px solid #CCC; border-top: 1px solid #CCC; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;font-family: "Courier News", monospace;font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 1.5;margin: 5px 0pt 15px;padding: 10px 15px;width: 100%;overflow:auto;}
div.fb_file_attachment{background:#CCCCCC;border: 1px dotted #555555;padding:10px;margin-bottom:10px;}

Thanks in advance for your kind help!
Albert

Hi all

I couldn't find the solution to change text i want, I don't know what to edit in CSS file. I didn't understand it at all Pls look picture i want to change this text color to something darker.