Hi, I've been playing with the style sheet, and was quite happy with it, until I looked at the forums list, which looked too dark to me, so I tried changing all the instances of: color:#333333 to a nicer IMO colour but every time it defaulted to the yukky Rosity alternating white and grey - a) why?  and b) how can I stop it happening and get the exact colour I want?

P.S. I've been picking colours by the simple expedient of choosing them in PhotoShop, then just copying the resultant number into the stylesheet in place of the too dark 333333.

Help?

try this:

.forum_message_cell { background-color:#333333; }

the reason your earlier search/replace didn't work: there was no background colour specified
for the forum_message_cell in the default script

Er... WHERE do I try it?

I am not a programmer so I need to know exactly where to plug this into the ... stylesheet I think it's called?  or css sheet?

Anyway, I need to know where...

Fran, below the main Renderosity banner at the top of the page you will see a link called "my options". Click on that.

In the page that come up, there is a date entry box called "My Style", which has this written above:
Below you can enter CSS Stylesheet rules to make the forums look like you want them to.

In that box:

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BODY {background-color:#465E8C; color: #000000; }
.content_cell { background-color:#7097E0; }

table.outside_table { width: auto; !important;}

a {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;}
a:link {color: #000000;}
a:hover {color: #E0C8A8;}
a:visited {color: #000000;}
select {z-index: -1;}

/* temporary fix for forum_message_cell bug */
tr[bgcolor] {background-color: #7097E0; color: #000000;}

/* Sets the appearance of entry boxes */
textarea {background-color:#6C92D8; color: #000000;}

iframe { width: 720px !important;}

/* Sets the appearance of select menus */
select { background-color:#6C92D8; color: #000000;}
 
td.content_cell {  background-color: #7097E0; color: #000000;}
.forum_headline {font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; padding-top:4px;}

#forum_announcement { border:2px solid #000000; font-color: #000000;}

#forum_announcement td {text-align:center; padding:2px;}

#forum_outer_table {width: 100%; border:2px solid #000000;}
#forum_outer_table td {padding:1px;}

#forum_inner_table { background-color: #000000; color: #000000;}
#forum_inner_table th {background-color:#5D7DBA; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-size:11px; height:20px;}
#forum_inner_table td { padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:4px;}

.forum_marker_cell { background-color:#6C92D8; }
td.forum_name_cell { background-color:#7097E0; padding-bottom:5px; }
a.forum_forumname_link, a.forum_forumname_link:hover, a.forum_forumname_link:visited, a.forum_forumname_link:active { font-size:13px; }

a.forum_threadname_link, a.forum_threadname_link:hover, a.forum_threadname_link:visited, a.forum_threadname_link:active { font-size:12px; }
.forum_summary_div { font-size:11px; }
.forum_author_cell { background-color:#6C92D8; }
a.forum_author_link { color: #000000; }
a.forum_author_link:hover, a.forum_author_link:active, a.forum_author_link:visited { font-size:11px; }
.forum_threads_cell { background-color:#6C92D8; #color: #000000; font-size:11px; }
.forum_posts_cell { background-color:#7097E0; color: #000000; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance for number of views column */
.forum_views_cell { background-color:#7097E0; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance of last posted column */
.forum_last_post_cell { background-color:#6C92D8; font-size:10px; }

/* sets appearance of group listing */
.forum_group_row_cell { background-color:#6C92D8; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; }

/* The following classes set avatar area appearance */
.forum_avatar_cell { width: 8%; background-color:#6C92D8; font-size:11px; padding:2px; padding-top:5px; color:#000000; }
a.forum_avatar_link, a.forum_avatar_link:hover, a.forum_avatar_link:active, a.forum_avatar_link:visited { font-size:10px; };

/* sets appearance of forum entrys */
.forum_message_cell { background-color:#7097E0; color:#000000; }

/* sets descriptive caption for forum entrys */
.forum_message_detail_table { border-bottom:1px solid #6C92D8; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px; }
.forum_message_detail_cell { background-color: #6C92D8; color: #000000; font-size:10px; font-weight: bold; }
.forum_divider_cell { background-color:#5D7DBA; }

/* sets the appearance of quoting in forums */
.forum_quote_div { font-style:italic; padding:12px; color: #000000; background-color: #6C92D8; width: 600px; -moz-border-radius: 13px; }
*/

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You will see that I've been working for you. Let me know what you think.

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BTW, I should point out that the above CSS is specific to Fran's stated colour preference.

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there you have it, fran. as easy as falling off a log, and twice as fun!

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BTW, I should point out that the above CSS is specific to Fran's stated colour preference.

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No it isn't, it's actually a weak and watery blue.  I tried it and then went back to MY blue.

Nice try but no cigar.

And yes, I knew which box to paste the entire stylesheet into - it's knowing what changes what INSIDE the stylesheet that I was hoping for - particularly if it's possible to change the text in the forums lists and thread lists but not the text in the rest of the forums - OR to change the colours in just the backgrounds for the thread lists and forums lists - which I can't seem to do without it reverting to Rosity's glaring white default.

Oh... but thanks for trying to help, I do appreciate it.

Quote - Nice try but no cigar.

As I intimated in the Bryce thread, this is a starting point. The colours are easily changed, it's just a case of plodding through it. The point was to see if this worked without reverting to the default colours in your browser.

Perhaps if you let me know the hex code of the colours you specifically want and where you want them, I may have another go.

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Wellllll...... I'd like either #430c63 or possibly even #791fac and I'd like it in the places where currently the cells are all dark - so dark that it's hard to distinguish the black text - see image where the arrows point to Forums Lists and Threads List where currently the colour is #333333

If you could tell me where exactly to slot in either of those numbers for the forums lists cell background colour and the Threads List cell background colour - I'd be so happy. 

Then I could try either #430c63 or #791fac to see which I liked best.  Or can I have one colour in the forums lists cells and the other in the forum thread listings cell?

That'd be really nice!  I bet that's not possible though... is it?

Fran, here's another style to try. I did type up some explanatory stuff but then I lost it testing another idea and I don't have time to write it all again. I think you'll like this one better.

When you type in new hex numbers for colors, make sure there is no gap between the '#' symbol and the number. It should be (for example):
#6666FF
not

6666FF

I think this may be why parts of your styles revert to the Rendo default colours.

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BODY {background-color:#791fac; color: #000000; }
.content_cell { background-color:#6666FF; }

table.outside_table { width: auto; !important;}

a {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;}
a:link {color: #000000;}
a:hover {color: #EED1FF;}
a:visited {color: #BF0000;}
select {z-index: -1;}

/* temporary fix for forum_message_cell bug */
tr[bgcolor] {background-color: #6666FF; color: #000000;}

/* Sets the appearance of entry boxes */
textarea {background-color:#7777FF; color: #000000;}

iframe { width: 720px !important;}

/* Sets the appearance of select menus */
select { background-color:#7777FF; color: #000000;}
 
td.content_cell {  background-color: #6666FF; color: #000000;}
.forum_headline {font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; padding-top:4px;}

#forum_announcement { background-color: #6666FF; border:3px solid #791fac; font-color: #000000;}

#forum_announcement td {text-align:center; padding:2px;}

#forum_outer_table {width: 100%; border:2px solid #000000;}
#forum_outer_table td {padding:1px;}

#forum_inner_table { background-color: #000000; color: #000000;}
#forum_inner_table th {background-color:#7D2FAA; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-size:11px; height:20px;}
#forum_inner_table td { padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:4px;}

.forum_marker_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; }
td.forum_name_cell { background-color:#791fac; padding-bottom:5px; }
a.forum_forumname_link, a.forum_forumname_link:hover, a.forum_forumname_link:visited, a.forum_forumname_link:active { font-size:13px; }

a.forum_threadname_link, a.forum_threadname_link:hover, a.forum_threadname_link:visited, a.forum_threadname_link:active { font-size:12px; }
.forum_summary_div { font-size:11px; }
.forum_author_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; }
a.forum_author_link { color: #000000; }
a.forum_author_link:hover, a.forum_author_link:active, a.forum_author_link:visited { font-size:11px; }
.forum_threads_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; #color: #000000; font-size:11px; }
.forum_posts_cell { background-color:#791fac; color: #000000; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance for number of views column */
.forum_views_cell { background-color:#791fac; font-size:11px; }

/* sets appearance of last posted column */
.forum_last_post_cell { background-color:#7D2FAA; font-size:10px; }

/* sets appearance of group listing */
.forum_group_row_cell { background-color:#6666FF; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; }

/* The following classes set avatar area appearance */
.forum_avatar_cell { width: 8%; background-color:#6666FF; font-size:11px; padding:2px; padding-top:5px; color:#000000; }
a.forum_avatar_link, a.forum_avatar_link:hover, a.forum_avatar_link:active, a.forum_avatar_link:visited { font-size:10px; };

/* sets appearance of forum entrys */
.forum_message_cell { background-color:#6666FF; color:#000000; }

/* sets descriptive caption for forum entrys */
.forum_message_detail_table { border-bottom:1px solid #791fac; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px; }
.forum_message_detail_cell { background-color: #6666FF; color: #000000; font-size:10px; font-weight: bold; }
.forum_divider_cell { background-color:#791fac; }

/* sets the appearance of quoting in forums */
.forum_quote_div { font-style:italic; padding:12px; color: #000000; background-color: #7777FF; width: 600px; -moz-border-radius: 13px; }
*/

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Hoooraaayyyy!!!!!

Love the new forum colours, PJF.  It's wonderful.  Thanks very VERY much!