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Help needed with backgrounds
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Started conversation Jun 8, 2000
I've always seperated things on my homepage by typing them in a different color. The problem with that is that it is impossible to put in colors that contrast well in both background types. As I was testing ripley, though, I just figured all along that I would, when it went live, change my background color with a bgcolor= attribute in the body tag. Then I would have one standard background in both skins, and I would be free to tailor text colors to go with it.
However, it seems that the parser is completely ignoring my bgcolor attribute. How do I override my background setting? I can't even do it if my page is in HTML... there is no body tag to add the attribute to, and when I add one, it also seems to be ignored.
Help needed with backgrounds
Bruce Posted Jun 8, 2000
The Towers seem pretty determined that the skins be presented as they were designed & are making it difficult to modify them 'unofficially'.
Jim Lynn said that they are intending to add some FONT colour GuideML tags that will display nicely in both skins.
In the meantime this seems to work
document.bgColor='green';
Like here http://www.h2g2.com/A304570
- at least until javascript is switched off.
;^)#
Help needed with backgrounds
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jun 8, 2000
Many thanks... I'm assuming any bgcolor name or rgb number will work? Off to experiment...
BTW... that is ONE ugly mouse pointer.
Help needed with backgrounds
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jun 8, 2000
Okay, I've been experimenting a bit, and it seems that I am still running into a limitation: link colors. Have you got a handy tool that'll let me modify link colors?
Help needed with backgrounds
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jun 8, 2000
Disregard that last... I found the telegram laying on the table at Lil's place, donut crumbs and coffee stains rendering it nearly illegible. Thanks for the help.
Help needed with backgrounds
The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Jun 13, 2000
What I think they should do is have tags like where you use regular HTML colours for each of goo and alabaster.
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JOTD: Doctors say that those who are cheerful resist disease better than those that are grumpy. I guess that means the surly bird gets the germ.
Help needed with backgrounds
Bruce Posted Jun 13, 2000
There is talk of there being a COLOR type tag in GuideML that would provide colour support that is safe for both skins.
;^)#
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Help needed with backgrounds
- 1: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jun 8, 2000)
- 2: Bruce (Jun 8, 2000)
- 3: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jun 8, 2000)
- 4: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jun 8, 2000)
- 5: Bruce (Jun 8, 2000)
- 6: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jun 8, 2000)
- 7: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Jun 13, 2000)
- 8: Bruce (Jun 13, 2000)
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