mainbody background still has white

[admin]

5sccorp

There is no "frontpage module" all the formating in most cases is
in the template_css.css style sheet.

If you added DW Styles in the main index.php this will override
the template_css.css because it's last to be called.

Question do you use Firefox?

[5sccorp]

yes, firefox. all the style info is now in the template_css.css as i mentioned and you also mentioned for the DW layers (divs).

[admin]

Ok do you have a copy of “Web developer extension” for Firefox?

If you don't please download it.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

What this will do for you in short the extension comes with a lot of features.
The one you need to use is the view style information.
This will “Id” the CSS that you need to edit.
See: attachment picture

Using our: Joomla Template Kit Visual CSS Reference 1.0.X
http://www.m65.net/articles-joomla!-...la-css-51.html

and this tool you should have no issue finding the CSS section that needs
to be edited to make the page look the way you like.


1. Install the extension
2. Open your FF browser to template page your working on.
3. Select “View Style Information” in the FF extension.
4. point your mouse cursor to the area with the issue
5. ID the CSS call name
6. Lookup the CSS name "ID" via Joomla Template Kit Visual CSS Reference Guide
7. Edit the template_css.css with your changes

That should do it.

[5sccorp]

cool tool. from what i have been reading in joomla.com forums, it seems that the frontpage settings can not be changed. only though hacks. this may be something you may want to look into for your next release.

as for the css line, it said it is the td ID. i set that to transparent and nothing happened.

thanks for the hand. i will keep reading the post at the joomla site. if you find anything, it would be appreciated as well.

[admin]

I don’t know who said that but there are a ton of all black background templates out there.
The “front page” is a component and is still under the control of the “Main body” call
Via the CSS Style sheet you can color it what ever you like. You don’t hack to hack anything.

Just the edit CSS section:
/* ############# CONTENT - SECTIONS & CATEGORIES
/* Main Body Text */
.contentpane {background: White;}
.contentpaneopen {background-color: White;}
/* Main Body Text */

I don’t get it what are you trying edit?

[5sccorp]

i have already changed that setting, and that worked fine for the rest of the site. take a look at:
The Home of JumpersPartyPad.com - Home

then look at the Open Bounce link which has the setting you show changed to transparent. for some reason the frontpage has a white background. i have changed all the white settings in the template_css.css file as well as checked my code in index.php to see if there is anything else causing the white. i can't find anything anywhere?

[5sccorp]

finally found it. it seems that the frontpage falls under the blog section of your template css. i updated that to transparent and that fixed the issue. may want to not that under your documentation for future uses. the web developer tool is great, thanks for that link and all the support.

[admin]

I’m glad you found out what I’ve have been telling you from the start.

Go to the CSS style sheet:
http://www.m65.net/article-pages-joomla!-knowledgebase-content---sections-and-categories-51-93.html#1_1

Content - Sections & categories
FF Control key & F Key find "blogsection"
/* blogsection */
.blog {background-color : #FFFFFF;}
.blogsection{ height: 18px; }
.blog_more{ height: 18px; }
.blog_heading { height: 18px; }
/* space from bottom of article */
.article_seperator{background-color : #FFFFFF;}
/* End blogsection */ Please note: that a Blog is a layout style not just part of the “front page component!”
You can add this layout style to almost any article category via the menu system.

See this old video:

123 Web Kit - Working The Mambo Menu System: Adding Menu Blog Category

[5sccorp]

sorry for the headache. eventhough i had read everything, i just seem to have not seen the frontpage part under the blog area. thanks again for all the "holding hand" support. it's the little things that always get me...

[admin]

Hey happens to all of us.
Cheers,
Brian