mainbody background still has white

[5sccorp]

i have tried to change the background of the mainbody but it still keeps some white. i have changed all the #ffffff and the white references to red and #fd0303 that i need, but at the end of all the red there is still a little red.

what i actually would like to have is the mainbody to be transparent and show the background image that is behind.

any help on this would be helpfull. thanks.

[admin]

Originally Posted by 5sccorp

i have tried to change the background of the mainbody but it still keeps some white. i have changed all the #ffffff and the white references to red and #fd0303 that i need, but at the end of all the red there is still a little red.

what i actually would like to have is the mainbody to be transparent and show the background image that is behind.

any help on this would be helpfull. thanks.

I would have to see your code to have a better Idea.

These are some of the factors.

1. If you have a table layout and your background color is white in the table.
2. Joomla has many sections that makeup the main body
If you see the Joomla Template Kit Visual CSS Reference 1.0.X
http://www.m65.net/articles-joomla!-...la-css-51.html

Content - sections & categories#
http://www.m65.net/article-pages-joo...51-93.html#1_1

You can see what’s affecting your background color.

3. If you’re using table less style
it could be that your wrapper div has some type of formatting.

Also see the body{} style via the style sheet.

Please note: You’re going to run into an issue with dark or image
backgrounds if you edit Joomla via the front end not the back end
make sure that you make another style for the editor.
You would add this via the editor’s configuration and point it to http://www.yoursite.com/templates/yo...s/any_name.css

this link is to an old article but the concept is still the same.
123 Web Kit - Having trouble with mambo templates that use dark backgrounds

Also some editors don’t have this issue its just in case.

[5sccorp]

i will take a look at those links. in the mean time this is the site:
www.5scccorp.com/sandbox/jumpers

[5sccorp]

forgot to add, i am working with layers instead on this site.

[admin]

I cant see a thing your site is not coming up.

[admin]

Layers are Div's in DW.

That means that DW has made styles into the index.php not template_css.css.

Your issue is that your local style on the page is over riding the style for Joomla.

I can't see the page but I'm sure thats the issue.
look for the code in the head section of the index.php page
it should say layer 1 or if you named the layer then look for that name.

Cheers,
Brian

[5sccorp]

that is right, the div are in the index.php, but i move that out when i'm done to the custom section of the template_css.css. i have background: transparent; on the template_css.css under the mainbodytext section, and that allows the background to be seen, but at the end of the module body you see a little white . in the home page it is all white.

i will test out a few more things on the layers as well, but even those are set to transparent. i guess i will try solids first.

thanks, will check back soon

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[admin]

Hi I’m going to help you a bit but not for the whole template.
I’ll point you in the right direction but you need to get this done yourself
our support scope is for the extension itself.

You need to study about CSS more
This is a good resource.
CSS Tutorial

You have not added the layers to the right place there still in the
Index.php you needed to cut and paste them to the style sheet.
You also have two style body calls the style which I have fixed for you and added the layers to the right location in the style sheet.
You need to remove the layers code from your index.php page.

You are also going to have edit your style sheet so all of your colors match.
I would suggest two things.

1. Read up on CSS at w3schools.com
2. Use this editor for your CSS called Top Style
TopStyle for Windows - HTML, xHTML and CSS Editing in a Single Program

it will help you a lot and they have a trial version.

See the CSS attachment in the post and download it and replace the one you have in your system.

Cheers,
Brian

[5sccorp]

thanks for the hand. i will retest my settings as well. fortunately the client didn't like the red background and made it white. i will still test it on our sandbox to see where the xtra white is coming from. thanks again for your pointers.

[5sccorp]

hi again, after cleaning up my site and checking all the settings for accuracy, i guess my question is not the background of the mainbody issue. i have made all the needed changes, but it seems i can not change the background of the frontpage module. that is the one that stays white. is this css setting located else where? maybe in the includes or something? not sure, would you be able to help me or is this something i should find on joomla site (i am actively looking in the forums now). thanks