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Editing the "Embed-friendly" theme
Hey guys!
I am completely new to vanilla forums! I now utilize one such forum on my Wordpress site and the best theme for this purpose is the "Embed-Friendly" theme.
I like it a lot, but would love to change its color scheme from blue to black or orange (or a combination). I tried editing the "hex codes" in the .css file, but it did not work.
I guess it was a naïve attempt, but thought I'd give it a try. Can you guys tell me what I need to do if I am to change the colors?
Thanks in advance!
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what files did you edit?
you would need to edit within themes/EmbedFriendly/design
best to make changes in custom.css.
or within the theme you want to modify.
you may also need to delete the .ini files in /cache to see the effect.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
It was indeed custom.css I edited.
But when I simply changed the color codes, I got this message when trying to apply the theme:
"Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class EmbedFriendlyThemeHooks in /home/[...]/vanilla/themes/EmbedFriendlySunny/class.embedfriendlythemehooks.php on line 11"
like I said - try deleting your ini files.
you could also change line 11
to class EmbedSunnyThemeHooks implements Gdn_IPlugin {
as well as changing the name in the about file.
and read 422's documentation on themes.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Thanks a lot, buddy - it works now. I can see that some of my color changes have made it through, though not all. But I'll try to fiddle some more with it.
Where is this documentation?
If a css attribute doesnt seem to work add !important to the rule
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look at the top of the discussion page under announcements - there should be one about themes. Also - if you look for the word "documentation" at the top of the page you will see a link. The third place to look is in the announcement at the top of the page that says vanilla tutorial documentation site. Are these not viewable from your page???
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Hey @422, what the deal for clicking the abuse button on me here.
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/163677/#Comment_163677
Didi you click abuse because of this comment I added (lol)
no worries mate - I assume it was finger-lickin clickin mismatch.
I can only assume it was your cousin @423 or little brother @242 who did this.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.