errr, we would need a link to it to take a quick look…  we do offer a custom theme service for detailed theme work to match a wp theme…

Forum

doesnt look like guests have permission to view your forums…

Hmm… I don’t want them to have access to what is said or be able to post, but is there a way to let them still see the topics to get them intrigued to subscribe? I can give you a login, is there a way to private message me here?

yes… use the sneak peek functionality… https://simple-press.com/documentation/codex/faq/how-to/faq-how-to-use-sneak-peek-for-guests-or-users/

Ok, I set it to READ ONLY for guests. Is that basically all for the sneak peek?

Well you need to set the right permissions as described in the FAQ @mr-papa linked to above and the message is always a good idea to let your visitors know what they can see and how to sign up to see more.

Thanks, think I got it squared away. What about styling and matching my theme’s color scheme? Doesn’t seem to have the option to change the colors other than the other options inside the theme itself.

Yes, with Reboot (and all themes except for Barebones) the only way to change the colour scheme is by selecting a pre supplied overlay, or creating one.

Barebones has the ‘Barebones Customiser’ which allows you to pick colours from a colour picker to style different elements, but it’s the latest theme and a new feature.

It’s actually pretty straight forward to create a new overlay, you can download the Reboot child theme framework for free from our store to get you started, then you can simply copy one of the pre supplied overlays from Reboot, rename it and start changing the baseColor’s at the top of the file. As long as the new overlay you make has a unique name and resides in the overlays folder of the child theme, you can enable the child theme and pick your new overlay from the list.

Ok, I’m not the most tech savvy, so I’ll need you to walk me through this. I downloaded the child theme and activated it. As for copying and all of that, I’m not too sure about what to do next. If you could provide a step-by-step guide as to what to do next, I should be fine. Here is my site, I just want the forum to match the color scheme of the site, which is crimson. Thanks.

so have you seen this:  https://simple-press.com/documentation/codex/themes/theme-basics/creating-a-child-theme/

if you want to change certain elements of simple press, best to use the inspector of your browser to see what a current element is using for css… then in the inspector, you can ‘what if’ changes until you have ti right…

once you have an element and the changes you want, just make the change in your child theme css…

if you are still stuck on how to do css, perhaps tell us an example element (section of forum) you want to customize and we can walk you through how to inspect, customize and make the change in your child theme….

however, we cannot customize your entire theme for you unless you wish to use our custom theme service…but we can certainly try to get your going in the right direction…

willi351 

TIP: To customize the Base Colors used throughout your forums, copy a version of the overlay file you want to use to your child theme structure. For instance, I customized the “Light Matte” overlay by adding and editing the file at /wp-content/sp-resources/themes/mychildtheme/styles/overlays/light-matte.php

To customize styles for other elements, edit the file at /wp-content/sp-resources/themes/yourchildtheme/styles/childtheme.css

NOTE: You only need to add new styles, or copy existing parent theme styles in their entirety and edit as desired.

Hope this helps!

thanks Jim!