firefox with firebug addon is great for these things…  you can easily inspect any html, css and js… and then what if changes…

you do not need to edit the back end… but you will want to change the css in the sp theme you are using…  we highly recommend making your own theme by copying one of ours before making any changes…

the class spTopicViewSection is controlling that color now… though you could also potentially change it via class spHeaderName

you are in complete control of the appearance via the sp theme (and potentially overlay) selected…

I have a bit of a dilemma. The blog side of my site is written with white text which is intentional. The forum side however should be written in black text. Since the upgrade to v5, my forum text is all white on a white background. While using Firebug, the only fix is on the wp theme style css. I don’t want to change font color to black in the style css because it will make all of the text on the blog side of my side black as well. Is there any way just to change the text on my forum to black and it not be a global edit? Thank you in advance for your help.

#spMainContainer .spRowDescription {
     font-size: <?php echo($spRowDescription); ?>;
     line-height: 1.1em;

     color: #000000;

}

In an attempt to change the text color on my forum from white to black, I followed Firebugs directions and I added the bold line in my default.php and nothing happened. Usually this works. I then re-investigated with Firebug and it didn’t recognize this new string. The text is still white. Again, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

.spRowDescription has nothing to do with the post content of a topic?

You should really remove that.

If you are using the ‘spDefault’ theme then you should be looking at the overlay file not the css directly. Select the overlay file you are using and look at the entries in there – you should be able to easily identify the ones you want to change.

As always we recommend making your own theme before making changes that will be overwritten on a future upgrade.

Hi Yellow,

Thanks for the heads up. Would you happen to know what I am looking for exactly with regard to text color? I know what to change it to once I find it but what line of code am I looking for exactly? I’m using the Silver Default theme (silver.php).

Also, I noticed that v5 doesn’t have the style change option in the admin panel. Before v5, I used to make copies of the main css file for editing and that would be the skin that I would use. For v5, because there isn’t a style choice option in the admin panel, will my copied/edited files be read automatically over the original files? I really hope I’m explaining this correctly. I really hope that wasn’t confusing. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you again.

pdgreenough said

Hi Yellow,

Thanks for the heads up. Would you happen to know what I am looking for exactly with regard to text color? I know what to change it to once I find it but what line of code am I looking for exactly? I’m using the Silver Default theme (silver.php).

Without wishing to sound rude I did think we had labelled this to be pretty obvious. The section is called ‘Post Content’ and I would have hoped, easily found..

Also, I noticed that v5 doesn’t have the style change option in the admin panel. Before v5, I used to make copies of the main css file for editing and that would be the skin that I would use. For v5, because there isn’t a style choice option in the admin panel, will my copied/edited files be read automatically over the original files? I really hope I’m explaining this correctly. I really hope that wasn’t confusing. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you again.

Well no – we now use themes so you have seen where these are changed. For guidance on making your own so it safe from updating – which is very easy – this should explain it: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/themes/theme-basics/creating-a-theme/

I’ve got a major problem. In an attempt to create my own theme for edits, I downloaded, renamed then re-uploaded my theme. I then very carefully went through each and every step in the Creating Your Own Theme walk-through and my whole forum stopped working! So I deleted my copy only, not my original (all original theme files are still there), I just deleted my copy. And still… nothing. I can’t even access my wp-admin now! I am very worried about this. Please help me.

Have you changed anything else? Other plugins, added something new? Updates?
The SP theme doesn’t really have anything to do with the SP Admin let alone the WP admin…

Earlier yesterday, I re-installed W3 Total Cache and configured it not to cache the forum. Other than that, nothing, I have not done anything else. Any ideas?

What do you actually see when going to /wp-admin? Are you getting a blank page or does it have any access denied text or similar shown?

Blank page with the following text:

“Sorry, I’ve looked everywhere but I can’t find the page you’re looking for. Please try again with some different keywords.“

Any ideas how I can access wp-admin?

whats your .htaccess file look like?  and might be worth temp removing (rename via ftp or ssh) the w3 total cache… at least until you get access back…

Hi Mr Papa,

RE: .htaccess file

I don’t know how to answer your question. I’m looking at it but I don’t know what to say in regards to what it looks like. Am I looking for anything in particular?

RE: my current problem

In an attempt to create my own theme for edits, I downloaded, renamed then re-uploaded my theme. I then very carefully went through each and every step in the Creating Your Own Theme walk-through and my whole forum stopped working. So I deleted my copy only, not my original (all original theme files are still intact), I just deleted my copy. And still… nothing. The result is that I can no longer access my wp-admin and my forum is gone.

I really don’t know how this could have happened when I haven’t changed any of the stock sp v5 files. Any help here is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I am still having a real problem understanding the connection between what you did and losing your wp-admin. How did you make the edits – i.e., what tool did you use? And are you sure that NONE of the files you edited no longer exist?