a DW question
Mar. 2nd, 2012 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmegaeraWhen people do quotations from other sources in DW, the words show up in a black block with white writing. If I look at this black box long enough to read the writing, when I look away again, I get an afterimage that lasts approximately as long as it took to read the quotation. For long quotations, this is really annoying.
Is there a way to keep DW from putting quotations in white letters on a black background?
Thanks!
Is there a way to keep DW from putting quotations in white letters on a black background?
Thanks!
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Date: 2012-03-03 04:48 am (UTC)ETA: Also, you may have to interrogate your CSS.
EFTA: Definitely the CSS. You probably have to make the background transparent and the print dark. Sounds like a job for
icons too
Date: 2012-03-03 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: icons too
Date: 2012-03-03 06:24 pm (UTC)You can probably change that in CSS. When I subscribe/grant access, I assign a background and foreground color. For non-subscription reading, it seems to be the same as the Entry\Comment subject border and background, which is under Customize Style>Colors.
Dsiclaimer: I know no CSS, and I worked out my customization by trial and error, which is why I never submitted it as a style.
Re: icons too
Date: 2012-03-04 05:48 am (UTC)Not as far as I can tell. Customize Journal Style has 3 mentions of "borders", none of which helped me.
But I went to look at this discussion again, and happened to do it by pasting the URL of mmegaera's post into the browser's address bar instead of going via my friends page. And I immediately noticed that the user icons of her posts are bordered in the same green as the page header.
So I changed my Page header background color to a light gray, #cccccc. That made the icons look MUCH better, but the page title, in white, was almost unreadable. So I changed Page title color to black, #000000, and I am much happier with my page's appearance now. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Re: icons too
Date: 2012-03-04 05:53 am (UTC)Re: icons too
Date: 2012-03-04 06:00 am (UTC)*twoken : tweak :: spoken : speak ;-)
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Date: 2012-03-03 06:27 pm (UTC)And what do I do with dw_styles? Post my problem?
Would just changing my style work? To which one? I really like this one except for the quote thing.
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Date: 2012-03-04 05:53 am (UTC)All you have to do is
1. copy jana's code fragment
2. paste it into the big blank panel on Customize Journal Style
3. click "save changes" at the bottom of your pane
4. refresh your view of your journal.
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Date: 2012-03-03 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-03 06:50 pm (UTC)It may be your style (some styles have color backgrounds for blockquotes). What I saw of the style you're using indicates good use of color and clean lines--I like it--but I don't know which one it is.
People post style problems in
I have finally bought HTML and CSS for Dummies so I can get a handle on this stuff. (Hmmmm. I wonder if background color is an attribute in blockquote and can be input directly...?)
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Date: 2012-03-03 07:12 pm (UTC)What I'm saying is that if there's a quick fix, I want it. If there isn't, then DW needs to create one, and if they haven't, they've screwed up.
Sorry, I don't mean to be shooting the messenger, but honestly!
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Date: 2012-03-03 07:33 pm (UTC)No harm, no foul! (I wouldn't mind a very pale tint behind blockquotes, but I don't know how to do that. Not to mention a blockquote button...)
Hope you get a solution!
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Date: 2012-03-03 09:24 pm (UTC)