Ok, so I found webmonkey's list of color hex codes for html. I still don't know where to put them.
Maybe it's the sleep deprivation effecting my brain power.
Pixy!!!! Help!!!!!!
Hey...does this thing have spell check?
Posted by Susie at June 10, 2003 09:16 AMThe colour codes go in the stylesheet. Have you fiddled with CSS before?
In Templates, select the Stylesheet. Scroll down until you see something like this:
.blogbody {
font-family:palatino, georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
color:#000;
font-size:small;
font-weight:normal;
background:#FFF;
line-height:170%;
}
That color field is where you put the colour for the main body text. There are separate entries for the title, the date, the calendar, the sidebar, and so on.
MT doesn't have a spell checker, but w.bloggar does.
I just tried w.bloggar on this test blog and it looks like it will work fine. Let me know if you'd like to try it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 10, 2003 09:54 AMHey, colours!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2003 09:38 AMCool, huh?
Thanks for the help!
it's still trial and error, but fun!
Hey, my posts are over the Saturday in my calander--how do I fix that?
Posted by: Susie at June 11, 2003 09:44 AMThat's your big fonts getting in the way again :)
Two options: First, you can change the font sizes in the stylesheet to be specific rather than relative. By default, they say something like "large", "x-large" or "small". If you change this to an exact number of pixels, say "13px" or "18px", then they'll always be that size no matter what the browser is set to. (In IE, anyway. Other browsers have different ideas.)
Second option: Find the entry for #links in the stylesheet. It will have a line saying width:200px; The entry for #content will have a line saying margin-left:225px; Increase those numbers (by the same amount) and your calendar will have room to breathe.
Oh, and CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. "Cascading" because you can have more than one, and the later ones override the previous ones if they redefine something.
Also, there are half-a-dozen other styles to look at on the Movable Type site, here: http://www.movabletype.org/default_styles.shtml
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2003 10:34 AMThanks, Pixy!!! I think I'll try it when I get home tonight, if my brain is functioning at anything greater than "marshmallow"......
Posted by: Susie at June 11, 2003 10:51 AM