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[unicorn]

Hey guys. On my journal right now I'm trying to change the color of the bar around the "top of the page" footer link - for some reason I can't get it off of the pale blue it's on now and (preferably) change it to a gray that matches the other navigation stuff.

Also, the other navigation links (recent entries, archive, reading, etc) are all left-aligned on their bar, and I can't figure out how to get them to center instead.

I'm using a tweaked version of this code, if that makes anything clearer. Thanks in advance for your help!

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[ninetydegrees]

This worked for me:

#footer {
background-color: #e3e3e3 !important;
background-image:url(http://spoonybard.org/dwidth/central/lighttitle.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
opacity: 0.7;
}

.module-navlinks {
text-align: center;
}

[unicorn]

Thank you, that worked perfectly for the second thing!

However, for some reason it looks like the footer is still weird? Though it's transparent now. I'd prefer it to be a solid gray that matches the transparent grays, but a lower opacity would work fine too if it was just the same color.

[ninetydegrees]

You mean this?

#footer {
background-color: #E3E3E3 !important;
}

[unicorn]

Theoretically that should work perfectly! What I'm getting is #ecf6ff though and I have no idea why. Maybe it isn't doing that on your browser?



^what I'm getting, with the bottom bar hover-overed.

[ninetydegrees]

Yeah, I don't get this on my computer (Windows 7, FF 10.0.2/IE9 or Chrome 17.0.9 something). I get the gray color. Weird.

[unicorn]

My Firefox is super outdated, so maybe that's it - I still don't know where it's pulling the #ecf6ff from when that shows up nowhere in the code, though.

Thanks anyway for your help! ♥

[crowing]

Well, this isn't an answer, but—

I have that same problem too. Both on a fully updated Chrome and Firefox.

[unicorn]

Huh. I don't know whether that's reassuring or not.

[crowing]

Uhm! I would say reassuring. In a at least it's not just you sort of thing. So, I thought about this because it really is ugly, and I fiddled with my own coding a bit. I made this work for myself and I think the problem might lie in the fact that DW is still fairly finicky with code at times. So! Let me see if I can't help.

Firstly remove:
#footer {
background-color: #e3e3e3 !important;
}

Once that's gone, ctrl+f for #footer. Once you're got that, delete that section and replace it with:

#footer {
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: right;
display: block;
padding: .8em;
background: #e3e3e3 !important;
}


[unicorn]

...nope, still showing #ecf6ff. Which now has me doubly confused, since if you're replicating the same weird problem and can fix it while I can't, what in the world is it on my end?

[crowing]

My issue was that I had two "background: INSERTCOLOUR"s, so once I took off one, it bothered to show a colour.

Boo. I'll try to copy your layout somewhere and see if I can't do anything about it.



Although, quietly, I wonder if it has anything to do with the site scheme. Since I see this footer colour on even the normal DW layouts.

[unicorn]

Thanks for trying, anyway. I appreciate it! :(

Hmmm... maybe I'll open a support request with a link back to this post a little later.

[crowing]

No problem! I'm happy to help since it's helping me adjust to DW as opposed to LJ.

Good luck with that! ♥

DON'T LISTEN TO ME ABOUT THE SCHEME THING. my lies will sell you up the river. I just checked and I'm wrong.

[crowing]

Quick question, do you use scripts? Such as to force DW into imitating LJ's blue site scheme?

[unicorn]

.............wow yes it sure stops doing that when I turn that stylish theme off. Well deduced, Holmes.

[crowing]

HAHAHA, good.

I FIGURED IT OUT after I noticed my navigation would. . . FLASH BACK INTO THAT COLOUR. That isn't. . . normal.

[unicorn]

I'll have to figure out how to fix the stylish theme, then. Thanks!

[crowing]

Yeah, that's what I'm going to try to do. SINCE I WANT TO HAVE MY CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

But, no problem, dude. Happy to help!