4 replies to this topic

[djay]

Hello,

I've tried messing arond with MD2 on a friends server (he's usnig MD2.1) and I asked him to install a copy that i could fool around with before I purchased it.. to see if it was something I'd like.

I've tried following the directions to editing the CSS and maybe I'm doing something wrong... but I can't edit the CSS at all.

Just testing with it I did this:

http://postimage.org/image/jzwde0z1r/

The header area wont change.

I went down to the actual coding and changed it there, below where it says "I wouldn't edit anything below" and making changes there actually makes changes.

So why isn't the field designating for making custom changes working?

Is this resolved in 2.2?

Thanks!

[jablythe]

djay,

Can you provide a link to the site and a example of your custom CSS you were trying to apply?

Thanks,
-Alex

[Sean Davis]

Hey, djay. It's actually not an issue. It's the way the skin is coded. Simply using the CSS selector "body.custom" will not work for you because MD2 has built in background pattern options. When you select those, a new class is added to the HTML body element and the background is applied through those specific CSS selectors like the examples below...

body.pattern-md { background: url(images/textures/pattern-md.png) }
body.pattern-pop { background-image: url(images/textures/pattern-pop.gif) }
body.pattern-diamonds { background-image: url(images/textures/pattern-diamonds.png) }

So to override those, you'd either want to get even more specific with your selectors...

body.custom.pattern-md

That's the preferred method. Or you'd want to make your CSS rules important...

body.custom { background: #fff !important; }

[djay]

I decided to go purchase it anyways. (After viewing other examples of websites from different customers that were gorgeous!)

Figured I'd get a response and/or figure it out.

After installing the newest version it completely worked fine! Made the change I wanted to so far. I'll probably be mudding up the forums here over the next few weeks making the rest of changes I want though. Thanks a ton for the quick responses though guys!

P.S. @Sean Davis, I should have edited my snippet picture a little better, I was referring to the ".custom #header_area { background: black }" line up there. But like I said I got it figured out in the newest version and I'm a converted customer.

Thanks again =)

[Sean Davis]

Ah! Well glad it's all good to go and we're glad you've purchased a skin. Don't hesitate to let us know if you have any issues.