Text Changes.......

[Talus]

Hi,

I wonder if anybody could help me please?

I am wanting to know how i can make text in my product description be for example, Bold or maybe a differant colour i.e. Red.

Many Thanks In Advance.

[Duncan Rounding]

You may include html formatting in the full description - like thisfor example:
!!<
<strong>Bold Text</strong>
>!!

Just encapsulate any html inside !!< and >!!

[Paul Phillips]

Duncan,

This may sound really silly but from you reply above does that mean that you can type in HTML code into the description of a Fragment etc. I tried what you suggested and it worked great

For example all of my site is in a particular font but on some pages i want to change that so how would I go about doing that?

Is there a list of common things anywhere of should I just search through here and the advanced user manual

Cheers
Paul

www.balloonandpartyshop.co.uk

[Talus]

You may include html formatting in the full description - like thisfor example:
!!<
<strong>Bold Text</strong>
>!!

Just encapsulate any html inside !!< and >!!

Thank You very much!!

Superb..it's now looking right, i didnt realise you could enter the HTML directly into the description box like that you see, every time i tried before it just didnt work out...but now you explained how to do it correctly it works a treat.

Thanks again.

Paul.:)

[Toby B]

does that mean that you can type in HTML code into the description of a Fragment etc. I tried what you suggested and it worked great


Yes you can type whatever HTML you like in the full description if you use those tags. It’s handy for embedding flash images and highlighting particular bits of text for example in red.


For example all of my site is in a particular font but on some pages i want to change that so how would I go about doing that?


Are you talking about changing the entire font style on that page or just certain chunks?


Is there a list of common things anywhere of should I just search through here and the advanced user manual


Search here or the knowledgebase (http://knowledge.actinic.com/acatalog/) or the AUG for extra tips, functionality and fixes.

[Paul Phillips]

Hi Toby,

Thanks for the help

It would just be all of the text in a particular fragment - say from ariel to comic sans

Cheers
Paul

[jont]

say from ariel to comic sans

Please do not use comic sans. It has no place on the internet.

You would be best duplicating the existing fragment layout and simply applying a new CSS class for the text in the new font ... then simply apply the new layout for all the fragments you need in the different font.

[Paul Phillips]

I wasnt planning to use Comic Sans - it was the only thing that sprang to mind when writing the reply.

I have been searching through the pages here to try and find out how to do this. I have seen lots of posts (mostly from you!!!) about the CSS class thingy.

I am really new to making my own changes to my site (I had it desigened by a pro) except the real basic things. Could I be a real pain and ask you to explain what you mean , step by step

Thanks
Paul

[jont]

I wasnt planning to use Comic Sans - it was the only thing that sprang to mind when writing the reply.

Phew. Thats a relief to hear :)

To change the template... click on the existing fragment and click on "edit" next to the layout. This will open in your default editor (notepad, dreamweaver etc).. immediately "save as" with a new name eg Act_ComicSans.html.

In the template you will see "NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TEXT" you need to change this by wrapping in a new CSS class eg:

<div class="myComicText">NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TEXT</div>

In the actinic.css file in the root of the site1 folder add the following:

.myComicText {
font-family: "comic sans", arial, helvetica;
}

that will set the text to comic sans .. you can change the family accordingly .. always best to use a family so if the user does not have comic sans it then uses the next in the list.

If you want to override the size and colour you can add these to the class as well eg:

.myComicText {
font-family: "comic sans", arial, helvetica;
font-size: 20px;
color: #990000;
}


Save the template and to use go to your fragment and select the new template layout using the "browse" option. Save in the root of the site1 folder.

HTH

[Paul Phillips]

Thanks

Most of that makes sense but before I try it Ive got a couple of questions (sorry!!!)

Where do I find the actinic.css file?

Where abouts do I add
.myComicText {
font-family: "comic sans", arial, helvetica;
}

Really appreciate all the help

Paul

[Duncan Rounding]

...Where do I find the actinic.css file?...
Paul

In your Site1 folder.

[wjcampbe]

Where abouts do I add
anywhere - but adding it onto a new line at the very end is probably cleanest and easiest.

[Paul Phillips]

This is what I have done but it doesnt seem to work can anyone see where im going wrong please?

I opened the existing fragment and saved it as Act_Arial.html

It looks like this after I did the wrapping

<!-- TextOnly HTML begin -->

<tr>
<td colspan="3" valign="top">

NETQUOTEVAR:FRAGMENTANCHOR
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><div class="mytext">NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TEXT</div>/td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</tr>

<!-- TextOnly HTML end -->

I then added the following to Actinic.css right at the bottom

.mytext{
font-family: "Arial", Verdana, Helvetical
}

and saved it

I then have selected Act_arial as the fragment layout

When I upload it I get what you see on my homepage

www.balloonandpartyshop.co.uk
(its the first fragment - "Welcome to the UK's etc etc )

and when I look back into actinic.css the code i typed in has disappeared

Dont know what to do know

Is there a way to change the font by typing the html into the description box?

Thanks
Paul

[Duncan Rounding]

Your actinic.css file on your server does not contain the lies you added.
I also don't think you should have quotes around Arial - but I'm not a css fundi.

[leehack]

You only have quotes around a font family member when the name of the font is made up of 2 or more words. Eg.

"Times New Roman", "Comic Sans"

if its just one word like Arial, then all you include is Arial.

Also not sure which css file you have added to (there should only be one), but it certainly isn't the correct one.

[Paul Phillips]

Lee,

Have removed the quotes

I have added it to Actinic.css

Have included a screen shot of where

(I think I need to go on a course or spend some time with a pro to understand how the insides of Actinic work)

Can I not change the font type in the description using the !!< >!! the same way as changing to bold etc?

Cheers
Paul

[Paul Phillips]

Ok - Ignore the last post - I have got it to change the font - yippee!!!!

I was only updating the site, so i tried a complete refresh and it worked???

One last thing - promise!

I have /td at the bottom of the text I think that I should have moved it when I edited the template - can you tell me where i should be putting it

Original template

<!-- TextOnly HTML begin -->

<tr>
<td colspan="3" valign="top">

NETQUOTEVAR:FRAGMENTANCHOR
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td width="100%">NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TEXT</td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</tr>

<!-- TextOnly HTML end -->


Edited Template:

<!-- TextOnly HTML begin -->

<tr>
<td colspan="3" valign="top">

NETQUOTEVAR:FRAGMENTANCHOR
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><div class="mytext">NETQUOTEVAR:BROCHURE_TEXT</div>/td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</tr>

<!-- TextOnly HTML end -->


Hopefully I will get to the bottom of this

Cheers
Paul

[leehack]

Your penultimate closing </td> tag is not formed correctly. Note how the others are closed in relation to that one.

Im not quite sure which css file you have changed, but from your picture it looks like the wrong one. You want the file that actinic provide as part of the drop down menu in design view.

[Paul Phillips]

Lee,

This is starting to stress me now :)

I have got rid of the /td> - thanks

Now, I added the code into the actinic.css that I have shown earlier and did a site refresh and the font changed.

when I edited the /td> to </td> and updated the site the code has dissapeared from the actinic.css and the font has gone back to how it was ahhhhhh!

Where is the actinic.css that I should be adding the code to located

Cheers
Paul

[leehack]

Where is the actinic.css that I should be adding the code to located

My previous post tells you where it is. In the DROP DOWN box within the DESIGN tab of actinic. Actinic Stylesheet is what you are looking for, it's the global css file for Actinic, they put it in the drop down box to make it easy to find.

[Paul Phillips]

Lee

Couldnt find it anywhere in the Design Tab but managed to find it anyway using a bit of trial and error.

I want to say a BIG BIG BIG thank you to all who helped me out on here - its so frustrating when I dont know how to do something

Anyway, thanks again

Paul
www.balloonandpartyshop.co.uk

[leehack]

Lee

Couldnt find it anywhere in the Design Tab but managed to find it anyway using a bit of trial and error.

If you select the drop down box (in design view) and look for "Actinic Stylesheet" in the list, i fail to see how you cannot find it?

[jont]

i fail to see how you cannot find it?

This is the v7 forum thats why

[jont]

Where is the actinic.css that I should be adding the code to located

Inside Actinic click on the "Edit Templates" button on the main bar ... red square and green triangle option ... click on Miscellaneous tab and then "CSS files" to open your actinic.css.

In your first reply back to Bill's (wjcambe) you did not append the line with a semi-colon ";" ... whilst strictly not needed for the last line of any code it is good practice to use all the time as you may add another line and forget to add to the first

[Paul Phillips]

Thanks :)

I thought I was going mad :rolleyes: will spend a few days playing with it now

Cheers
Paul