CSS Tag for main body text in product des.

[BrianCurtis]

CSS Tag for main body text in product descriptions.

Hi all,

It's been ages since I amended the main body text throughout the website and I just did a view source on the page it shows the text with a span of actxsmall. So, I changed the colour in the CSS style sheet for .actxsmall which is definitely linked and the colour hasn't changed, it's still white?

I looked in the standard Colours settings where the template choice etc comes up and there is no choice for white text (ffffff) apart from on the Aplet Text choice so i am dead confused as I can't find where the layout is pulling the white colour from?

I had a look at the Product_line template and I have hard-coded into that <span=actxsmall> too so would have thought it would pick up the CSS?

I know this is gonna be real simple, but I can't see it right now!

Any ideas please?
Thanks :)

Beej

[Darren B]

Looks grey to me, online that is, have you refreshed your browser about 30million times

[BrianCurtis]

Well that's odd cos I haven't uploaded the amendd CSS file yet? Where are you reading?

Beej

[Duncan Rounding]

Grey for me too. This is what's online at the moment:
.actxsmall {
color:#CCCCCC;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;
}

[BrianCurtis]

Grey for me too. This is what's online at the moment:
.actxsmall {
color:#CCCCCC;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;
}

I can't see that anywhere in my CSS? Where are you finding this?

Thanks

Beej

[Rich Brady]

I think you have .actxsmall referenced in two stylesheets:

.actxsmall {actinic.css (line 82)
color:#CCCCCC;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;

and

.actxsmall {aba_oi_08.css (line 87)
color:#777777;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;

Which Stylesheet have you been changing?

[Darren B]

confusion reigns :D

evening Rich

[Rich Brady]

Hello Darren... I think he's gone to bed.

[Darren B]

And thats were im off too, got work in the morning so need the old shut eye

[BrianCurtis]

Hey - I'm still here! :)

[BrianCurtis]

.actxsmall {aba_oi_08.css (line 87)
color:#777777;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;

This is the one I have been changing. It's dooin my noggin in now! :)

Beej

Looks grey to me, online that is, have you refreshed your browser about 30million times

I think you have .actxsmall referenced in two stylesheets:

.actxsmall {actinic.css (line 82)
color:#CCCCCC;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;

and

.actxsmall {aba_oi_08.css (line 87)
color:#777777;
font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:15px;

Which Stylesheet have you been changing?

[BrianCurtis]

me too :p :D

Hehe :)

Why do the easy things ALWAYS get me!

LOL

Beej

[TraceyHand]

haha..I was just editting that message and now I got all confused with too many tabs open etc
ho hum

Actinic has been challenging ALL of us this evening, I think...ain't that right, Rich?

Well, not ALL of us. Some people have been to the pub, lazing around all evening (eh, Darren? :p )

[Rich Brady]

The Actinic CSS seems to be overriding it... Make the change in actinic.css and see what you get.

[BrianCurtis]

hehe, alright fo sum eh! ;)

OK< look at thgis page

http://www.organicimage.com/acatalog/airbrush_art_materials_whats_new.html

If you hit refersh you can see )for a second) that the text goes to the darker color and then flashes back to the lighter color? Weird . .

Beej

[Rich Brady]

Actinic has been challenging ALL of us this evening, I think...ain't that right, Rich?

I don't know what you mean... ;)

[BrianCurtis]

The Actinic CSS seems to be overriding it... Make the change in actinic.css and see what you get.

OK bud, I'll give that a go now . . .

ta

Beej

[BrianCurtis]

OK bud, I'll give that a go now . . .

ta

Beej

WEIRD! That worked! How come the un-references Actinic.css is still being pulled for code? I know that the new .css file I use is working as I added the Firewroks code to this for my left-hand menus?

Hmmm . . all I gotta decide now is, wether or not the damn colour has gone TOO dark!? Hehe, decisions eh! Can you read it OK? Do you think it's gone a tad too dark with #777777

Gotta hit the sack soon! Thanks for your help on that :)

Beej

[Duncan Rounding]

It's should be due to inheritance - the order in which rth estyles are being used. If you check in Firefox with Firebug you will see the inheritance.

If it was me I would lighten up the background and then adjust the text for the best contrast for viewing. It is always difficult to read any text on a very dark background, whatever text colour you choose will be a compromise.

That said I do think that the current 777777 grey is softer on the eye than CCCCCC.