CSS - Sidebar Background Color Issues
Hello,
I'm new to this forum, and somewhat new to CSS. I have learned enough about it to find my way around though, and I am still having problems changing one color on a theme. I have a Wordpress blog and am using a free theme I downloaded. It has a right and left sidebar. I would like to change the background color for both sidebars (they are not visually separated except by text). I have tried: .sidebar { line-height: 14px; font-size: 12px; background: #C4C2C2; } ...and that does change the background for them; but it does not extend to the footer. This new color only extends to the bottom of each sidebar content (so that if the blog portion is longer, the old color shows up below the new color). I have checked every single color in the css file, and I cannot find where this color is defined. Help, please!! Similar TutorialsI've been trying various fixes with my template, so that the grey background color in the sidebar, extends beyond the content to the bottom of the page. Alas... nothing is working. Here's my code: Code: #l_sidebar { color: #cccccc; background-color: #3a3a3a; width: 160px; float: left; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } #l_sidebar p{ margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; } #l_sidebar h2 { color: #ffbfea; font-size: 18px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px; margin: 0px; } #l_sidebar ul { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px; } #l_sidebar li { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } #l_sidebar ul li { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 5px 0px; } #l_sidebar ul li a { color: #c04080; text-decoration: none; } #l_sidebar ul li a:hover { color: #c04080; text-decoration: underline; } #r_sidebar { color: #c04080; background-color: #3a3a3a; width: 160px; float: right; position:relative; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0 15px 15px 15px; } #r_sidebar p{ margin: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding: 5px 0px 10px 0px; } #r_sidebar h2 { color: #ffbfea; font-size: 18px; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px; margin: 0px; } #r_sidebar ul { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px; } #r_sidebar li { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } #r_sidebar ul li { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 5px 0px; } #r_sidebar ul li a { color: #c04080; text-decoration: none; } #r_sidebar ul li a:hover { color: #c04080; text-decoration: underline; } Howdy, Okay, this is driving me nuts...i have the background-color set the same for the header and the footer, only the header is displaying darker than the footer. I've been going over it with a fine-toothed comb, but can't find the problem. here's the site and here's the css; Code: /* Graphix Plus V 4.0 Styles */ h1 { font-family:arial; font-size:16px; font-color:#006696; font-weight:bold; } h2 { font-family:arial; font-size:14px; font-color:#006696; font-weight:bold; } body { padding:0px; margin-top:0px; background-image:url(images/bground-pattern.gif); background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:black; text-decoration:none; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; } .contentarea { background-color:#FFFFFF; padding:6px; border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; } .flankers { background-color:#C6C6C6; padding:4px; border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; } .header { background-color:#006696; padding:4px; background-image:url(images/gp_v4_header.gif); background-position:top left; background-repeat:no-repeat; } a.mainnav:link { font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:black; text-decoration:underline; } a.mainnav:visited { font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:black; text-decoration:underline; } a.mainnav:hover { font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:#006696; text-decoration:underline; } /* MAIN MENU LIST STYLE BEGINS - UL class = 'NAV'*/ ul#nav, ul#nav ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #E5E5E5; background-image: url(http://www.graphixplus.com/images/no-pic.gif); background-color:#C6C6C6; } ul#nav li { position: relative; } li ul { position: absolute; left: 99%; top: 0; display: none; background-color: #006696; } ul#nav li a:hover { display: block; text-decoration:none; color:#E5E5E5; background-color:#006696; } ul#nav li a { display: block; font-family:arial; font-size:11px; text-decoration: none; color: #006696; padding: 1px; border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; border-bottom: 0; } /* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/ * html ul#nav li { float: left; height: 1%; } * html ul#nav li a { height: 1%; } /* End */ ul#nav li:hover ul, ul#nav li.over ul { display: block; } /*MAIN MENU LIST STYLE ENDS */ /* FOOTER STYLES */ .footer { padding:10px; background-color:#006696; font-family:arial; font-size:10px; color:#c6c6c6; text-decoration:none; border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; } a.footnav:link { font-family:arial; font-size:10px; color:#c6c6c6; text-decoration:underline; } a.footnav:visited { font-family:arial; font-size:10px; color:#c6c6c6; text-decoration:underline; } a.footnav:hover { font-family:arial; font-size:10px; background-color:#E5E5E5; color:#006696; text-decoration:underline; } /* end of footer */ Any help is greatly appreciated! I noticed that googlebot is reading and indexing the content of the left sidebar and and not the center content (title of posts etc). I have tried this fix: Place the sidebar call after The Loop in your theme files and then use CSS to float your post content right or absolutely position your sidebar on the left. Because the spider bots read the page markup from the top down. So if your left sidebar lies above your post content in the markup, the sidebar will be indexed first. If, on the other hand, your left sidebar appears below your post content in the markup but is positioned left by CSS, the bots will index your post content first. It works when I float the center content to the right to the point where the sidebars are where they are supposed to be but they are pushed down a little from the top and it throws the page nav (bottom of center content) and the footer out of wack. Hello, I have 2 questions - hope that ok moderator? First. My sidebar, it bugs me. I would like for it be the same length as the #Maincontent, but It is either to long or to short...Does anybody have a idea for a solution? Second. I would like to have a picture next to the #maincontent, on the right, from top to bottom, and parallel to it, and a bit out. (Sorry I don't know the correct English term). Kind of like the lines next to the sidebar - which is a background image for #sidebar. I already got a background image on body. Is This possible? In advance, thanks for any help or advice. And I can't post url... so here is some CSS: Code: html { margin-top: 20px; } body { padding: 0px; background-color:#e6e2bf; background-image: url('imgs/bag.png'); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position: top right; padding:30px; margin-bottom:0px;} #wrap { width: 850px; height: 500px; padding: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background-image: url('imgs/right.png'); background-repeat:repeat-y; background-position: top right;} #maincontent {position: relative; left: 230px; float: left; text-align: left; width: 580px; min-height: 500px; margin-left:10px; background-color:#fff; z-index:2; } #header { background-color: #e5edf2; width: auto; height: 100px; margin-bottom: 30px; top:35px; z-index:3;} #footer { width: 100% height: 50px; margin: 0px auto 30px auto; color: #FFFFFF; background-image: url('imgs/bund.png'); } #sidebar {position:absolute; top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom:200px; width:auto; height:100%; padding-right:10px; z-index:4; background-image: url('imgs/sidebar_bag.gif'); background-repeat:repeat-y; } #logo {position: relative; right: 40px;} http://www.turboconceptsllc.com/testmain ok in IE 6 AND 7 this happens. basically the pictures are pngs with background colors the same as the boldy {} color which is 4D4D4D. BUT its showing a contrast. opera and mozilla this of course isnt a problem any ideas how to get around this? transparent PNGs are not an option as IE6 doesnt render them. also gifs are not an option as the quality is horrible i wanted usersto choose their own style sheet by giving them different links like red, green, blue which will take them to different layouts or background color page. the problem was that worked only for that particular page but if they click on any link or menu from that page it will take them back to the default color. is there any way that i can set so that their choice will stay throught their surfing ? any thoughts ? hanks Hi, I have made a page using <div> tags. <div id="page"> <div id="leftmenu"> </div> <div id="mainarea"> </div> </div> My problem is that sometimes, the leftmenu is longer than the main area(1) and sometimes its the opposite- the main area is longer than the leftmenu(2). I want them both to be of the same height. (3) How can I do this? Plz Help! I have pasted the style codes for the 3 tags below. (1) (2) (3) #mainarea { background-color:#FFFFFF; float:left; position:relative; right:0pt; width:630px; } #leftmenu { background-color:#EEEEEE; float:left; left:0pt; position:relative; width:140px; } #page { background-color:#FFFFFF; position:relative; width:770px; } Having an issue with the background color in a div. The color shows up in I.E. but not in Firefox. I have a div with a width of 100%. Inside the div is an unordered list with two list items. Here is the css: div#nav { width: 100%; margin: 0; background-color: #EAE9E4; } #nav ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; } #nav li { list-style: none; float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 15%; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; white-space: nowrap; } Essentially this will be a navigation aid below the banner of the webpage. The list items will contain anchors which will appear as "buttons". The containing div extends to the end and I want it to have a background color. Any help appreciated. Hey Guys! I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to find out how to change the color of the background of a certain element on my site. I installed Vanilla forums on my site and am trying to customize the css script. If you look at the page, you will see an annoying white in the body. I am trying to make the background of that #F6F6F2. Could you guys possibly put me in the right direction? Thanks! Here is a link to my page: shipswatchdotcom/forum/vanilla/aaa.html Here is the css script: Code: #Body { margin: 0; width: 99.9%; position: relative; background: #F6F6F2; } #Head { background: #B8D4B8; padding:0; margin: 20px 20px 0; text-align: left; position: relative; } div.Popup h1, div.Popup h2, div.Connect h1, div.Connect h2 { background: #F6F6F2; border-bottom: 1px solid #3b5998; } .Banner { padding: 10px; text-align: left; position: relative; background: #F6F6F2; } .Banner ul { background: #B8D4B8; padding: 0; margin: 0; } .Banner ul li { display: inline; padding: 0; margin: 0; } .Banner ul li a { font-weight: bold; padding: 3px 6px; font-size: 11px; color: #336633; display: inline-block; } .Banner ul li a:hover { background: #E5F0E5; } .Banner ul li a.SignOut { font-weight: normal; position: absolute; top: 10px; right: 10px; } .Banner ul li a span { border-radius: 3px; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; padding: 1px 2px 0 1px; background: #F6F6F2; border-right: 1px solid #F6F6F2; border-bottom: 1px solid #F6F6F2; color: #F6F6F2; font-size: 9px; position: relative; top: -3px; } #Content { float: none; width: auto; margin: 0 280px 0 10px; background: #F6F6F2; } #Panel { float: right; margin-right: 10px; background: #F6F6F2; } #Panel div.SearchBox input.InputBox { width: 200px; margin-right: 4px; background: #F6F6F2; } div.SearchBox { margin-bottom: 6px; } body.Profile div.SearchBox { display: none; } body.Profile #Content { float:none; width: auto; margin: 0 10px 0 280px; background: #F6F6F2; } body.Profile #Panel { margin: 0 0 0 10px; background: #F6F6F2; } form.Activity textarea { width:99%; background: #F6F6F2; } #Foot div { width: auto; background: #F6F6F2; } body.Post #Content { width: auto; margin:0 20px; background: #F6F6F2; } #ConversationForm textarea.MultiComplete, #ConversationForm .TextBox, #MessageForm textarea, div.Comment div.CommentForm, div.Comment div.CommentForm textarea, div.CommentForm textarea, #DiscussionForm input.InputBox, #DiscussionForm textarea { width:99%; background: #F6F6F2; } #ConversationForm form { border: none; } div.Preview div.Message, ul.MessageList div.Message { clear: none; } #DiscussionForm form { background: #F6F6F2; border: 1px solid #ccc; } div.MessageForm, div.Tabs { background: #F6F6F2; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; } /* Tabs */ div.Tabs { background: #F6F6F2; padding: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } div.Tabs ul { padding: 0 8px; white-space: nowrap; } div.MessageForm { padding: 8px 8px 5px; } div.MessageForm div.Tabs { padding: 0 8px; } div.Tabs li a, div.Tabs li a:link, div.Tabs li a:hover, div.Tabs li a:active, div.Tabs li a:visited { font-size: 11px; margin: 0; border: none; border-radius: 0; -moz-border-radius: 0; -webkit-border-radius: 0; background: #F6F6F2; color: #336633; text-decoration: none; padding: 8px 10px; line-height: 11px; } div.Tabs li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } a.Active, div.Tabs li.Active a { background: #F6F6F2; color: #336633; margin: 0; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: none; border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0; -moz-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0; -webkit-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; padding: 6px 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; } div.Tabs li a span { line-height: 1; font-size: 80%; padding: 0 3px; border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; -moz-border-radius: 3px; font-weight: normal; background: #F6F6F2; color: #4A7023; margin: 0 0 0 4px; } div.DiscussionsTabs div.SubTab { font-size: 11px; border-radius: 0; -moz-border-radius: 0; -webkit-border-radius: 0; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; background: #F6F6F2; margin:0; padding:4px 8px; } div.HeadingTabs ul { margin: 8px 0 0; } body.Discussion a.Bookmark { margin: 6px 2px; } div.Preview { border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #F6F6F2; margin:0 0 8px; padding: 8px; } .Foot { background: #F6F6F2; border: none; } div.MorePager a, div.MorePager a:link, div.MorePager a:visited, div.MorePager a:active, div.MorePager a:hover { border-radius: 0; -moz-border-radius: 0; -webkit-border-radius: 0; background: #F6F6F2; border: none; color: #4A7023; line-height: 1; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; } div.MorePager a:hover { color: #4A7023; text-decoration: underline; } body.add #Content { margin: 0 10px; background: #F6F6F2; } /* Panel Boxes */ #Panel div.Box { border-radius: 0; -moz-border-radius: 0; -webkit-border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; background: #F6F6F2; padding: 0; } div.Box h4 { color: #4A7023; } ul.PanelActivity, ul.PanelInfo { border-top:1px solid #ccc; } ul.PanelActivity li, ul.PanelInfo li, ul.PanelInfo li.Active { background: #F6F6F2; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; } ul.PanelInfo li.Active { background: #F6F6F2; } #Status { border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; background: #eee; color: #000; line-height: 1.6; padding: 3px 6px; margin: 0 0 8px; } body.Profile ul.PanelInfo { border: #F6F6F2; } body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li { margin: 0; padding: 0; } body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a { font-size: 12px; display: block; padding: 0 6px; background: #F6F6F2; } body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a:hover { background: #F6F6F2; } /* Sign In Page */ body.Entry #Content { text-align: center; margin: 0 auto !important; } body.Entry #Content div.Box { background: #F6F6F2; border: 0; } div.Methods { border-left: 1px solid #ccc; } /* Messages */ div.DismissMessage { background: #F6F6F2; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding:6px 8px; border-radius: 3px; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; } div.DismissMessage a.Dismiss:hover { color: #000; } div.Warning { background: #d00; border: 1px solid #b00; color: #F6F6F2; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #444; } div.Warning a.Dismiss { color: #F6F6F2; } #Content div.Box { color: #000; background: #F6F6F2; border: 1px solid #F6F6F2; } body#dashboard_entrycontroller_signin div.Box { border: none; } /* Autocomplete */ .ac_results { border: 1px solid #d7d8da; color: #000; border-top: 0; background-color: #F6F6F2; } .ac_results li { border-bottom: 1px solid #d7d8da; } .ac_lastitem { border-bottom: 0 !important; } .ac_results strong { background: #F6F6F2; } .ac_over strong { background: #F6F6F2; } .ac_over { background: #3b5998; color: #fff; } Hi there people, I have a question about CSS but before I start off asking this question I'll introduce myself. I'm a new user of this great forum, my name is Dwight and I'm a student on the "Graphical Lyceum Amsterdam" where I follow the education for "Multimedia Designer". Ok so now you know me a little, I'll start off asking my question. Question: I have to change the layout for a html page that askes for information from different asp pages, but that's not my problem . The problem is that I have to make some td's a different color -the background that is- but the problem is that I can't change the html page itself (it is automaticly generated and I don't have permission to change it). So my question is can someone tell me how I can change the color of some (not all!) td's with CSS without making classes? Tnx, Dwight Hi, I am trying to apply a background color to an item other than the body but I cannot make it display in IE 6 or 5.5. I have tried applying it to both <div>'s and <p>'s. Does IE not support the background-color property outside of the page background? On the main page of my site, I have a "slogan box" with a width set to 40%. This is outlined and has a background color. In IE, it outlines and colors in the blank space up to 40%, the desired effect. But in Firefox and Mozilla, it outlines only up to where the text stops. Here's the main css behind it: #slogan { border-bottom:2px solid black; border-right:2px solid black; border-left:2px solid black; background-color:#ABAABB; font-family:comic sans ms; width:40%; } Attactched is the screenshot from IE and firefox. How can I make it look like it does in IE for all browsers (i.e., what is the correct code?) The full code can be seen here. Hello, I have been trying to figure this out, but have been unsuccessful. I am using a modalPopupExtender, but when the popup comes up, my background is still active. I suspect it has to be something in my css file, but would appreciate some help on this. I suspect it is the css that is causing this, but cannot figure out what. TIA! Here is the code for the MPE: <cc1:ModalPopupExtender ID="MPE1" runat="server" TargetControlID="btnShowModalPop" PopupControlID="divPop" BackgroundCssClass="modalBackground" PopupDragHandleControlID="panelDragHandle" DropShadow="true"/> Here is the code in my css file: .modalBackground { background-color:Gray; filter:alpha(opacity=70); opacity:0.7; } .modalPop { background-color:Gray; border-width:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:Black; padding:0; width:250px; color:White; } .drag { background-color:#ff0000; cursor: move; border: solid 2px white; } I found the issue by referencing a blank css file and slowly adding statements in. It was a combination of the following which prevented the backgroundcssclass to not be shown propertly: #body div div { background: url(images/body_tr.gif) top right no-repeat; } #body div div div { background: url(images/body_bl.gif) bottom left no-repeat; } #body div div div div{ background: url(images/body_br.gif) bottom right no-repeat; } #body div div div { background: url(images/body_bg.gif) bottom left no-repeat; } #body div div div div { background: url(images/body_bg.gif) bottom right no-repeat; } #body .inner div { background: none; } I ended up add these bg imgs in my master page div tags directly and is working fine.....for now :P Edit/Delete Message I'm using Wordpress 3.0.4 with the WP Remix theme 3.0 for my website. URL: joelwyant.com I want to be able to add a page to the site during the Christmas season. To make it standout more, I'd like that specific page to always have a different background color in the navbar than the other "normal" pages. I have the CSS for the navbar style, but I don't know where to begin to make it specific to just that one page. In other words, how do I create CSS that overides the normal navbar background color for just that one specific page? Any thoughts, suggestions, or guidance is much appreciated! Joel What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas? What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas? http://buffalonationsmuseum.ca Right now the property is just "background" but I have tried... background-color: I want to display text when I hover over certain areas of an image, so I am using an image map, no href, and assigning the text using ALT=. As a result, the text shows up as a tooltip. It works great except that the background color in the tooltip box is a very dated yellow color that looks inconsistent with the rest of my page. Is there any way to change the background color? (I am trying to avoid scripts because I've never used them and don't really have time to learn how, at this point) Thanks, Beth With IE, the background of SELECT elements is not respecting the CSS file setting. But IE does respect the CSS for the INPUT element. Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla Firefox work correctly for SELECT and INPUT. Here is a snippet from my stylesheet file: SELECT { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BACKGROUND: beige; COLOR: darkgreen } INPUT { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BACKGROUND: beige; COLOR: darkgreen } I have tried #FFFFD8 and #F5F5DC as alternatives to the name "beige" for the SELECT entry. Result is always white. Yet my text boxes show properly as beige so I am confused about why that name is ignored for SELECT elements. Note that I can change the entry to something basic like BACKGROUND: yellow and that displays correctly (but I don't want yellow - I want beige - like the INPUT element). These SELECT and INPUT elements are always in some table such as: <td class=genericinputleft>Starting Date<select name=dd1 etc. Could there be a cascading problem in IE ? Here is the CSS: .genericinputLeft { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: x-small; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: top } I have tried commenting out the BACKGROUND entry from the class above but that does not seem to help. Thanks. I have three "buttons" that are essentially <div> elements on a page made to look like a button. I would like to make the background color change for the button on the "hover" state, but for some reason the only part of the background that changes on the hover state is the area only behind the text. Here's my code. I'd like the whole background area to change, anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Code: .prioritycontainer { width: auto; float: left; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px; } .prioritybutton { float: left; width: 150px; height: auto; display: inline; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px; background-color: #978047; border: solid 1px #CCBC77; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .prioritybutton a:link { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; } .prioritybutton a:visited { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; } .prioritybutton a:hover { color: #fff; background-color: #A19058; text-decoration: none; } .prioritybutton a:active { color: #fff; background-color: #A19058; text-decoration: none; } Markup on .html page is as follows: Code: <div class="prioritycontainer"> <div class="prioritybutton"><a href="one.htm">One</a></div> <div class="prioritybutton"><a href="two.htm">Two</a></div> <div class="prioritybutton"><a href="three.htm">Three</a></div> </div> Any help would be very helpful. Thanks, Brian My page works great in firefox, but in IE the top navigation div (top_navigation) SHOULD have a background color of red for testing perposes, but the color doesn't change! It looks like its inheriting the background color #e4dfd7 from the css body tag. I've tried using an inline style, or using !important, nothing works, and I have to make this available in at least IE6 and up. Thanks in advance for any help! html code -> cosmosristorante dot com / ox / index.asp I have this transparent png image and it looks great on a web page when you put a background color on it. the only transparent part is the border, the rest is white, so the bg color is really for border. When you go to print it, however, printers dont normally show bg colors Is there some way how I can force printing the the bg color when the user prints the page? (I know some times u can configure that on their printer but I don't want them to have to do anything. ) |