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Change "COLOR" to whatever color you want the site background to be (the big window background that exists "around" your joomla site").  Here's a [http://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm reference of some colors]. [[User:Corsulian|Corsulian]] 15:21, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
 
Change "COLOR" to whatever color you want the site background to be (the big window background that exists "around" your joomla site").  Here's a [http://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm reference of some colors]. [[User:Corsulian|Corsulian]] 15:21, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
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Usually, I copy and paste the Copyright notice into the index.php file at the bottom of the main template site. This works and html, too. Just look up the Copyright notice, I mean search for it in the files and copy and paste it wherever you want it.

Revision as of 06:36, 27 July 2008

Modifying the Default Template[edit]

There is already a very informative beginners guide linked at The main help pageAdrianm 16:06, 1 June 2008 (EDT)

Suggested Additions[edit]

From the perspective of a person relatively new to CSS and templates, the first question I had was:

  1. What can I do about changing this banner? Corsulian 14:24, 1 June 2008 (EDT)

Basic Additions[edit]

As this happens to be what I'm doing (hijacking the milkyway template for own devices), I'll attempt some updates here:

The Page Background[edit]

In the file, <root>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/white_bg.css there is some code:

#page_bg {

background: #COLOR;

Change "COLOR" to whatever color you want the site background to be (the big window background that exists "around" your joomla site"). Here's a reference of some colors. Corsulian 15:21, 1 June 2008 (EDT)

Copyright Notices in Footer[edit]

Usually, I copy and paste the Copyright notice into the index.php file at the bottom of the main template site. This works and html, too. Just look up the Copyright notice, I mean search for it in the files and copy and paste it wherever you want it.