I went into the default color schemes and change 'body bgcolor=#000000' to 'body bgcolor=#99FFFF' (this is suppose to be a light pastel green). But nothing changed. Do all html codes work on the editing page of the swiki? If so, why can't I use <body bgcolor=#99FFFF> in the editing page to make the background color change? With my best, Naala >From: "John Voiklis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [pws] background color >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:27:44 -0400 > >Hi N-- > >I think the problem may be that you are trying to change this by editing >the >page throught the swiki web interface. Instead you have to make this >change in >the default color scheme files. > >What color scheme are you using? If, for example, you like the structure >and >icons for "aqua" but would like to change it's backgound color to green, go >to >the "aqua" directory in your local file system (on my Linux machine this is >/opt/ComSwiki/swiki/default/files/aqua; on a Wintel machine it may be >C:\ComSwiki\swiki\default\files\aqua; on a Mac it may be >HARDDRIVEopt/ComSwiki/swiki/default/files/aqua) and edit the colorScheme.sm >file. You will see this text: > >bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000cc" alink="#ff0000" >vlink="#551a8b" >background="<?toFiles?>background.gif" leftmargin=8 topmargin=8 > >Change any setting that you would like and save. > >I believe this is also possible through the swiki browser that is available >through Squeak; as a veteran web developer but Sqeak newbie, I am more >comfortable editing text files. > >If you want to make more extensive changes or create a color scheme of your >own, >I suggest that you select an existing color scheme whose basic structure >you >like and make a duplicate copy. You can then edit each of the components >(images >and HTML) in this new scheme to suit your own tastes, desires, or brands. > >Best of luck, > >J > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Naala Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 11:33 AM >Subject: Re: [pws] background color > > > > Hi John, > > > > I'm still doing something wrong. I tried this: > > > > <body bgcolor="green">*Tutorials* > > *Explorations* > > *Wyandotte Student Projects* > > > > and this: > > > > <body bgcolor="green">*Tutorials* > > *Explorations* > > *Wyandotte Student Projects*</body> > > > > Neither one gave me a green background. Where did I go wrong? > > > > With my best, > > Naala > > > > >From: "John Voiklis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [pws] background color > > >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:26:31 -0400 > > > > > >Naala, > > > > > >You cannot have two body elements: > > > > > >instead of... > > > > > ><body><body bgcolor="green">*Tutorials* > > > > > >you should have... > > > > > ><body bgcolor="green">*Tutorials* > > > > > >Best, > > > > > >J > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Naala Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:53 AM > > >Subject: [pws] background color > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've got the following typed into my CoWeb text. Why is my >background > > >still > > > > white? > > > > > > > > <body><body bgcolor="green">*Tutorials* > > > > > > > > *Explorations* > > > > > > > > *Wyandotte Student Projects*</body> > > > > > > > > With my best, > > > > Naala > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
