Lindsay
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Colour schemesAre there any other colour schemes available? I tried changing it in my profile and it didn't look any different. I often get sinus headaches and when I'm getting over one I can't read anything on a bright background. It's probably only me though, and I daresay you won't want me around all the time 
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tahir
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It's better than having me around all the time 
It's not that easy to redo the colours because there's a lot of formatting been done on this page. But we'll definitely look into it.
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mrutty
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A very pale green would do it. I have to say that I struggle at night to use the site without my glasses
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tahir
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Are you any good at php Mark?
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jema
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All I can say is damn  I really thought I had got it right for once on colors.
We could play with alternative colors, by editing the css for the template on the mirror site.
Does anyone seriously have a clue though?. This is one area where I simply know that i'm badly qualified.
jema
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tahir
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I had a look at the tutorial on PHP's site I reckon it's easy(ish) when you've done it once, I could possibly give it a go on the mirror
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jema
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I will don my sun glasses and look in at the efforts
jema
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mrutty
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Yes I could take a look. Need to replace FFFFFF with CCFF99.
Er is going out this evening. How do I make sure it's the mirror site. Sorry wasn't listening earlier went everything was setup
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mrutty
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Just need one edit in templates/downsizer/downsizer.css
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tahir
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Where'd you get the colour codes from?
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mrutty
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Microsoft colour selctor and just chose a pale green from more colours.
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Sarah D
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I know this is of no help whatsoever, but I like reading threads like these, even though I have rather less thana clue what you are talking about!
For waht it's worth, I quite like the green, but would be happy with whatever.
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jema
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I hate threads like these 
I know they are needed, and that people have every right and need to read forums without eye strain. But keeping everyone happy is a total nightmare.
jema
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Sarah D
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I'm easily pleased, though............. 
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mrutty
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I'd need to play for a bit but
input,textarea, select {
background-color: #ffffff;CCFF99
color : #000000;
font: normal 11px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
.check {background-color: transparent; background-color: CCFF99
border-style: none;
Look like the two to change
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tahir
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I reckon I'd go EBFFEB instead of FFFFFF, white with a hint of green should just take the edge off the contrast
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jema
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but where do you place the code? I have been doing my own playing half to set you up to be able to play and half trying to figure out what to change, and whilst you can now play, I still can't tell you what to change
jema
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tahir
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I found out where to put it but I didn't have much success with it
For Theme Element "Background Colour" Value should be "EBFFEB"
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jema
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Let me guess you change it, it changes in the admin section but not on the forums?
jema
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tahir
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Yup, it gives me a variety of things to do but none of them makes the change stick
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jema
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So it reverts back even on the form? impying a failure to save the file
jema
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tahir
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To be honest I've been doing a few other things and it made no sense to me so it got immediately expunged from my memory banks, all I know is that I don't know
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jema
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Well it looks to me like you have on this site changed a color setting even if it has not shown up.
The mirror is a safer place!
jema
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Lindsay
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Looks like I opened a can of worms, sorry guys 
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mrsnesbitt
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does my bum look big in pale green?
is that what you are saying? 
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jema
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The colors should now be changed, on my PC though the old colors seem locked in the cache and so nothing has yet happened.
jema
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Treacodactyl
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I thought I noticed something a little different.
However, I still cannot see the new icon in web links (from a new computer that has not see the site before).
Also, has the total number of views on the news items been removed?
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jema
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It may be that unless you are an admin, you need to get down into the category you want to add to in the web links.
Someone thought the author and the hits field made stuff look crowded and messy. People seemed to agree and so they got wiped.
jema
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Treacodactyl
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Sorry, I meant to say I cannot see the downsizers.net icon in my browser or when I add a favorite. I just see the mambo flower thingy. This is on a new PC that has nothing cached.
Agree with the total number of posts bit.
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jema
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Ah I have not altered the icon in mambo, only on the forum, i will do that now.
jema
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jema
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and the color change has just appeared for me. I was wondering if it ever would without drastic action?
jema
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