Forum:Changing the right column color

Hi there, does anyone know how to change the background color of the right column, the one with "Recent Wiki Activity", the new files, etc.? I'd like to create a better contrast between the right column area and the article, especially for long ones, that would focus reading. Thanks for your help... Klow 13:30, March 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Why focus on reading? It's so much more fun to click Wikia's buttons and make them feel special.
 * Nosrsly. They've got gradients on those, so if you want to change the color, you'll actually need two - a light one and a dark one. Then you put this CSS in your MediaWiki:Wikia.css:

 background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, LIGHTERCOLOR 60%, DARKERCOLOR 100%) !important; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(60%, LIGHTERCOLOR), color-stop(100%, DARKERCOLOR)) !important; }
 * 1) WikiaRail .module {
 * Just replace  and   with the ones you picked.
 * FAQed.
 * Good one, Monchoman! :P Seems to me I greatly contributed to the FAQ recently! But it doesn't do what I expected. I want to change the colors of the space the right menu occupies, to the bottom of the page. So that would be about changing the colors of the space UNDER the menus. Possible?... Klow 15:02, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

 background: COLOUR !important; } This what you want? Replace COLOUR with your colour.
 * 1) WikiaRail {

Forget that. It helps to purge my page now and again...
 * Not yet! It colors only around the menus, not to the end of the page... :/ Klow 15:45, March 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can't be done - not without being messy, that is. The rail only takes up the space it needs to take, the space under it is a byproduct, and isn't attributed to any element other than the entire page - including the header and the content area.
 * I see. So, how about doing the opposite, then - changing the article bg color?... Klow 15:58, March 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * . Probably want to pick a color that's close to the color of the page, but far enough away that it contrasts. You can also put a border on it if that helps.


 * Looks good! Tell me about that border? Klow 19:28, March 28, 2011 (UTC)