Forum:Problem with Wikia.css

Hi all! I am now updating Neo-Quenya Wiki to the new look according to the Transition guide. Now, the latter says that it is possible to further customize the color scheme via Wikia.css stylesheet. But in fact, no changes on Wikia.css lead to any effects concerning colors; actually, I can purge the entire content of the style sheet, and the style of the Wiki still stays the same set up using the Theme Designer.

What am I doing wrong? Iron gollum 09:24, October 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I can see the CSS you've put down in your Wikia.css in action on your wiki's articles. Considering that you made this post five hours ago, I think it probably is down to your personal cache not being cleared. Did you clear your own browser's cache (for most popular browsers, this is CTRL-F5)? The 888th Avatar   (talk)  14:44, October 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I cleared the cache, yes. But look, here is my Wikia.css. Right now, I only have the textbox styles (for those on the main page), and the styles of navboxes. Neither the page color, nor the background color, nor the header color are defined there. I am courious where those specifications can be found. Iron gollum 19:45, October 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I also performed a search for the Hex codes of colors which I have entered in the ThemeDesigner. But the only reference I found was to Common.css which shouldn't be used with the new look. Iron gollum 08:30, October 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh... I checked your Wikia.css history, properly this time, and I know what the problem is. :) The CSS classes and id's are totally different for the new skin. Things like the old  don't work anymore. If you want to change the page colour, for instance, the class is  . The background colour is needs to be changed with , and the header colour with  . If you're up to it, you can also use a browser's developer tools; for instance, with Firefox, you can get Firebug, or with Chrome, you can just right click on any article and choose the option "Inspect element". Then, you can find where all the elements of a page's design are.  The 888th Avatar   (talk)  08:50, October 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see now! Thanks a lot, and especially for the Firebug tip. Iron gollum 11:30, October 20, 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  23:15, October 20, 2010 (UTC)