Look For A Skin Change On Old Forum

[cassini]

First topic message reminder :

Hello Ape and Jenny

January 2022 I reinstalled my oldest forum and change the skin as it was messed up due to it being a deleted forum for over five years. I changed the skin to a basic blue white I think it was The Crow skin I used, I am finding the white background too much for my eyes. The forum was a phpbb3 but changed it to phpbb2 to look at the skins however most are too depressingly dark or far too garish for me.

I would like some ideas and help please, at the moment light blue with a grey centre of the other way around would suit me.
Some of the skins I have tried will not let me change the colour of the background centre of the forum or change the background skin. Skouliki made a background skin for me that I wish to continue to use.

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Regards

Cassini

[Mihai]

Thank you Ape and Jenny, no rush it's only an archive forum

I did try to change the colour code on the background colour but it did not work.

Coucou,

In your CSS Stylesheet i think you have this code, if not add it:

Code:

.forabg, .forumbg {
    background: url(https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/18/69/69/68/bgr10.png) repeat-x scroll center top #65A5D1;
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
    clear: both;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    padding: 0 5px;
}

Replace #65A5D1 with the own hex color code you want.

[cassini]

Thank you Mihai

I would like to get rid of the white #FFFFFF to the light blue which is easier on the eyes #CADCEB.
I tried however lost the writing at the bottom of the forum 

EDIT: I had to repost the CSS codes that I saved to correct the mess I made of the bottom of the forum 

[Mihai]

Thank you Mihai

I would like to get rid of the white #FFFFFF to the light blue which is easier on the eyes #CADCEB.
I tried however lost the writing at the bottom of the forum 

EDIT: I had to repost the CSS codes that I saved to correct the mess I made of the bottom of the forum 

Here is the result you want:

Code:

.forabg, .forumbg {
    background: url(https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/18/69/69/68/bgr10.png) repeat-x scroll center top #65A5D1;
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    border: 2px solid #CADCEB;
    clear: both;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    padding: 0 5px;
}

if you want no color at the border just remove

Code: #CADCEB

P.S: i tried making an account on your forum, but looks like the registration is disabled (in case its not working): https://prnt.sc/V1DeVRlEzpeS

Let me know if you need anything else.

[cassini]

Thank you for your assistance which I do appreciate, I am trying to do it myself to learn how to do it.
Finally I do not want to go over Jenny's head seeing that I have know her and Ape for some years now. 

[Mihai]

Thank you for your assistance which I do appreciate, I am trying to do it myself to learn how to do it.
Finally I do not want to go over Jenny's head seeing that I have know her and Ape for some years now. 

Okay...

[cassini]

This is my attempt, by changing the White #FFFFFF to matching light Blue #CADCEB
The only thing now is the dark blue border around the categories, prefer it to be blended in with the light blue. The other is still a white line under the header and the foot of the forum, again prefer that to be blended in with the light blue.

Most of the blue text is still readable however I changed the fonts of the table to black to stick out better.

However lets see what Jenny comes up with 

[Mihai]

This is my attempt, by changing the White #FFFFFF to matching light Blue #CADCEB
The only thing now is the dark blue border around the categories, prefer it to be blended in with the light blue. The other is still a white line under the header and the foot of the forum, again prefer that to be blended in with the light blue.

Most of the blue text is still readable however I changed the fonts of the table to black to stick out better.

However lets see what Jenny comes up with 

Like i said if you dont add a hex color after

Code: border: 2px solid

, originally will be black by default, so you need to add an color for it, you can choose from: http://hnl.name/color-schemer-online/

[JENNY]

I have made some small change to your forum please let me know if you want anything changed or added.

Jen.

[cassini]

Thank you Mihai and Jenny,
Yes the change I did was using Mihai's advice, however I am not sure if anything else needs to be done.
Not sure if the widgets should stay like they are of have a border line?  

Anyhow thank you very much for your help and ideas very much appreciated.

Regards
Cassini  

[Mihai]

Thank you Mihai and Jenny,
Yes the change I did was using Mihai's advice, however I am not sure if anything else needs to be done.
Not sure if the widgets should stay like they are of have a border line?  

Anyhow thank you very much for your help and ideas very much appreciated.

Regards
Cassini  

You are welcome, personally i dont use widgets because it takes alot of the forum's space... but i prefer to use chatbox instead...

[APE]

add this to the bottom of your CSS files.

Code:

.module {
  margin-bottom: 4px;
  padding: 0 10px;
  background-color: #cadceb;
  color: #000;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 2px solid #2f8dbe;
}
.module .h3, .postbody .h3, .introduction .h3 {
  margin-top: 8px;
  background: url("https://i.servimg.com/u/f55/18/69/69/68/bgr10.png") repeat-x scroll center top #65A5D1;
  background-color: #6ca9d3;
  width: 208px;
  padding-right: 39px;
  padding: 7px;
  margin: -5px 39px 16px -12px;
}


[cassini]

Perfect, Thank you Ape most appreciated