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Posted 20 September 2007, 6:08 PM
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firefly
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Hello,  just wondering how I go about changing the image I created in "logowizard" (my company name in text over OC Portal's image) to my own logo (an image file).  I can't seem to find how to customize it and have tried doing a search.

Secondly, I'd like to change the background color of the main site (it's currently white).  But I'm not sure how to begin.  I'm new to all this, so please keep that in mind!;)

Many thanks,
Kelli
 
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Posted 22 September 2007, 1:20 PM
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Chris Graham
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Hi,

The logo is a 'Theme image', like most of the images in ocPortal that aren't user-submitted content.
The quickest way to edit it is to hold down the ctrl+shift+alt keys and to click it. That'll open up the Theme image editor with the image, and allow you to upload a replacement.

To change the background color, you'll need to know some CSS (CSS is the way modern web pages are styled). Again, this is a part of the theme. If you go to 'Style' in the Admin Zone, then 'Themes', you'll see an option to edit CSS there. You'll need to pick the 'global' CSS file when asked.
When you do this you'll see all the CSS code. The background color is about 7% through the file in this chunk of code:

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body, .re_body {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   font-size: 0.8em;
   background-color: #45608B; /* {$,wizard, 83% (seed sat_to 50) + 17% !W/B} */
   font-family: 'Verdana', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif
}

A good image editor (e.g. photoshop, paint shop pro, the gimp [free], paint.net [free]) will be able to find you a new colour code to replace '45608B'.


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Posted 22 September 2007, 4:17 PM
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Thanks, Chris– the control+shift+alt worked!  Do you know if there is an equivalent Mac keyboard shortcut?  I have both a PC and Mac, but I usually prefer to work on my Mac.

The problem I was having with the background color was not knowing which .css file to choose, so thank you, that should be an easy fix now!

Kelli
 
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Posted 22 September 2007, 4:36 PM
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Chris Graham
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Hi firefly,

I believe we wrote it so the Apple key works in place of the alt key. So ctrl+apple+shift. However, I don't have a Mac myself, so I've never tried this. If in doubt, try all 'accelerator' (shift, ctrl, alt, apple - whatever is there) keys at once.


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Posted 28 November 2007, 1:31 AM
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I searched for editing header and other key words but was unable to locate if its possible to edit the header where the logo is.  The reason I would like to edit is I would like to load a larger image than a smaller one but the larger one grossly over laps the header bar up top.  I thought it would be the header.tpl file but I didn't see anything that stood out.  

The new image size that I would like to upload is 760x196.  Thanks.
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Posted 28 November 2007, 6:33 AM
#36767
Chris Graham
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Hi,

This is defined in CSS, specifically global.css. In there a height is defined for .global_top.
For reference, the template that references .global_top of the CSS is TOP.
(The HEADER templates is the HTML header, whilst TOP is the visual header)


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Posted 28 November 2007, 4:13 PM
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Thanks Chris that worked out, now I have another stupid question regarding the similiar area.  The top moved down fine but the text remained at the top ie: site, forums, personal content, admin…so what is the script to move that down?

I have some knowledge with this stuff but I am learning as I go, thanks again for your answers.
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Posted 28 November 2007, 6:19 PM
#36775
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Look a little further down in the CSS file and you'll see there's a 'top' property defined for '.global_zones'. Raise that as required.


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Posted 28 November 2007, 8:05 PM
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Thank you once again. :thumbs:
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Posted 28 November 2007, 8:27 PM
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hmm actually after uploading a new global.css file into the directory with the increased value for the top

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.global_zones {
   text-align: right;
   position: relative;
   top: 230px;
   z-index: 10;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #f4eeed; /* */
 The default was

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.global_zones {
   text-align: right;
   position: relative;
   top: 68px;
   z-index: 10;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #f4eeed; /* */
my text is still floating at the top, in its original location.
Thanks again and sorry for the troubles.
My site is http://pantherden.net/portal/index.php?page=
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Posted 28 November 2007, 9:02 PM
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Ok oddly enough when I change themes everything is ok, so...what did I do wrong that in one theme it is correct but the other is not??
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Posted 28 November 2007, 9:22 PM
#36782
Chris Graham
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Hi,

The CSS files get compiled and cached, so if they are manually replaced and that cache is turned on, then the cache manually needs flushing. The quickest way to do that is to hold down ctrl+alt+shift and click refresh (whilst logged in as an admin).


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Posted 28 November 2007, 9:33 PM
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Thanks, problem solved.  For some reason the last change wasn't taken and it was still at default.

Again thanks for your help.
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Posted 20 May 2009, 9:55 AM
#51102
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Hi,

When I hold down the ctrl+shift+alt keys and click the logo, I get:

The requested resource does not exist.

Please help!
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Posted 21 May 2009, 3:34 PM
#51139
Chris Graham
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This is a known bug and will be fixed in the next patch release. You'll need to edit the 'logo/-logo' theme image from inside the Admin Zone.


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Posted 05 June 2009, 5:57 PM
#51332
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For the Mac, the shortcut key by the way is Command + Shift + Left Mouse Click. :)

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