Modifying Theme Colors

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I've been trying for two hours to modify the background color of my page's theme. The tool seems to have no effect, even in the tool window.

Do I have to learn HTML?

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themes, Theme, page themes
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Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
you need to know some minor css, what theme?
jmgweb replied on at Permalink Reply
It's Earthtones Water...
jmgweb replied on at Permalink Reply
So how do I find/access my CSS file?
bcarone replied on at Permalink Reply
bcarone
It will be in your sitename/themes folder OR in the sitename/packages folder.
Doki replied on at Permalink Reply
Doki
I'm not familiar with Earthtones Water myself so take this post with a grain of salt, but sometimes if I switch between themes Concrete5 keeps some of the old colors if the labels in the CSS are the same.

So to prevent this, under the dashboard, go to Pages and Themes (side menu) and hit the "Customize" button under your activated theme. This brings up the color customization window. Again, not familiar with Earthtones Water but most if not all official themes allow for color control through this panel. Anyway, at the bottom left, hit "Reset". This will ensure that you have no color "ghosts" lingering from a previous customized theme.

Also, I've noticed that the preview window here in Pages and Themes often doesn't update when a new color is selected. If this is occuring, hit "Save" and check the actual website to see if the color has updated. 9 times out of 10 the problem is the preview window (as a warning, hitting "Save" updates the published site, so run this on a test server first :) ).

If either item above doesn't help, follow bcarone's directions above to the css files and try editing them manually.
weyboat replied on at Permalink Reply
weyboat
Your body background consists of an image that is repeated on the "X" axis (Horizontally) from the top of the page, it is 519 pixels high, behind this image is a basic background colour of #18455F, this background colour is similar to the colour at the bottom of the image so that you have a watery type colouration at the top of the page changing to a flat blue colour after 519 pixels,
You have the background colour being called twice in your css files,
In the typography.css file it declares 
body { 
   /* customize_body */ font: normal normal 14px Arial; /* customize_body */
   /* customize_body */ color: #eee; /* customize_body */
   line-height:21px;
   background:#18455f url(./images/main_bg.png) repeat-x top; 
}

and, in the minimalist_base.css file it declares
body {/* customize_background */ background-color: #000; /* customize_background */ padding: 0px; margin: 0px; }
mikefix replied on at Permalink Reply
I can't get my custimized thiem to work on the site It looks good in the preveiw What I'm I doing wrong
Wendy replied on at Permalink Reply
I can't help you but, I've got the same problem.
jbyrd117 replied on at Permalink Reply
Same here.
weyboat replied on at Permalink Reply
weyboat
It would help to give us your site url so that we can check out your css files,
It could be a case of double declaration whereby your css styling is being overridden by another css file or even an inline css code.
tallacman replied on at Permalink Reply
tallacman
I've noticed that the customization css is very specific in it wording. I spent 3 hours tracking down some issues on Monday. I might suggest that you make sure the code is correct and, of course, clear your cache and refresh your page.