Can I copy code I see in Firefox Web Dev and place it in my CSS?

[Mosser]

Here is what I'm trying to do:

Within my gallery, the little buttons, "Slideshow" and "Share" have little green icons in them. Using the Firefox tool, I was able to find the code that determined what color those icons were.

Excited, i copied the code, pasted it in my css, changed the color, but nothing happened. Can this be done this way or is it wishful thinking that it would be so easy?

Thanks!

www.michaelmoss.com

[jfriend]

Here is what I'm trying to do:

Within my gallery, the little buttons, "Slideshow" and "Share" have little green icons in them. Using the Firefox tool, I was able to find the code that determined what color those icons were.

Excited, i copied the code, pasted it in my css, changed the color, but nothing happened. Can this be done this way or is it wishful thinking that it would be so easy?

Thanks!

www.michaelmoss.com (http://www.michaelmoss.com) Already answered in this other thread (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1025022#post1025022). Please try not to post the same question twice as it just makes more work for us volunteers.

[denisegoldberg]

Here is what I'm trying to do: Within my gallery, the little buttons, "Slideshow" and "Share" have little green icons in them. Using the Firefox tool, I was able to find the code that determined what color those icons were.

Excited, i copied the code, pasted it in my css, changed the color, but nothing happened. Can this be done this way or is it wishful thinking that it would be so easy?[/URL]
Yes, you can copy code that you use in web developer and paste it in your CSS.

But - the buttons that you are complaining about are images. So you can't change the color shown within the icons with CSS. What you can do is to refer to different buttons, overriding the buttons that are used in the theme that you are using.

This may point you in a direction that will allow you to change the buttons - [URL="http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/New+Buttons+September+2008"]http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/New+Buttons+September+2008 (http://www.michaelmoss.com).

Also - I believe that you are at best skirting the edges of Smugmug's terms (and possibly violating them). The smug footer must be visible - and you have chosen a dark gray on black. To my eyes, I can almost imagine that something is there, but I can't read it.

--- Denise

[Mosser]

Yes, you can copy code that you use in web developer and paste it in your CSS.

But - the buttons that you are complaining about are images. So you can't change the color shown within the icons with CSS. What you can do is to refer to different buttons, overriding the buttons that are used in the theme that you are using.

This may point you in a direction that will allow you to change the buttons - http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/New+Buttons+September+2008 (http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/New+Buttons+September+2008).

Also - I believe that you are at best skirting the edges of Smugmug's terms (and possibly violating them). The smug footer must be visible - and you have chosen a dark gray on black. To my eyes, I can almost imagine that something is there, but I can't read it.

--- Denise


Thanks Denise. The buttons can't be pictures because there is code within the buttons with a hex# of the exact color green as the titles that I was able to change.

[Mosser]

Already answered in this other thread (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1025022#post1025022). Please try not to post the same question twice as it just makes more work for us volunteers.

Sorry John. I was anxious to get an answer...sometimes you never know if you will get an answer within a thread, so sometimes it seems best to start a new one.