Thursday, June 25, 2015

Park Louis | Change the Background Color of the Content Area

The code below is how you change the content area of the layout Park Louis, it needs to be added in the Edit Head Section.

Original Content Area:

Park Louis | Change the Background Color of the Content Area

After the changes:

Park Louis | Change the Background Color of the Content Area

Code:

/**THE CODE STARTS HERE**/
<style>

#content_area {
background-color: red!important;
}

</style>
/**THE CODE ENDS HERE**/

Note: Just change the value "red" to any color you want.

Park Louisa | Changing Sidebar Background Color

Below is the code on how to change the sidebar background color of the layout Park Louisa. You have to add the code below in the Edit Head Section for it to work.

Original Sidebar:

Park Louisa | Changing Sidebar Background Color


After the changes:

Park Louisa | Changing Sidebar Background Color

Code:

/**CODE STARTS HERE**/
<style>
body.diyfeSidebarLeft .diyw .diywebSecondary {
    background-color: red!important;
}
</style>
/**CODE ENDS HERE**/

NOTE: Just change the value "red" to any color you want.

How to access the Edit Head Section?

The Edit Head Section is located under Settings, please refer to the screenshot below:

How to access the Edit Head Section?
click the image to enlarge
A box will show up after you click the tool, the box is where you add your own custom codes such as CSS, Javascripts, Meta tags and so on.

Park Louisa | Changing Website Background

The background of this layout can easily be changed using the STYLE tool located at the right hand side of the website builder under the tab BACKGROUND. For further assistance you can contact the 1&1 Technical Support Team via phone, email, or chat.

If in any case you are having issues in using the Style tool, you can use the code below to force the layout to change its background:

For tiled image background:

<style>

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Park Louisa | Change Navigation or Menu Font Color

Steps on how to change only the navigation or menu color of the layout Park Louisa:

Preview:

Park Louisa | Change Navigation or Menu Font Color
Magenta Font color

Park Louisa | Change Navigation or Menu Font Color
Red Font color

Park Louisa | Change Navigation or Menu Font Color
Blue Font color

1. Click Settings located at the right hand side of your website builder.

2. Click Edit Head Section.

3. Copy the code below and paste it on the Edit Head Section box:

/**CODE STARTS HERE**/
<style>
.diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a {
color: red!important;
}
</style>
/**CODE ENDS HERE**/

4. Looking at the code above, I highlighted the line (in blue) that you need to change. Just change the value of color from RED to any color you want.

5. Click Save button and Done

Tip:

You can also use hexadecimal color values such as #FF0000, #CC0066 and so on to change the font color of your navigation. Just access the link below and then pick any color you want then copy the hexadecimal value of that color and replace the value RED with the hexadecimal value so the code should look like this:

/**CODE STARTS HERE**/
<style>
.diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a, .diyw .diyfeCA2 .mainNav1 a {
color: #CC0066!important;
}
</style>
/**CODE ENDS HERE**/

Save the changes and done.

Hexadecimal Color Choices:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp