Comment Box Background Color

[drew]

Hey, thanks for putting up this new forum... I didnt know where else to turn

I'm using a light colored font and its hard to read when typing a comment on the normal white background input boxes. Is there a way to change it from white?

If i could somehow change the font color being used that would be acceptable also. Im currently using a style sheet to define my font color... and ive tried changing the text class in multiple places (comment template, entry template) but the text always seems to adopt whatever font my entry text uses.

heres my site: www.slipperypanda.com

thanks a bunch.

drew

[coldstone]

You are currently setting the text color with the line:
<textarea cols="45" name="newcommentbody" rows="10" class="text">
Since you defined the color for the text class, you might want to make a text8 class in your panda2.css and update the gm template for the comment form to:
<textarea cols="45" name="newcommentbody" rows="10" class="text8">
(Be sure to get your Input lines too).

Once you create text8 class (which you probably just want to copy the text class and change the background-color) modifying the input and textarea is easy. I use this code on my site:
input {
background-color: #D8E8FF;
   border: 1px solid #40679E;
}
textarea {
background-color: #D8E8FF;
   border: 1px solid #40679E;
}
The colors are off for your site, and if you make the background-color dark, you will want to use the 'color' tag to make the text lighter.

Nice site though.

[drew]

thanks so much for the help, i really appreciate it.

im gonna try this out right away.

thanks for the comment by the way. all the images except for the leaf pattern in the background are mine. the lions are paintovers from photos i took while in europe... as for how long it took, several days i believe, i worked on it on and off so its hard to keep track.

[petefinnigan]

Hey Coldstone,

This is a good item for inclusion in your cookbook. its not configuration but its not really coding either.

cheers

Pete

[coldstone]

True, we could have 'Css recipes' section.