Alpha Theme Tweaking
Posted: 17th November 2008 10:13 PM

I recently updated our company web site and got my “to-do list down to two items.  Yippee!  I sure can use some direction here…

1) I want to turn off “justify” on the theme as a whole.  I want all of the text to default to left justify unless I direct otherwise.  The justification is especially nasty in the navigation menu.  If I can clear up both with one edit, that would be downright elegant.

2) The non-selected items in the menu are just too dark.  I keep getting complaints from users that can’t see the section unless they mouse-over.  I like the color, it just needs to be lightened up a bit.

The site can be viewed @ http://www.datajockeys.net

Thanks in advance!

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Robert Johnston
Datajockeys, LLC

#1.  Posted: 18th November 2008 01:38 AM

Try this

alpahcolor-20081117-153725.jpg

Hope this helps,

Brian

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#2.  Posted: 18th November 2008 05:54 AM
shukapaw - 18 November 2008 01:38 AM

Try this

alpahcolor-20081117-153725.jpg


Hope this helps,

Brian

WORKED GREAT!

Now I just need to deal with the formatting…

THANKS!

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#3.  Posted: 18th November 2008 09:16 AM

Hi,

Try this added to the end of the theme’s styles.css

body {
    text
-alignleft;
}

with best regards,
Karn.

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#4.  Posted: 19th November 2008 10:50 PM
WebKarnage - 18 November 2008 09:16 AM

Hi,

Try this added to the end of the theme’s styles.css

body {
    text
-alignleft;
}


with best regards,
Karn.

It did not seem to work.  I Am hoping to get the menues and default body text to left justify.  The theme seems to want to fully justify everything it gets its hands on.  Is there something I need to turn off?

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#5.  Posted: 20th November 2008 09:51 AM

Robert,
give this a whirl:

#content,
#navcontainer{
text-align:left;
}

Hope this helps,

Brian

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#6.  Posted: 05th December 2008 01:17 AM
shukapaw - 20 November 2008 09:51 AM

Robert,
give this a whirl:

#content,
#navcontainer{
text-align:left;
}


Hope this helps,

Brian

I am so sending you a virtual cookie!  Works great!

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