From the Colors and styles screen, you can change the colors and fonts of elements that appear throughout your site. To display the Colors and styles screen, click the Colors and styles menu option within the Website module. To access the Website module from the main admin menu, click the Website menu.
The Colors and styles screen lists the elements you can change along the left, and displays a preview of your changes on the right. Within the preview, you can click menu items and links to jump from page to page. Your changes won’t be applied to the actual site until you click on Save.
Settings for different elements are grouped into categories. The categories vary depending on the website theme you have chosen.
To expand the categories and view the elements within, click the plus sign beside the category name. For each element you can define a number of characteristics. If you select the Automatic option, the setting will be controlled by your website theme.
Some elements on your site can be controlled by more than one setting. For example, a heading formatted using the H4 style that's also a link can be controlled using either the General formatting > H4 setting or the General formatting > Link setting.
Some elements are general settings that can be overridden or superseded by more specific elements. For example, the Site background setting under General formatting > Backgrounds can be overridden at the top of the page by one of the header settings, or in the middle of the page using one of the content settings.
The settings appearing on the Color and Styles screen, and their order and default values, can be customized for a particular theme using theme overrides. For more information, see Customizing Colors and Styles options for themes.
You can modify the following elements for Casefile themes.
General formatting
General formatting settings apply throughout your website.
Backgrounds
For each of the elements below, you can control the following background attributes.
Attributes
Background color
The background color of the element.
You can select a color from the drop-down palette or enter the hexadecimal
code for the color (e.g. #FF0000 for red).
To add a color to your custom palette, click the color within the mixing window then click the plus sign.
To remove a color from your custom palette, hold down the Ctrl key then click the color within your custom palette.
Background image
An image to be displayed as the
background the element. You can select an image by clicking the ellipsis
button ( ... ), or remove an image by clicking the X button. Using the
Background repeat setting (below), you can control whether
and how the image is repeated.
Background repeat
Controls whether the background is
repeated horizontally or vertically, or both (tiled) or not at all.
Elements
Site
The overall background of your site. The background
set here can be partially overridden by more localized background settings
below.
Header 1
The background of the top portion of the header
area.
Header 2
The background of the area directly below
Header 1.
Header 3
The background of the area directly below
Header 2.
Content
The background of the main content area of the
page.
Footer 1
The background of the top footer.
Footer 2
The background of the second footer area.
Footer 3
The background of the third footer area.
Branding
The background of the area where the Powered by
Wild Apricot Membership Software statement appears.
Typography
Controls the appearance of text formatted using text styles. You can set these elements differently for the gadget styles available for content gadgets: basic, for light backgrounds, and for dark backgrounds.
Text
Appearance of text formatted using the
Normal text style. Most – but not all – body text
and text labels throughout your site are formatted using the Normal style. For
linked text, the Link setting (below) will override the
Text setting.
Link
Appearance of text links. The
Link setting will supersede the Text setting
above for text links.
Link on hover
Appearance of the text links when a mouse
pointer hovers over them.
Promo
Appearance of text formatted using the
Promo text style.
Header title
Appearance of text formatted using the
Header title text style.
Heading 1
Appearance of headings formatted using the
H1 style.
Heading 1 subtitle
Appearance of headings formatted
using the H1 subtitle style.
Heading 2
Appearance of headings formatted using the
H2 style.
Heading 3
Appearance of headings formatted using the
H3 style.
Heading 4
Appearance of headings formatted using the
H4 style.
Heading 4 subtitle
Appearance of headings formatted
using the H4 subtitle style.
Heading 5
Appearance of headings formatted using the
H5 style.
Smaller
Appearance of text formatted using the
Smaller style.
Caption
Appearance of text formatted using the
Caption style.
Quoted text
Appearance of text formatted using the
Quoted text style.
Form
Field labels
Appearance of field labels on forms such as
event registration, email subscription, and membership application. If you do
not specify settings here, the General formatting >
Text settings (above) will be applied to form labels.
Option labels
Appearance of text labels for radio
buttons or check boxes on forms.
Caption
Appearance of headings on member details and
member profile screens.
Field instructions
Appearance of
field instructions
added to form fields.
Form instructions
Appearance of form instructions, such
as "Select membership level", "Enter your email",
"Mandatory fields", etc.
Divider
The color of the horizontal divider that
separates the form instructions from the form fields.
Table
Controls the appearance of tables used to display information in gadgets such as discussion forums and the member directory gadget. These settings do not control the appearance of tables you insert into content pages.
Column headings
Appearance of the column headings at the
top of the table.
Table row
Appearance of rows within the table
Table row on hover
Background color of a row when a
mouse pointer hovers over it.
Table links
Font color of text links within the table.
Table links on hover
Font color of text links within the
table when a mouse pointer hovers over them.
Button styles
For each of the link button styles, you can customize the following elements:
Normal
The appearance of the link button. You can
specify text attributes for the button label, and a background color for the
button. You can select a color from the drop-down palette or enter the
hexadecimal code for the color.
Hover
The appearance of the link button when a mouse
pointer hovers over it. You can specify text attributes for the button label,
and a background color for the button. You can select a color from the
drop-down palette or enter the hexadecimal code for the color.
Log in gadgets
These are the elements that appear within log in form and login in box gadgets.
Text
Appearance of the text labels that appear on the
form. If you do not specify settings here, the
General formatting > Typography > Text settings (above)
will be applied to the login box text labels.
Examples:
the Remember me checkbox label, the name of the logged in
member
Input fields
Appearance of the login fields used to
enter the username and password.
Labels
Appearance of the labels that appear within or
outside the login fields.
Links
Appearance of the text links that accompany the
login fields. If you do not specify settings here, the
General formatting > Links settings
(above) will be applied to login box links.
Example:
the Forgot password link
Links on hover
Appearance of the login links when a
mouse pointer hovers over them. If you do not specify settings here, the
General formatting > Links on hover settings (above) will
be applied to login box links.
Button
Appearance of the login button.
Horizontal menu
For each horizontal menu gadget style, you can customize the following elements for top level menu items and dropdown menu items.
Top level
For top-level menu items, you can customize the following elements.
Normal
The default appearance of top-level menu items.
You can choose the font family, size, color, weight (bold or not), and style
(italicized or not).
Hover
The color of top-level menu items when you hover
over them.
Current
The color, weight, and style of the currently
selected top-level menu item.
Current on hover
The color of the currently selected top-level menu item when you hover over
it.
Dropdown
For dropdown menu items, you can customize the following elements.
Normal
The default appearance of dropdown menu items.
You can choose the font family, size, color, weight (bold or not), style
(italicized or not), and the background color.
Hover
The font color and background color of dropdown
menu items when you hover over them.
Current
The font color, weight, and style, and the
background color of the currently selected dropdown menu item.
Current on hover
The font color and background color of the currently selected dropdown menu item
when you hover over it.
Border
The color of the borderline surrounding dropdown
menu items.
