Author Topic: Red Crosses  (Read 15356 times)

Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2007, 06:11:28 PM »
I apologise, in advance.

Offline Mince

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2007, 06:22:32 PM »
Can you use photoshop? Can you use style sheets?

Colin

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2007, 06:24:06 PM »
Can you use photoshop? Can you use style sheets?

I can use PS, but never heard of Style Sheets.  :-[

Offline Mince

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2007, 06:38:03 PM »
Are you okay with RGB and HSL colour values?

Colin

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2007, 06:45:11 PM »
Are you okay with RGB and HSL colour values?

OK, I dont want the job.

Offline Mince

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2007, 06:48:02 PM »
RGB = Red Green Blue; HSL = Hue, Saturlation, Luminance; they are on all colour pickers. Usually you would lighten the brown colour by increasing the luminance.

Colin

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2007, 07:15:00 PM »
Yes I know all about that stuff.

Offline Mince

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2007, 07:28:42 PM »
That's all style sheets are about. Each element of the forum has a style (fonts, colours, backgrounds). Just Google them to find out how they work.

Here is the whole style sheet for the current theme:



/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link
{
   color: #476C8E;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
   color: #476C8E;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Navigation links - for the link tree. */
.nav, .nav:link, .nav:visited
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a.nav:hover
{
   color: #cc3333;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Tables should show empty cells. */
table
{
   empty-cells: show;
}

/* By default (td, body..) use verdana in black. */
body, td, th , tr
{
   color: #000000;
   font-size: small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
   background-color: #E5E5E8;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 12px 30px 4px 30px;
}

/* Input boxes - just a bit smaller than normal so they align well. */
input, textarea, button
{
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
input, button
{
   font-size: 90%;
}

textarea
{
   font-size: 100%;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* All input elements that are checkboxes or radio buttons. */
input.check
{
}

/* Selects are a bit smaller, because it makes them look even better 8). */
select
{
   font-size: 90%;
   font-weight: normal;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* Standard horizontal rule.. (
, etc.) */
hr, .hrcolor
{
   height: 1px;
   border: 0;
   color: #666666;
   background-color: #666666;
}

/* No image should have a border when linked */
a img
{
   border: 0;
}
/* A quote, perhaps from another post. */
.quote
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #CCEACC;
   border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
   margin: 0px 16px 8px 16px;
   padding: 4px;
   font-size: 10px;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

/* A code block - maybe even PHP ;). */
.code
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   font-family: "courier new", "times new roman", monospace;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.3em;
   /* Put a nice border around it. */
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 99%;
   /* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: auto;
   /* Stop after about 24 lines, and just show a scrollbar. */
   max-height: 24em;
}

/* The "Quote:" and "Code:" header parts... */
.quoteheader, .codeheader
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 10px;
   line-height: 1.2em;
      margin: 8px 16px 3px 16px
}

/* Generally, those [?] icons.  This makes your cursor a help icon. */
.help
{
   cursor: help;
}

/* /me uses this a lot. (emote, try typing /me in a post.) */
.meaction
{
   color: red;
}

/* The main post box - this makes it as wide as possible. */
.editor
{
   width: 96%;
}

/* Highlighted text - such as search results. */
.highlight
{
   background-color: yellow;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
}

/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #ECEDF3;
}
.windowbg2
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #F6F6F6;
}
.windowbg3
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #E0E1E8;
}
/* the today container in calendar */
.calendar_today
{
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* These are used primarily for titles, but also for headers (the row that says what everything in the table is.) */
.titlebg, tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, .titlebg2, tr.titlebg2 th, tr.titlebg2 td
{
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
   background: url(images/titlebg.jpg) #E9F0F6 repeat-x;
   border-bottom: solid 1px #9BAEBF;
   border-top: solid 1px #FFFFFF;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.titlebg, .titlebg a:link, .titlebg a:visited
{
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
}

.titlebg a:hover
{
   color: #404040;
}
/* same as titlebg, but used where bold text is not needed */
.titlebg2 a:link, .titlebg2 a:visited
{
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

.titlebg2 a:hover
{
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* This is used for categories, page indexes, and several other areas in the forum.
.catbg and .catbg2 is for boardindex, while .catbg3 is for messageindex and display headers*/
.catbg , tr.catbg td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg.jpg) #88A6C0 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg2.jpg) #A1BFD9 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg, .catbg2, .catbg3
{
   border-bottom: solid 1px #375576;
}
.catbg, .catbg2
{
   font-weight: bold;
}
.catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
   font-size: 95%;
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
}
/* This is used for tables that have a grid/border background color (such as the topic listing.) */
.bordercolor
{
   background-color: #ADADAD;
   padding: 0px;
}

/* This is used on tables that should just have a border around them. */
.tborder
{
   padding: 1px;
   border: 1px solid #696969;
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Default font sizes: small (8pt), normal (10pt), and large (14pt). */
.smalltext
{
   font-size: x-small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
.middletext
{
   font-size: 90%;
}
.normaltext
{
   font-size: small;
}
.largetext
{
   font-size: large;
}


/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* All the signatures used in the forum.  If your forum users use Mozilla, Opera, or Safari, you might add max-height here ;). */
.signature
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   padding-bottom: 3px;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* Sometimes there will be an error when you post */
.error
{
   color: red;
}


/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.maintab_first, .maintab_back, .maintab_last, .maintab_active_first, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_active_last
{
   color: white;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.maintab_back, .maintab_active_back
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size:  9px;
   vertical-align: top;
   padding: 2px 6px 6px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.maintab_first
{
   background: url(images/maintab_first.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 10px;
}
.maintab_back
{
   background: url(images/maintab_back.gif) left bottom repeat-x;
}
.maintab_last
{
   background: url(images/maintab_last.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}
.maintab_active_first
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_first.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.maintab_active_back
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_back.gif) left bottom repeat-x;
}
.maintab_active_last
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_last.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.maintab_back a:link , .maintab_back a:visited, .maintab_active_back a:link , .maintab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.maintab_back a:hover, .maintab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   text-decoration: none;
}
/* definitions for the mirror tab */
.mirrortab_first, .mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_last, .mirrortab_active_first, .mirrortab_active_back, .mirrortab_active_last
{
   color: white;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_active_back
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size: 9px;
   vertical-align: bottom;
   padding: 6px 6px 2px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.mirrortab_first
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_first.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 10px;
}
.mirrortab_back
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_back.gif) repeat-x;
}
.mirrortab_last
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_last.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_first
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_first.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_back
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_back.gif) repeat-x;
}
.mirrortab_active_last
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_last.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in mirror tab. */
.mirrortab_back a:link , .mirrortab_back a:visited, .mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.mirrortab_back a:hover, .mirrortab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   text-decoration: none;
}

/* The AJAX notifier */
#ajax_in_progress
{
   background: #32CD32;
   color: white;
   text-align: center;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 18pt;
   padding: 3px;
   width: 100%;
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
}

.corrections
{
   font-size: 7pt;
   background-color: #EEFFEE;
   border: 1px solid #444444;
   margin: 6px 12px 6px 12px;
   padding: 2px 8px 2px 8px;
}

.corrections legend
{
   font-size: 8pt;
   color: #222222;
}

Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2007, 07:39:11 PM »

   margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 99%;
   /* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
   

That bit was really funny I thought. Don't ask me why.
I apologise, in advance.

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2007, 07:44:32 PM »
That's all style sheets are about. Each element of the forum has a style (fonts, colours, backgrounds). Just Google them to find out how they work.

Here is the whole style sheet for the current theme:



/* Normal, standard links. */
a:link
{
   color: #476C8E;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited
{
   color: #476C8E;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover
{
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Navigation links - for the link tree. */
.nav, .nav:link, .nav:visited
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
}
a.nav:hover
{
   color: #cc3333;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Tables should show empty cells. */
table
{
   empty-cells: show;
}

/* By default (td, body..) use verdana in black. */
body, td, th , tr
{
   color: #000000;
   font-size: small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* The main body of the entire forum. */
body
{
   background-color: #E5E5E8;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 12px 30px 4px 30px;
}

/* Input boxes - just a bit smaller than normal so they align well. */
input, textarea, button
{
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
input, button
{
   font-size: 90%;
}

textarea
{
   font-size: 100%;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* All input elements that are checkboxes or radio buttons. */
input.check
{
}

/* Selects are a bit smaller, because it makes them look even better 8). */
select
{
   font-size: 90%;
   font-weight: normal;
   color: #000000;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* Standard horizontal rule.. (
, etc.) */
hr, .hrcolor
{
   height: 1px;
   border: 0;
   color: #666666;
   background-color: #666666;
}

/* No image should have a border when linked */
a img
{
   border: 0;
}
/* A quote, perhaps from another post. */
.quote
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #CCEACC;
   border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
   margin: 0px 16px 8px 16px;
   padding: 4px;
   font-size: 10px;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

/* A code block - maybe even PHP ;). */
.code
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   font-family: "courier new", "times new roman", monospace;
   font-size: x-small;
   line-height: 1.3em;
   /* Put a nice border around it. */
   border: 1px solid #000000;
   margin: 1px auto 1px auto;
   padding: 1px;
   width: 99%;
   /* Don't wrap its contents, and show scrollbars. */
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: auto;
   /* Stop after about 24 lines, and just show a scrollbar. */
   max-height: 24em;
}

/* The "Quote:" and "Code:" header parts... */
.quoteheader, .codeheader
{
   color: #000000;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 10px;
   line-height: 1.2em;
      margin: 8px 16px 3px 16px
}

/* Generally, those [?] icons.  This makes your cursor a help icon. */
.help
{
   cursor: help;
}

/* /me uses this a lot. (emote, try typing /me in a post.) */
.meaction
{
   color: red;
}

/* The main post box - this makes it as wide as possible. */
.editor
{
   width: 96%;
}

/* Highlighted text - such as search results. */
.highlight
{
   background-color: yellow;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
}

/* Alternating backgrounds for posts, and several other sections of the forum. */
.windowbg
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #ECEDF3;
}
.windowbg2
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #F6F6F6;
}
.windowbg3
{
   color: #000000;
   background-color: #E0E1E8;
}
/* the today container in calendar */
.calendar_today
{
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* These are used primarily for titles, but also for headers (the row that says what everything in the table is.) */
.titlebg, tr.titlebg th, tr.titlebg td, .titlebg2, tr.titlebg2 th, tr.titlebg2 td
{
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
   background: url(images/titlebg.jpg) #E9F0F6 repeat-x;
   border-bottom: solid 1px #9BAEBF;
   border-top: solid 1px #FFFFFF;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.titlebg, .titlebg a:link, .titlebg a:visited
{
   font-weight: bold;
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
}

.titlebg a:hover
{
   color: #404040;
}
/* same as titlebg, but used where bold text is not needed */
.titlebg2 a:link, .titlebg2 a:visited
{
   color: black;
   font-style: normal;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

.titlebg2 a:hover
{
   text-decoration: underline;
}

/* This is used for categories, page indexes, and several other areas in the forum.
.catbg and .catbg2 is for boardindex, while .catbg3 is for messageindex and display headers*/
.catbg , tr.catbg td , .catbg3 , tr.catbg3 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg.jpg) #88A6C0 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg2 , tr.catbg2 td
{
   background: url(images/catbg2.jpg) #A1BFD9 repeat-x;
   color: #ffffff;
   padding-left: 10px;
   padding-right: 10px;
}
.catbg, .catbg2, .catbg3
{
   border-bottom: solid 1px #375576;
}
.catbg, .catbg2
{
   font-weight: bold;
}
.catbg3, tr.catbg3 td, .catbg3 a:link, .catbg3 a:visited
{
   font-size: 95%;
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:link, .catbg a:visited , .catbg2 a:link, .catbg2 a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}
.catbg a:hover, .catbg2 a:hover, .catbg3 a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
}
/* This is used for tables that have a grid/border background color (such as the topic listing.) */
.bordercolor
{
   background-color: #ADADAD;
   padding: 0px;
}

/* This is used on tables that should just have a border around them. */
.tborder
{
   padding: 1px;
   border: 1px solid #696969;
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Default font sizes: small (8pt), normal (10pt), and large (14pt). */
.smalltext
{
   font-size: x-small;
   font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
}
.middletext
{
   font-size: 90%;
}
.normaltext
{
   font-size: small;
}
.largetext
{
   font-size: large;
}


/* Posts and personal messages displayed throughout the forum. */
.post, .personalmessage
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* All the signatures used in the forum.  If your forum users use Mozilla, Opera, or Safari, you might add max-height here ;). */
.signature
{
   width: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
   padding-bottom: 3px;
   line-height: 1.3em;
}

/* Sometimes there will be an error when you post */
.error
{
   color: red;
}


/* definitions for the main tab, active means the tab reflects which page is displayed */
.maintab_first, .maintab_back, .maintab_last, .maintab_active_first, .maintab_active_back, .maintab_active_last
{
   color: white;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.maintab_back, .maintab_active_back
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size:  9px;
   vertical-align: top;
   padding: 2px 6px 6px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.maintab_first
{
   background: url(images/maintab_first.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 10px;
}
.maintab_back
{
   background: url(images/maintab_back.gif) left bottom repeat-x;
}
.maintab_last
{
   background: url(images/maintab_last.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}
.maintab_active_first
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_first.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.maintab_active_back
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_back.gif) left bottom repeat-x;
}
.maintab_active_last
{
   background: url(images/maintab_active_last.gif) left bottom no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in main tab. */
.maintab_back a:link , .maintab_back a:visited, .maintab_active_back a:link , .maintab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.maintab_back a:hover, .maintab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   text-decoration: none;
}
/* definitions for the mirror tab */
.mirrortab_first, .mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_last, .mirrortab_active_first, .mirrortab_active_back, .mirrortab_active_last
{
   color: white;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   vertical-align: top;
}
.mirrortab_back, .mirrortab_active_back
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size: 9px;
   vertical-align: bottom;
   padding: 6px 6px 2px 6px;
   font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;
}

.mirrortab_first
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_first.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 10px;
}
.mirrortab_back
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_back.gif) repeat-x;
}
.mirrortab_last
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_last.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_first
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_first.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 6px;
}
.mirrortab_active_back
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_back.gif) repeat-x;
}
.mirrortab_active_last
{
   background: url(images/mirrortab_active_last.gif) no-repeat;
   width: 8px;
}

/* how links behave in mirror tab. */
.mirrortab_back a:link , .mirrortab_back a:visited, .mirrortab_active_back a:link , .mirrortab_active_back a:visited
{
   color: white;
   text-decoration: none;
}

.mirrortab_back a:hover, .mirrortab_active_back a:hover
{
   color: #e0e0ff;
   text-decoration: none;
}

/* The AJAX notifier */
#ajax_in_progress
{
   background: #32CD32;
   color: white;
   text-align: center;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 18pt;
   padding: 3px;
   width: 100%;
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
}

.corrections
{
   font-size: 7pt;
   background-color: #EEFFEE;
   border: 1px solid #444444;
   margin: 6px 12px 6px 12px;
   padding: 2px 8px 2px 8px;
}

.corrections legend
{
   font-size: 8pt;
   color: #222222;
}

Good grief - the irritating little git has made himself irreplacable with his HTML doohickies - too bad the brown is still shitty.

People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2007, 07:51:05 PM »
Yes, it's not the degree of luminance of brown we want tweaking, Mince - it's the friggin' colour itself.

I thought your style-sheet code was another of Peter's poems at first.
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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2007, 07:53:16 PM »
We need to change the yellow background image first. Perhaps a blue background would work.

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2007, 07:56:07 PM »
Yes, it's not the degree of luminance of brown we want tweaking, Mince - it's the friggin' colour itself.

I thought your style-sheet code was another of Peter's poems at first.

I thought it was another knitting pattern.  :D

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2007, 07:58:01 PM »
The yellow's fine, Mincey. Is it a huge task to change the brown?
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Re: Red Crosses
« Reply #29 on: December 09, 2007, 08:01:10 PM »
No, it isn't. You just need to change a few images and the colours in the style sheet. But I don't have the time.