Theme park: a ride in the carousel
If you don't like the look of Jcarousel, it's easy to change using CSS.
The Jcarousel plug-in comes with two built-in skins:
- IE7
- Tango
In this how-to we will take the "tango" skin and make some small improvements to it. A common request is to resize the carousel, making it larger.
Let's start
Open this folder "drupal\sites\all\modules\jcarousel_block\jcarousel\skins".
Make a copy of the tango folder and give it a new name. In this example, we will call it "doomed'' .
Run your favorite HTML/CSS editor and load the file "skin.css" from that new folder.
Replace everything in that file with the code below and save the file.
Go to your Drupal Administration / Site Configuration / Jcarousel block ( http://example.com/admin/settings/jcarousel_block ) and at the bottom of the page, change "skin to use:" to "doomed".
The CSS file
/* Based on tango skin - small modifications only - IAR march 2009 */
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-container {
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
background: #F0F6F9;
border: 1px solid #346F97;
}
/* Size of the carousel, as a whole: */
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-container-horizontal {
width: 400px; /* original value 245 - modified by IAR */
padding: 20px 40px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-container-vertical {
width: 75px;
height: 245px;
padding: 40px 20px;
}
/* Area where the thumbnails go into: */
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-clip-horizontal {
width: 400px; /* original value 245 - modified by IAR */
height: 90px; /* original value 75 - modified by IAR */
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-clip-vertical {
width: 75px;
height: 245px;
}
/* Actual space reserved for each thumbnail: */
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-item {
width: 100px; /* original value 75 - modified by IAR */
height: 90px; /* original value 75 - modified by IAR */
}
/* Space between thumbnails: */
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-item-horizontal {
margin-right: 20px; /* original value 10 - modified by IAR */
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-item-vertical {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-item-placeholder {
background: #fff;
color: #000;
}
/**
* Horizontal Buttons
*/
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-horizontal {
position: absolute;
top: 43px;
right: 5px;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
cursor: pointer;
background: transparent url(next-horizontal.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-horizontal:hover {
background-position: -32px 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-horizontal:active {
background-position: -64px 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-horizontal,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-horizontal:hover,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-horizontal:active {
cursor: default;
background-position: -96px 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-horizontal {
position: absolute;
top: 43px;
left: 5px;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
cursor: pointer;
background: transparent url(prev-horizontal.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-horizontal:hover {
background-position: -32px 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-horizontal:active {
background-position: -64px 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-horizontal,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-horizontal:hover,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-horizontal:active {
cursor: default;
background-position: -96px 0;
}
/**
* Vertical Buttons
*/
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-vertical {
position: absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left: 43px;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
cursor: pointer;
background: transparent url(next-vertical.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-vertical:hover {
background-position: 0 -32px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-vertical:active {
background-position: 0 -64px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-vertical,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-vertical:hover,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-next-disabled-vertical:active {
cursor: default;
background-position: 0 -96px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-vertical {
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
left: 43px;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
cursor: pointer;
background: transparent url(prev-vertical.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-vertical:hover {
background-position: 0 -32px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-vertical:active {
background-position: 0 -64px;
}
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-vertical,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-vertical:hover,
.jcarousel-skin-doomed .jcarousel-prev-disabled-vertical:active {
cursor: default;
background-position: 0 -96px;
}The modifications are commented, to help you understand what was changed.
Before and After:
Here's a screenshot with both the original and the modified carousel - http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jcarouselblockbeforeand.png
The theme in the screenshot is Efficient from www.themesnap.com but this also works well with Bluemarine and Garland.