OK, so I have this completely hacked mangled thing that I call a theme, and it's surprisingly pleasing to me given my complete lack of understanding of CSS. I am definitely adding "working knowledge of CSS" to the list of tasks once I go off active duty, but in the meantime, I have a really annoying visual element I can't figure out how to fix.

Hither is an example: http://www.sobrania.net/user/register

The tabs ('login', 'register', 'request new password') are almost completely illegible on some systems, and not particularly easy to read on mine. What am I looking for in the css to change these to a darker background?

Eventually, I want to start over and build something with a similar feel (maybe in green?) and do it right, but in the meantime my Mom can't read any of the tabs and is giving me grief about it.

Any suggestions very much appreciated. Apologies if this has been answered, but I don't even know the terminology to phrase my query well.

Spasibo.

B.

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Mateo’s picture

and you'll see this:

<div class="tabs"><ul class="tabs primary">
<li><a href="/user">log in</a></li>
<li class="active"><a href="/user/register" class="active">register</a></li>
<li><a href="/user/password">request new password</a></li>

You want to look for a div tag named "tabs" somewhere in your css. The default bg color will need to be changed, as well as the "active" tag's BG color. I'd suggest just doing a search until you find those.

If they are not in your style.css file, then they are inthe drupal.css file. Copy those entries to your theme's CSS file and change the values. It should override the default Drupal colors.

Mateo

signal9’s picture

Awesome, that was what I needed. I was close, but hadn't quite nailed it down yet.

It's still a horrible hack job of a theme, but it is a little easier to use now. Many thanks.

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