Gantry four and style changes
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Since Gantry 4 we are mainly use less files.
I suggest you to check
gantry-framework.org/documentation and
gantry-framework.org/documentation/joomla/advanced/less-css
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- ianmol100
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Hi Igor,
just checked LESS information. For someone with little or no tech experience, it seems complex. Is it not possible to access CSS files in the back of the template any longer or just change background colour etc in the style section of the template. Don't understand why Rocket would make things which were quite simple, more difficult.
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- David Goode
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Hi Ian,
You can still create your own custom css sheets. Less is aimed at developers who build websites for a living as it helps to reduce repetitive code and allows quick changes.
Not all of our templates will have colour choosers in the admin so it is expected that you should have some technical ability, although not necessarily a geek :cheesy:
If you provide a link and a better description of what you want to achieve we may be able to assist further.
Hope this helps
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Lots of words has been spend already on LESS subject and why we decided to use it over simple css. There are many advantages in using LESS over css
But, let me go back one step. What exactly did you mean by "change the background colour of the pages by section"? What exactly do you want to change? - Check my services at: Mihha-Vision
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- ianmol100
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Hi Igor,
in the past you could change the header, footer body background colour in the style section of the template, without having to go to css style sheets, it appear that you can now only change link colours. But also I have noticed that the CCS files are no longer accessible from the back end of Joomla. I am assuming you would have to access the files from the server?
I will try to understand how LESS WORKS.
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Ian
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- David Goode
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Hi there,
CSS can be edited from Joomla. Instead of clicking on the template name, at the top of the page you can see Styles | Templates and you need to click on templates then go down to the one you want to edit and click on it. Follow options you require.
Hope this helps
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- David Goode
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Hi Ian,
That is because they are the only two css files. The LESS creates the compiled versions. If you want to add your own css overrides then follow the instructions under documentation on gantry site - Find out more about Gantry here - www.gantry-framework.org/
Format is templatename-custom.css
So for gantry ot would be gantry-custom.css and a typical club template like graffito would be rt_graffito-custom.css
Hope this helps
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- ianmol100
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Hi David
What did you mean by 'then go down to the one you want to edit' in the previous post?
So where are the LESS files accessed. Do you have to edit them on the server using FTP?
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