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    • paviroP Offline
      paviro Admin @00conman
      last edited by paviro

      @00conman what exactly do you mean? Do you want to for example change a text color?

      Another note: Please use a title for new topics that consists of more than just one word so people know what it is about! I chanced it for you this time :)

      We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

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      • KirAsh4K Offline
        KirAsh4 Moderator
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        Assuming you’re simply talking about the elements on the display, one possible way is to use a custom CSS file, where you over ride the colors of the various elements.

        A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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          00conman
          last edited by

          I’m asking in reference to the color of the text.

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          • KirAsh4K Offline
            KirAsh4 Moderator
            last edited by

            For custom modules that you create, you can use the getStyles method to assign a custom CSS file so you can override the colors to whatever you want. For the current, default modules, I think those are hard coded styles. I suppose you can always edit those files should you really want to.

            0_1462842891241_Colors.png

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              00conman
              last edited by

              I’ll look into it. By the way what calendar are you using?

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              • KirAsh4K Offline
                KirAsh4 Moderator
                last edited by KirAsh4

                A modified one that I haven’t checked into the base code yet. :)

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                  00conman
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                  Whatever it is it’s awesome. Good on you man.

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                  • KirAsh4K Offline
                    KirAsh4 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Once I figure out why git(hub) is pulling in all of the erroneous stuff and fix that, I’ll create a pull request so it gets merged.

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                    • KirAsh4K Offline
                      KirAsh4 Moderator
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                      By the way, that colorful screen capture was simply demonstrating that if you want to edit the default modules, you can, and you can then color them any way you want. In this case, I opened calendar.js and in the 'getStyles' section, I added another file:

                              // Define required scripts.
                              getStyles: function() {
                                      return ["calendar.css", "font-awesome.css", "mystyles.css"];
                              },
                      

                      In this instance, 'mystyles.css' is my custom one, which I then created and added my own colors to the various elements:

                      #module_1_clock .time, #module_1_clock .date {
                              color: #99F;
                      }
                      
                      #module_1_clock .dimmed {
                              color: #449;
                      }
                      
                      #module_2_calendar header {
                              color: #F00;
                              border-bottom: 2px solid #600;
                      }
                      
                      #module_2_calendar .title {
                              color: #F99;
                      }
                      
                      #module_2_calendar .time {
                              color: #FBB;
                      }
                      
                      #module_2_calendar .symbol {
                              color: #FF0;
                      }

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                      • KirAsh4K Offline
                        KirAsh4 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        The same approach applies when you’re creating your own custom modules. Keep in mind that if you edit the default files, a future update can overwrite them and you lose your changes.

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