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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
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        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
                last edited by

                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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                  • KirAsh4K Offline
                    KirAsh4 Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Also note the warning as stated on the wiki page:
                    Note: If a file can not be loaded, the boot up of the mirror will stall.

                    Meaning, if you tell getStyles to look for a file called 'myStyles.css' but in reality it’s called 'mystyles.css' (case matters) or 'coolcolor.css', the mirror will stall and not load. So be careful.

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                    • MichMichM Offline
                      MichMich Admin
                      last edited by

                      you can use the /css/custom.css to overwrite all styles. This file is embedded after all other css files, so you should be able to overwrite what you want. Is just a matter of creative CSS usage.

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                        00conman
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                        Okay thank you guys I’ll have to look into it.

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