[cpg1.4.x]: Default color in pm messages doesn't work!

[Fabricio Ferrero]

Every time I send a pm mesage leaving the Default color (black) I got a non color mesage, in white indeed.

What is going on?

(sorry my english)

My web: www.elgranalbum.com (i'm alredy testing colors, in case you see an ugly combination)

Test user created...

user: one
pass: 123


user2: two
pass: 123

can anybody help?

[Stramm]

Probably a style definition renders the font white... the default color isn't set inline but by css for p. Only the set colors are definied inside a span tag. Check that with a tool like the 'developer toolbar' or 'firebug' (my fav)

[Fabricio Ferrero]

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I think the problem it's not that. I checked and tha css of that is alt1 and I got defined in color 000000 so, it's has to be black. I test some things. I changed the default color at the second line and I put blue in the first line and that color doesn't work right now, so I know that it's a problem whit the color thats ubicated in the first line (of colors in the pms_send.php).

Indeed, dreamweaver (I only use it on code view not design) the first line it's not in the same colors than the others, so, there must be a coding mistake.

I post my pms_send.php, please, try to find the mistake.

[code  <option style="color:#000000; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="black">Default</option>
 <option style="color:darkred; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="darkred" class="genmed">Dark red</option>
 <option style="color:red; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="red" class="genmed">Red</option>
 <option style="color:orange; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="orange" class="genmed">Orange</option>
 <option style="color:brown; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="brown" class="genmed">Brown</option>
 <option style="color:yellow; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="yellow" class="genmed">Yellow</option>
 <option style="color:green; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="green" class="genmed">Green</option>
 <option style="color:olive; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="olive" class="genmed">Olive</option>
 <option style="color:cyan; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="cyan" class="genmed">Cyan</option>
 <option style="color:blue; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="blue" class="genmed">Blue</option>
 <option style="color:darkblue; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="darkblue" class="genmed">Dark Blue</option>
 <option style="color:indigo; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="indigo" class="genmed">Indigo</option>
 <option style="color:violet; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="violet" class="genmed">Violet</option>
 <option style="color:white; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="white" class="genmed">White</option>
 <option style="color:black; background-color: #FAFAFA" value="black" class="genmed">Black</option>
</select> &nbsp;</font><br />



Thanks in advance...

PS: I already translate your modpack to spanish in another thread and you don't include as an option. why?

[Fabricio Ferrero]

Sorry, I put all my mesagge as a code...

I wrote: "I think the problem it's not that. I checked and tha css of that is alt1 and I got defined in color 000000 so, it's has to be black. I test some things. I changed the default color at the second line and I put blue in the first line and that color doesn't work right now, so I know that it's a problem whit the color thats ubicated in the first line (of colors in the pms_send.php).

Indeed, dreamweaver (I only use it on code view not design) the first line it's not in the same colors than the others, so, there must be a coding mistake.

I post my pms_send.php, please, try to find the mistake."

and then the code...

[Stramm]

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default [color=black]black[/color]
would render as

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<p>default <span style="color: black;">black</span></p>

So you see what happens... if you leave the default color no inline style's getting defined. If you chose a color (including black and white), it's added as inline style to a span tag. There's a reason for that. Some themes may render a black background, then usually the defaulot color is not black but gray or white or whatever. Would the deafult render black you'd have black on black... somehow silly.

Again, to be able to find the cause of such css problems you've tools like the above mentioned. If you think there's another cause for your issue, then search through the code and tell me where you'd make changes.

Please post the link to your contribution. I probably have overlooked it the last time I went through the forum and picked up the lang files.

[Fabricio Ferrero]

Now it works!!! Firebug for Firefox, NICE TOOL!

Well, Firebug allows me to see quickly where is getting the color from. So, I only change that and done.

Go to line 222, style.css

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p {
        color: #FFFFFF;
        font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        font-size: 100%;
        margin: 2px 0px;
}

Change #FFFFFF to #000000 (or the color you want) and, that's it.

Well, thanks again.

PS: As I promised I attach the Spanish file, so, now it's available for everyone on my language. (several threads ask for it)
Don't hesitate to e-mail me when you come up whit a new feature or modification to translate it. I mean it. (e-mail on Spanish file)

[Stramm]

Thanks for your contribution. I'll add it to the next modpack version.