bgcolor='$bgcolor1'

Client Joined: Oct 07, 2003 Posts: 735 Location: Ohio

'$bgcolor1' and '$bgcolor2', etc... is set in the theme.php

If, in my custom module pages I set my bgcolor to '$bgcolor1' I get this bright green color that is nowhere near the '$bgcolor1' variable.

Example:

Code:

<table width="100%" border="2" cellpadding="2" align="center" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" bgcolor='$bgcolor2' bordercolor="#111111">


   <tr>


      <td height="25" colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor='$bgcolor1'><b><font class="content">Vital Statistics</font></b></td>


   </tr>


   <tr>


      <td align="center" bgcolor='$bgcolor2'>

What I want to do is make the colors of my module integrated with whichever theme is shown.

Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6433

It should work exactly as you've described it.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:08 pm

That of course is the whole idea of having a theme.
I am the last person who should answer questions on themes BUT I will try.
I presume you have preciously declared the values of your $bgcolor like this

Code:

$bgcolor1 = "#FFFFFF";


$bgcolor2 = "#101070";


$bgcolor3 = "#e6e6e6";


$bgcolor4 = "#e6e6e6";


$textcolor1 = "#FFFFFF";


$textcolor2 = "#000000";

so that when you decalr bgcolor as having one the $ values it knows what it should be?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:09 pm

This is what I get. It doesn't matter what theme I use.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:14 pm

The current theme used.

Code:

/************************************************************/





/* Theme Colors Definition                                  */





/************************************************************/











$bgcolor1 = "#474646";





$bgcolor2 = "#474646";





$bgcolor3 = "#474646";





$bgcolor4 = "#474646";





$textcolor1 = "#FFFFFF";





$textcolor2 = "#FFFFFF";

In my modules pages.

Code:

global $module_name, $db, $prefix, $admin_file, $bgcolor1, $bgcolor2;

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:59 pm

I was going to suggest making sure it was a global variable, but you've already done that. Can you display the value on the page? I'd guess it's being overwritten somewhere.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:58 pm

kguske - god catch!
I'm wondering whether there is a css or style sheet being included somewhere.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:09 pm

Another good point, Guardian2003. You can use a color picker to identify the HTML color, then a good source scanner like Crimson Editor to find where that exists in your source (php, css, js, etc.).

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:14 pm

Donovan, is the original lines that you posted "wrapped" in a HEREDOC or is this code outside the <?php .... ?> tags?

By the way, when you look at the generated source wihtin the browser, what do you see after the bgcolor= text? I want to follow up on a "hunch"...

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:16 pm

It was outside of php. I will have to check and view source.

registered · Theme Guru Joined: Nov 01, 2003 Posts: 1006

please provide me with a link to view your website. I can also help if you can provide me with your ftp access for a short while. That color code is somewhere within your theme.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:44 am

It would be good to find out first whether the $bgcolor1 is being "parsed" or being taken "literally". That is why I asked Donovan the question. He should be able to quickly tell by looking at the source of the HTML in his browser.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:10 am

true but in the case he doesnt know. seeing the site and or my going into it would be the fastest way to fix it for him.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:14 am

This seems to work.

Code:

<td align="center" bgcolor= <?php echo $bgcolor2 ?>><b><font class="title">Personnel File of <?php echo $soldierName ?></font></b></td>

Thanks everyone.

Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:13 am

You're welcome.

By the way, if you are concerned about XHTML compliance, you may want to have it look like this :

bgcolor="<?php echo $bgcolor2 ?>">

For XHTML, every attribute must be quoted and that can be either single or double quotes.

Best regards,
montego