phpbb3 & Invision : Change the background color of new posts

by Ange Tuteur September 3rd 2014, 10:14 pm

Change the background color of new posts for phpbb3 & Invision

This tutorial will show you how to change the background color of new/unread posts.

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Result:

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Installing
To install this feature, go to Administration Panel > Modules > JavaScript codes management and create a new script.

Title : Your choice
Placement : In the topics
Copy and paste this code:

Code:: $(function(){$(".post:has(img[title*='New post'])").addClass("newpostcolor")});

Next, go to Administration Panel > Pictures and Colors -> Colors -> CSS Stylesheet and paste one of the codes below at the top of your stylesheet. Choose the one that corresponds to your forum version.

phpBB3:

Code:: .newpostcolor { background-color: #ffdab9 !important; background-image: none !important; }

Invision:

Code:: .newpostcolor, .newpostcolor .postbody { background-color: #ffdab9 !important; background-image: none !important; }

Customizing

Changing the background color:

To change the background color of the new post, edit the bolded part of this code to your desired color:

background-color: #ffdab9 !important;

Changing the background to an image:

To change the background color to an image, change

Code:: background-image: none !important;

to

Code:: background-image: url(/myimage.gif) !important;

and replace /myimage.gif by the URL of your image.