Is it possible to change the background colour of a quote ?

Don't quite know how to ask this question ? so here goes, when someone makes a post and say they wanted to quote from previous ? is there a way to change the background color of the quote area ? I am using phpBB

Thank you

If I understand you right you can try this admin panel>Display>colors>Quote Font Color

Team101 wrote:If I understand you right you can try this admin panel>Display>colors>Quote Font Color

Hiya Thanks for the reply as you can see from the Quote above the text is black and the background is a kind of off white ? in this case it would be the off white I would want to change, at present on my forum the text is Black and the background is dark Grey

Thank you

Try this: admin panel>Display>colors>There should a choice for the color of the quote background

Thanks for that the only bit I can find is this "Buttons, Code and Quote color :" and when I change the colour it makes no difference to the box ? any more advice would be appreciated

Thank you

When you changed it did you save the changes?

Yes I did save the changes but it made no difference at all to that quote box, I even went onto the forum and created a reply using a quote but it was still dark Grey

Thank you

Hello,

TO change quotebox text and background color. use this code.
Add it to Admin CP > Display > Colors > CSS and submit.

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Code:

postbody .quote {
background : red;
color : yellow;
}

Hiya ankillen, thank you for the code can you tell me what the Red & Yellow each represent ? and can I not use any HTML colour code instead so I can choose the shade ?

Thank you

The 'red' is background color and 'yellow' is text color in the code that I gave.
You can always use HTML color codes in place of names.

If you don't want to use background color, just remove the color name, do the same for text color, if you don't want to change it.

Thanks for that very fast reply so do I just add it at the end of the CSS?

Thank you

Yes, just add the code at the end of the CSS. And don't forget to submit after adding it.

Hi I did what you said and I hit the submit button but nothing changes here is what I used

postbody .quote {
background : f5ffbf;
}

Thank you

Sorry, mu code had a small bug and you color code too, I think

the exact code would be...

Code:

.postbody .quote {
background : #f5ffbf;
}

Try this and check if it works

Just tried it with your code and clicked submit and there is no difference its still Grey

Thank you

It works on my forum. This code is for phpBB2 only.

Try this code...

Code:

.postbody .quote {
background-color : #f5ffbf !important;
background-image : none !important;
}

OK I have tried that code too and hit the submit button and no change, I also get this message .

Detected error
We have counted a different number of "{" and of "}". It means your CSS risks to be not valid and will not be posted correctly on your forum.

We advise you to reread your code.


I still get this messsge now even though I have removed the code you told me to use

I am using phpBB


Thank you

There is some problem is opening or closing curly braces in the code.
Try adding the at the top of all the codes.

Hi I have tried that and there is not any change and still have the Error message ?

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Code:

<td class="row1" valign="middle"><div style="width: 100%; background-color:lightgreen">[color=black]netsniper wrote:
Don't quite know how to ask this question ? so here goes, when someone makes a post and say they wanted to quote from previous ?
is there a way to change the background color of the quote area ? I am using phpBB[/color]</div></td>
</tr></table>
   </div>

if you use html code as above you can paste a coloured background directly into your replies
i had to use a screenshot as html is disabled here

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Hi Its only the Colour in the quote box I want changed but I want it changed permanently ?


Thank you

Ah yes then you could ask here https://help.forumotion.com/script-code-problems-f43/

Thanks for your reply musket but I think if I do that then I will find myself in trouble for double posting ?

Thank you

It might help to state the version of phpBB you're using version 2 or 3?

Oooooooooops sorry it phpBB2

Thank you

Can you post a screen shot of how your quotebox looks?

Hiya ankillen here is the snapshot



Its the Grey area I am trying to change

Thank you

Can anyone help me with this ?

Thank you

Hi,

This code works perfectly on my forum. I've double checked and the code is correct. Your forum is phpBB2, right?

Code:

.postbody .quote {
background-color : #f5ffbf !important;
background-image : none !important;
}

I suggest you to try adding this code again and see if it works.
Or try clearing your cache as that might be creating trouble.

This is what my forum says

Theme version phpBB2 (subsilver)

But on the bottom of the forum it says
Free forum | phpBB | Free forum support | Statistics | Contribution | Contact | Report an abuse | Free forums

I have just added the code you gave me and clicked on the button that says Submit and then I got this message CSS updated successfully.

Then I whent into a post grabbed a quote from one of them and did a preview and its still Grey I am more than happy for you to take a look if you want I can give you permission

Thank you