The `Blog default of tiny black text on a white background literaly gives me headaches. I run KUbuntu, keep my system updated, and use Firefox as my browser. I also know a little about writing raw HTML, and am aware of the possibility to use "important" stylesheets to override in-page settings, but do not know how to do this.
Can anyone teach me how to force Firefox to use my settings for the `Blog? The Forums aren`t as bad, but I`d like to restyle them a bit too.
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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11-07-2006 13:29
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Valen Leinhardt
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11-09-2006 12:39
In firefox you can set a minimum font size requirement on the font preferences dialog.
 No need to dink with stylesheet overrides at all. |
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Boadi Rigaud
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11-09-2006 12:58
The one thing I miss about Opera (I use Konq now) is the on the fly style sheet changing. Didn't have to use it a lot, but it's a lifesaver when someone had a webpage so ugly it was unreadable.
Stylish (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/) seems to be a firefox equivalent, but I'm not really sure, because I don't use firefox much. Anyways, good luck... like Valen said, you could up your font size... which i have to do anyways because my eyes are bad and my resolution is good. =) |
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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I never saw that one...
11-09-2006 13:05
First, thank you very much for answering! ::hugs::
In firefox you can set a minimum font size requirement on the font preferences dialog.  Where am I supposed to look? It doesn`t show up in any of the menus or dialog boxes I`ve been able to find. FYI, I`m running Firefox version 1.5.0.7 on up-to-date 32-bit KUbuntu Dapper Drake.No need to dink with stylesheet overrides at all.  P.S. While reviewing this prior to posting, I found it:Preferences/Content/Fonts & Colors/Advanced. Sensible, if not exactly obvious. I`ve made some changes there. I`ll give them a try, to see if they help any. I`d still like the better control that the stylesheet overrides would give me, though. Does anyone have a graphical style-sheet overrider editor that customizes itself to the page being overriden?  _____________________
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Neard Harbinger
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11-09-2006 15:44
If you're good enough at scripting, you could use greasemonkey and a userscript. I doubt there's one already made for it, so you'd have to build it yourself. And considering I've never touched greasemonkey, I can't help any more. *shrug* sorry.
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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11-09-2006 15:49
GreaseMonkey?
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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11-09-2006 15:52
The one thing I miss about Opera (I use Konq now) is the on the fly style sheet changing. Didn't have to use it a lot, but it's a lifesaver when someone had a webpage so ugly it was unreadable.
Stylish (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/) seems to be a firefox equivalent, but I'm not really sure, because I don't use firefox much. Anyways, good luck... like Valen said, you could up your font size... which i have to do anyways because my eyes are bad and my resolution is good. =)Eep! I missed your post. You must have been writing it at the same time i was writing mine. Thanks. I`ll check it out. _____________________
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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Stylish
11-09-2006 15:57
Hmm, it looks to be [almost?] exactly what I`m looking for.
It even mentions GreaseMonkey on the page you linked to. Now, seeing as I`m running KUbuntu Dapper Drake, and have no experience installing anything Linux except Second Life and preset Ubuntu packages, how do I install the beast? _____________________
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Boadi Rigaud
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11-09-2006 19:00
Eep! I missed your post. You must have been writing it at the same time i was writing mine. Thanks. I`ll check it out. Great minds think alike... or at least at the same time. lol. Ok... this is an easy install. 1. Click the green "install now" button at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/ 2. Close all your firefox widows, then restart firefox. 3. Go to Menubar/Tools/Addons. 4. There is a button under "Stylish" that says "Preferences" hit it. 5. A "manage Styles" window will appear, click the "Write" button. 6. In description enter a name, such as "sl blog".... 7. In the big text box enter: CODE
8. Save 9. Make sure the "Enabled" box is checked for "sl blog", in the "Manage Styles" window. 10. visit http://blog.secondlife.com ... it's an ugly style, but readable. I'll let you deal with the details of the CSS. |
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Neard Harbinger
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11-09-2006 20:08
Sorry, I should've elaborated. greasemonkey is basically a firefox scripting setup. You can have userscripts that automate stuff, such as redesigning how a page looks. I don't really know more, since I've never used it, but you can find more info at http://www.userscripts.org. It's down at the bottom, the "what is all this stuff" link.
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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11-10-2006 10:13
3. Go to Menubar/Tools/Addons. Otherwise, it works great! Thanks! ...exits stage left, muttering "...now where do I find the documentation..."... _____________________
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Llauren Mandelbrot
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The Doctor is IN!
11-11-2006 13:29
I`ve been tweaking my config a bit, and I`ve come up with the following:
CODE @-moz-document domain(blog.secondlife.com) {The widecolumn item makes the `blog fill more of my screen, instead of wasting so much empty space left and right. This also enlarged the `blog text-edit widget to the same width as the text. Yay! I`d like to do this for the Forums, too, but haven`t taken time to bother, yet.The color and background-color still need adjusting, but the visited links still come out as bright red, as per your suggested settings, not a darker green, as I`d expect. I`d like to restore the alternating background colors, but with my own choice of colors. Again, I haven`t yet taken time to seek out the tags I`d need to tweak. I guess it`s just a mater of time, now. Still, this gives me exactly the sort of control I was looking for, and even if it is not as convenient as I`d like, it`s still far more convenient than I expected! Thank you very much, Boadi! Thank you too, Valen; I`ve upped my minimum font size to "12" now, which helped some too. And thank you, too, Neard. I appreciate the effort, even if I didn`t end up using what you suggested. ::hugs:: all around! _____________________
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Neard Harbinger
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11-12-2006 02:41
Always glad to help. Well, try to help.
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