Embedded Serendipity Style?

godfather · Post by **godfather** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:38 pm

I want to change some atributes of the blog while its embedded, specifically the font size of the title, and the space below the title.

I have played with the style.css of default and the last installed theme, with no change in the page.

What do I need to do to edit this? HELP!

Here's the page:
http://www.fbcspringdale.net/sermons.php

chickens · Post by **chickens** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:53 pm

When embedded the CSS file is never called. You will need to manually call the CSS file in your own design. The simplest way would be to copy the stylesheet from another theme and put it in the root of your directory. Then in your page call the sheet by using

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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/styles.css" />

godfather · Post by **godfather** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:18 am

Where do I put that code? I tried putting it in the page below the body tag for the file that it is embedded in, but nothing seems to change when I change the css.. HELP! The more detailed the better.

chickens · Post by **chickens** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:30 am

Sorry for the confusion, I've been coding in HTML for too long

You want to put that code in the section between </style> and </head>. You will also want to make sure that you take the style.css file from a standard template and put it in your web directory. The most common location would be inside the public_html directory. This will vary depending on your hosting provider's setup.

Odds are this will originally screw some stuff up. The formatting will probably look really, really funky for a while. You will need to edit the styles.css file getting rid of most of the options.

Someone who works with templates could probably tell you better than myself of what exactly to keep and what to toss. I've only done a wee bit of templating, so you may want to wait for someone more experienced in that realm to respond.