#known 2016-05-02

2016-05-02 UTC
tantek, loic_m, Sheo, benborges, j12t, tommorris_ and Torsten_ joined the channel
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Torsten_
Hey guys, is there anybody out there who knows how to create a theme? I followed the instructions in the documentation, but my CSS is not used. Instead of that, there is some default CSS, and looking into the source code, I found that there is …
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Torsten_
… a subfolder like known/css/2016042301/default.css in the head section of the HTML output. No matter what I try, my CSS is not used.
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kylewm
Torsten_: did you override default/shell.tpl.php?
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Torsten_
I event activated the plugin Custom CSS and copied my CSS code into the text area, but nothing.
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Torsten_
@kylewm: Uhm, wait a minute, I guess I only overrode the header template.
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kylewm
In a theme, it looks like you could fill in default/shell/css.tpl.php to put your custom theme url
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Torsten_
Okay, I am taking a look at it, I’ll be right back soon.
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Torsten_
Hm, in default/shell there are: aftercontent.tpl.php, footer.tpl.php, and head.tpl.php, which links to the CSS file.
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Torsten_
But no css.tpl.php.
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Torsten_
And I have not found such a file in the other Known themes.
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Torsten_
But editing the CSS in the textarea of the plugin Custom CSS works now. So thanks for your help, much appreciated!
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kylewm
oh yeah Custom CSS is probably much easier than making a new theme
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Torsten_
Yes, these seem to be the default CSS styles, which can be overridden by a custom stylesheet.
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Torsten_
My only problem is how to include webfonts. No problem normally, I do that all the time, but in Known there seems to be something wrong with the path to the webfonts. I think I can fix it.
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cleverdevil
I use webfonts on my Known site.
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cleverdevil
using custom CSS
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Torsten_
@cleverdevil: Yes, in deed. In my case, I can’t even change the generic font. The entry text is in Times New Roman or Georgia or whatever, although in my CSS there is sans-serif in the body element.
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Torsten_
I thought that might be some caching problem or whatever, but even after clearing the browser cache, nothing changes.
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Torsten_
Like this: body { background: #fff; color: #373737; font-family: 'GraviolaSoft-Medium',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 2em; }
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Torsten_
Ah, okay, now I know. In the custom CSS, I have to override the font-family in some elements, like the headers and the entry text. I wish I could filter out all that default CSS stuff and create my very own style.
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Torsten_
I meant the headings, like h1 and h2.
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Torsten_
Pardon my weak English.
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Torsten_
So, Known handles some things a bit differently than the content management systems I have used before.
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Torsten_
Anyway, thanks a lot for your help, guys!
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