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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 14, 2010 at 2:44 am

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  > i’ve edited the CSS on my blog template with pretty good success, but
  > i’ve run across something that i JUST CANNOT seem to figure out, even
  > after hours of searching forums and tutorials. i don’t know if anyone
  > can help me, but i would LOVE some advice on one small piece:
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  > i have set the background for the comments to be the same as the
  > background of the page, but every other comment alternates with a
  > lighter background color. i would like EVERY comment in the list to be
  > the same background color, but i can’t seem to find the piece of CSS
  > code that i should alter to achieve this.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2010 at 2:59 am

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  Is this the URL for the blog in question? http://okieolio.com

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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 14, 2010 at 3:10 am

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  yes

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  devblog · Member · Jan 15, 2010 at 5:14 pm

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  Trisha,

  Add these definitions to your CSS:

  .commentlist .comment{padding: 5px 10px;}
  
  .commentlist .thread-odd {
  background: #404040;
  }

  That should do it.

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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 16, 2010 at 10:31 pm

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  thanks!!

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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 29, 2010 at 10:19 pm

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  devblog,

  do you think you could help me with one more thing? what is the selector that controls the color of the “next page” link at the bottom of each page? right now it is the same color as the background, and i can’t seem to find the tab in the css to change the color declaration. thanks!

  -t

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  devblog · Member · Jan 30, 2010 at 12:54 am

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  Trisha,

  Try this:

  #postnav a {color: #fff;}

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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 30, 2010 at 5:05 am

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  thanks for the tip, but the color did not change when i added that. (?)

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  devblog · Member · Jan 30, 2010 at 5:44 am

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  did you save the CSS or just previewed it?

  Also, I found this in your code:

  #commentlist a,#postnav a {
  background-color:#404040;
  color:#404040;
  }

  Can you see what’s wrong with it?

  If you’ve always had the code above, then you won’t even need the code I previously gave you… what you already have is “almost” correct.

  If after a while you can’t still spot what’s the problem, let me know.

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  trishadenise · Member · Jan 30, 2010 at 4:41 pm

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  ha! fixed now. i just passed right over that section when i was skimming because it started with #commentlist.

  thanks!