Captions in slideshow

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  meenie50 · Member · Mar 3, 2014 at 1:15 am

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  IN a slideshow, can I change the color of the font of the caption? I posted pictures of my dogs running in the snow – the caption comes out as white so it can barely be seen.
  the slideshow is in a page – http://storybookster.wordpress.com/our-dogs

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Mar 5, 2014 at 9:21 pm

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  Hi there,

  Yes, that is possible, though it is a global change that affects all slideshows on your site, so down the road you will have the opposite problem if you upload a picture with a dark background (black text on top of that) so it may be a better idea to keep the text white, but increase it’s size, bold it, and also strengthen the drop shadow effect.

  That will make it stand out more against both dark and light backgrounds. You can try the following code to accomplish this:

  .slideshow-slide-caption { 
  color: #FFF; 
  font-size: 15px; 
  font-weight: bold;
  text-shadow: #000 0px 0px 10px; 
  }

  To use the above code, go to Appearance>Customize in your site’s Admin Dashboard.

  From there, click on “Custom Design” and try out the custom design upgrade (in preview mode only) which will reveal the “CSS” tab. Paste in the code above, and be sure to save your changes when you are done.

  Please note that this will be shown in preview mode, but you will have a link to purchase the Custom Design upgrade, which is necessary to use custom CSS on your site.

  The Custom Design upgrade allows you to use a wider range of fonts, tweak theme colors, and even add custom CSS. You can learn more about it here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

  Let me know if you need assistance or if you have any questions.