Control Panel :: Board management :: Edit colors and theme

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Miscellaneous options

Use extra CSS options?   
Use CSS trick 1?x
Adds a mouseover effect to forum table rows at forum list. See the ak_fl_forumrow_mouseover_on/off CSS classes in your CSS. ( Hover for sample )
Use CSS trick 2?x
Same, but for topic list table. See ak_tl_topicrow_mouseover_on/off classes. ( Hover for sample )
Background color:[____] [See] It says to leave blank for transparency, but doing so will cause your pages (and Google ad banners) to have a black background.
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Page Background

Background color transparent:x This is worthless, and will cause the background to be black if you leave the background color blank.
Background image (optional):[____] This affects the same area as the background color.
Background image tile X:x Check "tile X" if you want your background image to repeat left to right. Check "tile Y" if you want your background image to repeat top to bottom. Check both boxes if you want it to tile both ways.
Background image tile Y:x
Text color :[____]  
Bottom info line color :[____]  
 

Link options

Link color :[____] [See] Default color of links throughout your board.
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Link Color

Link overlined :x Check box if you want links to have a line over the text. ( Sample )
Link line-through :x Check box if you want links to have a line through the text. ( Sample )
Link underlined :x Check box if you want links to be underlined. ( Sample )
Visited link color :[____] [See] Using a different color than the default link color helps visitors to know which links they have visited previously. However, you may choose to use the same color as the default links.
Visited link overlined :x
overline
line-through
underline
underline and overline
over, under, and through
You can use these in any combination.
Visited link line-through :x
Visited link underlined :x
Hover link color :[____] If you want links to change colors when someone hovers on them, use a color that is different from the link and visited color(s). ( Sample )
Hover link overlined :x
overline
line-through
underline
underline and overline
over, under, and through
You can use these in any combination.
Hover link line-through :x
Hover link underlined :x
 

Community logo options

Community Logo:[____] [See] Your logo must be hosted online with a host that allows remote linking. Photobucket is a good place to host images. After uploading an image to Photobucket, click on its thumbnail to get its URL. There, you'll find boxes with different codes for different uses. The box labeled "Direct" is the one you need to copy, then paste into the "Community Logo" box in your message board's control panel. [See Photobucket codes]
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Photobucket codes

Photobucket codes
Community Logo width:[____] You can find your logo's width and height from the copy that is stored on your computer, or you can get it from the copy that you uploaded to an image host. To get it from the online copy, open a new browser window (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc), paste the URL to your image into the address bar, and click the "Go" button (or hit 'Enter' on your keyboard). After the image loads, right-click on it and choose "Properties" (if your mouse is set up for left-handed use, left click on the image instead). The resulting popup will tell you the width and height of that image, in that order.
Community Logo height:[____]
Community Logo link:[____] If your message board is intended to be part of a website, enter that website's URL here. Clicking on the Community Logo will take people to the page you specify in this "Community Logo link" box.
 

Forum list layout options

Forum list master table background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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Forum list master table bg

Forum list master table border color :[____] [See]
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Master table border

Forum list master table border width (pixels):[____] [See] Enter 0 for no border
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Master table border

Forum list table background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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Table Background Color

Forum list table background image:[____]  
Forum list table border width (pixels):[____] Enter 0 for no border
Forum list table header background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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Table Header Background

Forum list table header background image:[____]  
Forum list table header border color :[____]  
Forum list table header border width (pixels):[____] Enter 0 for no border
Forum list table header text color :[____]  
Forum list table first alternate background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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First Alternate Background

Forum list table second alternate background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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Second Alternate Background

Forum list table text color (optional) :[____] [See]
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Forum List Text Color

Forum list table description color :[____] [See]
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Forum List Description Color

Forum list table separator background color :[____] [See] Leave blank for transparency
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Forum List Separator Background

Forum list table separator background image:[____]  
Forum list table separator text color :[____]  
Forum list master table width (percents):[____] [See] [Compare width]
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Forum list master table width

Forum list table width (percents):[____] [See] [Compare width]
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Forum list table width

 

Topic list layout options and Post list layout options

The options in "Topic list layout options" and "Post list layout options" work the same way as the "Forum list layout options," but they affect the forum and thread pages, respectively.