Orvis Theme – Color Options

  • Resolved ESSBEEAY

    (@essbeeay)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    I’ve built a site with Orvis them. I built it before Orvis was available at www.ads-software.com. So not all the features were working fully on self-hosted. Now that it is available at .org I hoped that it might be easier to set theme color options. But it seems just the same, with one only color option in the modifications.

    By styling in CSS I’ve managed to make most everything work how I like, but recently I have a conflict with the gallery plugin I’m using, and I get a border under each thumbnail, as it’s picking up other CSS mods.

    Can I better control color right off the theme like in the demo yet?

    My site:
    https://www.sarahwilkins.net

    Thanks for any help with this.

    Scott.

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  • Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    Hi Scott,

    Now that it is available at .org I hoped that it might be easier to set theme color options. But it seems just the same, with one only color option in the modifications.

    Built-in colour palettes are a WordPress.com feature, but if you’re trying to replicate a palette you were using over on WordPress.com, I’d be glad to help, if you can provide a link to your WordPress.com site.

    By styling in CSS I’ve managed to make most everything work how I like, but recently I have a conflict with the gallery plugin I’m using, and I get a border under each thumbnail, as it’s picking up other CSS mods.

    Those styles are coming from this CSS in your plugin:

    .comment-content a, .comment-reply-title a, .entry-content a, .logged-in-as a, .page-content a, .pingback a, .trackback a, .widget-area a {
    box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0;
}

    Unfortunately these styles are too general, as you’ve seen, overriding theme styles they really shouldn’t.

    If you’re intent on using this plugin, you could try this custom CSS:

    .page-content .msnry_item a {
  box-shadow: 0;
}

    You might need to experiment to find the right element to target.

    It looks like you’ve made changes directly to the Orvis theme files, for example, I see the Josefin Google font linked outside the <head> element, causing a syntax error.

    Http www sarahwilkins net folio

    I’d suggest you either use a Google Fonts plugin to properly enqueue that font, or create a child theme and enqueue the font manually there. Any other theme edits you’ve made directly should also be transferred over to a child theme, instead of editing the theme files directly. Otherwise, the next time you update the theme you’ll lose all your changes, including the Google font.

    If you need further help, could you please repost over in the Orvis forum? This one is for general questions. Thanks!

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/orvis

    Thread Starter ESSBEEAY

    (@essbeeay)

    Thanks so much for this prompt reply.

    I will tidy up with Google Fonts (sometime soon).

    For now I would like to keep using PhotoSwipe plugin because I can’t really find another Masonry gallery that I like.

    I tried placing your code into custom CSS sitewide, and on the page, and it didn’t remove the box-shadow. Not sure why it started doing this, it didn’t used to.

    As for colour control in Orvis, I never used it on WordPress.com. I just downloaded the theme from there and use .com for my jetpack validation.

    Thanks again.

    Hi there,

    Could you give give the following snippet a try to see if it works out?

    .psgal a {
    box-shadow: none;
}

    For colour control options: There isn’t anything built in but you can use custom CSS to make changes. We’d be happy to help with that. ??

    Thread Starter ESSBEEAY

    (@essbeeay)

    Too clever! It worked great.

    Thank you.

    You’re most welcome! I’m glad that worked out.

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