Article Background color

I'm trying to change the background color for the content section. Clearly, it's possible, given that each of the pre-determined styles have a different background color.

But, I can't seem to find anywhere to change the background for articles in the custom style.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

vicramz

If you want to just change bg color of all articles add to template_css.css:

.content_sparky {
background:red!impotant;
}

If you want to control bg for each article one way is to define alternative article layouts , but that is complicated operation not for this forum , if you need that you will have to do it your self by looking in joomla dev spec or pay us for custom job.

Easy workaround but only if you want to change background on single article page is to set "Page Class" in menu item pointing to that article (in "Page Display" tab of menu item settings).

For example 'your_page_class'

Then you can add in template_css.css:

.your_page_class .content_sparky {
background:red!impotant;
}

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I'm assuming that the phrase "red!impotant" is the color to be specified. Can it be defined by hexidecimal number?

And, I'm assuming that "impotant" is not a typo for "important".

Again, thanks for your help.

Yes replace red I put as example with any color you want in hex, rgb or rgba notation

I do appreciate your help, but I'm not having any luck at all.

I'm trying to change the content area background from orange to a maroon (#800000).

I placed the code you suggested in the css.template_css.css file, saved, and clicked Preview Template.

When I do so, I'm taken to the front page of the site. I navigate to a content page, and the color is still orange. No change.

I explored the styles.css files, and in each one, there is a command in the following syntax:

.sparky_inner .content_sparky {
background:#0096d9;
}

where #0096d9 corresponds to the article background color.

But, using this code in template_css.css produces no change.

However, when I change this color code in the style2.css file, and then save, and then select style 2 for the site, I get the maroon I'm looking for.

So ... how do I use the "custom template feature" to get the maroon article background I need, and still get the other changes I want to make the the template style?

Thanks for your help.

Vic

Style.css ? Are you talking about wordpress?

If you meant

styles/style<X>.css

you can just edit that file