[carolin]

Steven ..
I am using CMap — and found this CSS code (below) on your site to put into Custom CSS and customize the color of the entries — and it works fine —

what CSS can I use to customize the color of the Note or Bio area that is now standard grey — I’d like to change the grey to something else.

Also I’d like to change the grey border color of the entry to another color — what is the CSS code I can use to do that?

This is the CSS I found that worked to change the background –

div#cn-cmap div.cn-entry { 
	background: #FFF !important; 
}

Thanks much for your help

Carolin

[Steven Zahm]

@ carolin

If you have a recent version of cMap, 3.0 or greater, the better option is this.

To adjust the bio and note background, here’s the CSS:

#cn-cmap .cn-bio, #cn-cmap .cn-notes, #cn-cmap .cn-gmap {
    background: #f1f1f1;
    border: 1px solid #d3d3d3
}

To adjust the entry border:

#cn-cmap .cn-entry {
    border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
}

I highly suggest following this QuickTip for adding the custom CSS.

I hope that helps!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!
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[carolin]

Steven …
That suggestion did not work for me —

– I have Cmap 3.0.3 and Connections 0.8.9

I added the custom CSS in a Custom CSS file that is associated with the Thesis 2.1 theme which I am using for the website.
Won’t adding the custom CSS into it be the same essentially as the Quick Tip info? That Custom CSS file has worked to add any other custom CSS to the site.

In any event when I added the Cmap custom CSS code you referenced above, basically nothing happened at all — all grey colors stayed as they had originally been — however as noted in the earlier post – the earlier code I referenced by itself will change the color of the listing itself.

What else might I try to get the Note and Bio areas color to be editable, as well as the lines around the listing itself?

Thanks for your help.

[carolin]

Steven ..
I think I got it worked out —

here is what I used and got it to work

div#cn-cmap div.cn-entry { 
	background: #FFF !important; 
	border: 2px solid #F7EACF;
}
div#cn-cmap div.cn-bio, div#cn-cmap div.cn-notes, div#cn-cmap div.cn-gmap {
    background: #F7EACF;
    border: 1px solid #592800;
}

This changed the color of the entry, the bio/note area, and the line around the entry/content.

Looks like what the code wanted to work was for the “div” to be in front of the other elements — — that seems weird, but it seems to work.

Thanks for your help on this.
I appreciate it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ carolin

Sorry, I misspoke, cMap 3.1 and newer is what is required for the shortcode options… The current version of cMap is 4.0, I highly recommend updating it. The download can be found on your purchase history page.

My instructions were based on 4.0, which is why the difference, likely.

After you update, I also suggest adding your license key to the Connections : Settings admin page under the Licenses tab so you will be notified in the admin when I release updates, one of the new features in cMap 4.0.

re: Won’t adding the custom CSS into it be the same essentially as the Quick Tip info?
Sort of. If you change the theme, you’ll lose the custom CSS setting. You’ll retain the custom CSS using the instructions in the QuickTip.

[carolin]

Steven

… I have now downloaded and installed CMap 4.0 —
I de-activated the earlier 3.0.3 version and added the new 4.0 as a new plugin —
I hope that was the correct way to accomplish this ?
There did not seem a way to actually upgrade the 3.0.3 version.

But then re your comment about adding the license # — I can’t find what the license # is for my product —
I went back to my original 4/26/12 order e-mail from my original purchase and info and there is not a license # I can determine on the info I was sent?
I tried any number on the original mail and nothing works to activate C-Map – so there is a number somewhere I don’t know where to locate and be able to use? (I tried purchase key and invoice ID from the original mail.)

RE – adding the custom CSS — I see what you mean — if I ever change themes I would be without my Connections edits — so the way you suggest is a preferred way .

Thanks in advance for your help in determining what my license is for the Cmap I purchased back on 4/26/12.

[Steven Zahm]

@ carolin

Yes, deactivate, delete and install the new version is how you update. WordPress actually doesn’t have a manual way to upgrade a plugin or theme.

I see, the license key, you will not have one, sorry about the goose chase. You will actually be able to manually update for as long as you wish. The only way to enable the in-admin updates is if I generate a license key for you and if I do that, the license key have to be renewed annually for continued updates, even manually. I can do that if you wish, just let me know.

[carolin]

Steven ..
re the license key — I think what you are saying is I must have bought the CMap license so long ago it did not fall into the “license regime of today” where the license key is auto generated at time of purchase — that said, I see no reason to have you manually generate a license key that I must renew annually —
I’ll just try and remember that for Cmap I should manually check on it and any upgrades from time to time and handle them manually as I have been thus far.

Thanks for all your help on this — I really do appreciate it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ carolin

Yes, that is correct.

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!
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