Changing background color of search bar

[robotboi]

Hi again, is there an easy way for me to change the colour of the search bar to black from white?
Any pointers appreciated

[peblaco]

That might depend on which theme you are using?.

[robotboi]

Hi there! Thanks for the qick reply I'm using smart theme at the moment, but I can change that if need be

[peblaco]

You can add CSS for the table, open theme.css.

[robotboi]

hi again! i'll give that a shot, thanks for your help I'm working on a site that has a black background, so rather than have the search box white, i'm hoping to have it black with a border round it. Does that make sense? I hope so Sorry, but I haven't used actinic or css in a looong time! So a bit confused at the moment!

[robotboi]

Hi again,
I'm sorry, I already asked something similar on Friday regarding V8, but it didn't do what I needed it to do
Anyway, he has upgraded to V9 over the weekend, I am still having problems working out how to change the colour of my search box (input box) to gray from white, and placing a small border around it?
Like so:
http://i34.tinypic.com/r08ape.jpg
Sorry for all the questions, but i'm struggling to get this right for a friend who really needs the site finished this week. I have all the site set up, with content etc, but i'm really unsure about the design/css, even after reading through the guides.
Many thanks!

[peblaco]

You may be best to click on the Design tab (between Content/Orders) click on the search box in the preview and in the Layout Code window find this code:

<form name="simplesearch" method="get" action="<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" />">

change to something like:

<form name="simplesearch" method="get" action="<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" />" class="searchbox">

Then you can add a CSS style.

[Rich Brady]

Steve, just so you know I've deleted the other thread, so that it doesn't dilute the forum.

Ceers,

Rich

[robotboi]

You may be best to click on the Design tab (between Content/Orders) click on the search box in the preview and in the Layout Code window find this code:

<form name="simplesearch" method="get" action="<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" />">

change to something like:

<form name="simplesearch" method="get" action="<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" />" class="searchbox">

Thanks! The code is not exactly the same, but I reckon, it should be this part?:

<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" />

should be changed to

<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Search Script URL" /> class="searchbox">

and then do the neccessary changes in the stylesheet?
Your help is really appreciated!

[robotboi]

Hi again Louise
That worked, but it wasn't what I meant Unfortunately, i'm not sure if I have been coming across properly with what I need to do I need to change the actual colour of the white box (am I using the right terminology here?) where the text is input, not the background that holds the box.
The input box is white, I need to change the colour to gray. I don't know if I can be much clearer than this at trying to explain what I want to do
As it stands, this is how it looks:
http://i38.tinypic.com/28jfckm.jpg
I need the part that is white on the image, to be another colour, not white. The background to the text that says quick search, is what I need to change. Can this be done?
Many thanks once again,
Steve

[peblaco]

In that case find the <input> tag and add the class to that.

[robotboi]

Thanks again Louise
I shall try that tomorrow morning! (laptop is at friends & i'm off out to the cinema tonight ). It's for a site I am helping a friend with, and it's driving me round the bend lol as I would like to help him get the site as near to his vision of it as possible!
However, its helping me maser actinic tho' , so thanks for all your help! It really is appreciated

[robotboi]

Thank You!

You are a star! It worked perfectly