dumb Q probably..how do I dictate the colour of the price?

[TraceyHand]

ok..lame title lol

My "product price including tax" layout is currently

<actinic:block PHP='true'>priceformat("<actinic:variable name="SecondCurrencyFormat" />","<actinic:variable formatting="font(Size|14|Color|2f7790),bold" name="TaxInclusivePrice" />", "<actinic:variable formatting="font(Color|000000),underline,bold" name="TaxInclusivePriceAlt" />");</actinic:block>

with the colour set using the "edit appearance" for the TaxInclusivePrice variable.
I want to change this to use palette1 (which is changing soon...I'm trying to cut down what I need to change when I swap over) but I'm not sure where or how to put this in the layout

bit of a noob question, I suppose..but if anyone can point me in the right direction, it'd be much appreciated

ok..also I know y'all are going to tell me to use CSS...lol..if I knew how, I would. I don't have anything in my CSS for this colour...only in Design>Themes..so this is what I was using.

I'm open to learning CSS...I just don't expect the forum to teach me..baby steps 'n' all that (been taking a lot of those today lol)

Thanks

[gabrielcrowe]

<span style="color:<actinic:variable name="Palette2" />">[youyprice]</span>

[TraceyHand]

but if I do that, Gabe...aren't I going to have to go back in and change it again when I change colour schemes over?
I'm trying to link everything to the theme palette so I don't have to weed out every bit of hardcoded colour change.
IYSWIM
I've managed to change a lot of <font color="2f7790"> to <font color="Palette1"> (variable, obviously...typed for ease of reading!) to save me the trouble, but I can't work out how/where in this layout

[gabrielcrowe]

hmm, i see what you mean.

[TraceyHand]

not to worry...sussed it out
put

<font color="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />">

tags around the "Product Price Including Tax" layout in the "Standard Tax Inclusive Price" layout

Thanks

[gabrielcrowe]

for heavens sake, dont use font.

use a span.

[TraceyHand]

for heavens sake, dont use font.

use a span.

*puts head in hands and sobs*

I would....if I knew how

[wjcampbe]

delete the f the o the n the t in both the opening and closing tag. replace them with s and p and a and n

[TraceyHand]

well, you know what...as "Idiot's Guide" as that sounds...it doesn't help someone who doesn't know what they're doing

example... I currently have
<font color="<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />"><actinic:variable name="PreFormattedPrice" value="Product Price Including Tax" /></font>

how do I use "span" instead of "font" here? BEcause I know that just substituting one for the other isn't right

If you don't know what you're doing, you'd be surprised how easy it is to get lost and mess it up.

I do try...heck, I've had CSS and html webpages open all evening trying to achieve various things that I just can't get my head round.

Sometimes, it's just not as easy, to someone who knows nothing about it, as it seems

[TraceyHand]

ok...more googling/reading/trial and error later... is this right?

<span style=color:"<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />"><actinic:variable name="PreFormattedPrice" value="Product Price Including Tax" /></span>

it does what I want it to do but I know that doesn't always mean it's right

[peblaco]

Looks fine to me.

[TraceyHand]

thank you Louise

God, I seriously HATE not knowing what I'm doing!
Drives me nuts...which, I guess, is why I'm still working

sometimes, I really want a "proper" job....really

[peblaco]

Gunna get an early night after today?

[TraceyHand]

Gunna get an early night after today?

probably not!

I'm still breaking stuff

[leehack]

<span style=color:"<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />"><actinic:variable name="PreFormattedPrice" value="Product Price Including Tax" /></span>

It's good practice to escape and close things properly bumpsy. Color is usually written like:

color: #000000;

i.e. add the semi-colon. I have seen some amazing messed up screens just for the lack of that semi-colon. You can get away with it when it is the last style defined, however i would always recommend to get into the habit of opening and closing things properly, it's imprinted in the brain then each time you work.

<span style=color:"<actinic:variable name="Palette1" />;"><actinic:variable name="PreFormattedPrice" value="Product Price Including Tax" /></span>