actinic.css being ignored? arrrrgh!

[Barry]

Hi guys

on my site http://www.tshirtsville.com/acatalog...a_Tshirts.html for example, next to the Metallica logo, is the heading "Metallica T-Shirts" (click Ctrl +a to see it) its in a <h1> tag.

For some reason it is showing white on the white background even though the css file has been edited to define the h1 tag as red (CC3300)

more puzzling still is in the extended info pop up (click on a tee to see) the H1 tag is showing as a pale grey, although both use the same css file, it should be showing red as well of course

this has happened since a recent upgrade from V7 to V8 and i cannot for the life of me find out why!!!!!

It seems as though my css file is being overridden somewhere, with 2 differnt colours!!!

im worries about problems with the google gods for showing a white H1 on a white background

if you can help theres a free t-shirt of your choice for you!

thanks for any help you can give, im off now to put my head in the freezer for a few hours...

[leehack]

It's a <h2> not <h1>, check out the colour you have for a <h2>, you will see it is #FFFFFF (white). You have white text on a cell with a white colour applied.

thanks for any help you can give, im off now to put my head in the freezer for a few hours...

Grab us a choc ice while you're there....

[Barry]

Hi Lee

thanks very much for having a look at this

your right, i do use H2 for that title, and im using H1 for the pop up page title

but heres the entry in my actinic.css file as viewed both on the web after clearing my cache and also in my My Documents/actinicv8/sites/site1/sitehtml

H2 { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #CC3300; font-size: 16px; } H3 { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #65338E; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; } H1 { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #CC3300; font-size: 16px; }

the h3 is used for the product titles and is working ok

i just cant understand why that CC3300 isnt being read!!!!!

but perhaps im looking at the wrong .css file although i cant see how. I cant find anywhere a css file with white defining the h1 or h2 tags, any ideas where im going wrong?

ive also checked the css file in /site1 folder just in case but that also defines those tags as red

im off now back to the freezer....

ive eaten all the choc ices

[leehack]

The H2 in question has a white color applied to it, that i can guarantee you 100%, if you can see it having a different colour applied, then it's 99.99% sure that further on down from where you can see it, it is defined again. In other words if you define h2 as pink up the top of the sheet, green in the middle of the sheet and purple at the bottom, it will be purple as it reads sequentially and overwrites each time.

My first port of call would be to check further down the css file. I would not expect to have to look any further than that to find my problem. To test you could always define the style at the very bottom of the sheet and my theory would either be proved or disproved then.

[Duncan Rounding]

You have other issues on the page also. Use Firefox and get the Firebug add-in - then do an inspect of the page. You will see exactly what Lee was mentioning plus another issue that the section text is seen as link text as well (only in FF).

The Firebug add-in will show you exactly what css is inherited and from where and will let you change it on the fly to make sure you correct it properly.

[jont]

My first port of call would be to check further down the css file.

It doesn't help when there are 2 x actinic.css and 2 x theme.css files attached to the same page

[TraceyHand]

I'm having similar(ish) problems... just jumping in so I can watch the thread!

might post mine if I can't suss it soon!

[peblaco]

The other thing I noticed is you've got your Actinic product anchor tag wrapped around several elements on the page. This is why if you put your mouse over the product heading/description in Firefox it's putting a red underline under everything. Can be corrected by having the anchor tag in the product layout once and closed after it such as:

<a name="<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>"></a>

[TraceyHand]

The other thing I noticed is you've got your Actinic product anchor tag wrapped around several elements on the page. This is why if you put your mouse over the product heading/description in Firefox it's putting a red underline under everything. Can be corrected by having the anchor tag in the product layout once and closed after it such as:

<a name="<Actinic:Variable Name="EncodedProductAnchor"/>"></a>

thats exactly what I've been having to change on all my layouts lately.
Only seems to happen on "upgraded" layouts but it's fairly consistent

[Barry]

Thank you so much for all the excellent help guys!!!!!

ive managed to manually edit the css file and fix it for now!!

although i have a feelling ill be overwriting that when i next upload with actinic, we will see....

ill be getting to thos other fantastic tips as well in the next few days and will post back how i get on

thanks again guys, you're great! couldnt do without you!

be in touch soon

im off to the airport now, back to broadband from this nightmare dial up hell!! (3 hour upload last night!! 2 hours was v8 checking the site first!!! aaaaaarrrggghh!!) so much to do to repair the upgrade process, i could go on all day about that and will do when i get home

thanks again guys xx

[Barry]

ive managed to edit the css via V8 now;

Design> Library > Web Page Outer Layout > Actinic Stylesheet, all looks good now

I didnt know that instructions at the top of a css file will be overwritten by others below it, thanks for that Lee (and peblaco)

so much more to do now with those other helpful tips guys, i cant thank you enough for your time

But as promised Lee, if you like to email me with your choice af a freebie ill be happy to get it sent it out to you ( sorry i cant get one to all of you! i'd get my butt kicked!)

[leehack]

Are there any bands out there with 4 blondes, all about 24 years old, large breasts and pert asses? If so can i have a t-shirt with a piccie of them on please.