bb00001.pl script - is green!

[lozzyfluff]

Hi - new to actinic and struggling to change a script.

We have set up a new account for a promotion. But when you log into the account from the front end the Welcome 'customer' script is highlighted across the page in bright green!
The colour block does not appear in the page source code and I can't find where to edit the login script that puts the welcome message on the page!

Any help urgently and gratefully recieved!

L.

[Barbara]

Hi Laura

Mine was blue! As a new Actinic user, I was stumped too. It also stumped the helpdesk for nearly a week! Suspect it is something to do with the new v. 9 code having a bug. However between us we discovered that in Design/Text/Website/Customer Accounts you will see Welcome Customer Message and this has a reference to the background colour of the table line :-

<table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align=center bgcolor="%s">%s<b>Welcome to Online Catalogue</b>&nbsp;%s%s</td></tr></table>

Try changing the bgcolour="%s" to the web colour you want - use hex code i.e. #ffffff for white.

If this doesn't work there is also a reference in the source code to the welcome message table on the Store top page (ensure you are in Section Page Section Name on Top) and look for the code just below SubSectionListBottom. There is a div line (probably about line 58 depending on how many changes you have made), and this line refers to an image which is the table line. I was recommended by the helpdesk to amend this line to read :
<div class><img src="theme_shim.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=" " /></div>
i.e. taking the definition of class out. Sorry but can't remember what the original bit was, but it appears to work! Hope this helps.

[NormanRouxel]

Don't delete any %s or %d in these prompts. They are placemarkers for content and everything that follows will be skewed if you omit one. Instead do this.
Replace:

<td align=center bgcolor="%s">

with:

<td align=center bgcolor="yellow" dummy="%s">

This places the old colour code into a dummy parameter and the rest of the variables will then appear in the correct place.

[Barbara]

Norman

Thanks for spotting my typo mistake about the placemarkers %s ! Yes, I originally deleted them and lost the Buyer/Account names on the Welcome Message. Once I put the markers back the customer names mysteriously appeared again.

This forum is fantastic for new users like me, I'm finding it full of really useful stuff, expanding my knowledge etc - and knowing there is someone out there who can probably help is great (rather than hanging on for hours for the Helpdesk, and then being asked to submit a snapshot for examination and an answer the following day (- oops, what did I say! ) However, as a new user (and not a techie but an ordinary business woman) I do find the quality of the helpdesk support somewhat variable and sporadic. Without you guys, what would we all do? Million thanks!

[NormanRouxel]

Barbara, Laura. Welcome to the Community.

Looks like you're one of the "guys" yourself Barbara, as you're already helping others at only your 4th post on the forum.

[lozzyfluff]

Thanks!

WOW! Thanks for all your help you guys!

I'd figured that this was where I needed to change things but I couldn't figure out how and didn't want to stuff anything up by making a change I couldn't get out of (not that I'm not completely sad and make notes on ANYTHING i change first tho!)

Thanks for the help and the nice welcome!

[lozzyfluff]

It Works!

Hi Guys!

All your suggestions sorted out the horrid green box which is brilliant!
However, any suggestions on why the font is wrong - ie standard Times front instead of the font that the rest of the site displays in?

Thanks again!

[Paula Nassif]

good tips... I sorted out my blue problems.......
thankssssssssssssssssssss