Not All Template Designer Advanced Wizards Work
Saturday, September 26, 2015
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An occasional weblog possessor reports frustration amongst diverse "Advanced" Template Designer wizards, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Get Help amongst an Issue.
The problem, amongst blogs that purpose a "Simple" template, is that the template does non incorporate the CSS rules required, to allow the wizards to range results.
Every "Advanced" sorcerer uses iii elements.
Every Template Designer "Advanced" setting sorcerer requires iii elements.
The "Simple" templates omit the necessary CSS rules.
Every template provides #1, together with #2. "Simple" omits #3, for diverse wizards.
At to the lowest degree iii "Advanced" wizards don't work, amongst "Simple" templates.
This paragraph of "Variable definitions" code appears to live on mutual to all templates.
This is i known occupation "Advanced" sorcerer group.
The grouping requires CSS rules, which purpose iii variables.
For the iii wizards to work, the template needs CSS rules to use
The required CSS rules exactly are non present, inwards exactly about templates.
Each of the inwards a higher house iii CSS names are acquaint exclusively inwards the "Variable definitions" section. In the "Simple" template, in that place are no CSS rules to brand the variables useful.
I've seen this a couplet times. Some templates are non complete. This is a frequent annoyance, amongst exactly about custom 3rd political party templates.
"Simple" is exactly that.
There are solutions.
There are several possible solutions, inwards gild of reality.
Most weblog owners, reporting the problem, volition opt for #1 - though I suspect that this omission has caused exactly about confusion that is non reported.
I accept entered my novel color palette nether "template>advanced>" - together with the colours volition non present upward on the blog.This weblog possessor wants unlike background colours, than are provided every bit defaults - together with does non sympathize why the wizards, that advise
I fifty-fifty checked that the color values were correct nether "Edit HTML".
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The problem, amongst blogs that purpose a "Simple" template, is that the template does non incorporate the CSS rules required, to allow the wizards to range results.
Every "Advanced" sorcerer uses iii elements.
Every Template Designer "Advanced" setting sorcerer requires iii elements.
- The GUI sorcerer (below).
- The "Variable definitions" section, which defines the GUI wizards (below), together with the CSS variables.
- The CSS rules, that purpose the variables.
The "Simple" templates omit the necessary CSS rules.
Every template provides #1, together with #2. "Simple" omits #3, for diverse wizards.
At to the lowest degree iii "Advanced" wizards don't work, amongst "Simple" templates.
This paragraph of "Variable definitions" code appears to live on mutual to all templates.
This is i known occupation "Advanced" sorcerer group.
<Group description="Backgrounds" selector=".body-fauxcolumns-outer"> <Variable name="body.background.color" description="Outer Background" type="color" default="#66bbdd"/> <Variable name="content.background.color" description="Main Background" type="color" default="#ffffff"/> <Variable name="header.background.color" description="Header Background" type="color" default="transparent"/> </Group>
The grouping requires CSS rules, which purpose iii variables.
For the iii wizards to work, the template needs CSS rules to use
- body.background.color
- content.background.color
- header.background.color
The required CSS rules exactly are non present, inwards exactly about templates.
Each of the inwards a higher house iii CSS names are acquaint exclusively inwards the "Variable definitions" section. In the "Simple" template, in that place are no CSS rules to brand the variables useful.
I've seen this a couplet times. Some templates are non complete. This is a frequent annoyance, amongst exactly about custom 3rd political party templates.
"Simple" is exactly that.
There are solutions.
There are several possible solutions, inwards gild of reality.
- Use a unlike template.
- Remove the extraneous code from the "Simple" template.
- Add the necessary CSS, to purpose the variables defined.
Most weblog owners, reporting the problem, volition opt for #1 - though I suspect that this omission has caused exactly about confusion that is non reported.