Feed manager? What does it do for me?

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1/23/2011 12:47:03 PM

Phill

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Thanks Squire Dude

Re: Feed manager? What does it do for me?

Hi Joe D,

Feed Manager ... Feed Item Title (font-size & color)

I was unable to locate the tag using FireBug, but was able to find it using the MS IE Developer Tool...

It is the "h3" tag... inside the "div class=rsstitle" tag... Changing the "rsstitle" font-size value failed to produce any change to the site... changing the "h3" font-size did change the font-size.

Now to find the appropriate "h3" tag for the Feed Manager.

I have looked in several of the style files (stylefeedmanager/stylemojo/style-artisteer-override) and so far no luck!

Can you please point me in the direction of the "h3" tag for the feed manager object?

Thanks
Phill

1/23/2011 1:01:08 PM

Joe Audette

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Re: Feed manager? What does it do for me?

Hi Phil,

You need to get beyond the mindset that everything boils down one to one with css class names. You also need to realize that not all possible CSS selectors are going to be pre-defined already in the css files, it is ok and expected to contsruct your own selectors.

If you want to style an h3 inside a div with class="rsstitle", it does not require another class on the h3, you can do it like this:

.rsstitle h3 { font-size: 15px;}

the selector above means style any h3 contained inside another element with the class rsstitle with the style rules inside the {}

this document is the key to mastering CSS:

http://www.mojoportal.com/css-its-all-about-understanding-selectors.aspx

Hope it helps,

Joe

1/23/2011 1:26:24 PM

Phill

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Thanks Squire Dude

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Hi Joe,

Thanks for the explanation and example. You should teach classes as explain things so well.

I was afraid that if I messed with the style and added a new item that it would cause something someplace else to crash and burn or at the very least look strange!

Thanks again
Phill

1/23/2011 4:01:39 PM

Phill

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Thanks Squire Dude

Re: Feed manager? What does it do for me?

Thanks Joe,

I read the article you pointed to and it does make things a lot clearer.

I must be still missing some detail as I have tried to change the font-size & color to no avail.

NOTE: Each time I changed the stylefeedmanager.css file I also added or deleted a blank line from the web.config to make sure it is re-read. I also changed the color so it would be easier to see the change take effect.

Maybe I am completely off the mark as to the tag. I just realized that the title of each item in the feed manager is a hyperlink, so it would not be an h3 but something else!!!

Am I correct in this assumption?

Methods tried

.rsstitle { margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; } h3 { font-size: 10px; color: black; }

also

.rsstitle { margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; }.h3 { font-size: 10px; color: black; }

also

.rsstitle h3 { font-size: 10px; color: black; }

also

.rsstitle.h3 { font-size: 10px; color: black; }

None of which seem to work!

Phill

1/23/2011 4:24:38 PM

Phill

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Thanks Squire Dude

Re: Feed manager? What does it do for me?

Hi Joe,

Dahhhh now I feel really stupid!!! daahhhh which brain am I using Brian? (Sorry Month Python add lib there.... got carried away )

Anyway, of course the code worked in the CSS file. I was not scrolling down the page to see the changes. I dug deeper with the Dev Tool to find that the tag code should have been...

.rsstitle H3 A:link { font-size:12px; }

EXCEPT, for some unknown reason some of the feed items are NOT being effected by the CSS change?

I can either remove the feed altogether nor ask to see if someone else can see what I am missing for the tags on those items that are much bigger than the rest?

Thanks
Phill

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