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How to Re-Color subSilver
A tutorial by Imoen

Does it ever bother you when you visit another forum and you see they are using the same default style as you? So you want to make your forum unique, with a style no one else has, then this is the tutorial for you!

This tutorial is designed to show you, step by step, with helpful pictures, how to create your own custom styles, by re-coloring subSilver.

When you finish, you can create great looking styles like this one:



The first thing you do is go into the admin panel and under Styles Admin -> Menu -> Edit Styles Data -> click on Edit by the subSilver style.

(You need to have subSilver installed to do this, if you don't have it,follow this guide).

Leave Background Image blank.

Background Colour changes the outside part of the background. The red in this picture, shows you what the Background Colour changes.



Text Colour changes all the text on your forum, this isn't just on the index. The red in this picture, gives you an idea, of what the Text Colour changes.



Link Colour similar to Text Colour changes all the links on your forum, this isn't just on the index just like the Text Colour. It also changes the very top board of the boards. The red in this picture, gives you an idea, of what the Link Colour changes.



Visited Link Colour changes the color of any links you have visited. You can get an idea of what it would change by the same picture as the next one (only instead of hovering your mouse over it, you have already viewed that board).

Hover Link Colour changes the color of what any links your mouse is hovering over. The red Test Board 1, gives you an idea of what this changes.



Leave Active Link Colour blank.

Table Row Colour 1 changes the main part of the board, on the left side, this also changes the color of the every other post you make (starting with the first post). The red in this picture, shows you what the Table Row Colour 1 changes.



Table Row Colour 2 changes the sames as Table Row Colour 1, only on the right side, this also changes the color of the every other post you make (starting with the second post). The red in this picture, shows you what the Table Row Colour 2 changes.



Table Row Colour 3 changes the bottom part of the top of the boards. The red in this picture, shows you what the Table Row Colour 3 changes.



Leave Table Row Class 1, Table Row Class 2, and Table Row Class 3 all blank.

Table Header Colour 1 changes the color of the border between the outside background and the front background. The red in this picture, shows you what the Table Header Colour 1 changes.



Table Header Colour 2 changes the color of the border that goes around the boards. The red in this picture, shows you what the Table Header Colour 2 changes.



Table Header Colour 3 changes what is shown in red in this picture.



Leave Table Header Class 1, Table Header Class 2, and Table Header Class 3 all blank.

Table Cell Colour 1 changes the color of the quote boxes.


Table Cell Colour 2 changes the color of the front background, and also the border inside the boards. The red in this picture shows you what the Table Cell Colour 2 changes.



Leave Table Cell Colour 3 blank.

In Table Cell Class 1 type row1, and in Table Cell Class 2 type row2. Leave Table Cell Class 3 blank.

In Font Face 1 type Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, in Font Face 2 type Trebuchet MS, and in Font Face 3 type Courier, 'Courier New', sans-serif.

In Font Size 1 type 10, in Font Size 2 type 11, and in Font Size 3 type 12.

Font Colour 1 changes the color of the copyright. The red in this picture, shows you what the Font Colour 1 changes.



Font Colour 2 changes the color of the mod color. The red in this picture, shows you what the Font Colour 2 changes.



Font Colour 3 changes the color of the admin color and also changes the text on the very top part of the board (not shown in picture). The red in this picture, shows you what the Font Colour 3 changes.



Note: These might change other small sections not on the index that I have not mentioned, I recommend just playing around with different colors, to see what changes after you have the index how you want it. If you use this guide you take full responsibility for any damage caused to your forum.

There are other things you can do with your custom style, like change the fonts, ect, but I am not going to go into that. This is meant to be a simple guide, on how to give your forum a new look.

**The styles used in the examples were both created by Dumdadum.