Re: [MediaWiki-l] Another styling question

Ops, of course, using the right rule. "Background: transparent" is what I was trying to communicate :P Mlpearc On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Mlpearc &lt;mlpearc(a)everythingfoodanddrink.org > Maybe something like this: > > /* Banners inside banner shells. */ > .mbox-inside .standard-talk, > .messagebox.nested-talk { > border: 1px solid #0000FF; > *background-color: transparent;* > width: 100%; > margin: 2px 0; > padding: 2px; > } > > > > Mlpearc > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Steve VanSlyck &lt;s.vanslyck(a)spamcop.net&gt;wrote;wrote: > >> That's part of the group I'd copied over. But let me give it a shot with >> just that and nothing else and report back. >> #WAITFOR{{Jeopardy Theme}} >> Well, I did as you suggest. The grey comes through on the template page >> but on on the page whereon the template is transcluded. >> >> Anything else I could look at that comes to mind? >> >> >> >> On 3/8/2013 23.07, roger(a)rogerchrisman.com wrote: >> >>> Maybe you want this snip from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/** >>> MediaWiki:Common.css <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css> >>> : >>> >>> /* Other pages message box styles */ >>> table.ombox { >>> margin: 4px 10%; >>> border-collapse: collapse; >>> border: 1px solid #aaa; /* Default "notice" gray */ >>> background: #f9f9f9; >>> } >>> >>> There is more below that, too. I prefer simple stuff myself. The >>> Wikipedia's templates are a few orders of magnitude more complex than >>> I like. Too many fingers in the pie I guess. Why note bake your own >>> templates, and keep it simple? >>> >>> Roger :-) >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Steve VanSlyck &lt;s.vanslyck(a)spamcop.net&gt; >>>>> >>>> Me again. >>>> >>>> If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Template:In_creation<http://en.wikipedia.… will >>>> see that the template box has a light grey background. I've tried >>>> copying a >>>> rather large section of MediaWiki:Common.css to my own wiki's >>>> Common.css but >>>> I'm obviously not grabbing the right part. Can you advise when section >>>> is >>>> the correct one to grab? It does not appear to be in the group starting >>>> with >>>> >>>> /* Article message box styles */ >>>> >>>> and ending much further below with >>>> >>>> /* Allow for hiding text in compact form */ >>>> .compact-ambox .hide-when-compact { >>>> display: none; >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>>> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org &lt;MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l<https://lists… >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org &lt;MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l<https://lists… >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.**org &lt;MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l<https://lists… >> > > > > -- > * > Mlpearc* > Founder > Everything Food & Drink.org > everythingfoodanddrink.org<http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index… > Phone: 760-718-1290 > -- * Mlpearc* Founder Everything Food & Drink.org everythingfoodanddrink.org<http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index… Phone: 760-718-1290