Why are my blocks not transparent

[Evilbeard]

Hi,

I have been altering an existing style to fit in with what I need. The problem is the blocks & widgets are white & not transparent like the rest of the theme. Does anyone know what I have missed?



Thanks

[LifesGreatestGift]

would help if we could see the forum to tell you why its not transparent.

[Evilbeard]

Sorry pal. http://www.baw-clan.co.uk

If someone could just let me know which stylevar to alter etc.. I would much appreciate it!

Thanks

[LifesGreatestGift]

Looks fine in FF5, IE9 and Chrome 12. Not sure, but the issue may be your browser. Everything is transparent in the listed browsers.

[Evilbeard]

Sorry, I had loaded another theme whilst I worked on it. It is set the problem one now.

Thanks

[LifesGreatestGift]

by the looks of it, you will need to alter a few stylevars to get the desired effects. you will need to make background colors "transparent", remove borders and drop-shadows (glow effect).

The background color you are looking for in the CMS stylevars is #F1F1F1 change it to "transparent" (without quotes).

[Evilbeard]

You couldn't give us a hint could you? Maybe an idea of what they would be called?

Thanks

[LifesGreatestGift]

vbcms_widget_block_background
vbcms_widget_border
vbcms_widget_content_background

look at those for starters.

[Evilbeard]

None of them exist. Could that be the problem? Can they be created?

[Jeff Ledger]

add this to additional.css

.cms_widget {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: 0 none;
}
.widget_content {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
    border: 0 none;
}
.cms_widget .block {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
}

also remove the ugly stylevar shadow_color (set to transparent).

My css also remove all the border of the blocks, if you need it back, just remove these border lines.