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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › Change Menu color and thickness

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Tagged: nav color, navbar height, primary nav, secondary nav

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 6 months ago by askdesign.
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  • January 13, 2018 at 1:27 am #215355
    ahfaraz
    Member

    I want to change the color of my theme's menus and thickness. Also, want to change the color of the footer. Please help.

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    June 30, 2020 at 4:42 pm #499778
    askdesign
    Participant

    MENU COLOR and THICKNESS (height)
    (use whatever colors you want; just use mine as examples)
    • ORIGINAL CODE:

    #primary-nav {
        background: #83d2ff none repeat scroll 0 0;
    }
    
    #header {
        background: #000;
        padding: 0; 
    }
    
    .navigation ul li {
        float: left;
        line-height: 24px;
        position: relative;
        transition: all .25s linear;
    }
    
    OR
    
    #primary-navigation a {
        padding: 14px 15px;
    }
    
    #secondary-navigation a {
        padding: 12px 25px; 
    }
    

    • MODIFIED CODE:

    #primary-nav {
        background: #a383ff none repeat scroll 0 0;
        padding: 10px 0; /* --- for increased height --- */
    }
    
    #header {
        background: #2459be;
        padding: 10px 0;/* --- for increased height --- */
    }
    
    .navigation ul li {
        float: left;
        line-height: 14px; /* --- for reduced height --- */
        position: relative;
        transition: all .25s linear;
    }
    
    OR
    
    #primary-navigation a {
        padding: 8px 15px; /* --- for reduced height; works best without searchbox in navbar --- */
    }
    
    #secondary-navigation a {
        padding: 6px 25px; /* --- for reduced height --- */
    }
    

    FOOTER COLOR
    • ORIGINAL CODE:

    .copyrights {
        background-color: #83d2ff;
    }

    • MODIFIED CODE:

    .copyrights {
        background-color: #b6dd3d;
    }

    Anne S. Katzeff
    Designer | Artist | Teacher

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