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Old comment from 2008

I'm not sure, but the "Change page color with CSS" section looks vandalized. I'm new here, so I don't know how to fix it, but if someone else could, that would be great. -Me (talk) 01:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the current version _{(permalinked so when it gets fixed people can still see it)} of this page, the title is obscured by a narrow white bar that runs the width of the page. I didn't see what in the code is causing it. It could also be something that's broswer specific; I'm using IE7, Vista Home Premium, and Monobook skin, in case that matters. Dansiman (talk|Contribs) 15:07, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that too but I'm using Firefox on Vista Premium rather than IE..londonsista | ^Prod 03:30, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rounded Corners Template

I was wondering where the template called rounded corners is. I wanted to look at the code. To see how it is writen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidAHare (talk • contribs) 15:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

borders and page background

I am so lost. I try making borders but I can't do it. Its the same with the page background. All it does is color my table of contents. Sorry to complainAqualover (talk) 02:30, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Aqualover has a point. This page should start with very simple examples (that is, one border, one background color, using the basic colors, such as "red"). Then the examples should get steadily more complex. This allows us to see the simple one and add complexity as we understand it better. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 02:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this point. However, I would not know how to make it possible myself. _Mrwoogi010 ^✉ 16:44, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The font families.

The font families don't appear like they should. I have no idea why. Does anybody have any idea why? If you do, FIX IT!! Just kidding. Lighthead...KILLS!! 07:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Misplaced edits

How do new editors find this page so quickly? -- John of Reading (talk) 10:49, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Color of userpage

Hello. How do I work – {| | style="background:BACKGROUND COLOR; color:TEXT COLOR" | – on my userpage? Once I put in the colors I want, it doesn't display... I've even try putting |} at the end of the page or even right after the code. Right now I use a different way, but I want ALL font colors changed if possible. Thanks. 🎄 Corkythehornetfan 🎄 20:05, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you (Corkythehornetfan) already figured out, but I'm posting an explanation for anyone else who might be wondering:

Tables rarely contain more than one paragraph per cell, so if you use headings or paragraph breaks inside the table, it might not work. A better option is to use a div element:

<div style=style="background:BACKGROUND COLOR; color:TEXT COLOR">
TEXT</div>

That should work, even when you put headings in the TEXT.

Right now, the visual editor can't edit sections on their own. But if that ever changes, it might depend on creating its own divs around each section. That would not work if a manually created div starts in one section and ends in another one. So, just to avoid unexpected changes in what gets coloured and what not, I'd probably start a div after each heading and close it right before the next one. – Pretended leer {talk} 21:09, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article format

The first section of this page recommends editors to set up their user page in "article format". This seems to conflict with the guideline on user pages, under the heading "User pages that look like articles", telling them Userspace ... should not be used to indefinitely host pages that look like articles. So this appears to be poor advice, leaving new editors at risk of finding their user page deleted as a "fake article": Noyster (talk), 12:42, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Noyster: I think article format means the simple types of formatting that's commonly used for articles and fake article means text that, by the words it uses, looks like an article. You can use {{Userpage}} to make it reasonably obvious that the userpage is not an article. Also, you might want to write in first person or use a less formal language than what you use in articles. And don't use {{infobox person}} on a userpage. {{Infobox wikipedian}} is okay though. Stub templates should also be avoided, but if you make a fake one like the following, I doubt it would be considered wrong:

This Userpage is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expending it.

But using a real stub template would not be okay. – Pretended leer {talk} 21:09, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Colours within sections

So here I tried to colour a heading without colouring or removing the section edit link. For some reason, the section editing link might show up in the wrong side. But it works, and I intentionally kept the heading colouring inside the heading so that I wouldn't need to start a div element in one section and end it in another one.

Should I mention that approach on the page? – Pretended leer {talk} 21:09, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]