What have I done that's wrong

[Fil Ben]

Setting up my VB5 5.4.1 I have added a description to the channels. I wish to colour those descriptions but it is only working on two of the channels
on the ones I am now adding formatting to it shows that formatting on the front:



Can anyone explain why this is happening please ?

[Wayne Luke]

That code should work as long as your browser supports the font tag. Make sure that the proper characters are there and that all tags are closed in previous descriptions.

[Fil Ben]

Thanks Luke. I've tried it on lots of different forums even copied the complete description from one of the ones that have worked and pasted
it to another and it's not working there so no change in the code.

I'm using Chrome and Edge

[Mark.B]

What you've actually got for that description is this:

<b><font color="green">Go on, Have a go, you pay them.</font></b>

That's why it's not working.

[Fil Ben]

You're right, I've just had a look - Why is it changing, you can see what I have entered ?

[Mark.B]

Should really do it like this anyway:

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: green;">Go on, Have a go, you pay them.</span>

[Fil Ben]

I've just copied and pasted what you said Mark but it is the same:

[Wayne Luke]

You're right, I've just had a look - Why is it changing, you can see what I have entered ?

Do you have "Can Use HTML" permission for that section.

However, if it were my site then I would use CSS to color these.

#forum31 .forum-desc {font-weight:bold;color:red;}

#forum32 .forum-desc {font-weight:bold;color:green;}

#forum33 .forum-desc {font-weight:bold;color:blue;}

Etc...

You can get the forumXX value by right-clicking on the name and choosing Inspect in Chrome or looking at the Channel Manager in the AdminCP. The XX is the node id. Then when you enter your text in the description, you don't have to worry about HTML.

[Fil Ben]

Thanks again Wayne can you tell me where I add that css ?

Out of interest, do you know why it is working in some descriptions and not in others ?

[Fil Ben]

I've just added again what you suggested in post #6 but it changed that again and now shows:

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: green,">Go on, Have a go, you pay them.</span>

Why is it changing it ?

[Wayne Luke]

I've just added again what you suggested in post #6 but it changed that again and now shows:

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: green,">Go on, Have a go, you pay them.</span>

Why is it changing it ?

Because you don't have the permission to post HTML in that channel. This is a security feature and by design. You need to make sure that you have permission to use HTML by editing the channel permissions under Channel Management -> Channel Permissions. This is controlled on a per channel basis. Being an Administrator doesn't automatically give you all permissions.

[Wayne Luke]

Thanks again Wayne can you tell me where I add that css ?

CSS is always added to the css_additional.css template. This can be editing the template in the AdminCP or by clicking "Style" in Site Builder and clicking on the CSS Editor Tab.

[Fil Ben]

Brilliant, thank you Wayne that worked, you're the man.

Funny how the other two worked though as I hadn't changed any permissions or added any css.