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RobMacDonald

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A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 20:30
 
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I'm guessing the setting I'm looking for are staring me right in the face but for the moment, I'm stumped.

1. Is there a way to change the color of the text used for the album title as it appears on the landing page for my site? I've been digging around with settings from both the jalbum base settings as well as Story setting looking for a way to control the text color and just can't find anything. The issue is that the text is too light to standout when the background image is also somewhat light.

2. This second issue seems to be new. As I recall, the album title would honor the case (upper or lower) that I used on the jalbum setting page (General --> Album title). So I enter robsphotos in lower case but when the album is build, it displays in all upper. Not sure if I inadvertently changed some other setting that would cause this but figured someone might have an answer.

If you want to see examples of what I'm referring to, take a look at:

https://robsphotos.blog/

Thanks

Rob MacDonald
JeffTucker

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Re: A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 20:41   in response to: RobMacDonald in response to: RobMacDonald
 
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RobMacDonald wrote:
2. This second issue seems to be new. As I recall, the album title would honor the case (upper or lower) that I used on the jalbum setting page (General --> Album title). So I enter robsphotos in lower case but when the album is build, it displays in all upper. Not sure if I inadvertently changed some other setting that would cause this but figured someone might have an answer.

That's the easy one. You've chosen Julius Sans One as the headline font. That font has only caps and small caps. It doesn't have what you'd recognize as lower case. So your title is being shown as small caps. Enter Robsphotos, instead of robsphotos, and you'll see the difference - the capital "R" is larger than the other letters, which are all small caps.

On that settings tab in Story, the little preview window on the right will show you how the title text will be shown. Try switching to a different headline font, like Barlow Light or Dosis Bold.

ETA: Try Jura, which is also sans-serif, and is similar to Julius Sans One, but with genuine upper and lower case. That one gets my vote!
JeffTucker

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Re: A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 20:55   in response to: RobMacDonald in response to: RobMacDonald
 
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RobMacDonald wrote:
1. Is there a way to change the color of the text used for the album title as it appears on the landing page for my site? I've been digging around with settings from both the jalbum base settings as well as Story setting looking for a way to control the text color and just can't find anything. The issue is that the text is too light to standout when the background image is also somewhat light.

Trickier, but also fixable. The color of that text, and its border, are tied to the style you've chosen, in this case, White. You could choose a different style, but that would change a whole raft of other things at the same time, so it would be quite a trip down the rabbit hole.

To target just that text and border color, head for Story > Advanced > Custom code > CSS, and enter this:
.hero .cont.dark.border .title h1 {
	color: #ff0000;
}
.hero .cont.dark.border .title {
	border-color: #ff0000;
}
I've chosen red in this case, just to make it really obvious that it's having the intended effect. You could, of course, choose different colors for the text and the border.
JeffTucker

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Re: A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 20:59   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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Given the theme image you're using, you could either go much lighter for the title, like a pure white #ffffff, or a notch down from that, like #eeeeee, or you could go for contrast, and choose something closer to black, like #444444.
RobMacDonald

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Re: A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 21:03   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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Thanks so much for that quick response and answers Jeff. Let me go and see what I can do with the info you provided.

Many thanks. - Rob MacDonald
JeffTucker

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Re: A couple of questions
Posted: 10 Jun 24, 21:13   in response to: RobMacDonald in response to: RobMacDonald
 
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BTW, for the headline font, you can enter the name of any Google font - you don't have to choose from the preset selection. Try Play, for example, one that I've used often in demo albums.

ETA: Or you could go "full Goth," and choose UnifrakturMaguntia.
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