Cleaning up

[Rob905]

I'm slowly getting to where I want the site to be and have a couple of things left.

Running 1.3.8a www.robertensing.com

I have modified the style sheet a bit to allow for a wider and taller banner.

Is it possible to adjust the color and/or style of lettering for the wording accross the banner? IE, can "Gifts for All Occasions" be done in white Edwardian Script or the like?

I don't want to start guessing at the tags in the style sheet in case I break something in there. (Just got IH2 working again) :-)

Any other suggestions on cleaning up the site are most welcome.
My next task will be to rename the sidebox headers appropriately.

Thanks again.

[rstevenson]

If the text is being rendered in the browser -- that is, it's not a graphic of text -- then you'll be limited to the fonts available on the site vsitor's system.

There are exceptions to this, about which I have only a vague notion -- something to do with adding some software to your server which can render fonts on the fly and present them to the browser.

Google will be your friend on this issue. I looked for "fancy fonts on websites" and got a bunch of useful hits.

Rob

[Rob905]

Yes, the text will be rendered in the browser as it's handled by one of the PHP files.

I just wanted to know if the config files with ZC allow for that flexibility and if so, what file and what tags I need to use.

[Qdixon]

you are also getting quite a few queries... to make the site run faster turn off "category counts" and the "parse time" in the admin panel

[rstevenson]

Well, you'd set the fonts you prefer for the various page elements in your stylesheet. But as I said, if a font you specify isn't on the visitor's hard drive, it won't display, and they'll see one of the fallback fonts you specify.

So how common is Edwardian Script?

Try changing this in your stylesheet...

#tagline
{
color: #000000;
font-size: 6em;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

to this...

#tagline
{
color: #000000;
font-family: 'Edwardian Script', cursive;
font-size: 6em;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

Rob

[Rob905]

you are also getting quite a few queries... to make the site run faster turn off "category counts" and the "parse time" in the admin panel

If you mean the Google spyder, it's on this site constantly. I can only assume that is helping me in the "ratings" as I sometimes see actual people IP's in there looking at my stuff.

When I go to the site it loads quite fast.

Thanks for the tip.

[Rob905]

Well, you'd set the fonts you prefer for the various page elements in your stylesheet. But as I said, if a font you specify isn't on the visitor's hard drive, it won't display, and they'll see one of the fallback fonts you specify.

So how common is Edwardian Script?

Try changing this in your stylesheet...

#tagline
{
color: #000000;
font-size: 6em;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

to this...

#tagline
{
color: #000000;
font-family: 'Edwardian Script', cursive;
font-size: 6em;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

Rob

Awsome, that's exactly what I was looking for.
Is there a place where I can get all the tags that are available for use on this site or is it just what ever goes in any stylesheet?

[misty]

if a font you specify isn't on the visitor's hard drive, it won't display

Dont have Edwardian script on this netbook, so am seeing
Comic Sans instead...why are you not adding text using
Edwardian script directly onto header image and saving tagline option for notice of special sales or any other merchandising text?

[stevesh]

I'm seeing Comic Sans, too, which is the kiss of death for an ecommerce site's professionalism for me.

I'd also recommend placing that text into the header image, using any font you want.