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Jochen
Jochen May 27 '14
Hi all, changing the height of  header.jpg  in oxwall 1.6.0 origin theme `s  css-file resulted in a page without any text-formating and the header.jpg disappeared.
I did the following: In Admin Section I copyed the complete read only css-file into the box below. I changed the height

.ow_header_pic {
    height: 209px;    to

.ow_header_pic {
    height: 100px;

clicked on the save button and then the site lost all text-formating like bold text and the header.jpg disappeared.

Meanwhile I also read this article > http://docs.oxwall.org/overview:custom_design

So my 3 questions:

Inside the box below the read only css-file - is it OK to insert things like

.ow_header_pic {
    height: 100px;    only ?

 or do I have to insert the complete modified css-file ? 

2nd question: Is it enough to change the values in the css-file which I can see in the Admin-Section or do I have to change those values in the system`s base css  also ?

3rd question:
Will I have to switch to DEV mode before changing css values ?

Thanks in advance, Jochen
The Forum post is edited by ross May 28 '14
ross Team
ross May 27 '14
1. yes you just need to insert


.ow_header_pic {
    height: 100px;  


no need to insert the whole block of styles


2. You need to apply changes in the theme customizer, if you do that in base.css they'll be overwritten while next update of the software. 


3. It is recommended to enable dev mode for the changes to take effect immediately in order to clear the cache. 


As to your problem" clicked on the save button and then the site lost all text-formating like bold text and the header.jpg disappeared.


we could not reproduced it, we applied this style: 


.ow_header_pic {
    height: 100px;


and it worked without any problem. What theme are you using?

Jochen
Jochen May 27 '14
Hi Ross, Thank you for your fast reply.

I still use the origin theme, which is the default one with oxwall 1.6.0

br, Jochen
ross Team
ross May 27 '14
I tried this style on origin theme as well, it works
Jochen
Jochen May 28 '14
Hi Ross,

following your advices it works perfect !

I think my mistake was that I did not activate the DEV-mode.

Now it works. see  rltreff.de/ox

Thank you very much for your reply,

br, Jochen
ross Team
ross May 28 '14
No problem