DeadJournal Reference: Color Usage
The usage areas for custom color schemes, which can be selected at the Modify Journal page, are titles for the variables used when creating styles. Each of the system styles makes use of the variables in different ways, which can be confusing. The following are what the usage area titles mean for each system style. This reference does not include the system styles Notepad, Refried Paper and Webley Boxes on White, since those styles do not allow for this type of customization. Visual aids are included at the beginning of the explanation for each style.
Style Shortcuts:
CLEAN AND SIMPLE
DEFAULT DEADJOURNAL
DISJOINTED
GENERATOR
MAGAZINE
PUNQUIN ELEGANT W/ SIDEBAR
TABULAR INDENT
System Style: CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background: the background of the main journal area
Page text: color of date text, entry text and comment separator
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links
Page emphasized text: subject, time and altposter text/links
Page title: no effect
Weak accent: background of navigation bar
Text on weak accent: navigation links text color
Strong accent: background of title bar and userpic
Text on strong accent: title bar text
Stronger accent: HTML page background surrounding journal
Text on stronger accent: no effect
System Style: DEFAULT DEADJOURNAL
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background: the background of the main journal area
Page text:
LASTN/DAY - color of current view text, entry text, navigation text and the parenthises and separator of the comment
FRIENDS - same as LASTN/DAY plus time text
CALENDAR - the date
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links
Page emphasized text:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - subject text
CALENDAR - year text
Page title: page title ("Username's DeadJournal/Friends")
Weak accent:
LASTN/DAY - background of the time
FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - background of the day of week and empty table cells
Text on weak accent:
LASTN/DAY - time text
FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - day of week text
Strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of the date
CALENDAR background of 'month, year'
Text on strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - date text
CALENDAR - 'month, year' text
Stronger accent: HTML page background surrounding journal
Text on stronger accent: no effect
System Style: DISJOINTED
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background: HTML page background surrounding journal
Page text: no effect
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links
Page emphasized text: no effect
Page title: no effect
Weak accent: border of all boxes
Text on weak accent: no effect
Strong accent:
LASTN/FRIENDS - background of subject box, currents box, comment box and navigation box
DAY - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus previous/next day box
CALENDAR - background of 'Month year' box, day boxes, navigation box, empty box (next to 'years' box) and 'View subjects' box
Text on strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of subject text, currents text and comment separator
CALENDAR - color of 'Month year' text and day text
Stronger accent:
LASTN/FRIENDS - the background of the main journal area, title box
DAY - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus days box
CALENDAR - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus years box
Text on stronger accent:
LASTN/FRIENDS - color of date/time text, entry text and page title (username)
DAY - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus 'days' text
CALENDAR - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus 'years' text
System Style: GENERATOR
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of entries
CALENDAR - table cells with dates
Page text:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - entry text, header text, navigation text
CALENDAR - day of week text and date text
Page link: color of all links except "entries|friends|calendar" links at top
Page visited link: color of all links except "entries|friends|calendar" links at top
Page active link: color of all links except "entries|friends|calendar" links at top
Page emphasized text: no effect
Page title: no effect
Weak accent: background of header and comments
Text on weak accent: no effect
Strong accent: HTML page background surrounding journal
Text on strong accent: no effect
Stronger accent: border of all tables, border of userpic, background of subject line, background of the top of header, background of the top of navigation
Text on stronger accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS/CALENDAR - page title (Username's DeadJournal Entries/Friends) and "entries|friends|calendar" links, subject text, date/time text
CALENDAR - same as LASTN plus 'month year' and subject links
System Style: MAGAZINE
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background: the background of the main journal area
Page text:
LASTN/FRIENDS - entry text, currents text, parentheses around navigation/comments and comments separator
DAY - same as LASTN/FRIENDS plus 'Navigate:' text
CALENDAR - day of week labels
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links
Page emphasized text: subject text and altposter link
Page title: page title ("Username's Journal/Day/Friends/Calendar")
Weak accent:
LASTN/FRIENDS - background of subject text and background of current view text
DAY - background of subject text
CALENDAR - background of day of week labels, empty day background and background of current view text
Text on weak accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - entry border, date/subject border, altposter border
CALENDAR - the date
Strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of date bar
CALENDAR - background of 'year' bar and background of 'month, year' box
Text on strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - date text
CALENDAR - year text
Stronger accent: right-side bar and bottom-border of date bar
Text on stronger accent: no effect
System Style: PUNQUIN ELEGANT W/ SIDEBAR
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of entries and sidebar
CALENDAR - background of dates and subjects link
Page text:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - current view text, time text, entry text, parenthises and separator on comments, currents text
CALENDAR - date text
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links, also works on hover
Page emphasized text:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - subjects text
CALENDAR - year text
Page title: page title (Username's journal/friends) and date
Weak accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - border of entries sidebar, color of horizontal rule between days
CALENDAR - background for day of week and empty table cells
Text on weak accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - day of week text
Strong accent
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - background of 'month, year'
Text on strong accent
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - 'month, year' text
Stronger accent: HTML page background surrounding journal
Text on stronger accent: no effect
System Style: TABULAR INDENT
Visual Guides:
LASTN
FRIENDS
DAY
CALENDAR
Page background:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - HTML page background surrounding journal
CALENDAR - same as LASTN plus background for entries and dates
Page text:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - entry text, header and footer text
CALENDAR - same as LASTN plus date text
Page link: color of all links
Page visited link: color of all visited links
Page active link: color of active links, also works on hover
Page emphasized text: no effect
Page title: no effect
Weak accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background for subject, time, currents and comments
CALENDAR - background for day of week and empty spots
Text on weak accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - subject text, time text, currents text, comment text
CALENDAR - day of week text
Strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - background of left-end of header and footer (LASTN userpic location)
CALENDAR -background of 'month, year'
Text on strong accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - no effect
CALENDAR - 'month, year' text
Stronger accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - date background
CALENDAR - no effect
Text on stronger accent:
LASTN/DAY/FRIENDS - date text
CALENDAR - no effect
Revised Draft: 12/09/02
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