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10 years 6 months ago #41993 by ashnazg
Hello!
Sorry, this is probably a very silly question, but be kind to me, I'm a Joomla newbie! I'm using Joomla 3.2 with the Favourite template to build a website for our archery club, and would like to use your nifty login extension.
I've read the threads on customization, and I do understand that the css files I need to modify to customize colours and position etc are located in /modules/mod_sclogin/css/sc_bootstrap.css and/or /media/sourcecoast/css/sc_bootstrap.css.

My question, for which I cannot seem to find an answer anywhere on the net, is: where exactly do I find and how do I access these directories in Joomla 3.2? I've looked through Template Manager, Module Manager, and JCE file browser all in vain - help?

Thanks a lot!
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10 years 6 months ago #42004 by alzander
The new v4.x release of SCLogin makes this much easier as the sc_bootstrap.css file is a mess. Bootstrap is a CSS and Javascript library, so there's a ton of code in those files and it's not readily readable.

I just created a quick documentation about the theme ability of the SCLogin module. Please check it out and let me know if it helps give you some ideas on how to proceed:
SCLogin Themes

That's not going to tell you the CSS you'd need to create or change to make the looks, but should give you a good outline on general Joomla 'overrides' to keep your changes when you upgrade modules and (hopefully) make life easier.

I hope that helps,
Alex
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10 years 6 months ago #42008 by ashnazg
Hi Alex,
thanks for that, that should indeed make customization rather easier.

However, I'm afraid this still gets me nowhere - your documentation instructs me to "copy the original theme CSS files from the media directory to your new template override directory" before I can start customizing, and as I explained in the original post, my problem is that I don't seem to be able to locate and access the media directory.

Sorry if this is a kindergarten issue for you, but I honestly have not managed to get anywhere with this problem despite a few hours of Googling. Could you tell me how and where in the Joomla backend to actually locate and access the media directory where the original theme CSS files are stored?

Thank you!
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10 years 6 months ago #42018 by alzander
No problem for the questions. Everyone has to start somewhere.

There's not a file-manager built in to Joomla. You won't be able to modify the files directly using Joomla. You'll need to use an FTP client or direct access (SSH) to your server. It may be a little more tedious than you'd like, but that's the general way to make a lot of CSS changes or overrides of layouts in Joomla.

I hope that helps, but if not, let us know.

Thanks,
Alex
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