[Zope] changing standard colours

[Robin Becker]

In article <37D5F548.88936648@libc.org>, Bill Anderson
<bill.anderson@libc.org> writes
>Robin Becker wrote:
>...
>> >Squishdot uses a properties tab with a bunch of entries for colors. 
>Generalizing
>> >from that, it would seem that adding some string properties to your root 
>folder
>> >containing color values would give you global control over page colors, and
>> >still let you overide them as neccesary.
>> >
>> >Michael Bernstein.
>> so you suggest just having
>> properties
>> 
>> normal_text
>> normal_bg
>> normal_alink
>> 
>> etc etc. sounds ok
>
>Here is what I do on many of my sites, user discretion is advised, YMMV,
>etc.. :-)
>
>I tend to use CSS a lot. I create a /Styles Folder, where I use DTML
>Documents as my stylesheet (with names like 'Main_css' 'Doorway_css'
>etc.). In these I use dtml variables in place of defining colors, ie:
>
>p
>   {
>      color:   <dtml-var MainTextColor>;
>   }
>
>Then, I define folder properties at the root folder for the basic color
>scheme of the site. 
>This technique also can take advantage of aquisition. On libc.org, users
>can set new colors by adding the appropriate variable. I am also
>extending it for fonts, etc. I am working on a HOW-TO that should be on
>the zope.org beta within the week.
>
>--
>Bill Anderson
>
...
again sounds good.
-- 
Robin Becker