Error Message

Does anyone know of a site wide setting that can be implemented to ensure the error or confirmation messages members receive are more visible (dark blue or black). At the moment the light gray used is hard for some members to notice.

A - element inspectors (such as firebug) are your best friend. Firefox, chrome and safari come with one by default. Right click the area you are wanting to change and click Inspect Element. B - from here you can make changes to your css code and see what will happen without actually modifying your site, and once you have what you want, make note of what changes you made and what section they are in.

C - templates/base/css/common.css - look for:

.MsgBox .msgbox_content {
    background-color:#F8F8F8;
    border:3px solid #e2e2e2;
    border-radius:3px;
    -moz-border-radius:3px;
    -webkit-border-radius:3px;

    color:#ccc;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-transform:uppercase;
}

change color to what you want. if you are using a custom template - then add this to your common.css file instead of changing whats in your base/css/common.css file

.MsgBox .msgbox_content {
    color:#ccc;
}

again, change color to what you want. I changed mine to black - pic attached.

Thanks prof. What 3 digit code did you use for black? I tried #fff and #000 but it did not work for me.

the #000 or #fff shoud have worked, but if not then try #000000(zeros), or it may be #ffffff. I forget which one is black and which is white.

#000 is black, think of it as zero values for the bits; zero light is dark.  If you did not see the change, it is because of caching; you have to sometimes clear your browser cache as well as the Dolphin caches.

Great it worked with:  color:#000000

Thanks PROF.

For the future, you all should bookmark this page, http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp

it is great when your asking a client what colors they want.

Especially for me since I'm color blind in reds and greens. 

Yes GeekGirl you were right... I had to clear my public cache before the settings worked.