Netscape Directory Server Gateway Customization Guide: Customizing Graphics and Color


Button Image	Description
stsearch_off.gif	used in the maintitle.html, authtitle.html, csearchtitle.html, and newentrytitle.html pages
stsearch_on.gif	used on the searchtitle.html page
adsearch_off.gif	used in the maintitle.html, authtitle.html, searchtitle.html, and newentrytitle.html pages
adsearch_on.gif	used on the csearchtitle.html page
newentry_off.gif	used in the maintitle.html, authtitle.html, csearchtitle.html, and searchtitle.html pages
newentry_on.gif	used on the newentrytitle.html page
authen_off.gif	used in the maintitle.html, searchtitle.html, csearchtitle.html, and newentrytitle.html pages
authen_on.gif	used on the authtitle.html page

The default Netscape button images have a height of 24 pixels and a width of 122 pixels. If the new button image uses a different pixel height and width, these specifications must be changed in all files in dsgw/html where the image is referenced:

maintitle.html

authtitle.html

searchtitle.html

csearchtitle.html

newentrytitle.html

Changing the default filename of a button .gif file requires updating the filename in all files where the image is referenced.

Any image used to replace a button image must be a true gif image. Images in other formats (PICT, EPS, BPX, TIFF) will not appear as intended.

Color Schemes

Changing the color schemes for a form requires editing the files that make up a gateway form. The procedure for changing colors depends on the gateway file type.

Files Controlling Colors on Gateway Forms

Table 7.2 describes the gateway files that control the appearance of gateway forms. These files may need to be updated when changing the appearance of the banner image, button images, or background and body colors.

Table 7.2 Files Controlling Appearance of Gateway Forms


To Change Colors on the	Edit	File Type
authentication forms	authtitle.html	banner
	authPassword.html	script
	authSearch.html	script
standard search forms	searchtitle.html	banner
	searchString.html	script
	greeting.html	HTML
	list-*.html	search result
advanced search forms	csearchtitle.html	banner
	csearchAttr.html	script
	csearchBase.html	script
	csearchMatch.html	script
	csearchString.html	script
	csearchType.html	script
	emptyFrame.html	HTML
	list-*.html	search result
new entry forms	newentrytitle.html	banner
	newentryType.html	script
	newentryName.html	script
	display-*.html	template
view or edit entry forms	display-*.html	template

Changing Colors Using BODY Tag

Table 7.3 lists the five standard color attributes that can be changed.

Table 7.3 Colors and Related Attributes for BODY tag


Color	Using Attribute
text color	TEXT
background color	BGCOLOR
link color	LINK
visited link color	VLINK
selected link color	ALINK

To adjust background colors in the banner files and other standard HTML files, edit the HTML to change the color associated with the BGCOLOR and TEXT attributes to a different RGB color value (for example, to change background to aquamarine and text to white, use <BODY BGCOLOR="#70DB93" TEXT="#9932CD">)

Changing Colors Using Directives

To change background colors in script files, add a COLORS directive immediately before the BODY tag. The syntax in Example 7.1 shows the use of the COLORS directive to change text color to blue, background color to aqua, and the link color to red.

Example 7.1 Changing color settings using COLOR directives

<!-- COLORS "TEXT=#0000FF BGCOLOR=#00FFFF LINK=#FF0000" >

DS_NEWENTRY_TYPE_BODY -->

In Example 7.1, attribute is a standard HTML %color attribute and color is an RGB color value in the form #rrggbb (or a standard color name, for example, aquamarine).

Changing Table Colors

Specifying Color Names and Color Codes

There are two ways to specify colors:

Use a color value, a six-digit hexadecimal number known as the red-green-blue (RGB) triplet. The RGB triplet always begins with a hash mark (#) followed by 3 2-digit codes that represent the amount of red, green, and blue that make up the color (#rrggbb). There are over 16 million RGB color codes.

Use a color name. There are sixteen standard case-insensitive color names. Table 7.4 lists the sixteen standard color names and their equivalent RGB values

Table 7.4 Sixteen Standard Colors and their Hexadecimal Values


Color Name	Hexadecimal Value
black	#000000
silver	#C0C0C0
gray	#808080
white	#FFFFFF
maroon	#800000
red	#FF0000
purple	#80080
fuchsia	#FF00FF
green	#008000
lime	#00FF00
olive	#808000
yellow	#FFFF00
navy	#000080
blue	#0000FF
teal	#008080
aqua	#00FFFF

Changing Color of Table Headings

To change the color of table heading text, edit the following lines within the template file, so that the BGCOLOR value is an RGB color value in the form #RRGGBB or a standard color name:

The font color can be changed from white to another color using the same method. Within a single template file there may be multiple tables and consequently multiple table head rows that need to be modified to maintain a consistent color scheme.

Changing the Background Color of Table Rows

To change the color of the table body rows, edit the following line for each table within the template file so that the BGCOLOR attribute specifies the RGB color value in the form #rrggbb or a standard color name representing the new color:

<TABLE CELLSPACING="2" BORDER BGCOLOR=#F2F2F2 ...