Hey all. By accident i set the background color for certain things black and I can’t figure out how to revert it so i can see.
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Lost_Hope accidentally changed the background color of certain admin parts to black and is unable to revert it. Falco suggested using Discourse Safe Mode to disable the theme, but this did not resolve the issue. Lost_Hope suspects that editing the CSS may be the cause. pfaffman asked if the CSS was edited outside of the theme editor and requested the site URL. Heather_Dudley suggested using a browser extension to force color changes on the client side to make the site visible. simon explained that safe mode does not override changes to the default theme’s color scheme and offered support team assistance if the site is hosted by them.
You can use How to use Discourse Safe Mode to disable the theme and revert the change.
For you edit the css in some way other than the theme editor?
Can you share you site url?
Aren’t there browser extensions you can add to force color changes on websites on the client side? I can’t think of the name off the top of my head, but it would at least make it visible so you could edit it.
It is a bit of an edge case, but loading a site in safe-mode does not override changes made to the default theme’s color scheme. It looks like the the issue on the site is related to changes that have been made to its color scheme.
If the issue is happening on a site that we host, get in touch with our support team. We can help to sort it out.