Change theme colors. N00b. Help plz

[Baba Wawa]

I have been screwing around on and off for days with the theme on my message board, and cannot figure out for the life of me how to get what I want. I am new to this and am the only one who bothers to figure things out since the old board owners sold it to me. The current theme is a modded Afresh red I believe, but now I just want everything on it that is red to be made green. I saved all the custom icons and made them green, but now I have no idea how to get to /images to upload them and use them. LOL. I suck! Then, all the other things that are red and not images, I'm not exactly sure where to do that, but I bet I can figure that out once I get on a roll. I have exported the theme and tried modding it on the computer then uploading it again, the xml file or whatever, but that doesn't work. I have tried other themes but they do not have the look I want, or fit the way it should. I just want ALL BLACK and one other color. Is there a tutorial somewhere that can explain this to me as if I am a five year old? WAH!
This is how it looks, atm.

I am an idiot. Someone help. Thanks <3

[faviouz]

So you just want to change the red to green, and keep the rest in black as it is?

You can edit those in AdminCP -> Templates & Style -> Themes -> **your theme** --> global.css --> Simple Mode. Then select #panel (for the bar with the User CP links) or #thead (for the bar with Main and Board Statistics) and change the color.

[Baba Wawa]

yes! that is basically it. but then, where it says SFU and then the bio hazard looking icons under where it says 'forums', i want to replace those with green ones. i already saved and modified them on my computer, but how do i upload them to the board? thank you for you help, sir.

[faviouz]

Bio hazard icons
For the bio hazard looking icons, you must have:

on.gif (for when you have new posts)
off.gif (for when you do not have new posts)
offlock.gif (for when the forum is closed)

Save them with these names, and upload each to: images/filth/
If you're asked to replace the images, say yes.

Logo
As for the logo, save it as logo.png and upload it to images/filth/ as well. Replace it if asked. Afterwards, go to Admin CP -> Templates & Style -> Themes -> **your theme** -> Board Logo and make sure the field is set to images/filth/logo.png. That should do it.

Thead image
For where it says "Main" and "Board Statistics", you will also need a green image. Get this image, make it green, save it as thead_bg.png and upload to images/filth/. Replace if asked.

Let me know if this works for you.

[Baba Wawa]

how do you know the theme is saved as filth?!
also, i exported filth and then uploaded it again as a new theme called foolth.
i have already saved the logo and on off icons, but i do not know where to go to upload things to the /images/ directory.

[faviouz]

You can see the name of the folder in the CSS, or just copy the link of the logo and see the folder. Example: http://www.sickfucksunited.com/forums/im...h/logo.png

Either way, you don't upload it to /images/, you upload it to /images/filth/ (or whatever name you have now).

[Baba Wawa]

how do i upload it, where in the admin panel do i upload it

[Charlie Hadden]

you have to upload it via FTP. There is no option in the ACP

[faviouz]

Yeah, there's no option in the Admin CP. You must upload it via FTP.

I have been screwing around on and off for days with the theme on my message board, and cannot figure out for the life of me how to get what I want. I am new to this and am the only one who bothers to figure things out since the old board owners sold it to me.

Did the previous owner give you the FTP details, cPanel or anything of the sort? Do you have any idea of where the website is hosted at?

[Baba Wawa]

hostgator. i have access to the cpanel. where do i upload it in there?