Formatting wish.

[Ronnie]

I wish we could set format preferences like font size, I have to change the size for every post. Nevertheless, thank God for what we have and for the freedom we enjoy.

 

[Tall Timbers]

If only Xenforo were that sophisticated. Thankfully it's pretty easy to change font size.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I wish we could set format preferences like font size, I have to change the size for every post. Nevertheless, thank God for what we have and for the freedom we enjoy.

Can you change the font size in your browser?

That would change the font on every website you go to.

Zoom probably wouldn't help as much, but nothing lost by trying.

 

[pixelpusher]

@Ronnie old post, I just saw it. I think I've seen you say you use an iPad, is that correct?

If you are using Safari on iPad, there are a couple of apps/extensions you can install that let you run custom CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for websites. I have not used these, but your question was interesting, as I do use custom CSS on my desktop Safari for a couple sites, so thought I'd google on it for iPad.

Unfortunately, it's not as simple on iPad as loading a custom stylesheet via Safari preferences on desktop. But these apps/extensions appear to make it possible:
1. Makeover - Custom CSS
2. Userscripts

Both available in the App Store, both free and claim no user data tracking.

What I'm unclear on is if you have to initialize them for each use. In my custom stylesheets on the desktop, the class or ID names are unique enough for websites that they suffice for limiting the restyling to those sites.

If you're interested in trying this route, I could investigate them a bit further, test and if it seems to be a viable solution, write some custom styles you could paste into your installation.

 

[pixelpusher]

On the other hand, perhaps a better way, if you go to your user profile preferences tab, there is a place to choose a style. I currently show choices for Novus and Novus Light, which I assume are stylesheets in the Xenforo installation.

It may be possible to create a new or child stylesheet to go alongside these in the install. Then a user would have the option of choosing the stylesheet with the larger font via their regular account preferences on the site.

a global change could be as simple as saying:

body { font-size: 1.2em; }

That would make the font 1.2 times as large as the default... or, specific classes could be targeted.

 

[pixelpusher]

Google Search

There's an AI overview of how to customize Xenforo...

 

[Tall Timbers]

There's an AI overview of how to customize Xenforo...

Our site has an overlay called Xenfocus.

 

[pixelpusher]

Our site has an overlay called Xenfocus.

XenFocus Novus apparently has a theme editor, and there's a way via the control panel to import a new style. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe it may be as simple as uploading a new stylesheet even with a single global line like I posted above, and within CP add the stylesheet, and set the parent style to Novus. That way, it should only modify that main sheet in a non-destructive way, and be preserved during upgrades. Because it would be "connected" to the base Novus as a parent, I think it would load that first, then load the child style, which would override with whatever declarations were in there.

Doing a global body font scale may mess with things like the toolbar in a post, so it might need additional declarations to avoid touching certain classes. Just have to test it and see what needs tweaking.


Customizing XenFocus Novus theme:

Google Search

 

[Ronnie]

@Ronnie old post, I just saw it. I think I've seen you say you use an iPad, is that correct?

If you are using Safari on iPad, there are a couple of apps/extensions you can install that let you run custom CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for websites. I have not used these, but your question was interesting, as I do use custom CSS on my desktop Safari for a couple sites, so thought I'd google on it for iPad.

Unfortunately, it's not as simple on iPad as loading a custom stylesheet via Safari preferences on desktop. But these apps/extensions appear to make it possible:
1. Makeover - Custom CSS
2. Userscripts

Both available in the App Store, both free and claim no user data tracking.

What I'm unclear on is if you have to initialize them for each use. In my custom stylesheets on the desktop, the class or ID names are unique enough for websites that they suffice for limiting the restyling to those sites.

If you're interested in trying this route, I could investigate them a bit further, test and if it seems to be a viable solution, write some custom styles you could paste into your installation.

Yes, I use an iPad, but it hasn’t charged in a while. I avoid Safari.