HTML and CSS

Basic BANS Customization with CSS

The most asked question I ever receive is How do I change the colors?!?!. Build a Niche Store works the same as Joomla, WordPress and etc when it comes to Basic Styling. The design is built off of a CSS Style Sheet. Learning the basics of using and working with CSS will go along way when it comes to working with different platforms on the internet.

This area provides some basic BANS Customization Tips through Css. We will walk through many of the most common Build a Niche Store styles and what needs to be changed.

Please Select one of the following to get started:

• Change Background Borders and Colors
• Edit the Sitename in the Header
• Remove the Sitename from the Header

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Creating an Inline Horizontal Menu with BANS

Many people think that when they use Build a Niche Store they are limited to only using the Category and Page Menus as they display by default. This is not true. By default both menu types will display vertically for use in the sidebar. But what if you want the menu to display horizontally and above your products? This can be done! It is jut a matter of changing the ID used for the menu and adding some new CSS Style to control the look of the Menu ID.

This will open up a whole new area of display and design options for your Niche Sites. You can no longer be limited to the stale old look and having to find ways to “arrange” everything in the sidebars around your menus. By using this very simply modification you can create menus just like the one I use above, with page navigation inline above your category menu. Also, just like on this site, you could display the same menu inline and again in the sidebar if you wanted.

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CSS Color Code List for developing Niche Stores or Websites

Sometimes the hardest place to start in developing your niche is choosing that first color to build off of. Making your store visibly appealing to the general public is the first step in retaining the visitors that stumble across your site. Lots of times we just seem to just get stuck mentally on the same old "sets" of color schemes. I always seem to find myself changing the colors over and over trying to come up with something that is just right.

In order to help me, I decided that being able to "see" different color options was more beneficial than trying to "picture" them. So here is a very long list of CSS Colors I compiled to help with building and designing your niche stores. These colors can be used for any color field in the Style Sheet (style.css).

When you find the color you want just copy the six digit number in front of it and place that in your style sheet.

Have Fun!

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