How to Change the Text Color in MediaWiki
Changing the text color in a MediaWiki entry can highlight important text and set it apart from other text on the screen. You can use MediaWiki coding to do this in one of three ways: By changing the color of the text, the background color around the text or both the text and the background color. MediaWiki uses the <span> tag to assign colors to the text or text background.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Change Text Color
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Copy and paste <span style="color:#FF0000"> My text. </span> into the MediaWiki entry. This will create red text in the entry.
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Change the “#FF0000” hexadecimal code to change the color of the text. You can view other hexadecimal color codes that MediaWiki accepts on MediaWiki’s “Wiki color formatting help” meta page.
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Change “My text.” to your own text and save your MediaWiki entry to see the changes in text color.
Change Text Background Color
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Copy and paste <span style="background:#FF0000"> My text. </span> into the MediaWiki entry. This will create a red background around the text in your entry.
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Change the “#FF0000” hexadecimal code to change the color of the text background. You can view other hexadecimal color codes that MediaWiki accepts on MediaWiki’s “Wiki color formatting help” meta page.
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Change “My text.” to your own text and save your MediaWiki entry to see the changes in text background color.
Change Both Text and Background Color
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Copy and paste <span style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF0000"> My text. </span> into the MediaWiki entry. This will create a white colored text on a red background in your entry.
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Change the two hexadecimal codes to change the color of the text and the text background.
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Change “My text.” to your own text and save your MediaWiki entry to see the changes in text and text background color.
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