Different Coloured default pages and ACP's

[Suzanne O]

Thanks for the purple upgrade login screens fellas.
But it's given me an idea to have optional colours for the default forum.
I know we can create our own but i'm just saying you could have this as a drop down and have say 4 colours that we can use that changes the ACP coloured screen as well.
Many people don't like the mouldy coloured green as the default screen.
But i reckon we need an option to make our forums look better.

 

[QuackieMackie]

I'd personally prefer to see the admin control panel use the the same colour scheme set up in the Appearance -> Style Properties -> Basic colors.

 

[beerForo]

Thanks for the purple upgrade login screens fellas.

That was a bug.

Many people don't like the mouldy coloured green as the default screen.

It is blues.

 

[Suzanne O]

That was a bug.

It is blues.

Doesn't matter if it is a bug or whatever. I happened to love it and i think it should be going further.
Imagine seeing a dropdown box with us clicking a button for a coloured background login.
1. Default colour
2 red
3. magenta
4. green

Say we picked out the magenta and it comes up in a megenta coloured default page. It would look cool and it would attract more people.

 

[mjda]

It would look cool and it would attract more people.

Not one single person is deciding to buy this software, or join any forums, based on what color the login page is.

 

[frm]

There's a config.php variable to change the ACP hue (to make it green to red to purple—whatever shades you want).

@Russ also explains in my styling question — similar to your suggestion — how easy it is to change the Default style's hue to be pretty much anything.

After following this thread, there really is no need for a "drop down" for 4 colors (or less/more) when you can apply it as easily as adding a variable (ACP) or editing color palette 5 and copy/pasting the hue to colors 1-4.

XF 2.3 Thread 'Setting like $config['adminColorHueShift'] for the Default style?'

Jun 15, 2025

I use $config['adminColorHueShift'] = #; in config.php to delineate between the ACP of a production (155 for red) and a dev instance (250 for green).

I'm quite keen on the Default style and would like to use it on multiple forums, with minor CSS changes for different effects (other than color).

So, I'm wondering if there is a config setting that changes the Default style (1) in the same manner or if I'll need to tweak the Color palette, etc. (and get into the nitty gritty if need be for other colors)?

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