{"id":4547,"date":"2015-09-18T08:07:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2015-09-18T08:07:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:07:31","slug":"what-happen-to-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2015\/09\/18\/what-happen-to-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to the menu?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/fixBonB4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2009 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/fixBonB4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Affected NILE page\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Many instructors have commented that the menu on their NILE site has vanished &#8211; or become black text on a black background &#8211; which makes navigation a little tough for students! Sadly this is a bug that has been around for a long time (see &#8216;<a title=\"NILE Menu items \u2013 Who turned the lights out?\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2013\/09\/27\/nile-menu-items-who-turned-the-lights-out\/\">Who turned the lights out<\/a>&#8216; from September 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Our advice (if affected) remains pretty much the same:<\/p>\n<p>1. Open the <strong>Site Manager<\/strong>, <strong>Customisation<\/strong>, <strong>Teaching Style<\/strong> menu item and scroll down to the background colour and text colour pickers.<\/p>\n<p>2. Edit the background colour and chose a very light contrasting background or type in &#8216;ffffff&#8217; (&#8216;f&#8217;\u00a0six times) into the code value box for a white background.<\/p>\n<p>3. &#8216;Submit&#8217; to save changes<\/p>\n<p>Alternately, you can also select the &#8216;default&#8217; theme, which fixes the issue too.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly advise NOT using themes in any case. The vast majority lack high contrast colours and make the menu difficult to read. You may also be unaware that themes add an image to the lower left that can be totally inappropriate for your subject content and appear rather &#8216;childish&#8217;. Always use the Student Preview to check what your site looks like to students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/09\/fixBonB4.jpg\"><\/a>Many instructors have commented that the menu on their NILE site has vanished &#8211; or become black text on a black background &#8211; which makes navigation a little tough for students! 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