Changing Color Scheme

In this section, we will learn about changing the color scheme of midnight-rush.

midnight-rush uses fastn default color scheme. If you wish to update the color scheme, choose a color scheme from ourfastn-community color schemes.

To choose one of the featured color schemes, visit our[featured color schemes] (https://fastn.com/featured/cs/)

How to add color scheme?

To add color scheme to your fastn web sites. Edit your FASTN.ftd file and add color scheme dependency into it.

In the below example we are using https://fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush-cs/ color scheme.

Add color scheme dependency into your FASTN.ftd file as shown below example:
-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush
-- fastn.dependency: fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush-cs
Lang:
ftd

How to create a global my-ds page module for midnight-rush?

You can create a my-ds.ftd module inside your fastn package and create your custom my-ds page component.

Let’s learn how to create a module:

Create a new file let’s say my-ds.ftd.

Here’s what your my-ds.ftd module would look like:
my-ds.ftd module
-- import: fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush as ds
-- import: fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush-cs

-- component page:
children wrapper:
optional caption title:
optional body body:
boolean sidebar: false

-- ds.page: $page.title
site-logo: $fastn-assets.files.images.fastn.svg
body: $page.body
sidebar: $page.sidebar
colors: $midnight-rush-cs.main

-- end: ds.page.banner

-- ds.page.extra-headers:

-- ds.h3: Heading in sidebar

`<You can add any component like this inside sidebar.>`

-- end: ds.page.extra-headers

-- ftd.column:
spacing.fixed.em: 0.8
width: fill-container
children: $page.wrapper

-- end: ftd.column

-- end: ds.page

-- end: page
my-ds.ftd
Lang:
ftd

Click on the download icon of the above code-block. my-ds.ftd file will be downloaded. Import this file inside your new .ftd file.

Then use my-ds component to create a new page using it.
-- import: fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush as ds
-- import: <your fastn package name>/my-ds

-- ds.page: This is page title

This is body area. It contains multiple paragraphs.

At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis
praesentium voluptatum.

-- ds.h1: This is heading level 1

This is heading level 1 optional body content.

-- ds.h2: This is heading level 2

This is heading level 2 optional body content.

-- ds.h3: This is heading level 3

This is heading level 3 optional body content.

-- end: ds.page
cs.ftd
Lang:
ftd

Click on the download icon of the above code-block. cs.ftd file will be downloaded.

Add this file inside your fastn project and deploy or run fastn serve on your localhost. Access your localhost in the browser e.g.http://127.0.0.1:8000/cs/ you will see page colors with[SET 1 CS] (https://fastn-community.github.io/midnight-rush-cs/)