Why do some fields in the online form have an ugly yellow background?
The culprit is the the Google toolbar that people often install in their browser. Part of the AutoFill feature is to highlight in yellow, #FFFF80, the fields that AutoFill can fill. These are form fields with names like “Name” and “Email”.
How do I get rid of the yellow?
You can specify a background color to the form field. Not just specify, but really, really specify with the !important css hack.
Add this code to your css:
/* non-yellow autocomplete */
input { background-color: #ffffff !important; }
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Great tip, thanks for sharing. Just so you know though, you’re site doesn’t have this code active. Both the comment section and newsletter signup have that ugly yellow color. :p
I bet you are using Firefox on a Mac.
**Disclaimer**
This works for IE, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox on a PC, but not Firefox on a Mac.
Actually, Firefox on a pc. :p
Cropping tip as I am just a bit sick with those yellow fields in my blogs. Hope to hear more tricks from you soon.
There is no custom favicon either. The theme is changed on this site way too often to keep up with.