Title: Colour selector doesn't work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Colour selector doesn't work

 *  [craigclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigclark/)
 * (@craigclark)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/)
 * Colour selector doesn’t work in settings on Wp 3.5
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-about-author/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-about-author/)

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 *  [baekhyun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baekhyun/)
 * (@baekhyun)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283490)
 * Check IE version. If it’s more than 8 press F12 and setting as IE7.
 * Then try again you can see the color value as #ff0329 like this. Just type as#
   ffffff or something else whatever you want manually.
 * I guess it’s something like Cross Browsing Problem.
 *  Thread Starter [craigclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigclark/)
 * (@craigclark)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283492)
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * Sorry – should have said which browser I am on. I’m using Google Chrome on OSX–
   Version 24.0.1312.45 beta.
 * I don’t even get the text field to change it on. I do for a split second as the
   page loads but it quickly disappears – see [screenshot](https://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/bcd05ec9-abd0-4bed-b847-19272f6ccc05/29189f152aecb29f79ed5945d96ed2db).
   That “Select a colour” link does nothing either.
 *  Thread Starter [craigclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craigclark/)
 * (@craigclark)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283493)
 * I just tried it on Safari v6.0.2 and it does the same thing.
 * Where can I hack the settings so I can set it manually in the code?
 *  [spleener](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spleener/)
 * (@spleener)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283499)
 * I would also like an answer to this question if possible.
 * Thanks!
 *  [SuperZambezi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superzambezi/)
 * (@superzambezi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283500)
 * Same problem, but I was able to get around it by changing the compatibility mode
   in Internet Explorer 9. I’m talking about the little broken page icon in the 
   address bar.
 *  [cydklein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cydklein/)
 * (@cydklein)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283501)
 * having the same problem in both chrome 24.0.1312.57 and firefox 19.
 *  [cydklein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cydklein/)
 * (@cydklein)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283502)
 * went into the editing of the plugin pages and changed the wp-about-author/wp-
   about-author.php file.
 * search for the words: `"style="background-color:%%borderbg%%;"`
 * change `%%borderbg%%` to `#XXXXXX` replacing XXXXXX with the the hex color value
   you want to be the background. worked for me!
 *  [spleener](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spleener/)
 * (@spleener)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colour-selector-doesnt-work/#post-3283503)
 * Thank you cydklein.
 * That worked for me too.
 * Cheers, Spleener

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