Using the design option will change the color of the text only while the text is animating. When it's stopped, it changes because it's defaulting to what is defined in the script.

If you know jquery, you would need to modify the view.js file. It uses the RGB method for colors, instead of the the more common hex (ex. #cccccc).

Looking at this add-on, it's rather lacking in customization options. I happen to be working on an add-on similar to this, but it'll have more customization options.

I think the file is below. There were four files named view.js in my backup. There appears to be a colorRGB function, but I don't know how to read it (yet).

Is there an interface to which I can direct my content managers? Or do I have to edit the file and, what, FTP it into place?

Thank you,
George.
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var mtx = function () {
/* ==== private variables & methods ==== */
var stop = false;
var frm, lineDelay, charDelay;
var colorText, colorMatch, colorGhost, elapsedTime;
var lineIndex = 0;
var lineChar = [];
var animStack = [];
var colorStack = [];
/* ==== rgb color ==== */
function colorRGB (c) {
return 'rgb('
+Math.round(Math.min(255, Math.max(0, c[0])))+','
+Math.round(Math.min(255, Math.max(0, c[1])))+','
+Math.round(Math.min(255, Math.max(0, c[2])))+')';
}
/* ==== Easing functions ==== */
function Ease () {}
Ease.prototype = {
ease : function () {
this.m += this.s;
this.x0 += (this.d * this.m * .0025);
if (this.m == 20) this.s = -1;
return this.x0;
},
init : function (x0, x1) {
this.m = 0;
this.s = 1;
this.d = x1 - x0;
this.x0 = x0;
}
}

/* ==== Load Lines ==== */
function loadLines () {
// read text from HTML form
text = document.forms.mtxform.text.value.split("\n");
// loop through all lines
for (var j = 0; j < text.length; j++) {
var t = text[j];
if (t) {
var n = t.length;
lineChar[j] = [];
// first pass: create characters capture RELATIVE offset coordinates
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
lineChar[j][i] = new Character(t.charAt(i), j);
// second pass: convert to absolute position
for (var i = 0, o; o = lineChar[j][i]; i++) {
if (o.c == "|") {
// remove spaces
lineChar[j].splice(i, 1);
frm.removeChild(o.o);
i--;
} else {
// convert to absolute position and render
o.o.style.position = "absolute";
o.moveHTML();
// push first line in animation stack
if (j == 0) pushAnim (o, charDelay * i);
}
}
}
}
}
/* ==== Character Constructor ==== */
function Character (c, line) {
if (c == " ") c = "|";
this.c = c;
// create HTML element and append the the container
this.o = document.createElement("span");
this.o.innerHTML = c;
this.o.style.zIndex = 2;
frm.appendChild(this.o);
// capture relative offset positions !
this.x0 = this.o.offsetLeft;
this.y0 = -this.o.offsetHeight * 1.5;
this.x1 = this.x0;
this.x2 = this.x0;
this.y1 = (line + 1) * this.o.offsetHeight;
this.y2 = frm.offsetHeight;
this.mx = new Ease();
this.my = new Ease();
this.c0 = [colorText[0], colorText[1], colorText[2]];
}
/* ==== Character functions ==== */
Character.prototype = {
// ---- character animation ----
anim : function (i) {
// temporization
if (this.delay > 0) {
if (elapsedTime)
this.delay -= new Date().getTime() - elapsedTime;
} else {
// moving
this.x0 = this.mx.ease();
this.y0 = this.my.ease();
this.moveHTML();
if (!this.my.m && !this.mx.m) {
// remove from stack
animStack.splice(i, 1);
// remove dead characters
if (this.off) frm.removeChild(this.o);
}
}
},
// ----- color fading ------
color : function (i) {
this.c0[0] += this.cr[0];
this.c0[1] += this.cr[1];
this.c0[2] += this.cr[2];
this.ci++;
this.o.style.color = colorRGB(this.c0);
if (this.ci >= this.cs)
colorStack.splice(i, 1);
},
// ----- HTML positioning -----
moveHTML : function () {
this.o.style.left = Math.round(this.x0) + "px";
this.o.style.top = Math.round(this.y0) + "px";
},
// ----- init color fading ------
colorFade : function (c1, steps) {
this.cs = steps;
this.cr = [(c1[0] - this.c0[0]) / steps, (c1[1] - this.c0[1]) / steps, (c1[2] - this.c0[2]) / steps];
if (this.cr[0] != 0 || this.cr[1] != 0 || this.cr[2] != 0){
this.ci = 0;
colorStack.push (this);
}
}
}
/* ==== push character in the animation stack ==== */
function pushAnim (o, delay) {
// init ease
o.mx.init(o.x0, o.x1);
o.my.init(o.y0, o.y1);
o.delay = delay;
// push stack
animStack.push(o);
}
/* ==== next line ==== */
function nextLine () {
if (lineIndex < lineChar.length - 1) {
// display shadow text
for (var i = 0, o; o = lineChar[lineIndex][i]; i++) {
var s = o.o.cloneNode(true);
s.style.zIndex = 1;
s.style.color = colorRGB(colorGhost);
frm.appendChild(s);
}
// matching next line characters
for (var i = 0, t; t = lineChar[lineIndex + 1][i]; i++) {
for (var j = 0, o; o = lineChar[lineIndex][j]; j++) {
if (o.c == t.c) {
// colors
t.colorFade(colorMatch, o.match ? 1 : 20);
t.match = true;
// swap characters
t.x0 = o.x0;
t.y0 = o.y0;
t.moveHTML();
// remove redundant character
frm.removeChild(o.o);
lineChar[lineIndex].splice(j, 1);
break;
}
}
}
// take off redundant characters
for (var i = 0, o; o = lineChar[lineIndex][i]; i++) {
// set target position (off frame)
o.y1 = frm.offsetHeight;
o.off = true;
o.match = false;
o.colorFade (colorText, 20);
// push in animation stack
pushAnim (o, (lineDelay * .8) + charDelay * i);
}
}
// push next line in animation stack
lineIndex++;
if (lineIndex < lineChar.length) {
for (var i = 0, o; o = lineChar[lineIndex][i]; i++)
pushAnim (o, lineDelay + charDelay * i);
}
}

/* ==== main animation loop ==== */
function main() {
// characters
var n = animStack.length;
if (n) {
var i = n;
while (i--)
animStack[i].anim(i);
} else nextLine ();
// colors
var i = colorStack.length;
while (i--)
colorStack[i].color(i);
// get elapsed time and loop
elapsedTime = new Date().getTime();
setTimeout(main, 32);
}

/* //////////// ==== public methods ==== //////////// */
return {
/* ==== initialize script ==== */
init : function (cont, t1, t2, c1, c2, c3) {
// container
frm = document.getElementById(cont);
lineDelay = t1;
charDelay = t2;
colorText = c1;
colorMatch = c2;
colorGhost = c3;
loadLines();
main();
},
changeText : function () {
document.getElementById("show").className = "";
document.getElementById("inputext").className = "hidden";
lineChar = [];
animStack = [];
colorStack = [];
frm.innerHTML = "";
lineIndex = 0;
elapsedTime = 0;
loadLines();
frm.focus();
},
show : function () {
document.getElementById("show").className = "hidden";
document.getElementById("inputext").className = "";
document.getElementById("text").focus();
}
}
}();


/* ==== init text ==== */
onload = function () {

// mtx.init( el, linesDelay, charsDelay, cText, cMatch, cGhost);
mtx.init("frm", 75, 115, [55,55,255], [255,64,220], [244,44,244]);
}

Look for the following (it's at the very bottom of the script):



The values in brackets (ex. [55,55,255]) are the RGB color values - I believe. If you're trying to make everything the same color, try changing these to the same values in all three sets of brackets.

You'll have to edit the file, and FTP it.

Hope that helps?