Took a look at your site. Do you have familiarity with how to update a CSS stylesheet? Right now your content box looks like this:
#post-area .post .gridly-copy {
width:250px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
padding-top:10px;
paddingbottom:20px;
overflow:hidden;
clear:both;
}
Notice that right now “margin-left” and “margin-right” are both set to auto. All you need to do is delete both of these from the class and your content will be aligned to the left.
For you, you can use your FTP to navigate to: http://blackboxstudios.org/studios/wp-content/themes/gridly/css/light.css
Then find “#post-area .post .gridly-copy” and delete “margin-left” and “margin-right.”
Also, if you want to make the whole box a little wider, since everything will be pushed to the left now, you can increase the “width” attribute to ~300px.
Hope this helps.
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
Hi, thanks a lot for your very quick and very clear answer.
I followed your instructions and deleted “margin-left” and “margin-right.” from #post-area .post .gridly-copy” but nothing seems to have changed.
any idea what you think the problem could be ?
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
to be clear I mean on the “home” page
And you saved and updated the CSS file? I’m still seeing margin-left and margin-right set to auto.
Another way to fix it is to add a value to margin-left, something small. Try margin-left: 5px; This will force a value and move all of the content to the left side. Make sure to update your CSS file and clear your cache to see the changes. I would do this, it’s a good way to test to make sure you are doing it right.
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
thanks again !
yes I saved it and emptied cache and this time I tried margin-left: 5px
but still no results
this is my address chain /studios/wordpress/wp-content/themes/gridly/css
I’m not seeing any changes to your CSS, are you sure you are editing the “light.css” file?
Also, I noticed there are two places that you can try changing. Both “#post-area .post .gridly-copy” and “.gridly-copy” can be changed to margin-left:5px;
Once you’ve tried this, use a tool like Firebug for Firefox, or on Chrome, right click on the headline and select “Inspect Element.” This should give you a view of your CSS styles. It’s a good way to see if they’ve been updated. Somewhere along the chain the file is not being updated so make sure you check.
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
Thanks again
I haven’t downloaded Firebug yet (because on somebody elses computer) but I have downloaded the “light.css” file onto another computer and the file is indeed altered with deleted “margin-left” and “margin-right.” from #post-area .post .gridly-copy” as well as “.gridly-copy”
it’s possible that I am missing something very basic as I really have no experience at all with this
Interesting. When I visit http://blackboxstudios.org/studios/wp-content/themes/gridly/css/light.css
I’m still seeing the auto set on the margins.
Are you using any cache plugins like super cahce or total cache? If so, disable these plugins temporarily. Other then that, you may just have to wait until the server updates the files, though that should be done by now. Click the link above to see the CSS file I am talking about.
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
Yup, they are very different. The one that you posted has /wordpress after blackboxstudios.org/studios. What you need to do is navigate to the /wp-content in your root directory, not the one in your /wordpress directory.
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
thanks again
ok /wp-content isn’t in my root directory only inside the wordpress folder – should I move it into the root from the wordpress folder ?
I definitely wouldn’t move the directory. The thing is, your WordPress blog URL is http://blackboxstudios.org/studios. That means that WordPress installed in your /studios folder. Am I correct in this assumption? If you visit http://blackboxstudios.org/studios/wordpress/ then you get a 404, meaning nothing is there. It’s weird that you have a /wordpress directory inside the root, since it seems like there is nothing there.
Are you sure you’re following your FTP to /studios and then searching in there for /wp-content? Are there any redirects in place?
Thread Starter
mrpuha
(@mrpuha)
got it ! there were 2 directories called studios so the path was /studios/studios/wp-content/themes/gridly/css
god bless you sir – thanks for your patience and expertise !
magic
Ah I see, those paths can be tricky 😀
Glad I could help!
