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1. Zorba the Geek
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hello and thanks in advance,

   I'm using theme Twentyeleven with a child theme (which has been activated).

   I wanted to reduce the amount of white space in the area above and below the site title.

   I added this code to my child style sheet, style.css:

   #site-title {
   	margin-right: 270px;
   	padding: 1.5em 0 0;

   And nothing changed.

   Then I went into the Twentyeleven style sheet (not the child)
   found the code there,
   then changed it from 3.65625em to 1.5em

   Then it worked: the change appeared on my blog.

   Am I right to assume that something is not working?

   I should not need to change the TwentyEleven style sheet; I should be able to make this kind of change from my child theme style sheet.

   How can I fix this?

   Thanks again,

   Zorba

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 8 months ago #

   without seeing your site, it is virtually impossible to comment on your problem.

   can you post a link to your site?

   what is the code of style.css of your child theme?
   (please follow http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code if the code is longer than 10 lines)

3. Zorba the Geek
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Sure, and thanks -- here is the link to my site:

   http://ithacarocks.com/

   and here is the link to my Twentyeleven child theme style sheet:

   http://pastebin.com/LvwZ8bB1

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 8 months ago #

   make sure that the curly brackets are closed } for each style;

   for instance for this one:
   

   #branding {
           background: yellow;
   	border-top: 0px solid #bbb;
   	padding-bottom: 0px;
   	position: relative;
   	z-index: 2;

   and this one:
   

   #site-title {
   	margin-right: 270px;
   	padding: 1.65625em 0 0;

   (there might be more; not closing them prevents the further below following styles from getting applied)

5. Zorba the Geek
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Yes, there were more -- and that change fixed everything.

   Thank you very much, alchymyth !

   (Thanks for the solution, and thanks for the fast reply!!)

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