Title: CSS Layout Question Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # CSS Layout Question * Resolved [dustindriver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustindriver/) * (@dustindriver) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-layout-question/) * Greetings WordPress community! * I just launched a blog here: [http://dustindriver.com](http://dustindriver.com) * It’s based on the theme “An Ordinary Theme,” but I’ve made some tweaks. * I really like it now, but I’d like to move the content (posts and page content) to the center and move the navigation to the right. * I’ve tried tweaking some float tags in the stylesheet, but I broke the layout. I also changed a float tag in the suckertree.css to “right” and the menu items moved to the right, but their order was reversed . . . strange. * BTW, I know the suckertree script is total overkill for what I’ve set up, but I can’t figure out how to remove it without breaking the template. * If anyone could point me in the right direction to moving the content to the center and the menu to the right, I’d really appreciate it. * And if you can remove the suckertree script and clean up the code for me, let me know. I’d definitely pay you for your time. * Thanks! * -Dustin Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-layout-question/#post-1139712) * > I’ve tried tweaking some float tags in the stylesheet, but I broke the layout. * That doesn’t surprise me. In a floated doesn’t, the floated elements/blocks have to come **before** any non-floated block. so simply switching around floats in CSS doesn’t always work. You also have to re-structure the markup. * > I also changed a float tag in the suckertree.css to “right” and the menu items > moved to the right, but their order was reversed . . . strange. * Nope. Perfectly logical. 🙂 When you float a list right, you effectively change it’s direction from left=to-right to right_to_left. So Item 1 will be on the far right, Item 2 will sit to the left of Item 1 etc. * I think you definitely need to drop suckertree for now. You also need to sort out the menu markup as that’s a bit of a mess validation wise (which won’t do you any favours if you’re trying to re-design the layout). * However, now would also be a good time to stop and consider how you want this site to grow longer term. Right now, you only have 6 top level page/catgeory links in your horizontal menu but what about in 1 year’s time? Or 2 years? Will that menu be able to cope if you need to start using sub-pages and sub-categories? If not, how will you provide sub-navigation menus? * Thread Starter [dustindriver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustindriver/) * (@dustindriver) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-layout-question/#post-1139738) * Hi esmi, * Ah, I see about the float right tag. Makes perfect sense now! * Sort out the menu markup? How so? * And as for growth, I’m not concerned about this particular template. The beauty of WordPress is that I can simply swap out the entire template for one that has sub-menu navigation, if I ever need it. For the foreseeable future, I don’t anticipate needing sub menus. I like to keep things absurdly simple on my site. And in a few years time I’ll likely switch out this template or hire someone to build a custom template for me. * Thanks for your response! * -Dustin * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-layout-question/#post-1139887) * > Sort out the menu markup? How so? * If I remember correctly, you have list items that are not enclosed in a `