Editing dynamic sidebar part II

I can see your stylesheet. 🙂

Both requests are totally possible. Unfortunately, we may need some hooks to attach some CSS to.

Can we . . . get the border of the search box to line up with the post box right under the header image?

Must confess I’m not sure I understand what you’re aiming for. Initially I read your question to mean you wanted to eliminate the border around the search box. If so, can you give the div and ID of “search_box” or something similar?

If not, can you be a tad more specific how you’d like it?

The text in the very bottom (non-widget) box is tight up against the left side of the box. How do I pad it to match the padding in the widget boxes?

Do me a favor and enclose quote text in a paragraph or blockquote – it will make it easier to style.

Here’s what you have:

<div class="box">
"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden." <br />
<i>St. Augustine</i>
</div>

Here’s how I’d do it:

<div class="box">
<blockquote>"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
<cite>St. Augustine</cite>
<blockquote>
</div>

Ok, the quote box looks nice. Thanks.

It does look nice. Let me know if need to tweak it further.

there is a bigger gap between it and the header image than there is between the header image and the “Greetings” box on the right. I would like the gaps to be the same

Easiest thing may be to change this:

#sidebar div {border:1px solid #ccc;margin-top:1em;float:left; width:250px;padding:10px 0;}

To this:

#sidebar div {border:1px solid #ccc;margin-bottom:1em;float:left; width:250px;padding:10px 0;}

We’re just adding margin to the bottom instead of the top of the sidebar divs.

Make sense?

Can we get a little padding between the search window and the border box?

Try adding this:

.box form{padding:0 10px;}
.box form #search_input {color:#666;width:220px;}

in IE and the text in the RRS feeds widgets is running outside the border boxes

Ah, good ol’ IE . . .

Try this:

#sidebar .rssSummary {
margin:5px;
}

Or, maybe better yet:

#sidebar .rssSummary {
margin:5px 10px 5px 0;
}

Hey Ken,

Try either increasing the margin on the right (my pref), or adding padding like so:

Change this:

#sidebar .rssSummary {
margin:5px 10px 5px 0pt;
}

to:

#sidebar .rssSummary {
margin:5px 20px 5px 0pt;
}

or:

#sidebar .rssSummary {
margin:5px 10px 5px 0pt;
padding-right:10px;
}

I don’t know how to show my appreciation for all your help, except . . .that you should go to the Knob Hill bar in NW Portland and try a Knobby Burger or . . .see if Acapulco Gold’s is still in existence.

Super nice of you, thanks. Yep, I’m driving to WordCamp from Washington – if you’re close you should go!

Thanks! Yeah, Oliver’s great, but I’ve never seen him give CPR. You’ve got something special there. 🙂