Title: Multiple column display
Last modified: April 27, 2018

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# Multiple column display

 *  Resolved [layale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/layale/)
 * (@layale)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-column-display/)
 * Hello,
 * I would like to know how to apply the multiple column display? I have copied 
   to the root plugin folder the file a-z-listing-multi-column.example.php from 
   inside the templates folder and renamed it to a-z-listing.php but I am getting
   a blank page. The file is smaller in size than the original. Do I have to add
   the content to the original file or replace it?
 * One more question, is there a paging possibility of the list under a certain 
   character is way too long?
    Many thanks, Regards.

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 *  Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/)
 * (@diddledani)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-column-display/#post-10230070)
 * The instructions are supposed to tell you to copy the file to your <b>theme’s
   </b> directory within `wp-content/themes`, e.g. `wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/
   a-z-listing.php`, not into the `wp-content/plugins` directory. If they don’t 
   state that then I can fix it, but that’s what you’re supposed to do.
 * A White Screen of Death when you try to use this plugin indicates that you’re
   likely missing the `mbstring` extension to PHP. Your web hosting provider should
   be able to tell you how to enable it if they support you doing so. Otherwise 
   you’ll need a different hosting provider that does allow `mbstring`. If you’re
   self-hosting on your own server then you can install it yourself using the tools
   provided by the operating system, such as `apt` or `yum`. For Ubuntu and Debian
   systems the package you’re missing is called `php-mbstring`.
 * There is no possibility for paging the results.
 *  Thread Starter [layale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/layale/)
 * (@layale)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-column-display/#post-10231004)
 * Thank you!
 * I have placed the file in the correct location and enabled mbstring. It is working
   perfectly well.
 * I would like to know if it is possible to stop showing the Back to top link after
   every character list?
 * Thanks again,
    Regards.
 *  Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/)
 * (@diddledani)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-column-display/#post-10234188)
 * Yes you can either edit the template you copied to your theme to remove the back-
   to-top link or you can use CSS to hide the links.
 * For removing the link from the template you need to either comment-out or delete
   the line that includes:
 *     ```
       <div class="back-to-top"><a href="#letters">Back to top</a></div>
       ```
   
 * To hide using CSS the rule you want is either:
 *     ```
       div.back-to-top {
           display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Or if you want visually impaired visitors to still be able to use the link, you
   could use (based on [the best practice documentation](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/best-practices/markup/the-css-class-screen-reader-text/)):
 *     ```
       div.back-to-top a {
         border: 0;
         clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
         clip-path: inset(50%);
         height: 1px;
         margin: -1px;
         overflow: hidden;
         padding: 0;
         position: absolute !important;
         width: 1px;
         word-wrap: normal !important;
       }
       div.back-to-top a:focus {
         background-color: #eee;
         clip: auto !important;
         clip-path: none;
         color: #444;
         display: block;
         font-size: 1em;
         height: auto;
         left: 5px;
         line-height: normal;
         padding: 15px 23px 14px;
         text-decoration: none;
         top: 5px;
         width: auto;
         z-index: 100000; /* Above WP toolbar. */
       }
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/).
      Reason: fix second css block to target the anchor tag not the div
 *  [mashcomzw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mashcomzw/)
 * (@mashcomzw)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-column-display/#post-10270305)
 * Thanks for the fix.

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