Title: Mysterious dot
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Mysterious dot

 *  Resolved [Jen M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenm73/)
 * (@jenm73)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/)
 * I have a mysterious floating bold dot in my sidebar area next to each text widget
 * Search turns up a few possible solutions:
 * `#sidebar li { list-type: none; }`
    per [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/299016?replies=7](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/299016?replies=7)
 * or
 * `ul list-style:none.`
    per [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/323405?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/323405?replies=2)
 * Where do I put these lines of code? style.css or 2010style.css? I can’t find #
   sidebar or any other obvious place to put it, but sidebar.php is full of li and
   ul tags
 * 2010 Weaver theme
 * Site is at [http://radiusensemble.org/test/](http://radiusensemble.org/test/)
   
   Not live yet Username is igor, password is igor the composer’s last name (all
   lowercase)
 * Thanks in advance for any help!

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583700)
 * Your site is asking for authentication. Can’t be accessed.
 * [edit] Nevermind…. I’m an Idiot… Be right back!
 * 😛
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583704)
 * I even spelled it right the first time!
 * Adding this at the bottom of the style sheet removes them:
 * #primary ul li {list-style:none;}
 * But I can’t speak with any authority on editing that theme. I have yet to use
   any of the 2010 weaver themes. You can try it if you like. Perhaps someone will
   have a better suggestion.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583709)
 * On further inspection,I’m not sure if I’m focusing on the same thing that you
   are. I do see one single dot next to the MIT image on the left. Is that the area
   of concern?
 *  Thread Starter [Jen M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenm73/)
 * (@jenm73)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583720)
 * Yes! That’s the offending dot.
 * I added the code above to style.css and 2010style.css to no avail. Am I missing
   something? I’m editing within the WP dashboard from the Editor link under Appearance.
 * Thanks for your help!
 *  Thread Starter [Jen M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenm73/)
 * (@jenm73)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583723)
 * This area seems promising, but I’m not sure what if anything to modify
 * (from sidebar.php)
 *     ```
       <?php
       	/* When we call the dynamic_sidebar() function, it'll spit out
       	 * the widgets for that widget area. If it instead returns false,
       	 * then the sidebar simply doesn't exist, so we'll hard-code in
       	 * some default sidebar stuff just in case.
       	 */
       	if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' ) ) : ?>
   
       			<li id="search" class="widget-container widget_search">
       				<?php get_search_form(); ?>
       			</li>
   
       			<li id="archives" class="widget-container">
       				<h3 class="widget-title"><?php _e( 'Archives', 'twentyten' ); ?></h3>
       				<ul>
       					<?php wp_get_archives( 'type=monthly' ); ?>
       				</ul>
       			</li>
   
       			<li id="meta" class="widget-container">
       				<h3 class="widget-title"><?php _e( 'Meta', 'twentyten' ); ?></h3>
       				<ul>
       					<?php wp_register(); ?>
       					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
       					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
       				</ul>
       			</li>
   
       		<?php endif; // end primary widget area ?>
       ```
   
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583740)
 * I’m afraid I’m stumped! I thought maybe it was something that had been added 
   as an inline style in a template somewhere, but I don’t seem to be able to find
   it in the source anywhere. Someone with a much sharper eye will need to spot 
   that one. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any real help.
 *  Thread Starter [Jen M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenm73/)
 * (@jenm73)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583743)
 * Thanks for trying! Anyone else??? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Jen M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenm73/)
 * (@jenm73)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysterious-dot/#post-1583760)
 * Some fiddling in the widget area seems to have solved it. First I moved the MIT
   logo up under the constant contact sign up box, essentially combining two text
   boxes. Then the dot appeared up next to the Facebook logo. So just for the heck
   of it I put a
    -  tag at the beginning of that text (HTML really) box and that seems to have
      fixed it… for now.
    - I am noticing that sometimes deleting a widget and recreating it solves a 
      lot of weirdnesses…

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