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  • Resolved tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)


    Hi all,

    I’ve been struggling for a week trying to figure this out on my own.
    But I need your help.

    I’m building a simple portfolio site with full screen slideshows on each page with a menu overlay (on the left ideally). I’ve installed plugins to create background slideshows. They work but wordpress is putting page info on top of the slideshow and i want to remove it.
    How do I remove the white overlay (has the page title, content)?
    if that wasn’t clear, here’s the site with the problem:
    http://tomwarrenphotography.com/

    also, is there any suggestion for how to modify my theme to allow the menu on the left side rather than the top (its blocking part of the slideshow)?

    I’d appreciate any suggestions. Help!

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  • Put the below in style.css at the bottom or in your theme options if it allows you to add additional CSS and see if that is what you wanted.

    .page-heading, .page-heading:hover, .block-background {
    background: none;
    }
    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    you, sir, are brilliant! that got rid of the overlay.

    the page title is still there as well as a minus symbol to minimize the page (and just see the background).
    any thoughts on how to remove those as well?

    Ohh I thought you wanted to just get rid of the background.

    Change it to the below to add the other ones.

    .page-heading, .page-heading:hover, .block-background, .page-heading h3, .minimize {
    background: none;
    }
    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    sorry if i wasn’t clear. i only want to see the slideshow on each page (plus the menu on the left).

    i changed the theme css file with both of your suggestions.
    i didn’t notice any difference when i added the 2nd version of the code

    i still see the page name and minimize button. view here:
    http://tomwarrenphotography.com/?page_id=2&preview=true

    any thoughts on moving the top menu bar to the side?
    thanks again for taking the time to reply.

    Tom

    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    correction. your code modification for style.css removed the – sign from the page title bar but the page title still remains.
    thanks again.

    Try to remove the h3 part from .page-heading h3 so it is just .page-heading

    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    i didn’t notice a difference with that h3 removed
    i inspected the element in firefox for the page title that i wanted to remove.
    i grabbed a screenshot.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/123445534@N02/13904726762/

    it seems to be referring to <h3></h3>
    <header class=”page-heading block-background block-inner”>

    i don’t know what file this is in.

    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    i looked at my page source code and see the code i want to remove

    <div class=”main-container container”><div class=”row”>
    <header class=”page-heading block-background block-inner”>
    <h3>gallery 3</h3>
    <div class=”minimize”></div>
    </header><!– .page-heading –>

    i just don’t know what file its from on my server.
    (i know its titled “gallery 3” with page id “2” but can’t find any file named that.

    The below should hide it. Can you link to what page you still see it on with that code in style.css?

    .main-container {
    display: none;
    }
    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    oh, you are a genius!
    that seems to have worked.
    thank you!

    I’d like to pay you something via Paypal for your efforts.
    I don’t have much but if you send your email address, I can send you a few bucks.

    By the way, any thoughts on relocating the menu to the side?

    Tom

    No need to pay. This support forum is for free.

    Moving the menu would be hard. Maybe making the pictures start below the menu would be easier.

    Try

    #supersized li {
    top: 70px;
    }
    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    thank you.

    where does that code go? with the header info?

    Same place. These are just CSS changes.

    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    Hey Aaron,

    I didn’t intend to bother you again. While I was able to fix that one issue with your help, i didn’t know how to use the theme i had to create links on the side. so i’m experimenting with other themes again. i’ve gone through about 50 themes in the past week. going through lines of php and css code that i don’t understand is frustrating.

    Here’s my question.
    Since I only need a very basic design, can you recommend a theme or online guide so I can create it? I have a plugin to create the background slideshow on each page. All i need on top of that is links on the side on each page. thats it.

    all of the tutorials i’ve looked at build a page from scratch using a horizontal menu and lots of other elements i dont need. i don’t even need a menu, just a few links to the other pages.

    can you (or anyone else) point me in the right direction?

    Tom

    Thread Starter tomwrn

    (@tomwrn)

    Disregard, please.
    I think I figured out enough to get me going in the right direction.
    Thanks for your help.

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