Title: Spaces in Posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Spaces in Posts
* Resolved [smartyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartyd/)
* (@smartyd)
* [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spaces-in-posts-1/)
* I have a couple spacing issues I haven’t been able to fix on my blog [http://www.theamazingagingmind.com](http://www.theamazingagingmind.com):
In the post “stigma-tazing”, I uploaded an image and wanted it to have a border
that hugged the image. I did get a border, but it fits around the whole space
designated for the image, not around the image itelf. How do I outline the image
only? The CSS code currently reads:
* .postcontent img {
border: 3px solid #efefef; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px; }
* Next, I want to eliminate the excessive space between the post title and the
post content. The reason I have this space I believe is that I had to include
some javascript in the “head” section of the post. The code creates the pop-up
you see when you mouse over the word “taze” at the bottom of the post. I tried
putting this CSS in the stylesheet, but it didn’t work. The only place I could
get it to work was to put it in the post, but its presence creates this extra
space. I suspect I should put the code in the functions.php, but then what to
name the function, and where to call up that name elsewhere? I’m a complete neophite
at php!
Can anyone please help? Thanks Marty
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* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spaces-in-posts-1/#post-1475643)
* the image has a padding-bottom of 10px, and the border will go around that as
padding counts as part of the element; you could replace it with margin-bottom.
* the styles do not cause any space.
as far as i can see in your html code (from
the browser) you have an we>rd paragraph just before these styles `` and another weird paragraph with a linebreak at the beginning of the paragraph
before the image `![]()
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must be added automatically by WordPress (it’s not visible in the editor),
and I don’t know how to take them out. I tried looking for the file via ftp,
but can’t locate it on the host to edit it. Where do posts reside on Bluehost?
* Thanks!
* Thread Starter [smartyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartyd/)
* (@smartyd)
* [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spaces-in-posts-1/#post-1475730)
* Also, in the image, I added the 10px at the bottom to give the image a vertical
look. The image is actually a lot skinnier than the outline, but the outline
doesn’t hug the right and left sides of the image even though I have 0px padding
left and right. Argh! Can I put -10px?
* Thread Starter [smartyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartyd/)
* (@smartyd)
* [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spaces-in-posts-1/#post-1475780)
* Finally found a solution to the spaces at the top of the post.
I had to go into
the stylesheet and change the spacing before the post to zero, then add spacing
after the postdate to 18px. For some reason, that’s the only combo that worked.
Now, to find a solution to the frame around the image…
* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spaces-in-posts-1/#post-1475794)
* > The image is actually a lot skinnier than the outline
* actually, the image (as the thumbnail) is 150px * 150px; maybe the original image
was narrower, but the one you are using in the post is square.
it might be possible
to change something in the thumbnail settings(?)
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