Title: Styling MLA Gallery
Last modified: September 1, 2016
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# Styling MLA Gallery
* Resolved [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/)
* (@winework)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/)
* Hi,
* I am having trouble gaining the results I’m looking for using mla_gallery – perhaps
someone could offer me some advice.
* The three things I wish to achieve are…
1) Remove the borders around the images
in my mla_gallery. 2) Center the image above the caption and/or center the caption
below the image. 3) Set the vertical alignment of the images to ‘bottom’
* I have attempted to achieve these using a style template in mla settings>shortcodes
and I have selected my new template in the style selector dropdown. However,
this seems to make no difference to the gallery display.
* Am I missing something obvious??
* Any help appreciated.
Thanks CRF
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/)
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* Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
* (@dglingren)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692637)
* Thanks for your question and for the description of your application requirements.
* Styling the `[mla_gallery]` display can be tricky; it depends on your theme’
styles as well as parameters such as the `mla_style` selection and the default
you choose in the Settings/Media Library Assistant Shortcodes tab.
* If your site is accessible it would be very helpful to post a link to the gallery
display you are having trouble with; is that possible? If not, could you post
the source text of your style template and the `[mla_gallery]` shortcode?
* With the additional information I may be able to offer more specific assistance.
Thanks for your interest in the plugin.
* Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/)
* (@winework)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692640)
* Hi David,
* Thanks for your prompt response.
* I am no expert but I suspect that there may be some issues with the theme style
as you suggest.
* Here is a link to [a few images in the gallery…](http://www.winework.com/gallery-test/)
* **Settings**
Style Template: product
* **Product Style Template:**
* ```
```
* **Shortcode:** [mla_gallery order=”DESC” link=”download” size=”full” ids=”2833,2829,2825,2776,2771,2303,2290,2281,2134,2117,2113,2094,2046,1698,1685″]
* I am trying to get `cat (277)` to work, but so far without luck.
* Looking forward to hearing from you again.
* Cheers,
* Colin
* Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
* (@dglingren)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692723)
* Thanks for your update and the additional information. Thanks as well for the
link to a sample page; very helpful.
* I am not very skilled with CSS styles and I have not found a way to center images
that are enclosed by definition list tags such as `- `. I have had
better luck with table-based gallery layouts, which you can compose with a custom
markup template. Here are two earlier topics along similar lines:
* [Adjust Table Row Height](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adjust-table-row-height)
* [Basic pdf list with pdf icons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-pdf-list-with-pdf-icons?replies=17#post-7807386)
* The specifics are different but you should be able to adapt the table layout
to your application without too much trouble. Let me know if you need more specific
guidance.
* You also wrote “**_I am trying to get cat (277) to work, but so far without luck._**”
The Category parameters search in the WordPress core “Categories” taxonomy. It
seems more likely that you are using the MLA Att. Categories taxonomy to organize
your items; is that right? You might have better luck with one of these alternatives:
* ```
category=term-slug
attachment_category=term-slug
```
* where “term-slug” is the slug for the term you want. You can find the value in
the “Slug” column of the Media/Att. Category (or Media/Categories) admin submenu
table.
* Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/)
* (@winework)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692883)
* Hello again David,
* I have been struggling with this but, thanks to your help, I think I have made
progress.
* If you take a look at my gallery [HERE](http://www.winework.com/gallery-test/),
it displays well using your suggested markup template from [HERE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-pdf-list-with-pdf-icons?replies=17#post-7807386).
* Now I want to remove all the borders.
* I assume this is done with a style template? I’ve had a fiddle with it and can
get rid of some but not all the borders. As currently shown it is using the default
style template.
* I also notice that the second image column is narrower than the first – ideally
they would be equal.
* Are you able to offer any guidance?
* Thanks again in advance.
* Colin
* Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
* (@dglingren)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692912)
* Thanks for your update and the links to your test page and template. Things are
improving nicely.
* The red and gray borders at the top and bottom of your table cells come from
a style on line 410 of your theme’s `style.css` file. You can override them by
adding `style="border: none"` to your markup template:
* ```
|
[+link+]
|
[+title+]
[+caption+]
|
```
* You could also modify your `mla_style` template to apply the border style, using
the `#[+selector+]` CSS selector to make your style higher priority than the
theme’s style. Something like:
* ```
#[+selector+] td {
border: none;
}
```
* should work. You should be able to apply these ideas to your application even
if you have to adapt them somewhat. Let me know if you need more specifics.
* Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/)
* (@winework)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7692921)
* Hi David,
* I really want to thank you for all the help you’ve been. I think I’ve got things
looking and working how I want – and your plugin is the only thing I’ve found
that can do it. Awesome!
* [Image Library](http://www.winework.com/image-library/)
* With thanks,
* Colin
* Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
* (@dglingren)
* [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-mla-gallery/#post-7723408)
* Thanks for the good news and the kind words. Thanks as well for the link to your
site, which I enjoyed exploring.
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