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  • I want to use a quote as my tagline in the Simplicity theme, say, for instance:

    “Do not ask what your country can do for you,…etc.” JFK

    In the Simplicity Theme the tagline appears below the Header as a continuous, single line, as above. What I want is to edit it, so that I can center it, change the font, etc. Say,

    “Do not ask
    what your country
    can do for you…”
    JFK

    I’ve tried to change the code in different places: directly on the tagline in Settings->General->Tagline, in Appearance->Editor, via View Source and Inspect Element, but none of them seem to work. I’ve been asking in different forums, but to no avail. I apologise for my ignorance, this is my first attempt at working with WordPress, so I would sincerely appreciate your help to change the appearance of the tagline..

    Thanks!

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  • It should be easy to alter the style of the div containing the tagline. Can you post a link to your site so we can help you?

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    jrav001,

    Many thanks, my site is:

    http://www.stopthewarondrugs.org

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    jrav001,

    I’m wondering if you have been able to logon to my site. As far as I know, it is running normally. Thanks!

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    Hi there,

    I’ve been wrestling with this issue for a while (too long, to be honest)and wish somebody could help me solve it. So far, I’ve managed to change the position of the header title by adding the following line

    text-align: center;

    to the this line in the css file below:

    #header h1, #header h1 a, #header h1 a:hover, #header h1 a:visited, #header .description {
      text-decoration: none;
      color: #fff;
    }

    The problem is, I want to change the tagline, not the title. Any one?

    Thanks!

    I can’t see any text-align:center; on:

    #header h1, #header h1 a, #header h1 a:hover, #header h1 a:visited, #header .description {
        color: #FFFFFF;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    Hi esmi,

    I did it on my test site (localhost) to see what would happen. I don’t want to mess up my public website. Once I’m sure it works, I’ll make the definitive changes.

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    I’ve now managed to change the font size of the tagline by changing it from 1.2em to 1.05em in the following line in the css file:

    #headertitle .description {font-size: 1.05em; }

    I tried to center it, but nothing happened. Another failed attempt. I have now made the changes to my public website, in case you want to see the result.

    http://www.stopthewarondrugs.org

    By the way, I’m wondering why people seem to suggest/comment/ask once and then do not follow through until the problem is solved (for instance, jrav001, esmi). Is there a rule in this forum that doesn’t allow members to communicate more than once?

    It will work.

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    what you mean?

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    In my previous message I said:

    I tried to center it, but nothing happened. Another failed attempt.

    What I meant is that I failed in trying to change the tagline display to something like this:

    “Prohibition is an attempted cure
    that makes matters worst for both
    the addict and the rest of us.”
    Milton Friedman

    Adding text-align: center; to #header h1, #header h1 a, #header h1 a:hover, #header h1 a:visited, #header .description will centre the header text – which is what you asked for.

    Thread Starter Gart

    (@gart)

    What you suggest is exactly what I mentioned I did in my fifth message above (the one on which you commented you couldn’t find in my public website). I’ve now learned that I can center it and change the font (as mentioned in my messages). What I haven’t been able to do is to rearrange the way the tagline displays (example above).

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