Title: Weird layout question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Weird layout question

 *  [swollenpickles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swollenpickles/)
 * (@swollenpickles)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-layout-question/)
 * I’ve been playing around with a different layout for my blog here:
    [http://www.guitarfxdepot.com](http://www.guitarfxdepot.com)
 * I’ve created a feature ‘breakout box’ and then want to list the most recent posts
   in date order in a column style (will make more sense if you check the site).
   The problem is that for some reason the second row only displays one post. The
   row above and below it displays two, side by side, as I would expect. I can’t
   figure out why this is so. I’ve gone into the setting and made sure that an even
   number of posts are set to display so that shouldn’t be the issue. I think it
   could be a css thing but I can’t figure it out. Any advice?
 * The other thing is that the two menu blocks in the right sidebar don’t align.
   It has to be a margin and/or padding thing, but I can’t sort it out, and its 
   driving me mad.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-layout-question/#post-1381669)
 * the ‘corey’ article is longer than ‘robin’, and the next floated left article‘
   ray toro’ gets stuck to its corner.
 * solution: try and add a ‘clear:left;’ to every odd ( first, third, ..) article
   div.
 * i find the developer addon for firefox a very good tool to debug css issues.
   
   if you are planning to do more modifying, have a look at it. you can also check
   the firebug.
 *  Thread Starter [swollenpickles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swollenpickles/)
 * (@swollenpickles)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-layout-question/#post-1381807)
 * Thanks. I’ve tried firebug , but haven’t really figured out how to get the best
   out of it to be honest.
 *  Thread Starter [swollenpickles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swollenpickles/)
 * (@swollenpickles)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-layout-question/#post-1381808)
 * I set the fixed height of the post containers on the home page and that seems
   to have fixed it. Couldn’t figure out how to do the clear:left thing to just 
   the one column.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-layout-question/#post-1381808)
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