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Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: TwentyEleven: adjusting the dropdown in multi-item menu itemsFor those wondering, the question was answered here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuring-20-11-dropdowns-from-menu?replies=2#post-2945495
…before that thread was closed as a duplicate. Sometimes on this forum you have to ask the same question in a few different ways before it gets answered, and since I can’t convey thanks over there any more — thanks, Christine! That solution worked.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Post-hack, adding security keysThank you, adpawl. I’ve done that. The question is, what do I do with them once I’ve generated them? They don’t exist to be replaced in wp-config: do I just add them to the wp-config after all the other define statements?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: TwentyEleven: random banners linking to specific subpages?The nightmare number of posts that I will generate trying to fix what I break attempting this manually will be hilarious. So if anyone has any ideas, just shout ’em out.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: TwentyEleven: random banners linking to specific subpages?Checking in: anyone have an insight on this? Any way I can do it by bashing away at the PHP?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Language: show only non-current lang in 2011 menu barvegestrie.shep.ca is the current site address — I’m building it there before I move it over to its real domain.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Moving search box in *CHILD THEME** of Twenty ElevenAha! That’s exactly the sort of thing I need to know. I’ll mess around, break things, cry, repair things, and come back if I need a bit more help. For now, I think that’s what I need to know to dig into trying to make things act the way I want.
Thanks again!
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Moving search box in *CHILD THEME** of Twenty ElevenIt’s more an issue with how the site displays on mobile devices such as my iPad, and how it turns up when I switch to a single column with no sidebar — I’m trying to figure out what to tweak to shift the search box around until I find a happy medium for single-column display and iPad display.
Does
#branding #searchform { }control its total positioning on the page (i.e. is that the sole line I should need to muck around with to move it around)?
I’m going to feel pretty stupid if this was a cache issue — I’ve been CTRL-R to reload, but haven’t forced the cache. I’m going to mess around on my lunch break and see what I can see.
Thanks!
As much as I appreciate tips on how to best manage a child stylesheet, do you think you could help me with the question I am actually asking?
I am currently copying sections of the original CSS into the child stylesheet in order to have something to experiment with.
I need to experiment because I do not know how to solve this problem.
I do not know how to solve this problem because people are telling me how best to manage child stylesheets instead of dispensing any useful information.
If you can answer the question that was asked, I will gladly eradicate all code in the style.css except for what is necessary.
But I cannot “only add new CSS to the child’s stylesheet” until I know what to add.
So I’ll ask the question again:
I can put a rounded box around the title of each post.
I can put a rounded box around the content of each post.
I CANNOT put a rounded box around each entire entry (title+content).
writing.shep.ca is the site. You will see that I have a rounded black box around the title of each post, and around the body of each post.
I want to put a rounded black box around EACH POST (its title and its comment) to contain BOTH the title AND the content of the post in a SINGLE box.
i.e.
(top of box)
Post Title: Here comes the post!
Post content: I saw a monkey today! It was swell!
(bottom of box)
I have tried creating just .entry in the CSS, but it doesn’t seem to get recognized… just .entry (something), where there are only parts (title, content) to be styled but no style for the whole post in its entirety.
Here’s the question again, more succinctly:
WHAT do I need to add to the CHILD STYLESHEET in order to put a rounded black box around EACH POST (its title and its comment) to contain BOTH the title AND the content of the post in a SINGLE box?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Moving search box in *CHILD THEME** of Twenty ElevenI apologize for the overlong code cut-and-paste, which I now know exceeds board regs. If it gets (justifiably) trimmed from this post, the code was the “Search Form” section of style.css for Twenty Eleven in its entirety.
I’m on it like a bonnet; I’ve already copied over the bulk of the CONTENT section of the TE stylesheet to work with. It’s more than I need in the style.css for the CHILD, but it’s the only way I can see enough of the elements to mess around with.
Here’s where I’m at:
I can put a rounded box around the title of each post.
I can put a rounded box around the content of each post.
I CANNOT put a rounded box around each entire entry (title+content).
writing.shep.ca is the site. You will see that I have a rounded black box around the title of each post, and around the body of each post.
I want to put a rounded black box around EACH POST (its title and its comment) to contain BOTH the title AND the content of the post in a SINGLE box.
i.e.
(top of box)
Post Title: Here comes the post!
Post content: I saw a monkey today! It was swell!
(bottom of box)
I have tried creating just .entry in the CSS, but it doesn’t seem to get recognized… just .entry (something), where there are only parts (title, content) to be styled but no style for the whole post in its entirety.
The .entry CSS might never be called for in the templates? Maybe?
Child is already created — in fact, the child theme is kind of the problem. I’m accustomed to mucking around with Firebug to figure these things out, but since the style.css sheet now consists solely of “see this other style.css” sheet, there’s nothing for Firebug to show me.
I am *not* a Firebug expert or anything — please proceed as though I’m not — but I used to be able to sort of suss things using it.
Still wondering. Any hints?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Preventing “sneak peeks” using ?p=x with a preloaded blogI’m over 100 posts in on the scheduling, so I’d rather not backtrack now.
Are the pages only viewable because I’m logged in as an admin? If I try the ?p= trick on my work computer and a browser I hardly ever use, I get a Page Not Found error (but the full address in the address bar).
Okay — thanks for the insight.
(since upgraded the GIF to a lighter JPG, but it still seems odd that the best way of going about this is to construct 1200px images with identical left/right borders.)