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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Popular Posts] inline small css re WPP pluginThanks for your further comments, Hector.
Already using WP Super Cache. Don’t recall seeing that “combine stylesheets” option when going through the settings, but will check again.
As you suggest, best to just leave the child theme stylesheet alone. I’m already getting v good load speeds for my site. You can get too obsessive about this optimising stuff, so time to pull back!
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In reply to: [WP Popular Posts] inline small css re WPP pluginHi Hector and thanks a lot for your excellent and very clear recommendation. I have just followed your instructions and run the site through GTMetrix, and all fixed! Plus, the site speed has increased a few percent as a result – page speed score now 84% (up 2%) and Yslow score 95% (up 1%). I’ll take every improvement I can! I’ve been doing a lot of research on optimising my site for speed, and you have just provided one of the last pieces of the jigsaw!
The only item they’re saying I should inline now is my child theme stylesheet. Is that even possible, I wonder?
Whatever, again, many thanks for your prompt and productive reply!
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In reply to: [Simple Share Buttons Adder] GTmetrix: Specify image dimensionsSame here. Have size of buttons set at 30px, but GTMetrics shows they are resized from 60px. There must be some way of avoiding this size re-scaling, apart from changing the button size option to 60px (too large to look good on my site).
Maybe uploading 30px images of the desired social media buttons to WP Media, and uploading as Custom buttons from within the Simple Share Button ‘Styling’ settings? Not so easy sourcing 30px button images, unfortunately. And maybe this is a simplistic solution that won’t work in practice anyway?
Any ideas on addressing this re-scaling issue much appreciated.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Twenty Fourteen home page not centered in ChromeDone it by adding following CSS to style sheet:
.site { margin: 0 auto; }All resolved, then.
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In reply to: 3-column coding for single pageFor the benefit of anyone who might stumble on this page looking for a simple way to widen a specific page, I managed to do it as follows:
First, find the ID of the page.
Then, add the following CSS to your stylesheet:
.page-id-231 .entry-content { max-width: 800px; }Done!
Now, to solve the remaining problem as per my post above – to increase the blank space under each set of 3 columns on the page to which I refer. If anyone has any suggestions, I’m all ears and gratitude!
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In reply to: 3-column coding for single pageThanks for your further response, NeoTechmad.
I want just this page to have the 3 columns. If I could make this page full-screen and/or get rid of the sidebar just for this page, I think that’s about all I need to do. Is it easily possible to achieve that, please?
Now that you’ve kindly provided me with the coding I should have been using from the outset, I think I can probably figure out a way to increase the separation between the sets of columns, even if it’s not the optimal way. I have another site with boxes on one page, for example, and am thinking I could simply adapt that box coding to achieve the separation I want by having an empty, borderless box in between the sets of columns. Can but try…
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In reply to: 3-column coding for single pageThanks a lot, NeoTechnomad. Have followed your recommendations.
However, the columns still don’t stretch across the page, and still aren’t separated any more than before. Perhaps I need to alter something in the CSS (or add something)?
Also, how would I add a break between the end of one lot of columns and the beginning of the next, please?
Would also like more of a break between the last set of columns and the “Other movie-related posts” heading. I’m sure this is easily done, but have tried
<br><br />and it made no difference.Cheers!
RossForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Customising Twenty Fourteen featured tiled postsOK, too complicated I guess. I’ll change tack a bit, and hopefully be more precise.
I basically want all posts to appear like the 6 featured posts in grid pattern across the top of my site, EXCEPT my current post, which I want to feature as per the Carol review.
So, when someone reads the current review and clicks on the bottom “previous” link to have a look at earlier reviews, I want 6 of those reviews to appear in grid pattern.
In essence, I’m asking if it’s possible to have all posts other than my current one to appear in a grid pattern.
If anyone can explain or point me towards a way of achieving this, would be most appreciative.
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RossForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Twenty Fourteen extra slider below featured postI think my use of terminology in the title is incorrect. I’m referring to a grid display of posts, not a slider.
I’ve been doing some digging around the web, and it seems that it might indeed be possible to do what I describe above, but not just with CSS coding in the stylesheet. From what I have gleaned, coding must be added to the Functions.php file, and of course CSS would then be used for styling. Apologies for my confusion.
Anyway, I have not managed to turn up anything specific on adding an extra 6-grid display to the bottom of the page as described in my initial post, so I’m still in the dark. If anyone can help, would be great.
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In reply to: twenty fourteen featured image margin backgroundThanks, Michael – our posts crossed and I didn’t see yours until after I’d hit “post”. Was not expecting such a prompt response. Thanks a lot.
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In reply to: twenty fourteen featured image margin backgroundHa! Found the solution.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-post-background?replies=5
Sorry, should have looked harder before posting.
All good now.
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In reply to: Twenty Fourteen green strip with Search functionHi Andrew. Reporting back as promised.
Created a child theme and added your code to the style.css file – it worked perfectly!
Thank you.
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In reply to: Twenty Fourteen child theme white stripBrilliant, Stephen – you’re right on the button! Same deal with the Title colour, but I hadn’t noticed that! All fixed now. Thanks a lot.
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In reply to: Search not working when clicked onHi Will and thanks for your response. It certainly does help, because I now understand that the Search function is operating as intended in Twenty Fourteen. I assumed it was malfunctioning.
I’ll follow up your suggestion re stackoverflow.
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Ross