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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: A return to this.. |
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Hi John,
I'm working with a new blog idea, (Yes another!) and hey presto if I don't end up back on this thread with a Banner problem! Fortunately (based upon previous experience), I'm sure you can help!
I have this blog almost working here; http://citizenscoop.blogharbor.com
I have this nice banner stored here; http://citizenscoop.blogharbor.com/Banners/BANNER.jpg
I've followed the previous instructions (I think), yet my banner is still not showing up to my new blog-party! How dare it behave so unco-operatively!
Anyway I'm sure you'll laugh at my ongoing techical naievety, but no doubt you'll also have an answer, for which I'm willing to trade your belly laugh!
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards,
John B
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john Site Admin
Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 3434
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: A return to this.. |
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I'm assuming you're referring to this thread on adding a background image to your header. Make sure you actually have some components in your header area, or this will not work... Even if you just want to create a component with a blank space, or a transparent gif sized and linked to your Main Page so that your readers can click on the header area to go home... |
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: |
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Brilliant!!
That took all of 5 seconds for me to resolve, once I saw past the obvious silly mistake of having nothing active in the Header area!
Thanks John.
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi John I have 2 further questions..
1. I am having difficulty figuring out which parameter will adjust the overall width of my central table. I feel it is too narrow. I've tried everything and it doesn't seem to make any difference. Thoughts..?
2. I'd like to make a splash page in anticipation of the proper lauch of the site sometime in the next fortnight, is there anything particular to blogharbor I need to know before attempting this?
Cheers pal hope your week is going well..
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john Site Admin
Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 3434
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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I am having difficulty figuring out which parameter will adjust the overall width of my central table
The color scheme you are using is a full width scheme, so the design should take up the full width of the browser. You have added this to your custom CSS:
Code: | body {
margin: 0px 80px 12px 80px;
color: #333;
background-color: #000;
font: normal 11px Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
} |
In fact, you added a custom BODY class twice, remove one of them so you don't get confused. The code above adds an 80px margin to the left and right of your content. Try changing this value to give your main table more room.
I'd like to make a splash page
Try searching for splash page in this forum. Here's one thread where we answer that question. |
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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That worked well for the central table thanks!
My basic problem (currently), concerns my inability to create the same width on both Left/Right tables. As you can see, (unless I have figured it out by now), the right-hand table is wider than the left. Actually, as it stands, neither are quite the way I would wish.
The solution I am seeking, is simply to understand how to control the width of the two side tables or columns, so that I can play with the relative values and achieve the look I'm seeking . I'm happy with the black-background (border area) and its overall width. I'd simply like to marginally increase the left side, and also decrease the right. Thus creating an appropriate symmetry, with enough space for the central table and any articles to be posted.
Advice? Thoughts?
I have tried the view source trick, AND tried changing various values in the 'core' area of my CSS, but nothing seems to change. I even got a book out of the library, but so far no dice!
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john Site Admin
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a post which shows how to change the sizes of your sidebars. But I think your issue is that the text in a componentHead class by default is not permitted to wrap, so that is pushing one column wider than the other. Try adding this:
Code: | #rightcol .componentHead, #leftcol .componentHead {
white-space: normal;
} |
Which will allow the componentHead class to wrap to the next line. |
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | I think your issue is that the text in a componentHead class by default is not permitted to wrap, so that is pushing one column wider than the other |
You were right.
Sorted. Thanks! _________________ http://dissidentvox.com
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hi mate..
further citizenscoop questions arising..
I have a default color on my permalink/comment and trackback pages arising from the original template. A kind of orange/gold thing. How do I alter it for all of these (simultaneously if possible).
Also I have resized the banner. Is there an easy way to move the tables below it up? Or if there's no way to alter it collectively which individual CSS parameters do I need to change?
Thanks again!
John B _________________ http://dissidentvox.com
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john Site Admin
Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 3434
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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One request, if you could post separate questions to separate threads, that would help to improve the efficiency of using the search function of this forum to find content.
I have a default color on my permalink/comment and trackback pages arising from the original template. A kind of orange/gold thing. How do I alter it for all of these (simultaneously if possible).
You'll need to be more specific about where this color is located... Are you referring to the header text for the words COMMENT and TRACKBACK located below the article body on a permanent link article page? If so, then this technique we detailed previously would reveal that those are controlled by the commentsHead and trackbacksHead classes.
Also I have resized the banner. Is there an easy way to move the tables below it up? Or if there's no way to alter it collectively which individual CSS parameters do I need to change?
Go take a look at the original post we made which explained to you how to use an image as the background of your header table. Note the changes we showed you to make to your table.blogHeader class to ensure that the header area is the same size as your banner image. You have that class already in your Custom CSS, change the size to match the new height of your image... |
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dissidentvox
Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31 Location: North of England
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'll start a seperate thread for future questions after this one. Apologies!
Quote: | Are you referring to the header text for the words COMMENT and TRACKBACK located below the article body on a permanent link article page? |
Pretty sure I am. For example, at the top (small heading) and bottom (large heading) of this page You can see the fruity orange color doing its thing.
I tried this inserting this code (per your suggestion I think ) into my custom CSS to change the color without result;
commentsHead {
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 12px;
background-color: transparent;
color:#98AFC7;
text-transform: uppercase;
border-top: 2px solid #98AFC7;
padding-top: 2px;
}
What am I missing..?
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john Site Admin
Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 3434
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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What am I missing..?
You're missing the leading dot in front of the class name... You have this:
Code: | commentsHead {
color: #98AFC7;
border-top: 2px solid #98AFC7;
} |
You need to do this:
Code: | .commentsHead {
color: #98AFC7;
border-top: 2px solid #98AFC7;
} |
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