Problem: PlatformPro WordPress theme is overriding SlideDeck’s font style, making all of SlideDeck’s text italic. (shakes fist). Solution: Add reset CSS to the PlatformPro child theme’s stylesheet to allow SlideDeck’s text to function normally. Add the following CSS to the style.css file in PlatformBase (PlatformPro’s child theme): More styling options: How to Create Beautiful Content Slider [...]
Continue Reading →WordPress version: 3.1.3 Parent theme: TwentyTen 1.2 We’re only splitting the Title section of the header into 3 parts: Logo GIF | Description GIF | Misc GIF. The Logo part is already finished (see: WordPress Child Theme – Add Logo to Twenty Ten Header). 1. Description GIF (middle part): needs to float-left, next to the [...]
Continue Reading →PlatformPro’s WordPress framework comes standard with flush-left navigation. We wanted the menu to be centered. We’re working with PlatformPro’s child theme, PlatformBase. WordPress version: 3.1.2 PlatformPro version: 1.3.5 PlatformBase version: 1.3.2 Add the following CSS to PlatformBase’s “base.css” file: #nav_row ul{padding-bottom:10px !important;float:none !important;text-align:center;} #primary-nav li{float:none !important;display:inline !important;} #primary-nav a{float:none !important;display:inline !important;} http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic/5906 (must be logged [...]
Continue Reading →1) Followed all of the instructions from CSS Sticky Footer. Then made the extra change, shown below, to my child theme’s footer.php file. For my WordPress TwentyTen child theme, in the footer.php file, I had to move the closing #wrapper DIV to just ABOVE the opening #footer DIV. Like so: 2) Add CSS for footer [...]
Continue Reading →WordPress version: 3.1.1 Theme: PlatformPro 1.3.5 Child Theme: PlatformBase 1.3.2 Plugin: Advanced Most Recent Posts Mod 1.6.2 by Kailey Lampert Problem: the text lines up at the bottom of the image instead of “along side” the image. Solution: Add the following CSS to PlatformBase child theme’s base.css file: Original source: http://trepmal.com/plugins/advanced-most-recent-posts-mod/comment-page-1/#comment-764
Continue Reading →Change Primary Nav text color from its default grey (#777777) to Black. Add the follow CSS to the PlatformBase Child Theme: /* Change Primary Nav text to black. */ #primary-nav a { color:#000000; } File: root/wp-content/themes/platformbase/base.css
Continue Reading →Overview: The design spec calls for 3 bits of info to be displayed on the same line in the footer: Left side of footer: 2020 Euro Lens Bath (this is already a part of the WordPress system) Center of footer: the superior eyewear cleaning system (this text is added directly to the footer.php file) Right [...]
Continue Reading →So you learned the base id, class, and descendant selectors – and then called it a day? If so, you’re missing out on an enormous level of flexibility. While many of the selectors mentioned in this article are part of the CSS3 spec, and are, consequently, only available in modern browsers, you owe it to yourself to commit [...]
Continue Reading →Scenario: Client wants hypertext links to be white on only one of the Website’s pages, so they display nicely on the dark back ground. The hypertext links for the rest of the site are fuchsia, via CSS. Problem: Adding hypertext to a WordPress page in Edit Page view, then changing it’s color to white (so [...]
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