[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

The logo is much better. However, now the navigation bar is riding on top of it. I don’t see anything in the CSS about the positioning of the navigation. What’s my next step?

Thank you!

[catwingz]

Hi,

The other thing I would like to do is to remove or replace the search field. We don’t foresee a need for search, but if a phone number were there it would make a lot more sense. Is this doable?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

This solved the centering issue, but I would still like to be able to make the logo larger. I tried enlarging the max-width but this didn’t make a difference. Making the top margin smaller will probably be called for to compensate. How can I fix this?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

This has been sitting for awhile so I thought I should let you know I am back to it. I am setting up a clone to do some experimenting and will see if I can make any progress with it. It still doesn’t make any sense to me that Google and my phone (now a different one from before) show completely different views of the website.

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

This is so strange. I disabled the popup plugin and it makes no difference to the test results. The image in their test does not match what I see using my phone. They show the banner image blown up so only a piece shows in the phone screen. On my phone it is reduced to the width of the phone screen. They show text links for navigation. On my phone I see the menu which appears when the menu icon is clicked.

Yost and google are supposed to be authorities, but being unable to experience what Google is complaining about makes it very tempting to ignore them. Any suggestions?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,
I am back to this. This link may be dependent on some login but, in case it doesn’t, here is what I am seeing: results

1) There have been no modifications to the navigation. It is odd because the navigation in their screenshot isn’t what shows on my phone. Since everything else goes into columns it’s still the top candidate.

2) The home page is the only page with a banner image option in the page editor. The image in the media library is 1920×800 pixels. I don’t remember where I found the specifications for this image size, and this banner isn’t mentioned in the theme instructions. Should it be a different size?

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

I am still hoping there is a solution for the sidebar. Is what I am trying to achieve possible?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

No, that’s not what I’m looking for. I want the whole sidebar column to have the dark blue background, extending from the bottom of the banner down to the supplemental footer. It needs to be able to work with the pages with short content as well as the ones with very tall content, ideally with no white gap at either the top or the bottom. Is this possible?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

This is a great help. The only piece that is still unresolved is the background for the sidebar. I would like the whole sidebar to have a dark blue background from banner to footer. Right now it’s just the text wideget which looks terrible on the taller pages. I tried
main#main.site-main { background-color:#0992550; }
but it had no effect.

What am I missing?

Thank you!

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

If the site title is left blank will this have any effect on the SEO? I’ve always thought that it would still stay in the code even if the CSS sets the display to none. Either way, how can I style the font of the site description and reposition it, moving it down and to the right?

The search field is now gone. 🙂

I am wondering if what I had in mind for the background image is even possible for this site. If you go to old site you can see what I was going to do. In this site the content is flanked by the background image on both sides. This is an old theme which is not responsive and no longer supported. I added the file to the development site but it is only visible off to the sides of the banner, and not off to the sides of the main content. This is how I changed the code:

body {
background:url("http://77.104.136.172/~bluepla9/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bg-gradient-1200.png") repeat fixed;
}

This code `.site-content {
padding:0;
border-top:20px solid #092550;
border-bottom:20px solid #092550;}`
creates stripes across the entire width of the content area at the bottom of the banner and the top of the footer. It needs to be associated with the sidebar because there is still a white gap at the top and bottom of the sidebar. I am leaving it in the code for now, but it’s not the solution.

I have changed the background color of the supplementary footer and removed the top border. I would still like to remove the white line between supplementary and the footer. It doesn’t respond to my attempts to remove or change the border color. What am I missing?

Regarding the supplementary footer, I may only be placing text in one of the widget areas. How can I make it a shorter, narrower band? I was able to remove the top padding but can’t find what is controlling the rest.
Thank you.

[catwingz]

Hi Skandha,

This is the link to the temporary url: dev site

Also, I am trying to change the color of the active page link and of the submenu link when it is hovered over, as well as the supplementary footer widget area. This is what I have tried but without result:

.clean-journal-nav-menu.sub-menu a:hover{
	background-color: #092550;	
}
.clean-journal-nav-menu.current_page_item a:active {
	background-color: #4666a3;
}
#colophon.site-footer#supplementary.one {
	background-color: #4666a3;
}

What am I missing?

Thank you

[catwingz]

Hi, I found the sidebar control, so that much is resolved. There are a few other things…

Is it possible to place a repeating background image in the body? I have a tall, skinny gradient I would like to place on the page.

How do I remove the search field from the right side of the header?

I have given the sidebar and the footer a dark background. However, there is a white gap between them and also at the top of the sidebar under the header image. How can I fill the gaps at the top and bottom of the sidebar with the background color?

When rolling over a sub-menu item in the primary navigation the background color of the link appears black. I am trying to change this to another color but have thus far been unsuccessful. My latest selectors are: .clean-journal-nav-menu.sub-menu.current_page_item a
What am I missing?

[catwingz]

Thanks, that fixed it.

[catwingz]

This is the link to the hosts file. I don’t know how long it will stay good…
hosts file

[catwingz]

Thanks. We fixed it but how it did this is still a mystery!

[catwingz]

Tikaram, That worked, but why? It’s neither the home or front page. Perhaps that part of the theme options should be renamed??

Thanks for the help!

[catwingz]

Hi Tikaram,

This issue now has nothing to do with captions. That issue has been resolved. I am going to start a fresh thread.

Thank you

[catwingz]

Now I am thinking I may need to test for a plugin conflict. None of the newer posts are showing up in the blog. A few weeks ago they were.
If you have any other ways of determining the cause I would love to know. It’s going to be a few days before I can go hunting. Thank you

[catwingz]

That is very odd. The link you sent back to me goes to a page I have never visited before. This *should* be the correct url: the post that isn’t showing in the blog

[catwingz]

Hi Tikaram,

I appear to have traded one problem for another. The link I sent before was for the wrong post. This one was unpublished before it could be viewed. Now it is published again and the caption box has completely changed. I am wondering if there was something about the draft status that was interfering.

At any rate the published post has an acceptable caption but is essentially invisible on the site because it fails to show up on the (wisdom) blog page. Initially it lacked a featured image. I thought that adding it would bring it into view. This was not the case. Can you explain to me why it’s not showing up correctly and how to fix it?

Thank you

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