Comments | s2expressive: Header image, nav links, margin/padding ??

sparroweyes in s2expressive

Header image, nav links, margin/padding ??

Oct 16, 2008 10:43

Hi. I have a paid account, I'm using Firefox 3, and I'm not sure what theme I'm using. I started with Expressive Witold Chickadee, but then I plugged some code in to the Custom CSS box that I found on this community somewhere and I am in WAY over my head. I wouldn't know which part of the code to share for your review ( Read more... )

header:nav links:placement, sidebar:headers, header:image

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av8rmike October 17 2008, 13:17:17 UTC

I guess I'm not understanding what effect you're trying to achieve, because I see a mix of the "Chickadee" theme and the gray/black starter stylesheet. If what you want is to style the theme completely from scratch using the "starter stylesheet", you'd be better off disabling the Chickadee theme entirely.
The best way to go about this, since you have a Paid account, is to go to Your Styles page, click "Edit" next to the the bolded style name, change the theme layer from "Witold Chickadee" to "Unstyled", and Save Changes.
If that doesn't help, let me know and I'll look again.

sparroweyes October 17 2008, 13:44:52 UTC

Thanks for those clear instructions. I have made the change. Now, my header is chopped off - everything has shifted up the screen. I'll have to take a look and see if I can move things around now. :D

av8rmike October 17 2008, 13:51:05 UTC

You'll probably need to add a header: xxxpx; statement to #header-inner{}, using the actual height of your header image in pixels instead of the "xxx".

sparroweyes October 17 2008, 13:56:01 UTC

Uhhhh....

#header-inner {
header: 245px;
position: static; /* fixes positioning issue on IE where header content displays outside #header-content */
background-position: left bottom;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-image: url(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2946307121_d8c1b5fdbb_o.gif);
}

Sorry for being a dolt but I don't know the right order for CSS. Only yesterday did I learn that there was an order. I tried putting that bit of code in, but I'm not sure where it belongs. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks so much!!!

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