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impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

impetusetudiant — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:08:12 +0000

Ahhh. K. Thanks for the explanation. Appreciate it!

designsimply on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

designsimply — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:19:39 +0000

You can't move content from one page to another using just CSS. What you can do with CSS is adjust the appearance of things that are already on the page.

I checked the info page for The Columnist theme:
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/the-columnist/

And it says:

Widgets will not appear in any template where multiple posts are displayed.

That means there's not a way to add widgets to the home page displaying multiple posts. It's a limitation of the theme.

If you wanted to go deeper, you can get full control of the code, including HTML and PHP and the theme itself, if you switch to a WordPress.org setup.

impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

impetusetudiant — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:44:39 +0000

Euh... Kay I give up. Thought I could work it out from what you provided above, but I'm still coming up short.

The cats and tags will display beside each post (single post left column), but I've been aiming to have them on the front page instead (main left column)... 'Twas why I mentioned the display issue above ... Maybe has something to do with it? All my efforts to date have been futile :)

impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

impetusetudiant — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:04:16 +0000

Dead on. Thank-you!

designsimply on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

designsimply — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:41:33 +0000

Based on your current configuration (using all of the footer widget areas), you can move the tag cloud widget from below posts to the left sidebar using absolute positioning. Here is an example to get you started:

#first {
	position: absolute;
	top: 460px;
	left: -280px;
	width: 223px;
}

.three .widget-area, .four .widget-area {
	width: 193px;
}

You may also want to give the bottom of the tag cloud a little extra room:

#wp_tag_cloud div {
	padding-bottom: .2em;
}

impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?"

impetusetudiant — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:03:24 +0000

Hi There,

I'd like to move some of my widgets to the left column of my blog - the category and tag cloud in particular. They are presently in the footer, in accordance with the theme's design.

I can see the sidebar entry in the original CSS, and that it's display is "none". But I can't seem to change that, no matter what I try. I should add that I'm not skilled with code :)

Any insights?

jesselili on "Change background color left column single post"

jesselili — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:21:56 +0000

Cainm, I owe you a big thank you.

I added this following your advice:
.single #main:before, .single #left-col { background-color: #f2f2f2; }

Sorted in 1 minute.

I am extra grateful.
Cheers.

Jesse

cainm on "Change background color left column single post"

cainm — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:38:25 +0000

Hi there,

The Columnist uses CSS pseudo elements to style the left column area.

To edit the background color of the left column area on single views, you will need to declare a new background-color for .single #main:before, .single #left-col.

jesselili on "Change background color left column single post"

jesselili — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:01:56 +0000

Hello guys, I have been trying loads of tricks and I can't manage to do this on my own. Anyone has an idea?

Much appreciated.
Thank you.

jesselili on "Change background color left column single post"

jesselili — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:38:55 +0000

Any help guys please?

jesselili on "Change background color left column single post"

jesselili — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:08:32 +0000

Hey guys, I am almost done customising the CSS of my theme (The Columnist) and I'm pretty happy with the changes. It was a long slow process :)

I have one thing that I keep playing with but can't figure out: I would like to reverse the colors of my columns on my homepage and on my single post pages. To be clear:

Homepage = stays the same with white for the left column and grey for the right one.
Single posts = that's what I want to change, I would like to make my entire left column grey (color = #f2f2f2).

Can anyone help?
Thanks a bunch.

My site is here: http://hecticophilia.com/
My stylesheet is here: https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/the-columnist/style.css

svankmajor on "Can I remove a column in my blog theme?"

svankmajor — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:52:18 +0000

I am using the Grey-opaque skin, and its a cool theme.

I only wish I could remove the left column so I could more width/space for text.

It seems like I can only do this from inside the code. Is there anyone who is good with code that can help me?

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palauattorney on "Move or remove the search box?"

palauattorney — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:49:51 +0000

Thanks for your help, @thesacredpath!

thesacredpath on "Move or remove the search box?"

thesacredpath — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:54:33 +0000

You're using an entirely different theme. CSS is theme specific.

In Structure, the search box is controlled by .headerright

palauattorney on "Move or remove the search box?"

palauattorney — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:47:56 +0000

@thesacredpath. I'm having some trouble adding your code to my Edit CSS and having it work. The original code doesn't contain 'Topsearch' but does contain 'searchform, searchformheader, searchbox, etc. How can I apply your code and move the search box? Any additional info needed, please let me know and I'll supply toot sweet.

timethief on "Move or remove the search box?"

timethief — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:22:56 +0000

@mymomenta
Following up on what hallluke has said please read this post > http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/if-you-have-the-wp-com-css-upgrade/

hallluke on "Move or remove the search box?"

hallluke — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:41:56 +0000

Did you copy the existing stylesheet into the CSS editor? This is a bad move. You should add only the changes you make to the CSS and check the "add to existing stylesheet" box. This might fix your problem.

mymomenta on "Move or remove the search box?"

mymomenta — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:45:37 +0000

Thank you very much, now to find out why there are duplicate bullets.

thesacredpath on "Move or remove the search box?"

thesacredpath — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:20:27 +0000

If you wanted to completely remove the search box, then add display:none; to #topsearch instead of the repositioning stuff I gave above.

thesacredpath on "Move or remove the search box?"

thesacredpath — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:16:12 +0000

I'm assuming you mean move the search box over to the RIGHT column where the archives are. Add the following declarations to #topsearch in your CSS

margin-left:625px;
margin-top:185px;
position:absolute;
z-index:1;

To fix the metadata stuff, change the width in .post-meta li to 145px.

mymomenta on "Move or remove the search box?"

mymomenta — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:36:24 +0000

Also, there are duplicate bullets for the links and the author info is outside the box?

mymomenta on "Move or remove the search box?"

mymomenta — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:22:46 +0000

How can I move the search box over to the left column where the archives are? Or remove it all together? Or even move it to the right side of the header?

thesacredpath on "left column is gone!"

thesacredpath — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:07:12 +0000

If your blogs are not hosted here at wordpress.COM, then you are in the wrong forums, and since it appears both of you are using plugins, that means you are not hosted here.

You need to head over to http://wordpress.ORG/support/ which is where self-hosted blogs are supported. Our answers will not work for you.

cenzistiles on "left column is gone!"

cenzistiles — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:53:26 +0000

okay. sorry to be such a great poster and so indoubtedly smarty pants... but yes it was the lighter admin plug in that messes with the menu.

the case of the missing menu has been solved. thank you lyyyl

cenzistiles on "left column is gone!"

cenzistiles — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:50:55 +0000

oh wait.. lyyyl, I just deleted the plug in trhough FTP and nuttin......

cenzistiles on "left column is gone!"

cenzistiles — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:47:05 +0000

i cant go to any plugins!!! I just upgraded another website i manage and it did the SAME thing... I THINK it has to do with the fact that I use the automatic upgrade plug in....

cenzistiles on "left column is gone!"

cenzistiles — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:46:09 +0000

I guess its called the "MENU"..

lyyyl on "left column is gone!"

lyyyl — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:44:43 +0000

cenzistiles:

My problem is solved. I went to my /wp-admin/plugins.php and deactivated one of my plugins (Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu) and it was back on after that.

Maybe you can try that.

thesacredpath on "left column is gone!"

thesacredpath — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:42:30 +0000

Log out, clear your browser cache and cookies, restart your browser and see if that brings things back for you.