can anybody help me? thanks in advance

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Website is http://www.apexfixes.com

The 'Home Top Feature image" does not appear on my title page. Previously, my "featured" image from my previous 2011 theme occupied the space but did not fully take the space up. I have removed that image as the "featured image", but nothing appears as the HTFI (Home top featured image from hereon). If somebody could please assist me with this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Apparently -- (as I was told today) .. they have never allowed any domain holder to have their Domain Name "aimed" into any C Record... sub-domain blogsite..

And .. they (Xtra.co.nz & Telecom.co.nz) don't even offer the option of a hosted LANDING PAGE -- which has always meant .. that my NZ Top Level Domain Name .. http://www.quix.co.nz .. has done & thus always will do ..
NOTHING.!!!!
It simply goes off the radar & dissappears when searched.. instead of "aiming" into WordPress... (where I currently run some 19 blogsites) ..
All I need -- is the exact IP "A" record... for: http://quixdotcodotnz.wordpress.com

As sadly -- my quoting the URL is NOT sufficient for them... They (Xtra.co.nz & Telecom.co.nz) "specifically" need the A record - as a fixed IP address

Changing this style rule from the original:

.widget-grid-view-image a {
display: block;
margin: 0 2px 4px 0;
}

To this adjusted rule:
.widget-grid-view-image a {
display: block;
margin: 0 2px 2px 0;
}
Fixes the unwanted image shuffling.

I would have no need to purchase the Custom package other than to fix this little annoyance. I'm hoping this can be corrected in the original style sheet.

Thanks,
Daniel

If you are not successful when searching there is a link for the specific Premium Theme support forum for your theme under Appearance -> Themes in your blog’s Dashboard, but do note that the premium theme must be active and you must be signed in as the user who purchased it in order to see it and post to it.

I've got my slider and homepage all set up. However, a follow-up issue I would like to have addressed is whether or not I have any power over the descending order of recent posts on the homepage. It looks like it has the oldest right at the top, while I would prefer to have the most recent posts at the top instead (just below the slider).

Any suggestions?

Best,
Victoria

#page {
	padding: 0;
}
#main {
	margin-top: 162px;
}
#masthead {
	width: 1020px;
	background: #fff;
	height: 95px;
	padding: 20px 0;
	margin: 0;
}
a.sd-button > span {
	opacity: 1;
}
.slideshow-window {
	z-index: -1;
}
.main-navigation {
	width: 1020px;
	background: #fff;
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	height: 28px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #4C4C4C;
	z-index: 9;
	margin-top: -20px;
}
.main-navigation li {
	float: left;
	padding-left: 20px;
	border-bottom: none;
}
.main-navigation ul ul {
	left: 0;
	top: 29px;
}
.main-navigation ul ul a {
	padding-left: 0;
	margin-top: -2px;
}

Note that other custom CSS you add may also affect this CSS and so this example may not work as a straight copy/paste for you. If you have any trouble testing it, try removing your previous custom CSS as a test and make sure you have setup a custom menu as described in the requirements above.

It's a bit of a tricky request. As I said, it's possible, but not simple.

Unfortunately, when I try the solution to Q1, it runs the text in the left sidebar along the middle of the post, rather than above it. Maybe what I'm looking to do just isn't possible? was previously using Wu Wei which ran the Home page and About page along the top above the posts, but switched to Ari as I wanted the sidebars.

Howeverrrr! Just tried your solution to Q2 and that did work so I'll have a play about with it.

Thanks loads, LD.

2/ Also, I'd like to make the typesize of the headline for each individual post bigger... is this possible?

Sure it is. :) Try this:

.single .entry-title {
	font-size: 3rem;
}

Adjust the number as necessary. Note that this affects just individual posts, to make it work on the home page too, remove ".single" from the beginning.

1/ I'm using the Ari theme and would like to add an About page. I can see how to add it to the primary or right sidebar, but is it possible to add it along the top... more like a traditional navigation bar?

Switching navigation from the sidebar to the top of a blog is possible, but it's not a simple task. I've worked on it and I came up with a starting point for you. It makes the header and navigation full-width and rearranges the navigation for the Ari theme so it's horizontal. Note that there is probably more than one way to do this and you may need to make additional adjustments as you go, especially if you make other CSS changes that affect the ones here:

#page {
	padding: 0;
}
#main {
	margin-top: 12em;
}
#subsidiary {
	width: 1020px;
	background: #fff;
	height: 95px;
	padding-top: 20px;
	z-index: 9;
}
.main-navigation {
	width: 1020px;
	background: #fff;
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	height: 28px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #4C4C4C;
	z-index: 9;
}
.main-navigation li {
	float: left;
	padding-left: 20px;
	border-bottom: none;
}
.main-navigation ul ul {
	left: 0;
	top: 29px;
}
.main-navigation ul ul a {
	padding-left: 0;
	margin-top: -2px;
}

Notes: If you have too many menu items, they will fall over to another line and look weird. Stick to a top level that fits on one line. Also, I only tested one level deep for submenus, but the rest should be okay.

h3.widget-title a {
font-weight: 400;
font-family: proxima-nova-1,proxima-nova-2,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;
font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal;
color: #444444;
}

div.sharedaddy div.sd-block {
border-top: none;
}

Do you also knw how to hide the line above the share settings?

Thanks

.widget-title a

#facebook-likebox-3 {
margin-bottom: -15px;
}

But it doesnt seem to apply to the Twitter widget. Or is it possible to just remove the Twitter Widget title completely? If I leave the title blank on the widget settings, it just uses "Twitter Updates" as defualt.

Thanks so much in advance.

Also - I am not sure what stripped the Twitter widget styling, can you guide me into fixing it up? The bullet is not aligned with the other bullets in Archives.

This is irrelevant to the Share, but how do you change how far separated your primary and secondary widget areas are?

div.sharedaddy h3, #content div.sharedaddy h3, #main div.sharedaddy h3, #primary div.sharedaddy h3 {
padding-right: 10px;
width: auto;
}

div.sharedaddy .sd-content {
float: left;
width: auto;
}

For the space inbetween the text and the buttons, add this to your CSS and you can adjust the right padding to suit your needs. The buttons will float depending on the text you choose for the "share this." It would not have floated before.

`div.sharedaddy h3, #content div.sharedaddy h3, #main div.sharedaddy h3, #primary div.sharedaddy h3 {
padding-right: 10px;
width: auto;
}

div.sharedaddy .sd-content {
float: left;
width: auto;
}