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1. nrepair
   Member
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:15 AM

   Is it possible to change the size of the avatar in the comments section using CSS? I'm using the Sandbox-10 theme. Thanks.

2. thesacredpath
   Staff
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:32 AM

   I just checked with Firebug on a few different themes and the size is not defined in the CSS, but in the php/html. I expect that is the same with all themes.

3. vivianpaige
   Member
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:34 AM

   I'm not sure about Sandbox but in my theme, the avatar size was fixed (at too small a size) and when I tried to make it larger, all it did was stretch the picture. Here's the code I used:
   

   .comment list li .avatar {
   	float:right;
   	height:32px;
   	width:32px;
   	padding:2px;
   }

4. vivianpaige
   Member
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:36 AM

   I see tsp beat me to it. But if you want to make them smaller, the code should work.

5. thesacredpath
   Staff
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:41 AM

   @vivian
   That will work in the comments widget, but not on the comments section below the posts, which is what I though the OP was asking. Perhaps they can clarify that.

6. thesacredpath
   Staff
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:43 AM

   And in the recent comments widget, you can set the size of the avatars down to 16x16 by editing the widget's settings.

7. vivianpaige
   Member
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:55 AM

   tsp - sorry, but you're wrong on this one. That code is in use on my blog right now. When I put it in originally, it enlarged the 16x16 avatar to 32x32, but as I mentioned above, it stretched the image since the avatar was hard coded in the php/html. I convinced the fine people here at WP to increase the size of the avatars in the comments section to 32x32, so I just left that code there (since it also floated my avatars to the right, instead of being on the left).

   If the OP wants a smaller avatar, that code would work (simply change the height and width).

   I actually copied that code, BTW, from another WP.com blog CSS that I saw somewhere.

8. vivianpaige
   Member
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:58 AM

   BTW - I just tested it at 16x16 and it correctly resized the avatar.

9. thesacredpath
   Staff
   Jan 2, 2008, 4:58 AM

   Hmmm, Ok. I'll have to remember that.

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