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1. pammie1412
   Member
   Aug 5, 2012, 3:01 AM

   Hello,

   I have been working on customizing the contempt theme. I almost have it the way I want it except for the date. I would like it BEFORE the post title. The date is using the <small> tag. I can add padding to move it to the right and I can specify the font, size and even put a bottom border, but I can't seem to find out how to move it to above the post title. Below is the style for the small tag. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
   Pamela: http://theposhbox.wordpress.com/

   small {
   margin:0;
   padding:0 10px 5px 0;
   line-height:1.5em;
   font:italic 90% Georgia, serif;
   color:#f7528d;
   border-bottom:1px solid #fcc6da;
   }

   The blog I need help with is theposhbox.wordpress.com.

2. thesacredpath
   Member
   Aug 5, 2012, 4:49 AM

   This is a difficult thing to do with Contempt (which is a very, very, very old theme) because it does not have a parent div for each individual post. I can move the date up above the title, but if a title happens to go to two lines then the dat is going to end up superimposed on the top line of the title. There is a trick that can be used with themes where the post has an parent div, but that isn't the case here.

   Give this a try, but I can't guarantee that things won't come undone if your post title goes to 2 lines. You can give that a try with a test post perhaps.

   .post {
   position: relative;
   }
   
   .post h2, .post h2 a {
   margin-top: 60px;
   }
   
   .post small {
   position: absolute;
   top: -40px;
   }

3. pammie1412
   Member
   Aug 6, 2012, 2:54 AM

   WOW, that did the trick! Thanks so so much, I really appreciate it!

   So now that I know the Contempt theme is so old, maybe I should try a newer one... I'm just trying different themes to see which one would serve the type of blogs I create for my clients.. 98% of them always have the same type of layout, which is what you saw on that sample..

   Thanks again, I so appreciate it!

   Pamela

4. thesacredpath
   Member
   Aug 6, 2012, 5:28 AM

   You are welcome.

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