• I desperately need to reduce the amount of space between by blog posts on the index page. See example here: Must Have Boxes. I’ve tried so many ways to fix it but I’m not sure why I’m having issues. Any help is greatly appreciated!

    Here’s my style sheet:

    /*
    Theme Name: neni
    Theme URI: https://www.pixxels.at/wordpress-theme-neni/
    Description: neni is a clean and minimal two-column blog theme by pixxels.at. A responsive layout optimizes the theme for mobile devices. To customize the theme you can choose your own color and background.

    Author: Marion Lindert
    Author URI: https://www.pixxels.at
    Version: 1.1.6

    Tags: orange, light, custom-colors, custom-background, two-columns, right-sidebar, threaded-comments, custom-menu, sticky-post, full-width-template, custom-header, featured-images, theme-options, translation-ready, editor-style

    License: GNU/GPL Version 2 or later
    License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
    */

    /* Reset
    ——————————————— */
    /* https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
    v2.0 | 20110126
    License: none (public domain)
    */
    html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote,
    a, img, strong, var,
    b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
    fieldset, form, label, legend,
    table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
    article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
    figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
    menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
    time, mark, audio, video {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    font-size: 100%;
    font: inherit;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    }

    /* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
    article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
    footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
    display: block;
    }
    ol, ul {
    list-style: none;
    }
    blockquote:before, blockquote:after {
    content: ”;
    content: none;
    }
    table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border-spacing: 0;
    }

    /** — GENERAL STRUCTURE — **/

    body {
    background-color:#fff;
    font-family: georgia;
    color: #333;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    }
    #page {
    max-width: 960px;
    background-color:#fff;
    font family:georgia;
    z-index: 0;
    margin: 0 auto 1em auto;
    padding: 1em 1em;
    }
    #branding {
    border-top: 4px solid #EC5F00;
    }
    #main {
    width: 100%;
    float: left;
    overflow: hidden;
    }
    #wrapper {
    margin:0.5em 0 0;
    padding:2em 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    }
    #content {
    width: 65.0%;
    float: left;
    margin-right:2em;
    }
    #secondary {
    width: 30.0%;
    float: right;
    overflow:hidden;
    }
    #colophon {
    width: 100%;
    float: left;
    padding:1em 0 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    border-top: 4px solid #EC5F00;
    }
    .aligncenter, div.aligncenter {
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    display: block;
    }
    .alignleft {
    float: left;
    }
    .alignright {
    float: right;
    }
    img {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    }
    body.no-sidebar #content {
    width: 100%;
    }

    /** — STYLES — **/
    #content h1 {
    font: bold 1.4em/1.4 serif;
    padding: 0 0 0.6em;
    color:#333;
    }
    #content h2 {
    font: bold 1.3em/1.3 serif;
    padding: 1.5em 0 0.6em;
    color:#333;
    }
    #content h3 {
    font: bold 1.2em/1.4 serif;
    padding: 1.2em 0 0.3em;
    color:#333333;
    }
    #content h4 {
    font: bold 1.1em/1.4 sans-serif;
    padding: 1.2em 0 0.3em;
    color: #333;
    }
    #content h5 {
    font: bold 1em/1.3 sans-serif;
    padding: 1em 0 0.2em;
    }
    #content h6 {
    font: bold .9em/1.3 sans-serif;
    padding: 0.9em 0 0.1em;
    }
    p {
    line-height: 1.2;
    padding-bottom: 1.2em;
    }
    strong {
    font-weight:bold;
    }
    blockquote {
    margin: 1em 0em;
    padding: 0.5em 1em 0.2em;
    border-left: 0.5em solid #EC5F00;
    background-color: #EEE;
    font: normal 1.1em serif;
    }
    #content address {
    padding: 0 0 2em 0;
    font-style: italic;
    }
    #content abbr, acronym {
    border-bottom: .1em dotted;
    }
    #content pre, code, tt, kbd {
    font-size: 1.1em;
    }
    #content img {
    max-width:100%;
    height: auto;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }
    #content img.aligncenter {
    margin: 1em auto;
    }
    #content img.alignleft ,#content .wp-caption.alignleft {
    margin: 1em 1em 0 0;
    }
    #content img.alignright,#content .wp-caption.alignright {
    margin: 1em 0 0 2em;
    }
    #content img.alignnone {
    margin: 0;
    }
    img.attachment-thumbnail, img.wp-post-image, img.attachment-medium, img.attachment-large, img.attachment-full{
    float: left;
    margin-right:1em !important;
    margin-bottom:0.5em!important;
    }
    #content .wp-caption.alignnone {
    margin: 0 0 1em;
    }
    #content .wp-caption {
    max-width: 100%;
    }
    #content p.wp-caption-text, .entry-caption p {
    font-size:0.8em;
    }
    #content object, #content embed, #content iframe {
    max-width: 100%;
    display: block;
    }
    #content table {
    margin:1em 0em 3em 0em;
    }
    #content table tr {
    border-bottom:1px solid #EEE;
    }
    #content table tr th {
    padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em;
    border-top:1px solid #EEE;
    border-left:1px solid #EEE;
    border-right:1px solid #EEE;
    }
    #content table tr td {
    padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em;
    border-left:1px solid #EEE;
    border-right:1px solid #EEE;
    }
    /** — Links — **/
    a, a:link, a:visited {
    color: #EC5F00;
    text-decoration: none;
    }
    a:hover, a:active {
    color: #333;
    text-decoration: underline;
    }

    /** — Navigations — **/
    #branding #main-menu {
    margin-right: 0em;
    margin-top: 0.9em;
    max-width: 70%;
    float:right;
    word-wrap: break-word;
    font: bold 1.1em/1.1;
    }

    #branding #main-menu ul li {
    float: left;
    list-style: none;
    position: relative;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul li a {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.1em;
    color:#FFF!important;
    font family:georgia;
    background-color:#EC5F00;
    margin-left: 0.5em;
    margin-bottom: 0.8em;
    padding: 0.3em;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul li:first-child a {
    margin-left: 0em;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul li ul li:first-child a {
    margin-left: 0.3em;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul li a:hover {
    color:#FFF!important;
    background-color:#444!important;
    text-decoration: none;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul ul {
    display: none;
    float: left;
    position: absolute;
    top: 3em;
    left: 0.3em;
    z-index: 500;
    background-color:#EC5F00;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul ul ul {
    left: 100%;
    top: 0;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul ul li a, #branding #main-menu ul ul ul li a {
    font-size: 0.9em;
    color:#000!important;
    background-color:#FFF!important;
    width: 9em;
    height: auto;
    text-transform: none;
    padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em;
    border: none;
    margin: 0.2em 0 0.3em 0.2em;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul li:hover > ul {
    display: block;
    }
    #branding #main-menu ul ul a:hover, #branding #main-menu ul ul ul a:hover {
    color:#EC5F00!important;
    background-color: #EEE!important;
    }

    /** — Lists — **/

    #content .post ul, #content .page ul, .comment-body ul {
    padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 2em;
    line-height: 1.3;
    }
    #content .post ul li, #content .page ul li, .comment-body ul li {
    padding:0;
    list-style: disc!important;
    }
    #content .post ol, #content .page ol, .comment-body ol {
    padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 2em ;
    line-height: 1.3;
    }
    #content .post ol li, #content .page ol li, .comment-body ol li {
    padding:0;
    list-style: decimal!important;
    }
    #content .post ol ol li, #content .page ol ol li, .comment-body ol ol li {
    list-style: lower-latin!important;
    }
    #content .post ol ol ol li, #content .page ol ol ol li, .comment-body ol ol ol li {
    list-style: decimal!important;
    }
    #content dl {
    margin:0 ;
    padding: 0;
    }
    #content dt {
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 0;
    padding-top: 1em;
    }
    #content dd {
    margin: 0;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    padding-left: 3em;
    }

    /** — HEADER — **/

    /** — Blog-Title — **/

    #blog-title {
    padding: 1em 0 0em;
    }
    #site-title{
    margin: 0 0em 0 0;
    font-size: 4em;
    line-height:1.2;
    font-weight: bold;
    }

    #site-title a:hover {
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#333!important;
    }
    #site-description {
    font:italic 1em Times, serif;
    color: #777;
    margin: 0em 0 0 0;
    }

    /** — Article-Headers — **/

    .entry-header {
    padding-bottom: 0.6em; font-family:georgia
    }
    .entry-header h1, .entry-header h1 a, .entry-header h1 a:link, .entry-header h1 a:visited {
    font: bold 1.1em/1.1 sans-serif; font-family:georgia;
    color:#333;
    }
    .entry-header h1 a:hover, .entry-header h1 a:active {
    text-decoration:underline;
    }
    .entry-header p {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    }

    /** — POSTS — **/
    #content .post {
    overflow: hidden;
    clear: both;
    padding-bottom: 1em;

    }
    #content .entry-meta p {
    padding: 1em 0 0;
    font-size: 0.8em; font family:georgia;
    }
    #content .entry-meta a, #content .entry-meta a:link, #content .entry-meta a:visited {
    text-decoration:none;
    }
    #content .entry-meta a:hover, #content .entry-meta a:active {
    text-decoration:underline;
    }
    #content .sticky {
    }

    .more-link {
    font-weight:bold;
    }
    #comments .bypostauthor {
    }

    /** — CLEARING FLOATS — **/
    .clear {
    clear:both;
    display:block;
    overflow:hidden;
    visibility:hidden;
    width:0;
    height:0;
    }
    .clearfix:after {
    clear:both;
    content:’ ‘;
    display:block;
    visibility:hidden;
    width:0;
    height:0
    }
    .page-link {
    clear:both;
    }

    /** — Fullwidth Page — **/
    #content.full-width {
    width:100%!important;
    }

    /** — SIDEBAR — **/
    aside.widget {
    font-size: 0.9em;
    padding-top: 0.5em;
    padding-bottom: 2em;
    word-wrap: break-word;
    }
    aside.widget ul{
    background-color: #fff;
    }
    aside.widget ul li {
    padding: 0.3em 0 0.3em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    }
    .widget h3.widget-title {
    color: #EC5F00;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font: bold 1.1em/1.4 sans-serif;
    font-family: georgia;
    margin-right: 0.5em;
    text-align: left;
    }
    .widget a, .widget a:link, .widget a:visited {
    color: #333!important;
    text-decoration:none;
    }
    .widget a:hover, .widget a:active {
    color: #EC5F00!important;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

    /**– nav below, image navigation –**/
    #content #nav-below .nav-previous, #nav-below .nav-next {
    float:left;
    }
    #image-navigation .previous-image, #image-navigation .next-image {
    float:right;
    }
    #content #nav-below .nav-previous a, #content #nav-below .nav-next a, #image-navigation .previous-image a, #image-navigation .next-image a {
    margin:0;
    display:block;
    font:italic 1.4em Times, serif;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin-top:1em;
    }
    #content #nav-below .nav-previous a, #image-navigation .previous-image a{
    padding-right: 1em;
    }

    .page-link a{
    margin:0 0.3em;
    padding:0.2em 0.3em;
    background:#EEE;
    }

    /** — Search — **/

    .search {
    padding: 0.3em 0 2em;
    }
    #search_form {
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    float: left;
    overflow: hidden;
    }
    #search_form #search_input {
    width: 55%;
    background-color:#EEE;
    padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0;
    border: none;
    font-size: 1em;
    font-family: Georgia;
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
    }
    #search_form .search_input:hover, #search_form .search_input:focus, #search_form .search_input:active {
    background-color:#FFF;
    }
    #search_submit {
    margin: 0;
    width:35%;
    float:right;
    padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em;
    display: inline;
    background-color: #DFDFDF;
    border: none;
    font-size: 1em;
    font-family: Georgia;
    font-weight:bold;
    color: #EC5F00;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    }
    #search_submit:hover {
    color: #FFF!important;
    background-color: #EC5F00;
    }
    .widget_calendar #calendar_wrap {
    background-color: #EEE;
    padding: 0.3em 0em 0.3em 1em;
    }
    .widget_calendar #wp-calendar caption {
    font-style: italic;
    text-align: left;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    }
    .widget_calendar table#wp-calendar th, .widget_calendar table#wp-calendar td {
    padding: 0 0.5em 0.5em 0;
    }
    .widget_calendar table#wp-calendar tbody tr td#today {
    font-style: italic;
    }
    .widget_calendar table#wp-calendar tbody tr td a{
    font-weight: bold;
    }

    .tagcloud {
    background-color: #EEE;
    padding: 0.3em 0em 0.3em 1em;
    }

    /** — GALLERY — **/
    #content .gallery {
    margin:auto;
    }

    #content .gallery-item {
    float: left;
    text-align: left;
    width: 29%;
    vertical-align: top;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin-right:0.5em;
    }
    #content .gallery-caption {
    font-size:0.8em;
    margin:0;
    padding-right:3em;
    padding-left:0;
    }

    /** — COMMENTS — **/
    #comments {
    background-color:#FFF;
    margin-top:3em;
    border-top: 4px solid #EEE;
    }
    #comments .comment-meta {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    font-family: Georgia;
    margin-bottom:1em;
    }
    #comments .comment-awaiting-moderation {
    color: #E00;
    }
    #comments ol.commentlist {
    font-size:1em;
    font-family: Georgia;
    }
    .reply {
    margin-bottom:2em;
    }
    .reply a, .reply a:link, .reply a:visited {
    background: #DFDFDF;
    padding: 0.3em 0.5em;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    font-size:0.9em;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-family:Georgia;
    }
    .reply a:hover, .reply a:focus, .reply a:active {
    background: #EC5F00;
    color:#FFF!important;
    text-decoration:none;
    font-family:georgia;
    }
    #comments li{
    list-style:none;
    }

    #content #comments ol li ul.children {
    padding:0em;
    }
    #content #comments ol li.depth-1 {
    padding:0em;
    }
    #content #comments ol li.depth-2, #content #comments ol li.depth-3, #content #comments ol li.depth-4, #content #comments ol li.depth-5 {
    margin:0 0 0em 2em;
    padding:0em;
    border-bottom:none;
    }

    #comments #comment-nav-above, #comments #comment-nav-below {
    margin-bottom:1em;
    }

    #comments .nav-previous a, #comments .nav-next a {
    font:italic 1.4em Georgia;
    font-weight:bold;

    }

    /** — comment reply — **/

    #comments #respond {
    background: #EEE;
    padding-top: 1em;
    padding-right: 3em;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    padding-left: 1em;
    }
    #content #comments #respond h3#reply-title {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    font-size: 1.4em;
    font-family: georgia;
    }
    #commentform {
    font-size: 0.9em;
    }
    form#commentform p.comment-form-author, form#commentform p.comment-form-email, form#commentform p.comment-form-url, form#commentform p.comment-form-comment {
    padding:1.5em 0 0;
    }
    input#submit {
    background-color:#DFDFDF;
    padding: 0.5em 0.5em;
    color:#EC5F00;
    margin: 0;
    border: none;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 1em;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-family:Georgia;
    }
    input#submit:hover {
    background-color:#EC5F00;
    color:#FFF!important;
    }
    form#commentform input#author, form#commentform input#email, form#commentform input#url {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0.5em;
    display: block;
    font-size:1em;
    font-family:Georgia;
    color:#444;
    }
    form#commentform textarea#comment {
    margin: 0.5em 0 0;
    padding: 0.5em;
    display: block;
    font-family:Georgia;
    font-size: 1em;
    width:30em;
    }

    /** — FOOTER — **/
    a.top {
    margin: 0.5em 0;
    font-weight: bold;
    display: block;
    }

    /** — CSS3 MEDIA QUERIES FOR RESPONSIVE DESIGN — **/

    @media screen and (max-width : 1200px) {
    #branding #main-menu {right: 0; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 100%; position:relative; float:left;}
    }

    @media screen and (max-width : 800px) {
    #main { margin: 0;}
    #header { padding:0;}
    #page { max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 0em; }
    body.no-sidebar #content, #content { width: 100%; }
    #secondary { width: 100%; float:left; margin-left:0; margin-top:3em;}
    aside.widget { font-size: 1em; padding-bottom:2em; padding-top:2em; border-top: 4px solid #EEE; }
    aside.widget ul{ background-color: #FFF; }
    aside.widget ul li { padding: 0; margin:0 2em 0 0; list-style: none; display:inline; line-height:2;}
    aside.widget ul li ul { display:inline; margin:0 0 0 2em; }
    aside.widget li.menu-item ul.sub-menu li.menu-item:last-child{ margin:0; }
    .widget h3.widget-title {color: #EC5F00; text-transform: none; font: bold 1.5em/1.4 sans-serif; text-align: left; }
    .widget a, .widget a:link, .widget a:visited { color: #EC5F00; text-decoration:underline; }
    .widget a:hover, .widget a:active { color: #333; text-decoration: underline; }
    .widget ul li ul a, .widget ul li ul a:link, .widget ul li ul a:visited {color: #999!important; text-decoration:underline; }
    .widget ul li ul a:hover, .widget ul li ul a:active { color: #333!important; text-decoration: underline; }
    #content #nav-below {border-top: 4px solid #EEE; padding-top:1em;}
    }

    @media screen and (max-width : 480px) {
    #branding { border:none; #EC5F00}
    #branding #main-menu {float:none; margin:0; padding:0;}
    #branding #main-menu ul {margin:0; padding:0; }
    #branding #main-menu ul li, #branding #main-menu ul li ul li {list-style-type:none; padding:0; margin:0; display:inline; float:none;}
    #branding #main-menu ul ul, #branding #main-menu ul ul ul {display:inline; float:none; margin:0 ; position:relative; top:0; padding:0; left:0;}
    #branding #main-menu ul li a {font-size: 0.9em;color:#FFF;background-color:#EC5F00;float:none;margin:0; margin-bottom:0.2em; margin-top:0.5em;}
    #branding #main-menu ul li:first-child a {margin:0;}
    #branding #main-menu ul ul li{padding-left:15em;}
    #branding #main-menu ul li a:hover {color:#FFF; background-color:#444;text-decoration: none;}
    #branding #main-menu ul ul li a, #branding #main-menu ul ul ul li a {font-size: 0.8em;color:#000; background-color:#FFF; display:inline; padding:0; margin:0; margin-left:1em; line-height:1.5; text-decoration:underline;}
    #branding #main-menu ul ul li a:hover, #branding #main-menu ul ul ul li a:hover {color:#EC5F00!important; background-color:#FFF!important;text-decoration:underline; }
    #branding #main-menu ul li:hover > ul {display: inline;}
    #blog-title {padding: 1em 0 0.5em; text-align:right;}
    #site-title {font-size:2.5em; margin: 0 0.5em 0 0; line-height:1; text-align:right;}
    #site-description {font-size:0.8em; text-align:right;}
    .entry-header {padding-bottom: 0;}
    .entry-header h1, .entry-header h1 a, .entry-header h1 a:link, .entry-header h1 a:visited {line-height:1; font-size:1.2em; padding: 0;}
    #wrapper {margin:0.5em 0 0; padding: 0; }
    }

    .post .entry, .pages .entry { line-height: 24px; }

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