Border color as opposed to whole page color
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This is my MOST favorite site from Showcase
https://orchardcottagemuchmarcle.co.uk/I would like to see how my site looks using color in a border like that, as opposed to the whole page.
I looked at the source code for Orchard Cottage, but wasn’t able to work out what I needed to do to get that effect.
Please will you help.
My site is:
https://health-boundaries.com/
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Hi again CrouchingBruin ~
I’ve gone again for help from HostGator techs. The initial response was that it was a problem with the software I’m using for my site, that’s Montezuma, right?
But if it worked fine for making changes with my first site, then it doesn’t seem as if the problem is Montezuma. Does it?
OMG — Now all my pages are showing 404 — Not such great HostGator help!!!
New HostGator tech fixed the 404 problem. Now my pages have white in the middle ?? Happiness.
He doesn’t see the number in the bubble, but it’s still visible to me…
And, I have a bit of margin on top of my header image.
Thank you So SOOOOO much!!!
karen
Hi, Karen:
I see a notation at the bottom of your source that indicates you have WP Super Cache running; next time you want to make changes to your site, deactivate the plugin first so you can see your changes right away, then once your site looks the way you want, you can activate the plugin, again. The plugin may have been installed by Hostgator without you knowing it.
From this Hostgator support page:
WordPress Super Cache will be installed by default with all new QuickInstall and Fantastico WordPress installations. If you or a client wants it to be removed, that user can simply deactivate it in their wp-admin/ directory.
Hi CrouchingBruin, Yes, I deactivated Super Cache, that didn’t help. Then techs said to activate it, clear cache and deactivated it, which I did, but I still had problems.
After the tech made all my pages 404, which was not my favorite, and another tech fixed it, I was able to see my pages in real time. So, I feel as if HostGator has some sort of caching independent of the plugins…
But, I still haven’t been able to get rid of the bubble. I waited till today to see if it had disappeared overnight with some sort of cache clearing that happens… nightly.
Hi CrouchingBruin ~~
<h2> <span class="post-format"></span> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </h2>
This is my code now that I removed the line you pointed out, but … the bubble with the number is still there, and since I answered Giulio’s comment, it has changed to 2.
What else is there to do to get rid of it?????
OK, I see, you have a static page for your front page and not a blog page.
Go to Appearance > Montezuma Options > Main Templates, and make the following changes to both page.php & single.php. Change this section:
<h1> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <?php bfa_comments_number(); ?> </h1>
to this:
<h1> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </h1>
Once again, you are removing the line with the function call to bfa_comments_number().
Oh WOW!!! CrouchingBruin, that did it. Happiness!!!
I couldn’t find the same line on the Single.php, so I checked my site while I thought about it, and my site is without the Bubble.
Thank you SO much!!!!
Big sigh of relief!!!!
Hi CrouchingBruin… (I do so love your name!)
Would it be possible, and not too difficult, to get a thin line to edge my white main content area, sort of like the lines above and below the breadcrumbs????
It seems like that would look good…
Karen
Would it be possible, and not too difficult, to get a thin line to edge my white main content area, sort of like the lines above and below the breadcrumbs????
Sure, that’s an easy one. Just add this CSS to your various.css file:
#main { border-left: solid 1px #ccc; border-right: solid 1px #ccc; }
You won’t need a border on top or bottom because the breadcrumbs bar and the footer already have borders there (if you add them, it will look like a double-wide border).
The solid value means to add a solid line (as opposed to dash or dotted).
The 1px value is the thickness of the line.
The #ccc value is a dark gray color, same as the border color of the breadcrumbs bar.
The first part of CrouchingBruin comes from the movie, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” while the second part comes from being a UCLA alum.
Hi Crouching Bruin… This is SO Exciting. I’m waiting for a fellow to come and give me a quote for putting in Solatube, so it will be a bit before I can try this out… but, wow, is it ever exciting….
thank you !!!!!
Karen
Hi Crouching Bruin ~~~
Wow, was that ever easy. Totally! And, I think it looks good, the finishing touch. Happiness!!!
Various.css it a tempting file… just pop things in there… lol. Probably best not to abuse it.
Well, I think I have to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon again. I remember it being a beautiful film, I don’t remember the plot, exactly.
I remember that sometime after the film came out there was an evening news item about these kids that could sort of run up walls, kind of like skateboarding tricks, without the skateboard. They couldn’t run up several stories, or anything like that, but several feet. It was quite amazing.
Thank you SO MUCH for your help. ??
Now, I’m going to go add this “nifty” touch to my first site.
Karen
Oh Gosh! I really like it! And, clearing my browser cache made it appear on my computer. Happiness!!!!
I’m going to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon this coming weekend, with added appreciation.
You do have a “magical” touch with site creation. ??
Hi CrouchingBruin —
Question: Do you use the SEO thing that provides spaces to fill in relevant information? It’s useful. But for each page it asks for the Menu heading of the new page.
I don’t understand it I have to enter the Big, overall Menu label, or if the new page is a sub-item in a menu, if I should enter the page in the Big Overall Menu under which the new page falls.
that doesn’t seem very clear.
It just doesn’t seem as if I should put : B12 and Specific Symptoms
as the menu heading for an item that is actually under the page:
Pain and Pain Relief…I’m not sure what people expect, nor what search engines think is proper in this circumstance…
Karen
Sorry, I’ve never used an SEO plugin, I don’t seem to have a problem with my web sites showing up on Google searches so I’ve never worried about it. I would assume that if it asks for a Menu heading, that it would be whatever words you put into the menu item to navigate to the page, but I could be wrong.
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