How to use CSS for styling?

  • Resolved hepziibahx

    (@hepziibahx)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi. I was wondering how I could use CSS to style the wordpress popular posts widget. What steps do I need to take? This is the CSS I want to use:

    .feed-links {display: none;}
/* Popular Posts
------------------------- */
.item-title a {
display: block;
z-index:9999;
}
.item-thumbnail img {
width:100%;
display: block;
z-index: 1;
}
.item-title span {
background-color: white;
opacity: 0.9;
width: 93.1%;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
padding: 10px;
z-index: 9988;
font-family: ABeeZee;
font-style:  italic;
letter-spacing: 2px;
color: #333;
font-size: 10px;
margin-top: 96px;
}
.popular-posts ul li:hover {
opacity: 0.8;
}
.popular-posts ul li:hover .item-title{
display: block;
opacity: 1.0;
}
.item-snippet {
display: none;
}
.item-thumbnail img {
object-fit:cover;
position: relative;
display: block;
}
.item-thumbnail a {
clip: auto;
overflow: hidden;
}
.popular-posts ul li {
display: inline-block;
height: 120px;
overflow:hidden;
text-align: center;
margin-top: -5px;
}
.popular-posts ul {
padding: 0;
margin-right: -5px;
margin-top: -7px;
margin-bottom: -2px;
}

    Now the problem is: where do I put it? And what other steps do I need to take? I’ve read some other threads, but I don’t know if those steps apply to me.

    Thanks in advance

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/

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  • Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    Hi there!

    You can put that either in your theme’s stylesheet or in WPP’s stylesheet. Either way will work, however the first one is preferred over the latter.

    To edit your theme’s stylesheet:

    1. Go to wp-admin > Appeareance > Editor to edit your current theme’s stylesheet.
    2. Paste the CSS code at the end of the file, make sure you don’t delete or overwrite anything.
    3. Hit the Update file button to save changes.

    To edit WPP’s stylesheet:

    1. Go to wp-admin > Plugins > Editor and select WordPress Popular Posts from the dropdown at the right.
    2. Click on wordpress-popular-posts/style/wpp.css to edit WPP’s stylesheet.
    3. Paste your CSS code at the end of the file, make sure you don’t delete or overwrite anything.
    4. Hit the Update file button to save changes.
    5. Using an FTP program -such as FileZilla- move the modified wpp.css file into your theme’s directory so future updates of the plugin don’t overwirte your custom CSS styles.
    Thread Starter hepziibahx

    (@hepziibahx)

    Do I need to make any changes in the widget of WPP? Because when I do the first step, nothing changes. Perhaps it’s something with the ul and li I use in the CSS?

    This is my blog: https://www.labrunette.be

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    Can’t tell for sure since the widget is currently displaying the message “Sorry. Nog geen gegevens beschikbaar.”, even despite the fact that I visited some of your posts. Are you using a caching plugin, by any chance?

    Thread Starter hepziibahx

    (@hepziibahx)

    Okay, so I’ve changed the settings a bit so it shows more. Well, something is happening (wasn’t happening before), but not really what I expected ??
    And no, not using a caching plugin.

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    Well from the CSS alone I guess that what you’re trying to do is to have WPP look like the Instagram widget, correct? If that’s not the case, then you’ll need to tell me what exactly are you looking for so I can help you out ??

    Thread Starter hepziibahx

    (@hepziibahx)

    Aha. That explains why I get the strange order ?? On this blog you can see what I try to achieve: https://www.byannablog.com. At least something like that.

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    They seem to be using a different Popular Posts plugin (boooo! hehe) but yes WPP can also look like that with a couple of minor tweaks here and there. I’m a bit busy ATM due to work projects so I can’t help with this right away – I’ll get back to this topic as soon as I get some spare time, alright?

    Thread Starter hepziibahx

    (@hepziibahx)

    Oh thank you! And that’s totally fine ??

    Hi Hector,

    I am looking to do the same thing, eg. show the post or page title as an overlay on the featured image. I hope you can find time to help us achieve that soon.

    Great plugin, thanks a lot.

    Edwin

    Plugin Author Hector Cabrera

    (@hcabrera)

    Hey guys!

    I just realized I never replied over here… If it’s still of any help, here’s a little demo I made a few days ago: How to display a grid of popular posts in WordPress.

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