Making Changes (Need Help)

  • I’ve done as much as I (think) I can do with the “customize” menu. But there are still some changes I want to make and I need some direction on how/the best way to do it.

    Here’s the page: https://www.dogchronicles.net

    Here are some of the changes I want to make (there will probably be more as I go on, but this is a good start to give you the flavor of the types of changes I’m going for).

    -Logo: My logo makes a nice banner, but not a nice thumbnail. I really would like my logo to stretch across the top of the page above the navbar.

    -Navbar: Speaking of the navbar, I would like to even it out a bit. Categories will come and go, so I’d like to be able to shuffle things around to keep a nice flow to the header area. I have currently 10 navigation links, I would like to do 2 rows of 5 each if I have to keep the same width. It would be really cool if I could stretch the navbar to match the banner above it. (Ideally these would both fit neatly over the entire blog, from left sidebar to right sidebar.)

    -Random Icons and Titles: For the posts, I don’t need any icons next to it. The RSS feed would be nice just being an icon unto itself without the added title with *it’s* icon too. I really *really* don’t want a file icon and “Category Archives” before my list of posts under a category.

    I’m not afraid to tackle CSS, but I’ve never worked in someone else’s files before (always made my own) and would like some direction so I do things properly. I like clean and organized mark up as much as the next person. ??

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  • I suggest you browse through the Snippets where you’ll find solutions. Come back for any you can’t find.

    Use the Search facility to locate suitable snippets.

    Also some Guides you may find useful. Look under the Get Started menu item

    Thread Starter cascadeWild

    (@cascadewild)

    Yeah I found that page earlier (snippets). Looking forward to going through it.

    The guide is helpful, as earlier I was trying to find out where I could find their selector names. Thanks!

    I guess the follow up question here, is if I choose to do a child css file, is that the plugin I can just download and install or do I have to do it manually in file manager?

    (I’m assuming the rest of it can be done in the custom css option they give you, if I don’t want to do child.)

    Thanks for such a quick reply!

    Go for the Child Theme as it will help you as you add more customisation.

    Yes, that’s the right extension to use.

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