Sidebar – Adding new info

you have two choices, look at your CSS tags that is already in the left column and use to mark the new stuff you want over there, or edit your css to create a new tag that will put that type of content in the left column.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve tried tweaking both the index.php and, the css with different tags to no avail. Everything ends up in the left-hand sidebar and, in a bizarre order.

can’t you just add another type like #quotes in this
#calendar, #search, #archives,#quotes {
left: 630px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 150px;
}
and then also put
#quotes {
top:(somenumber)px;
}
and reference the #quotes in your index file?
LilandraAtWork

Er… okay, I never thought of that, you’ll have to excuse me, being a newbie and all. I’ll have a go and see what evolve.
Thanks for the suggestion, feedback and help.

whoa! that is weird… -L

hey it’s no problem…but i seem to be getting problems with it too…but maybe you’ll figure it out!
i’m trying with just the html output and your css file…
Lilandra

ooh! that should work … what i just told you
but um, i’m not very good at css either, so i would worry if you those top references are absolute that they might run into each other…
the search and calendar should take the same amount of space but as the length of time you blog for grows, your archives will expand and also if your quote is a different size each time..
but i think you can fix it for now and people who wander in will say yes or no about things!
well, at least it’s a start for now, right?
– Lilandra

That about sums it up. I’ll just have to have a play round and see what I can get to work. Thanks anyway. It’s great to get feedback and advice. ??

lol no problem…and totally offtopic..i think i learnt to defrost like you…and i’m from the tropics…

Ah, someone else after my own heart. LOL!

Okay, back to this problem, thanks to Lily, I’ve a better understanding of what’s what, but cannot seem to get anything to work. I followed her suggestions, so, can anyone else help? I have a 3-col layout, and want stuff to go in column two, but, it just keep going in col-1.
Going crazy here.

The link to your site does not work.
Try adding the new element between two similar elements already in the column you desire, and I can’t see your site, so I have no way of knowing how exactly stuff is put in a particular column, but there could be two ways,
a. depending on where you put the code in the index.php template
b. depending on some css id tags to decide.
So try the method I suggested, and if that does not work, look in the css file to see if there is something in common to the items in the column you desire.

Thanks for the feedback, 2fargon. I’ve tried a number of thing, tweaking in both the css and index pages. I just think I’m missing doing something simple. Oh, and the url is in the first post, top of this page.

The styles.css file you are using specifies that only the calendar, search and archives be listed in the right menu. Here’s the code that does that :

#calendar, #search, #archives {
left: 630px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 150px;
}

That’s a copy-paste from your stylesheet.
the left: 630px is what gets it in the right menu ??
this portion:

#calendar {
top: 0;
}
#search {
top: 160px;
}
#archives {
top: 230px;
}

is what sets the height from the top of the page that these elements should be displayed at.
If what you are trying to include in the right menu has a fixed height, then you will be safe adding it to the right menu.
If you want to add only one variable-height (grows-with-time) item to the right menu, you can have it displayed where the archives is currently displayed, ie, right at the bottom.
Hope that gets you on the right track ??

Thanks 2fargon, will give this one a try this weekend… er, hopefully.