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Anyone have any ideas.. Super stuck here ??

hey @macmanx
I’m also trying to do full width.

Do you still recommend the ‘Options for Twenty Twenty-One’ vs, say, group block set to full or twentig?

I’m totally lost after hours of messing around, and figure you probably are the best personto ask.

Hey @bcworkz thanks for all the helpful info!

That ‘full site editing’ sounds interesting – I will take a look after this post.
I’m certainly not needing any automatic layout, and my friends page will be super simple so for this time I’ll just do it manually offset etc as you say.

You mention learning: Can I ask you for tips on the best practice for getting help and reading?

As an example, I can’t get the black bar at the top of 2021 to go away. I googled, and found a link from 3 years ago and one for a premium theme, but can’t find anything clear. I feel so stupid not being able to get rid of that line lol.

Should I be posting here for help? How can I best post these noob questions without being annoying. Is this a good channel or is there a specific 2021 theme channel?

@bcworkz that was a long ‘tomorrow’ of me lol. my bad.
Check out my photoshop sketch (no tablet) https://ibb.co/NW3J5Jr

I’m trying to create two columns under HERO image, but the post link are hand drawn images (both the thumbnail and the text) so I’m exporting photoshop images to put in columns. I’ve been creating a ‘column’ block (x2) and adding hand drawn jpeg image blocks in each column. I think this is probably bad practice?

Questions:

1. Any tips on the best block for a scrollable content (image) sub-column?

2. aside from setting up a ruler guide for consistency in photoshop prior to expor, do you have any tips for bringing hand drawn images into the site as primary navigation buttons?

Your knowledge will help me a great deal.

Aha – thanks @bcworkz
In that case I may hold off as my CSS skills are non existent (yet ?? And I feel some pressure to help him get it done. He’s almost like a client but it’s more of a mentor / friend thing.

I’ll send an image tomorrow of what I’m trying to do. I’d LOVE your tips when I do on where my approach may or may not be working..

Hey thanks so much @chemicloud & @bcworkz

@chemicloud sorry I didn’t see a notification last night.
The Retina / theme tip is appreciated. I was overthinking it there for a while and paralyzed lol

@bcworkz I may have written too soon. It’s hosted through Bluehost so there’s some integration there – I could sworn I saw the ‘pro header’ option, but there’s a change that was with a different theme before I switched to 2021.

Your advice regarding a few dozen css tweaks is very much appreciated. Thank you for these helpful suggestions and the links as well. Regarding the UNDERSCORES.ME; I found myself dialing everything on 2021 way back (ie. hiding all widgets, installing a plugin to hide title). Do you think that’s still the way to go, or do you think time invested in underscores makes sense? My coding skills are basically no extent, but I’m fine with lots of googling and tutorials ??

Hi James, Thanks very much for the reply!
Apologies for my own delay.

I have tried a number of other themes, but they didn’t quite grab me the way this did. If making it left aligned is very difficult based on the core design, I will def. try and re-think that decision.

As I look on the page, almost the whole right half of my 19″ monitor is white. Does that sound like expected behavior? Do you have any thoughts on the mindset of the person who would be designing something to be left aligned like that?

Is it an aesthetic taste thing or a logistical / functional choice? I know little about web layout but it just doesn’t seem especially ideal to my eye (although the other theme elements I really like).

Thanks for any more advice you can provide.