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I think I have the idea behind CSS, but when I make my changes and rebuild I'm not always seeing the changes reflected on the blog. I'm having trouble with the index template -- when I was using Blogger that template used tables, but I don't get how the MT templates structure the page.

  • I want to change the fonts on the banners: Lucida for the title and Palatino for the description. I've set the headline and the description using the stylesheets but nothing seems to be working.
  • I want to stop the top box on the right from squashing into the calendars. I want it to be its own little discrete box.
  • I want the posts to be over on their own side of the line instead of squooshing the sidebar.
  • I want a box on the sidebar listing the categories.
  • I want the category listed at the end of each post.

Later on I can go back and play with color schemes and so on. I wish I had more time to play, but between my mother-in-law's birthday and Hurricane Isabel, I simply don't have time to play.....

Posted by Peony on September 17, 2003 9:00 AM |

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I think you may need to make some changes in the CSS and others in the Index Template.
good beginnings, though! alicia

Posted by: alicia the midwife | September 17, 2003 2:01 PM

oh, and I sent you an email with lots of other stuff too.

Posted by: alicia the midwife | September 17, 2003 2:01 PM

(1) I moved the "Lucida" font name from the "H1" style to the "#banner a" style. That seems to be the one controlling that text.

The description is showing up as Palatino here, though with the extra-small letters, it's hard to tell.

(2) To separate the "Future home" box from the calendar box, I added:
margin-top: 30px;
to the calendar style.

(3) I'm not sure what you mean by this one.

(4+5) To add a list of the categories to your page, see the MT manual's section on Template Tags. Also, check with Steven Riddle, who uses categories on Flos Carmeli.

Posted by: RC | September 17, 2003 2:02 PM

Thanks for all the tips!

Alicia, I did get your tips, and I'll be using them to get some pictures up soon.

RC, thanks for the tips and the assist. The margin around the calendar was perfect and I see what's running the banner now.

Now I am trying to figure out

  • how to rein in the right margin on the main column (the right one) so readers don't have to scroll back and forth
  • how to display each entry's category. Basically, I am trying to emulate Davey's mommy's setup.

Posted by: Peony Moss | September 17, 2003 5:05 PM

You can specify a width for the right column by
adding a
width: 350px;

(or whatever number)
to the style for -- uh, I think it's the "content"
class that contains the blog entries.

Posted by: RC | September 17, 2003 5:21 PM

thanks RC (and Davey's daddy) -- that did the trick!

Posted by: Peony Moss | September 17, 2003 8:44 PM