chateau: change text size in widget headers

mrstringer2012 · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 10:02 am
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No, forget that: I meant to ask how I stop the theme from making the images in the footer widgets smaller…
nixonradio · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 10:56 am
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Can I just say a big thank you to everyone in this thread? I was about to ask the exact same question as mrstringer2012, as any talk of CSS customisation usually only elicits a glazed look and a lengthy “buuuuuuuuuuuuuh” noise from me, but that is some really good advice – direct, helpful and easy-to-follow. Thanks!
justpi · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 2:35 pm
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@nixonradio:
You’re welcome!

@mrstringer2012:
a) Yes, that’s what I’m telling you. So yes, the stuff in the CSS editor may eventually become long.

But keep in mind that when you apply the same change to different elements, you combine the respective commands into one. For example, if you want a white bg to both the footer widget area and the credit area, you won’t write this:
```
#colophon {
    background-color: #fff;
}
#copyright {
    background-color: #fff;
}
```
you’ll write this:
```
#colophon, #copyright {
	background-color: #fff;
}
```
b) Chateau has four footer widget areas, designed to show up side-by-side below the main column; so the width of each widget area is 1/4 of the main column width (I’m simplifying – actually it’s less, because of the margins). Your question can’t be answered before you decide how exactly you want to change that: Three widget areas side-by-side in place of four? Four widget areas in two rows of two? Four widget areas side-by-side but spanning the width of main column plus sidebar? Widget areas of unequal width? Other? And don’t forget that a) you don’t have to use all four areas, b) each area accepts as many widgets as you like.
mrstringer2012 · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 8:18 pm
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Sighh … another scale fallen from the old eyes. How does one KNOW these things, Panos? – when the first footer widget offered describes itself as “a single full-width footer column” and is followed by four more footer widgets – “the first footer column below the full-width area” (times four) – can’t one be forgiven for assuming that this means each of the four will accept only one thingy?
You’re saying that it’s my using four widgets that’s reduced the sizes of the images – OK, I can relate to that. So now I’ll remove the 2nd, 3rd and 4th and see if the original is legible.
If it ain’t, I’m back on the clock. <grin>
mrstringer2012 · Member · Dec 18, 2012 at 8:28 pm
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It is. Gosh, Panos right again! <grin>
Thanks for the umpteenth time.
And I hope you’re feeling smug about having helped two people at once. Just think: if it weren’t for my halfwittedness, nixonradio wouldn’t now be in the happy position of knowing that there’s actually a way of utilising that rather infuriating css window!
If I can ever work out how to reduce the size of the font in that section of the body that comprises my postings WITHOUT reducing every other style used, I’ll be laughing.
justpi · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 3:21 am
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You’re saying that it’s my using four widgets that’s reduced the sizes of the images […]. So now I’ll remove the 2nd, 3rd and 4th and see if the original is legible.

That’s not at all what I said (and I didn’t mention the “single full-width footer column” either). I said that the default width of each footer area you used is roughly 1/4 of the main column width – period: removing the widgets from areas 2,3,4 won’t change the width of area 1 by itself. And I said you can change the widths via CSS editing but we can’t tell you how do to it if you don’t tell us exactly what you want (that is, if you don’t tell us how many side-by-side images you want in the footer area, and if you don’t tell us where the first one should start and where the last one should end).

Another thing to note: A forum thread isn’t a sort of personal communication on any issue you might think of. A forum thread is supposed to be of use to others too, so it should be confined to what its title says: for a different problem you start a new thread.
mrstringer2012 · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 4:11 am
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Wow. I’ll get back in my box then. Amazing you’ve managed to put up with me for so long.
zandyring · Staff · Dec 19, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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Since it does sound like the first posted issue was resolved, I’m going to close this thread. Please do open a new thread for any new issues you have!

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