CSS Follow this Blog

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  whoisklaus · Member · Jun 5, 2013 at 11:36 am

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  Hello!

  I want to put the “Follow this Blog” field into the Menue Bar – is this possible?
  Also I want to change the text, which is shown if you are already following the blog.
  Now it is “You are following this blog, along with 6 other amazing people”
  which is not quite good, because it should be kind of a serious blog.

  Thanks in advance,
  Iring

  Oh, the Theme I am using is “Twenty Eleven”. CSS Upgrade is active.

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  designsimply · Member · Jun 21, 2013 at 11:42 am

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  You can moved the logged out follow box that appears at the bottom right, but I wouldn’t recommend doing that for a couple reasons.

  First, that code is subject to change. If it changes, you will also need to adjust your CSS accordingly.

  Second, the button is actually a larger box that is hidden off screen since it’s at the bottom of the page. Moving it means the entire large box will show up. Try the example code posted below to see what I mean.

  Third, you can move the box relative to the browser window, not the inner content area container—this is because of how the HTML is structured and there is not a way for you to change that on WordPress.com.

  Here is a CSS example you can test to see what I mean:

  .loggedout-follow-normal {
      bottom: auto;
      top: 0;
  }

  Regarding the wording, there is not a reliable way to change that using CSS. I will forward your feedback about the “amazing people” part of the text in the follow box to our developers for consideration. Since the wording works well for the vast majority of users, it’s not likely to get changed but I think it’s good to hear feedback like this just in case.

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  wwrichard · Member · Jul 2, 2013 at 5:22 am

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  Just like to endorse the opinion that there are serious bloggers around and that the message is inappropriate for them. Be great to be able to edit it somewhere.

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  designsimply · Member · Jul 2, 2013 at 12:20 pm

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  Thanks for your input! Perhaps an option can be added to allow more customization of the Follow box in the future, but that’s not something planned at the moment. You should also post about it in the ideas forum so the request is logged and other people can comment so we can see how many people would be interested in such an option.