Front Page loading incorrectly, possible problem with CSS?

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  glenorawinecellars · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 9:05 pm

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  Hello!

  I’m very new to WordPress and CSS.

  When I navigate to the blog I am working on while not logged in, it does not load correctly. The content appears all the way to the left of the page and most of it is not visible at all. When I am logged in, it appears how I would like it to.

  I tried my hand at CSS to change various components on the page and I’m wondering if I made mistakes that are making it load incorrectly. I am using the Oxygen theme and the blog I’m referring to is http://www.glenorablog.com. Please help!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 9:20 pm

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  Yes, those look like CSS errors to me. Just go to the CSS editing window and wipe out all your text and click “add to existing CSS” and that will get you back to the standard Oxygen theme. You’ve set yourself a challenge, as even without CSS that’s the most complicated theme we have.

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  glenorawinecellars · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 9:35 pm

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  Of course I would pick the most complicated theme.

  I’m not seeing the “add to existing CSS.”

  Any recommendations for a simpler theme?

  Thank you!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 9:46 pm

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  Themes are not my strong suit. You might like Confit, though. It’s what I have on my blog and it’s designed for foodblogging.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 4, 2014 at 1:36 am

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  Hi there, this appears to be due to the fact you have not yet created a post on your site. I went to your dashboard, created a post and published it and the front page of your site then displayed correctly. I’ve since deleted the test post.

  Create and publish a post and your site will display properly.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 4, 2014 at 1:39 am

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  Really? I was seeing all kinds of anomalies on that site. Weird transparencies, overlaps.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 4, 2014 at 1:45 am

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  Yeah, so was I @raincoaster. Not sure why that is only happening when not logged into WP.

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  glenorawinecellars · Member · Jan 6, 2014 at 1:25 pm

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  @thesacredpath @raincoaster Thank you for the recommendations!!

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  justpi · Member · Jan 6, 2014 at 1:47 pm

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  @rain: What you saw is due to the way Oxygen is structured. The sidebars are held in place by the content of the main column. When there’s no content, the sidebars get dislocated.