Goodreads widget not displaying correctly

donjimmyreviews · Member · Aug 27, 2018 at 11:03 am
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Hi there. I have noticed that the widget for goodreads is not displaying correctly on my blog. The picture of the book is very small. Is there anything I can do to solve this? Site donjimmyreviews.wordpress.com

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staff-zara · Staff · Aug 27, 2018 at 3:01 pm
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Hi there,

I’ve tested my site with the theme you’re currently using (Textbook) and I’m getting the same display, which the book image is extremely small. I think that could be due to the theme allocated 260px for the sidebar widget area.

My site is using Lovecraft theme which has 300px for the sidebar widget. Here’s how my Goodreads widget looks like:
donjimmyreviews · Member · Aug 27, 2018 at 3:07 pm
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Many thanks, I really like my theme so don’t really want to change if I can avoid it. May have to if I can’t figure out how to change the widget area.
staff-zara · Staff · Aug 27, 2018 at 3:11 pm
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You’re welcome.

It could be possible with a custom CSS but that requires an upgraded plan to do it.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/

I’ve tried to add Goodreads widget at the footer but it doesn’t look good as well. See screenshot here: https://snag.gy/tLTnSZ.jpg

I’ve added a modlook tag to see if Staff can advise you further.
donjimmyreviews · Member · Aug 27, 2018 at 3:16 pm
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Yeah, I was thinking I might need to upgrade in order to “fix” the theme but I’m not prepared to upgrade yet. I still haven’t really got the hang of blogging so I want to be on a good footing before I do that.
staff-zara · Staff · Aug 27, 2018 at 3:17 pm
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Sure, I can totally understand your concern. Let’s wait for Staff’s reply. :)
supernovia · Staff · Aug 27, 2018 at 6:14 pm
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Hi folks, yeah that does seem a bit odd. I was able to figure out a CSS fix, but I’m also reaching out to see what can be fixed on our end.
```
div[class^=gr_custom_book_container] {
box-sizing: content-box;
}

.widget_goodreads>div>div>div:before {
border-bottom: 0px;
}
```

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