How do I get rid of the Talk Bubble on Esquire?

ivystoryblog · Member · Jul 26, 2015 at 9:30 am
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I always liked Esquire because its readability, but never cared for the colors or the talk bubble. I fixed the colors, but how do you get rid of the talk bubble?

Thank you so much for your time, Heather

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staff-happychia · Staff · Jul 27, 2015 at 9:35 am
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Could you add the following CSS to the CSS Editor and see if the result is what you want:
```
#header, .permalink a, #footer a:hover,
#sidebar {
    background-color: white;
}
```
ivystoryblog · Member · Jul 27, 2015 at 10:42 am
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That looks great! Thanks so much!!!!
ivystoryblog · Member · Jul 27, 2015 at 11:38 am
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Is it possible to have sidebar widgets and footer widgets for Esquire? I would like to put archives on the sidebar and keep my copyright in the footer.
Thanks so much for your time and effort,
Heather
kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 27, 2015 at 7:22 pm
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Hi Heather, Esquire does have a footer widget area, and it looks like you’ve already added a copyright notice there.

Regarding a sidebar widget area, it’s not possible to add new widget areas to a theme that doesn’t support them.

Let us know if you have any other questions!
ivystoryblog · Member · Jul 27, 2015 at 8:55 pm
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Aw, man.
In that case, I can just some kind of archive on the menu bar.
Thanks!
kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 27, 2015 at 9:02 pm
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My pleasure!

Alternatively, you could find another theme with a sidebar widget area. Esquire is a cool theme, but it’s an older one that’s not responsive – it doesn’t adapt to smaller screen sizes – so this could be a good opportunity to switch. :)
ivystoryblog · Member · Jul 28, 2015 at 10:50 am
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I realize it’s an old theme. I like WordPress’ old themes better than their new ones.
I just checked it out on my tablet and it works fine. On the WordPress app, however, the header/sidebar gets in the way of the blog posts.
I don’t know about even smaller screens than that.
Would you have any ideas on how to make it responsive?
Thanks for your time and effort, Heather :)
kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 28, 2015 at 1:42 pm
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Hi Heather, there isn’t an easy way to make Esquire responsive – it just wasn’t designed that way.

You could activate the mobile theme if you want, under Appearance > Mobile:

https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/mobile-themes/

That will display a separate mobile theme to visitors on small devices.

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