How do you bring “Posted by” to the top of a post

loucetios · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:17 pm
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The title pretty much says it all, how do i bring the posted by line to the top of a post on my blog. It is http://temmehkan.wordpress.com, I imagine the only way is through custom css
aw1923 · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:21 pm
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you can’t thats just the way the theme is, so switch themes or deal with it. And, I have been trying forever to do this with CSS and haven’t been able to do it.
loucetios · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:22 pm
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Well that sucks, thanks for telling me
timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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I’m sorry but that the way the theme designer designed the theme. We cannot edit templates http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/09/27/edit-my-templates/
lilia · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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As aw1923 states, it comes with the theme (or not) so there is no way get it appeared unless choosing the right theme.
timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:24 pm
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lol … we appear to have a convention of cooks in the kitchen :D
ozrisk · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:24 pm
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Some of the themes do it. I am using Tarski with has the author information up the top, just after the categories.
Custom CSS would do it.
timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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Hmmm … I asked because aw1923 said above: “And, I have been trying forever to do this with CSS and haven’t been able to do it.”
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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With the theme you’re using (and the CSS upgrade), it’d be possible by using pseudo classes; however, IE users won’t see it.

Something like this would work:
```
#page small:before{
content: "Posted by: [Your Name Here] - ";
}
```
Not a perfect solution, but possible close enough to what you want.
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:34 pm
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darn! slow much… again??
timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:40 pm
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slow? you never … :P
aw1923 · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 10:40 pm
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cool, but do you know how to do that on my theme when there’s more then one author?
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:05 pm
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The “beauty” of Sandbox is that it allows to style almost anything. I say almost because I wish there was a way to style every part of the date individually…

Anyway, try adding this at the bottom of your CSS, see what happens. If it works for you, making it look the way you want, then I’d suggest you to modify the selectors respectively (just to keep your code more organized)
```
.entry-content {float: left; margin: 40px auto 0 !important;}

.entry-meta .entry-author {float: left; margin: 15px 0 0 -380px;}
```
Of course, if this is what you want, you’d need to tweak it more to your liking.

TT, just a bit slow today :)
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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Sensico,

Hold on, I need to chekc something else.
aw1923 · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:16 pm
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I got it, I added

‘.home .entry-content {float: left; margin: 40px auto 0 !important;}

.home .entry-meta .entry-author {float: left; margin: 1px 0 0 -300px; background: none;}’

without adding the “.home” the meta section was screwed up when you click on the actual post
aw1923 · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:16 pm
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and, if you were here I’d hug you :) Thanks
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:17 pm
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scratch that. First, I’m assuming you want the “written by” at the top on your home page only, so no need for it to appear on the single post’s page.

Don’t modify your selectors. Just add this to your CSS:
```
.home .entry-content {float: left; margin: 40px auto 0 !important;}

.home .entry-meta {background: transparent;}

.home .entry-meta .entry-author {float: left; margin: 15px 0 0 -380px;}
```
That should affect your front page only. HTH
devblog · Member · Dec 30, 2008 at 11:18 pm
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man, I’m friggin’ slow today.

yes! you got it.

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