Issues reformatting exiting web pages

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  garrypaulbrooks · Member · May 13, 2021 at 5:21 pm

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  Hi

  I’m pretty new to WordPress. I’ve agreed to do some changes to the website of a local club and am finding it quite challenging

  The first we page is here:

  Programme of Events

  The first changes I need to make are these:

  1. Use more of the  screen. On my PC, all the content is in the middle third of the screen  (vertically speaking)
  2. Reduce the heading spacing i.e. around “DLHG Programme” and “Spring & Summer 2021”
  3. Lock the headers (“DLHG Programme”/”Spring & Summer 2021”) at the top of the screen so they are always visible when scrolling down. 
  4. Add small (6pt) space under the talk titles e.g. “10th May (Zoom): The DeMorgans and the Lovelaces”. Putting a whole line below these looks ugly

  Could anyone help?

  thank you!

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

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 13, 2021 at 5:59 pm

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  You might want to consider finding a theme that’s more to your liking, that would be the easiest change: https://wordpress.com/themes

  Otherwise, these will need to be changed by modifying CSS, which requires a paid Premium or higher plan: https://wordpress.com/support/custom-css/

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  garrypaulbrooks · Member · May 14, 2021 at 6:10 am

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  Ah, the penny drops. I will experiment with different themes.

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  garrypaulbrooks · Member · May 14, 2021 at 9:32 am

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  On more question:

  I’ve had a look at https://wordpress.com/themes/dlhg.org.uk. There’s a screen grab at:

  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmxJyApgEAcYhuQvxDw0kXtaq8smeA?e=byi07g

  This (to me ) suggests this website has been set up without a theme. If I click on the “Info” icon, nothing appears!

  So is it defaulting to a theme that offers very little, or does this website actually have no theme at all?

  I have to be careful what I do here, as the website has 29 pages, of which I should only touch 3 or 4. It’s important that if I change something, it can be reversed out.

  Thanks for your help (again)

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · May 14, 2021 at 10:52 am

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  Hi there!

  The site is using the theme Maywood. It’s not possible for a WordPress.com site not to have a theme; it’s just that the info on your dashboard has not loaded.
  Since you’re an Editor on that site, you wouldn’t be able to change the theme anyway, so no worries about changing it inadvertently:

  https://wordpress.com/support/user-roles/#list-of-user-roles.

  I hope that helps :).

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  garrypaulbrooks · Member · May 14, 2021 at 12:06 pm

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  Thanks fresatomica & macmanx, that is all very, very useful.