Run or highlight a quote across top of blog (in lieu of images)

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  jacquicompany · Member · Jan 2, 2012 at 11:44 pm

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  I have the itheme2 layout and would like to prominently position a quote vs featured images at the top.

  Additionally, how can I move the featured images to another location? (vertically along left side of page) or horizontally at the bottom?

  thankas

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

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  designsimply · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 12:40 am

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  Note that when using the custom design upgrade at WordPress.com, you can’t move things around from one page to another or add function on a page that doesn’t exist, but you can work with things that are on the same page.

  Could you be more specific about what you want to move, or prominently position, including the URL of the page you’re working on and a specific example of the text in the quote or which featured image you’re trying to move?

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  jacquicompany · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 12:47 am

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  Hmmm…is there a box I can use to frame /prominently position a quote at the top? (But not have it as large as the feature image box’?

  And is there a way to move the feature images to the left side of the page – even if they have to be smaller? thanks

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  designsimply · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:01 am

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  Sorry, I was trying to ask for more details.

  Which quote on this page do you want to position at the top? http://jacquelinecassel.com/

  I don’t see any featured images set for any of your posts, but if you did have featured images like the ones along the top at http://itheme2demo.wordpress.com/ I don’t know of an easy way to move those using just CSS because the Javascript code that makes that slider work expects the width o the slider to be a certain way and I do think you would need to have access to the Javascript to modify it in order to change the width of it which you’d probably want to do if you moved it to left side of the page. WordPress.com does not offer the option to modify theme php or Javascript code.

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  jacquicompany · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:04 am

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  Gotchya!

  I’d like to be able to change the quote in the future – but something like this to start with:

  “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.”
  ― Henry Ford

  I had 4 images set as feature images but didn’t want them at the top so I deleted them. Would it be more helpful to re-link them? I like the bar idea, but simply want it placed elsewhere -d oes that help? thanks!

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  designsimply · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:09 am

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  So you want to add a quote like that one into the header area at the top, for example?

  Yes, it would be very helpful to be able to see the images on your site.

  I started trying to find a way to move the slider images in the demo site, and I can see a way to move them to the left, but I couldn’t get the slider to also work if I changed the width of the featured images area. Try this in your Appearance → Custom Design → CSS page preview to see what I started trying to do:

  .slider-nav {
  display: none;
  }
  #featured {
  width: 155px;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 30px;
  margin-right: 30px;
  }

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  designsimply · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:14 am

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  For a quote in the header (if that’s what you wanted), you might try adding it completely in CSS. Here is an example:

  #site-title:after {
  color: white;
  float: right;
  font-size: 150%;
  width: 650px;
  text-align: right;
  content: "022Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.022  ― Henry Ford";
  }

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 1:58 am

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  You could just make an image which contains words in it. I like http://Picnik.com for that. Then upload that as your header image.

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  jacquicompany · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 2:19 am

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  I tried the quotation in the image (thanks) but the problem is that the featured image bar is for 5 pics…so there’s all sorts of dead white space – it doesn’t ‘right-size’ for the # of images posted. I hope that makes sense.

  OK, this is my first time with the CSS/customization language. I’ll give it a whirl.

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  jacquicompany · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 2:21 am

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  designsimply, I actually am looking for a separate text box for the quotation. Not in with the header. Is that not possible? thanks

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  designsimply · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 4:06 am

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  It’s probably possible. It helps very much to see an example. Can you create a text widget with the quote in it? http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 3, 2012 at 4:08 am

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  You can put the quote into a text widget and put that in your sidebar and then we can help you size, style and move it up into the header area. Then when you wanted to change the quote, all you would have to do is go to appearance > widgets and change out the text in that widget.

  Let us know when you have that quote in the text widget in the sidebar and then if you could, let us know exactly where you want it placed. Right top opposite the title and tagline I would presume.

  Add the text widget right at the top of your sidebar so it is easy for me to find, and easy for you to see to edit.