Scrolling long posts?

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  danb377 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 2:33 pm

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  Is there any way to insert a scrollbar or something similar into long posts? Or maybe a condensed version that will expad when clicked on? Thanks

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

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm

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  For scrollbars you need html coding (in the html post or page editor); see here:

  Codes useful for text widgets

  Other possibilities, for “condensed version”:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/nextpage/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm

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  One note though: having multiple scroll bars on a page is something people on the web dislike. It ends up confusing and complicating stuff considerably.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm

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  That is one of the reasons using frames has long ago gone out of style.

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  danb377 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 4:14 pm

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  ok thanks!! That was very helpful

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  babaliciou5 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 6:37 pm

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  @Richard & Panos
  So, it’s near kin to impossible to have scrollbars content as can be seen at http://wapka.mobi even with CSS feature on WP.COM? Just asking…

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 7:13 pm

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  @babaliciou5: No, it’s very easy – I’m giving the code in the post I linked to. Here’s an example I helped work out:

  http://iebatest.wordpress.com/engineering/

  Richard didn’t say it’s very difficult, he said it’s not very advisable (and I agree).

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  babaliciou5 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 7:55 pm

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  Will check later that out, Panos — am now on mobile using Opera Mini browser, therefore, can’t see nor run any script and code as you can on computer with Firebug and the like. If you don’t mind, will you post the code here? I’m speaking of Sandbox 1.6.1 with CSS and wanting to have scrollbars content on either posts or pages, say, limit the content height and width to specific unit (300px) yet still enable audiences to read long post without breaking the box (border). How to do that, please?

  Thanks for replying.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 8:39 pm

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  <div style="width:300px;height:300px;white-space:pre-wrap;overflow:auto;padding:10px;">
  CONTENT_HERE
  </div>

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  babaliciou5 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 9:28 pm

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  Pardon my bad English and most importantly my CSS illiteracy but I was expecting to have a wapsite look instead of a weblog. Theoretically speaking, a mobile layout can be achieved by only using custom CSS, no? What, then, to fill within body.single #content {details here} so as to limit it into specific unit without necessarily make the posting overlap the background image by default (illustration site: wapka.mobi)?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 9:39 pm

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  @babaliciou5: Ah, sorry, I know absolutely nothing about CSS customization! Handing over to devblog or thesacredpath or husdal or…

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  babaliciou5 · Member · Oct 6, 2009 at 10:04 pm

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  My fault, Panos, and thanks anyway. Maybe Richard or Husdal or even Juan will pick up the call, who knows? I’ll check this thread again for sure. Later!