Slideshow Caption Formatting

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  arm362 · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:13 pm

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  Hi there-

  Wondering if we can change the color of the captions that appear on the Slideshow and also if there’s a way to make them more readable. As of now, they’re hard to see, being on top of the photo, as opposed to an actual caption.

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:22 pm

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  Will you please post a URL to a post or page containing an example of what you mean?

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  arm362 · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:23 pm

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  http://kelloggmbastudents.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/the-jv-experience-kellogg-culture/

  The photo captions in the slideshow are white, small and pretty difficult to read. Wondering if there’s a way to adjust.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:27 pm

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  Okay. They aren’t perfect but I’m visually challenged and I can read them. I believe the bottom line here is that you cannot chnage them without purchasing an annually renewable custom design upgrade so you can undertake CSS editing. That being said, I’m not sure you can change it via the upgrade, so I’ll have this thread moved to the CSS Forum to get a definitive answer to that question for you.

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  arm362 · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:29 pm

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  They definitely could be worse, but I’m hoping to find a better solution. Assumed a paid upgrade would be involved, but would love to find out more specifics. Thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2013 at 7:32 pm

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  You’re welcome and please be patient while waiting for a response from those who do help with CSS editing.

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  kraftbj · Staff · Sep 10, 2013 at 7:21 pm

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  Howdy,

  With a little CSS, this can be cleaned up for you. A quick pass with this custom css:

  .slideshow-slide-caption {
  background: #222;
  bottom: -2px
  }

  resulted in this:
  http://cl.ly/image/3N2d1K421i3d

  You may need to have it tweaked a bit more depending on all of your picture sizes and tastes, but it’s within the realm of possible changes :-)

  For more information about the upgrade, you can visit http://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/custom-design/

  Thanks!

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  arm362 · Member · Sep 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm

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  Great, thank you!

  Very helpful.