Spacing beteeen posts, Connections theme

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    testzzz · Member ·

    Hello:
    Of course I’m a total noob (Just discovered WP, I know a bit of html but 0 CSS).
    Of course I read the “Read me first” and “7 things to know” posts ;-)

    I am using the Connections theme at the following address.
    http://testzzz.wordpress.com/

    I have fiddled quite a bit with it over the past few days (although I’m sure an expert eye would say not much has changed). So I’m pretty sure I am now aware of most of the changes I can do (change category names, page names, change default page, headers, widgets (I love the text widget) header image, I even played with the fonts and padding around dates in CSS, date formats, etc.)

    So, back to my question: The only thing I don’t like about this theme is that there is TOO much space between posts. And what’s up with that divider thingy? I am planning on using one-liner posts with the “more” tag, but still, that leaves about 2 inches between each posts. Can this be reduced by modifying the CSS only?

    If not, I might have to resort to using wordpress.org but I think I have figured that the exact same Connections theme from WP.com is not available anywhere else (example on Patricia Müller website, the latest version is from April 17th 2005…).
    Second question: does this mean that the very same Connections theme from WP.com is not exportable?

    Thanks for reading me!
    Patrick

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    devblog · Member ·

    On my screen, the space between post doesn’t look that big… what’s your screen resolution? 1028×768 or less?

    Yes, the space can be reduce modifying the CSS only. You can get rid of the divider using CSS as well.

    HTH

  • Unknown's avatar
    testzzz · Member ·

    Thank you very much devblog.
    Yes I’m at 1028×768, good guess.
    Could you or anybody else point to me which CSS code I should modify to accomplish this?
    Is it complicated to figure out? Should I pay for such a service?
    Thanks again,
    Patrick

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    timethief · Member ·

    @testzzz
    Yes you do have to pay for a css editing upgrade in order to change this. http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/about-the-custom-css-upgrade/

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    testzzz · Member ·

    Thanks timethief but I already knew that !-)
    What I meant is “Is it so complicated that I should let someone more knowledgeable do the CSS edits?”

    Anyhow, I hacked my way into learning basic CSS and googled my way around for a few hours and I found out the following:

    It is not so hard to make the theme “tighter” but still, not tight enough for me. I used the Firebug Firefox extension and the Web Developer Firefox Extension to figure that out. I guess you have to know a minimum of html code to use those extensions (advice). So, there is a table row (html code) that would need to go. That can’t be done with the CSS option. If I really want it, I have to go the WP.com way.

    For now, I’ll just put up with it!

  • Unknown's avatar
    testzzz · Member ·

    oop, I’ll rephrase my last sentence
    WAS:
    If I really want it, I have to go the WP.com way.
    NOW:
    If I really want it (the tighter design with modified hyml code), I have to go the WP.ORG way.

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    timethief · Member ·

    If I really want it (the tighter design with modified hyml code), I have to go the WP.ORG way.

    Agreed and best wishes to you. :)

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