Vertical alignment of widgets in Sidebar
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Now I switched over to scratchpad theme for my Blog. There are 11 sidebar widgets. The Third, Seventh and the last one that is the Eleventh are not aligned with the other widgets vertically.
Is that the style of the theme or any error? Thanks!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there. :)
The fact that some of the widgets are aligned differently to others is a design choice made by the team behind Scratchpad. You can also see this in action on the theme’s demo site:
https://scratchpaddemo.wordpress.com/
If you’d rather all of the widgets be aligned, then it’s possible to override the design choice with some custom CSS.
If you’re not familiar with CSS, it’s a coding language that’s used across the web to change the appearance of websites. Here at WordPress.com, it’s possible to add CSS to customise certain parts of your theme.
Navigate to the CSS panel in the Customizer and add the following snipper below the introductory text to align your widget:
#secondary .widget:nth-of-type(4n+1), #secondary .widget:nth-of-type(4n+3) { left: 0; }Let me know how you get on with that or if you have any extra questions.
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Wow! It’s now perfectly aligned.
Thanks for the little CSS ! God bless!
Where can I find more readymade custom CSS so that just I can copy and paste? -
Glad that worked out!
CSS is theme-specific, so you need to first find the right element to target in each theme before you add the CSS you need to override the theme’s defaults.
Here are some very helpful posts that will help you understand how to target specific elements in your theme so you can customize your site with CSS:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/
https://thewc.co/articles/view/web-inspector-tutorial
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/css-basics/
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@kathrynwp
Good! Thanks for the links!
I shall slowly go through all of them. Presently I am happy with my chosen theme Scratchpad.
And I don’t foresee any immediate change.
I have duly bookmarked this page for my future reference.
Thanks a lot again, God bless! -
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