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About CSS and theming

So, I’ve hacked the wordpress default theme into looking like the stuff already on my site. It’s not entirely finished, but it works well enough for normal browsing. Things to do:

  • Add the logo at the top of the sidebar
  • Fix the php for the footer to be stuck in the sidebar, instead of abs-positioned, so the layout won’t go haywire when the height of the window is too small
  • Figure out why ‘Valid XHTML’ messes up when resizing
  • Generally clean up the stylesheet so it isn’t such an abominal mess of random adjustments anymore, and make it smaller in download size.
  • Attempt to make the (number) additions to the categories go behind the links, instead of on a new line. This one’s tough, as the links are set to display: block and to fill up the <li> blocks to make the hover effect look nice. Maybe I can fix it with some positioning magic, because I’m fairly sure trying to make the <li> blocks light up on hover doesn’t work in IE. Incidentally, I have no idea whether this style works in Opera or Safari. If anyone could enlighten me about that, it’d be appreciated. Feel free to comment in that case :-) .

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2 Responses to “About CSS and theming”

  1. Gijs Says:
    November 16th, 2005 at 15:27

    Seems to work in Opera :)

  2. Ryan Says:
    December 6th, 2006 at 23:42

    I need some help with the Asktheseguys wordpress theme..
    I can't figure out how to get the header and ad bar at the top to go all the way across the screen.. Or better yet, how I can place an ad box in the empty space at the top right.
    I can usually figure this stuff out easily, but can't find anything in the CSS that will make it work..
    Anyone have any ideas?

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