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L.G.S Reply #1, 19 years, 3 months ago

Hello, I am trying to modify the default template and I’m having problems.

I have done most of what I want, but I have this one thing left, one image that I can’t find and it won’t go away.

See here http://www.ruthlessintent.com/cms/id_index-page.html where either side of the banner and website title there are gray bars sticking out of the main layout.

What are they? I looked through the CSS and couldn’t find anything, I looked through the images and that gray bar isn’t in them, and I looked through the template files as well. That’s the last thing I need to do then its finished, but its still bugging me.

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sirlancelot Reply #2, 19 years, 3 months ago

The problem is in the following element:
[tt]html > body > div #page > div #header > h1[/tt]

My guess is that your CSS has added some padding to the h1.

I suggest downloading the Web Developer Toolbar Extension for Firefox.

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L.G.S Reply #3, 19 years, 3 months ago

Thanks for replying, however I don’t think that is the problem. I went into the CSS file and found the only padding property for a h1 div and changed the settings. The height changed but not the width.

I even tried removing the entire padding code. That made the div small in height but the extra gray bars were still there.

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dev_cw Reply #4, 19 years, 3 months ago

there is a margin set to .5em in the style for h1, h2, h3, h4, that should resolve this.

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L.G.S Reply #5, 19 years, 3 months ago

hmmm thats really weird, that doesnt work either.

here is my css

/*
Theme Name: TicTac - Wuhan
Theme URI: http://wuhan.authenticasian.com/

Description: My lousy attempt to reproduce a masterpiece by <a href="http://www.simplebits.com">Dan Cederholm</a>.

Version: 0.2
Author: Meng Gao
Author URI: http://wuhan.authenticasian.com/

	TicTac is a template created by Dan Cederholm for Blogger and it's one of my
	favorite designs. Therefore, I've created a WordPress theme in which I tried
	my best to make it look like Dan's original design. As much as I want to use the
	original graphics, I had to make slight changes to them so as not to run into
	copyright problems.

	Since this theme is an obvious attempt to reproduce TicTac, I take absolutely
	no credit in it. If you like this theme, write an email to Dan and let him
	know.
																	-- Meng Gao
*/

/* Main Sections 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
body {
    font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: small;
    text-align: center;
    color: #333;
    background:#000000 url(images/sitebg_old.jpg) top left repeat-y;

}
div, p, img, a, td, ul, ol {
    font-size: 1em; 
}

ol {
    margin-left: 1em;
    padding-left: 1em;
}
ol li {
    margin-left: 1em;
    padding: 0 0 .5em.3em;
    list-style: decimal;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4 {
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", georgia, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: .07em;
}
h1 { font-size: 218% }
h2 { font-size: 164%; }
h3 { font-size: 145%; }
h4 { font-size: 118%; letter-spacing: .15em }

p { padding: 0 0 1em; }

a, a:link { 
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #69c;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #69c; 
}
a:visited { color: #669; border-color: #669; }
a:hover { color: #693; border-color: #693; text-decoration: none; }
a:active { color: #c33; border-color: #c33 }


a img, img {
    border: none;
}

ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0 0 20px 1em;
}
li {
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 1em;
    margin-bottom: 3px;
}


.clear {
    clear: both;
    height: 1px;
    margin: -1px 0 0;
    font-size: 1px;
}


#page {
    width: 770px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    text-align: left;
    background: url(images/tile.gif) repeat-y;
}

#content {
    float: left;
    text-align: left;
    width: 420px;
    margin: 20px 0 0 52px;
    padding: 0;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}

/* Special text formatting 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
h2, h2 a, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:visited {
	color: #333;
}

h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar h2, cite {
	text-decoration: none;
}
h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
	color: #06c;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #06c;
}

h2.pagetitle {
	margin-top: 30px;
	text-align: center;
}

h4.date-header {
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-left: 14px;
    font-size: 90%;
    color: #f93;
    background: url(images/date_icon.gif) no-repeat 0 50%;
}

blockquote {
    margin: 0 0 0 30px;
    padding: 10px 0 0 20px;
    font-size: 88%;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    color: #666;
    background: url(images/quotes.gif) no-repeat top left;
}

blockquote p { margin-top: 0; }

blockquote cite {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	display: block;
}
code {
	font: 1em/2.5em 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
	color: #444;
	white-space: pre; 
    width: 350px;
    height: auto;
	overflow: auto;
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid #999;
    border-width: 2px 0;
    padding: 1em;
    margin: 0 0 1em 0;
    background-color: #fafafa;
}
li code { width: 330px }

acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	font-size: 90%;
	letter-spacing: .07em;
	cursor: help;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #3f3f3f;
}

.center { text-align: center;}
.alignright { float: right; }
.alignleft { float: left; }

hr { display: none; }


.error, .message {
    padding: 12px;
    background-color: red;
    color: #fff;
}
.message {
    background-color: green;
}

/* Header 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

#header { 
    background: #e0e0e0 url(images/top_div.gif) no-repeat top left;
    position: relative;
}

#header h1 {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 45px 50px 45px 75px;
    color: #fff;
    background: url(images/top_h1.gif) no-repeat bottom left;
}
#header h1 a {
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: none;
    color: #fff;
}
#header h1 a:hover { 
    color: #eee; 
}


/* Search Form 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#search {
    position: absolute;
    right: 60px;
    top: 40px;
    padding: 15px 15px 0;
}
form.FSF_form {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: auto;
    text-align: right !important;
}

input.FSF_input { 
    display: inline;
    height: 17px;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-left-color: #c3c3c3;
    border-top-color: #7c7c7c;
    background: #fff url(images/input-bg.gif) repeat-x top left;
    margin: -1px 3px 0;
    padding: 3px 0 0;
}
input.FSF_submit { 
    display: inline;
    margin: -1px 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 22px;
    line-height: 22px;
}


/* Post (main content entries)
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.post {
    margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
    padding: 0 0 1.5em 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.post h3 {
    margin-top: 0;
    color: #f63;
}
.post ul li {
	background: url(images/tictac_orange.gif) no-repeat 0 6px;
	margin-left: 0em;
}



/* Related Links 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#navlist li { 
    display: inline;
    list-style-type: none;
    padding-right: 20px;
}


/* UserComments 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */                        
.comment {
    background-color: #fff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
    position: relative;
    padding: 10px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.commentAlt {
    background-color: #f4f4f4;
}
.commentAuthor {
    background-color: #ffc;    
}
.commentMe {
    background-color: #ccf !important;
    padding-top: 5px;
}
.commentNum {
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 50px;
    line-height: 30px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    color: #f2f2f2;
    font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: -4px;
    z-index: 1;
}
.commentAlt .commentNum {
    color: #eaeaea;
}
.commentMe .commentNum {
    color: #b0b0ff;
}
.commentAuthor .commentNum {
    color: #f3f3bb;
}
.commentTitle {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    color: #999;
}
.commentTitle span {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 86%;
}
.commentTitle strong {
    color: #693;
    font-size: 110%;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight: normal;
    margin-right: 6px;
}
.comment .content {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
}


/* Sidebar 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

#sidebar {
    margin: 0 30px 0 481px;
    padding: 23px 0 0 0;
    font-size: 85%;
    line-height: 1.4em;
    color: #999;
    background: url(images/sidebar_bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
}

#sidebar h2 {
    padding: 25px 0 0 35px;
    color: #666;
    background: url(images/sidebar_icon.gif) no-repeat 5px 15px;
    height: 32px !important; /* for most browsers */
    height /**/:57px; /* for IE5/Win */
}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar p {
    padding: 5px 15px 1em;
    margin-left: -5px;
}

#sidebar ul { margin-bottom: 1em }
#sidebar ul ul { margin-bottom: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
#sidebar ul ul ul { border-bottom: none; margin-bottom: 0; }
#sidebar ul li ul li { background: url(images/tictac_green.gif) no-repeat 0 6px; }


/* Footer 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0 0 9px 0;
    font-size: 85%;
    color: #ddd;
    background: url(images/bottom_sill.gif) no-repeat bottom left;
}

#footer p {
    padding: 20px 320px 20px 95px;
    background: url(images/bottom_sash.gif) no-repeat top left;
}

#footer a {border-bottom: none;}


/* Forms 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
form {
	width: 360px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
	border: none;
}
form.full { width: 100%; }


fieldset {
    border: none;
}

legend {
	display: none;
}
form h3 {
	clear: both;
	padding: 15px 0 5px;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #000;
	font-weight: bold;
}

form label,
form p {
	display: block;
	clear: both;
	width: 310px;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	padding: 0 0 9px;
}

form input {
	display: block;
	margin-top: 3px;
}

form select {
	float: left;
	display: block;
}

form label.first,
form label.city {
    clear: left;
    margin-right: 10px;
    width: 150px;
}

form label.second,
form label.state {
	float: left;
	clear: none;
	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
	width: 150px;
}
form label.state { width: 60px; }

form label.first input,
form label.city input,
form label.second input {
	float: left;
	width: 150px;
	padding: 0;
}

form label.state select {
	width: 60px;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 3px;
}

form label.zip,
form label.zip input {
	float: left;
	width: 80px;
}
form label.zip { clear: none; }

form label {
	float: left;
	clear: left;
	width: 310px;
	margin: 0;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}

form label input {
	float: left;
	width: 310px;
	padding: 0;
}

form input.radio,
form input#radiobutton_1,
form input#radiobutton_2,
form input#radiobutton_3,
form input#radiobutton_4 {
	clear: left;
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

form label.radio,
form label.radioitem {
	clear: none;
	margin: 0 0 0 25px;
	padding: 0 0 15px;
}

form input.checkbox,
form input#checkbox_1,
form input#checkbox_2,
form input#checkbox_3,
form input#checkbox_4 {
	clear: both;
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

form label.checkbox {
	clear: none;
	margin: 0 0 0 25px;
	padding: 0 0 15px;
}
/* style the form elements to look similar across browsers ... emulates Safari */
form label input,
form textarea {
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-left-color: #c3c3c3;
    border-top-color: #7c7c7c;
    padding: 0 2px;
    height: 18px;
    line-height: 20px;
    background: #fff url(images/input-bg.gif) repeat-x top left;
}
form input.checkbox,
form select {
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-left-color: #c3c3c3;
    border-top-color: #7c7c7c;
    background-color: #fff;    
}
form textarea {
	margin-top: 3px;
	width: 383px;
	height: auto;
	display: block;
}

form label input.calc {
    text-align: right;
    width: 100px;
    clear: left;
    padding: 0;
}
form input.button {
    clear: left;
}

/* Special handling for images & alignment 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

p img {
	padding: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
}

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin: 0 auto;
}
img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
}
img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
	display: inline;
}

/* Fixes for RichText widgets
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.MODX_RichTextWidget {
	float: left;
}

.MODX_RichTextWidget a {
	border: 0px;
}

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dev_cw Reply #6, 19 years, 3 months ago

Try removing the background color from the #header style.

#header { 
    background: #e0e0e0 url(images/top_div.gif) no-repeat top left;
    position: relative;
}

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