Featured Post Widget, Widget Background Colour, & Post Image Size

[Deborah Gabriel]

I have been testing the Live theme before installing it on one of my websites and have run into a few problems that I cannot resolve, try as I might!

1) How can I change the background colour of the widgets (currently grey)?

2) I am using the featured post widget in the home page but even though I have inserted an excerpt to limit the characters to fit the widget the text is not cutting off but spills over the widget – see http://deborahgabriel.com/testingsite/

3) On the blog archive page the largest uploaded size of the image is appearing but I only want a smaller thumbnail size of 224×140 which I already entered in the WordPress settings for media. How can I change the size of the image since the theme is not responding to the media settings? See: http://deborahgabriel.com/testingsite/blog/

Thanks!

[Deborah Gabriel]

I have now installed Live onto my proper domain and have fixed all the other problems. The only thing remaining is in regards to the Blog archive page. How can I get the excerpt text to wrap left around the image? It looks quite messy with the image above:
http://blackbritishacademics.co.uk/category/blog/

I would like the tax to wrap like this: http://deborahgabriel.com/category/phd/

Thanks!

[Bill Robbins]

Good morning Deborah. I’m glad you found the answers to your other questions. The featured images for the blog section are made so they are the same width as the blog post, but that can be changed so they wrap. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Theme Options page and select the Styling tab.
2. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and paste this:

   
   .post-format-media img.wp-post-image {
   	float: left;
   	margin-right: 20px;
   	margin-bottom: 20px;
   }
   

3. Update your settings.

That should cause the featured images to float to the left and the text to wrap around to the right.

If you have any questions or trouble, let me know.

Have a great week,
Bill

[Deborah Gabriel]

Thanks so much Bill – it works like a dream!

Best Wishes
Deborah

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