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WordPress Twenty Twelve Theme Modifications, Documentation, Support and Customizations

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The Twenty Twelve (2012 theme)  for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background. You can check the Twenty Twelve theme demo.

You can use my shared code and ask question in the comments section.

You can take my personal help in skype : om2000_cuet

1. If you want to change the Font Color,size and font family of Site Title of Twenty Twelve theme use the following css code

.site-header h1.site-title a {
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #000000;
font-family: ‘Open Sans’,sans-serif;;
font-size: 28px;
color: grey;
}

1.1.  If you want to use Header Image instead of Site Title  in Twenty Twelve Theme of WordPress.com

–> You can easily do it from  Appearance–>Header   option

2. If you want to reduce the space/gap from the top of the site of  Twenty Twelve theme


body .site {
margin-top: 1.43rem;
}

3. If  you want to make the corners  Rounded (Rounded Corner) use the following code.

body .site {
-moz-border-radius: 20px;
-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
-khtml-border-radius: 20px;
border-radius: 20px;
}

**** Rounded Corner for IE Browser

IF the Rounded Corner does not work in IE, pls check the following page and try to use the code.

http://code.google.com/p/curved-corner/

body .site {
behavior: url(/css/border-radius.htc);
border-radius: 20px;
}

4. If you want to change or modify Site Description’s font color,font family and font size of Twenty Twelve theme use the following code


h2.site-description {
color: #020202 !important;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 17px!important;
}

*** In case if you don’t want to show the Site Description in the Header section then you can use the following


h2.site-description {
display:none;
}

or…simply you can Remove the Site Description text From you dashboard.

just go to  “Settings–> General” and remove the text from “Tagline”

twenty twelve theme header modifications

5. If you want to increase the Width of body Content Section (reducing left and right padding)  use the following css code

.wrapper {
margin-left: -18px !important;
width: 1000px !important;
}

After that step..

** Increase Width Of Content Section….

IF you are willing to increase the Content Section’s width(not the sidebar) use this code

.site-content {
float: left;
width: 71.1% !important;
}

If you want to increase/decrease  Sidebar Width Use the following code

.widget-area {
width: 27.04% !important;
}


*** You need to keep in Mind that you have increase Content section width and Sidebar width

in such a way that they should reside side by side..otherwise Sidebar will move down..

twenty twelve theme content section modifications

6. If you don’t want to show Featured Image at the top of the Single post of Twenty Twelve theme

.entry-header img.wp-post-image {
display: none;
}

twenty twelve theme featured image modifications

7. If you want to remove the spacing between  Menu item and Post Title  (in Home page) use the following

*** it will also work for invidual pages

.site-content {
margin-top: 2px !important;
}

.widget-area {
margin: 2px 0 0;
}


.site-header {
padding: 1.71429rem 0 14px;
}


8. If you want to  change Sidebar Widget Title’s font color,font size and font family of Twenty Twelve theme


.widget-area .widget h3 {
color: blue;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 15px;
margin-bottom: 1.71429rem;
}

9. If you want to change Sidebar widgets link’s font color,font type and font family of  Twenty Twelve theme

.widget-area .widget a {
color: #777777;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: underline;
}

10. If you want to change Right Sidebar widget’s links hover color of theme Twenty twelve

.widget-area .widget a:hover {
color: red !important;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 14px;
}

11. If you want to use Background Color in Widget title and make the Widget Title Centralize

.widget-area .widget h3 {
background-color: yellow;
color: blue;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 15px;
margin-bottom: 1.71429rem;
text-align: center;
}

12. If you want to give Each WIdget block a background color you can use this

.widget-area .widget {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 green;
}

*** in such case you may need to make your widget links or text color to be white use this if you need that..

.widget-area .widget a {
color: white;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 14px;
padding-left: 10px;
text-decoration: underline;
}

twenty twelve theme widget section modifications

Regarding Comments Section

13. If you don’t want to show Comments Section only in your pages you can use one plugins

named  “No Comments on pages” which will help you to disable comments only  for pages

14. If you want to Change  Content Section’s font color,font family and font size of Twenty Twelve theme


.entry-content, .entry-summary {
color: black !important;
font-family: times New Roman !important;
font-size: 17px !important;
line-height: 1.71429;
}


15. If you want to change Post Title’s Font color,font size,font family of twenty twelve


.entry-header .entry-title a {
color: black;
font-family: times New Roman;
font-size: 26px;
text-decoration: none;
}


16. If you want to add Background Color and Image In Twenty Twelve Theme


body {
background-color: #E2E2E2 !important;
background-image: url(http://agrofarma.pe/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1.jpg) !important;
}

17.If you want to make ur Twenty Twelve Site Full width use this code


body .site {
max-width: 100% !important;
}

twenty twelve theme background color and width modifications


If you have any issue feel free to ask me question here in comments section

OR

You can take my personal help in skype : om2000_cuet

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235 thoughts on “WordPress Twenty Twelve Theme Modifications, Documentation, Support and Customizations”

  1. hi

    great post!
    i changed widget background color and would like to give the widgets blocks nice and rounded boarders. can you add the code for this?

    thanks

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      2. Hi Chen…
        for rounded corner widgets of twenty twelve theme try this code..

        *** change the radious value as ur need.

        .widget-area .widget
        {
        -moz-border-radius: 7px;
        -webkit-border-radius: 7px;
        -khtml-border-radius: 7px;
        border-radius: 7px;
        border: 2px solid #125C5C;
        }

        Regards
        Om

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      5. Hi Chen..
        You can use Disqus comments plugins …or using css u can add some style in the current comments section…

        what type of look u prefer in ur existing comments box?
        let me know..i will check it

        Om

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  3. Hi Om, I can’t find any option for the footer to increase to three widgets. I can place three widgets into the widget module, but they stack up against one another as opposed to side by side. Would you mind pointing it out to me? I’d love to treat you to a cup of coffee for all of your help.

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  4. Hi – and THANK YOU for all your posts. I am trying to modify the placement of category pages that I use to list a thumbnail and excerpt. In Twenty – eleven, I put the ollowing code in the css editor stylesheet and it worked fantastically, I just upgraded to Twenty twelve and love it, but when I try to put the following in and then save the sheet it strips out all of the parameters and I am not sure why – can you help please. Thank you
    .cat-post{
    02 width:100%;
    03 }
    04 .cat-post-list{
    05 display: block;
    06 margin-bottom: 20px;
    07 position: relative;
    08
    09 }
    10 .cat-post-images{
    11 float:left;
    12 width:140px;
    13 display:block;
    14 }
    15
    16 .cat-content{
    17 width:350px;
    18 float:right;
    19 }
    20 .cat-post-title{
    21 display: block;
    22 width:100%;
    23 }
    24 .cat-clear{
    25 clear:both;
    26 }

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    1. HI Richokun..
      are you trying to modify ur category page in twently twelve theme so that thumbnail image will be in the left and post excerpt will be in the right..something like that? share me ur category page url too..

      Regards
      Om Prakash

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  5. Dear Om –
    Yes I am trying to set it up so that the thumbnail is on the left margin and the on or two lines are aligned to the right of the picture but on the same line so it doesn’t take up more space on the page since I will be adding many – Right now it is under the pic and I cannot seem to modify the CSS to get it right – an example of a category page (I have organized it as menu items as category pages
    http://www.maya-the-puppuppy-poet.com/poems-for-adults-too/
    MY site is http://www.maya-the-puppuppy-poet.com
    Thank you for any help you can provide.
    Blessings
    Rich

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    1. Hi Rich..
      pls try this code

      div.cat-content {
      float: left;
      margin-left: 13px;
      }
      div.cat-post-images {
      float: left;
      }
      div.cat-post-list {
      clear: both;
      margin-bottom: 6px !important;
      overflow: hidden;
      }

      paste the code either ur style.css or custom.css

      and let me know it is ok or not

      Kind Regards
      Om

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  6. Dear Om –
    THANK YOU, THANK YOU – it works perfectly. I guess the word ‘important’ is important
    I am truly grateful for your generous help.
    With gratitude
    Rich

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  8. Dear Om – Thank you again for all your previous help.
    I wanted to make my content and widget area take up the entire width of the screen page if possible. I tried the mods above for both content and widget, and this did increase both but not the area that it resides in – my site is http://www.-maya-the-puppuppy-poet.com I changed the background color so you can see the pinkish area is what I want the white area to expand to if possible – IS there anything you can suggest please?
    Thank you again.
    Very truly yours
    Rich

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      1. Dear Om – YES that did what I was looking to do THANKYOU – a cup of coffee is warranted and a Big thank you….

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  10. Using WP Twenty Twelve and….

    re: 5. If you want to increase the Width of body Content Section (reducing left and right padding) use the following css code….

    .wrapper {
    margin-left: 130px !important;
    width: 1000px !important;
    }

    .site-content {
    float: left;
    width: 71.1% !important;
    }

    Seems to trash the mobile rendering of the pages/posts?

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  12. Fantastic info. This page helped me a lot.
    There is still one thing that bugs me though, I’m trying to increase the content section’s width and reducing the sidebar width. It works fine as you described with…

    .site-content {
    float: left;
    width: 71.1% !important;
    }

    However, this also reduced the content width of my Front page. I have setup my Front page to have no side bar. It used to span the full width, but now it’s only 71.1%.
    Is there a way to selectively keep the front page at full width (no sidebar) and adjust the width of the rest of the pages which have sidebars?

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      1. Sure, the site is still in beta test:. http://drl.ee.ucla.edu/test/wordpress/

        I did figure out a way to keep the Frontpage at full width but only change other pages. I added the following lines in my child theme’s style.css file.

        .widget-area {
        width: 20%;
        }

        .page .site-content {
        float: left;
        width: 77%;
        }

        .front-page .site-content {
        float: left;
        width: 100%:
        }

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      3. Yes, I’m using the default Twenty Twelve theme. I made a child theme, which is just one file style.css which modifies the default styles in Twenty Twelve. As far as I can tell, the code is working fine, I get to keep the full width at the Home page, but all other pages I can adjust the width of the content area relative to the sidebar area.

        Regards, /Kin

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  13. HI

    MY SITE IS : http://WWW.2HIGHERPROFITS.COM

    I want to move the Right side bar up flush with my logo. How can I do that?
    Also, I want to change the Font Color of my Posts from Blue to Black.

    Where would I place this code? Can you give me the dashboard and then clicks to make this work? This is great information.

    Thank you.

    Dan

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    1. Hi Dan…
      to move ur Sidebar to the top..it will need customization in ur theme file…
      Also..i have checked ur posts… but..the color is already black..not Blue…

      would u mind to share me any page or post url to check the color issue?

      And..u have to paste the code in style.css… go to “Appearance–>Editor” there u will see the style.css

      Om

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  14. I’m trying to put buttons around the nav menu links, which I’ve accomplished. I want to remove the gap between the button/links though.

    Can you help please?

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      1. Hi James
        sorry for the late response

        to reduce the gap between ur menu buttons use this code

        .main-navigation li {
        margin: 0 12px 0 0 !important;
        position: relative;
        }

        Om

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    1. Hi Attila
      to change the frame or margin color u have to change the white background color of ur site…and the have to do changes in post or page background…

      regarding the post background

      are u talking about this code?

      .site-content article {
      background: none repeat scroll 0 0 lime;
      }

      Om

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      1. Now I changed the post background color to black, but the “site” (the background is a picture) background (around the sidebar, posts, above the menu ) color is white 😦

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      2. Hi Attila
        thanks..i have checked..actually the way u r asking to do the color change will require modifcation in ur theme file to make the work easy…
        only css may not be the perfect way to solve ur issue

        Om

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  17. Very useful post, thank you.
    Question – On my main page I want to reduce the space between the posts (below the Welcome sticky post). I can’t identify the file I need to modify in the theme editor. Can you point me in the right direction for both the file that I need to edit and the padding I need to adjust? http://www.guidetrails.com
    Thank you.
    Greg

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    1. Hi Greg
      To Reduce the gap between your posts in homepage.. Pls paste the following code at the bottom of your style.css
      .site-content article {
      margin-bottom: 1.143rem !important;
      padding-bottom: 0.714rem !important;
      }

      Regards
      Om

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  18. Great article. How can I make the space between one widget and the next smaller – on the right sidebar of a twenty twelve theme? My site is genialesstudium.com and I’d love to have smaller spaces between (1) the widget-title and the widget and (2) between one widget and the next. Thank you!

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    1. Hi Nikolaus
      thanks for ur comments

      Regarding ur question

      1. To Reduce Space between one widgets and the next widgets in twenty twelve theme use the following code

      .widget-area .widget {
      margin-bottom: 1.429rem !important;
      }

      2. To reduce space between widget title and widget section of Twenty twelve theme use the following css code

      .widget-area .widget h3 {
      margin-bottom: 0.714rem !important;
      }

      pls let me know it works or not

      Om

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    1. Hi Rachel
      thanks.

      To make your Navigation menu to be centered in twnty Twelve theme
      .main-navigation {
      margin-left: auto;
      margin-right: auto;
      margin-top: 1.71429rem;
      text-align: center;
      width: 55% !important;
      }

      Regards
      Om

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      1. Thank you so much! That is absolutely perfect. I have one last question (I swear!) – how do I delete that “Home” option up top? My header leads there and it seems pretty unnecessary. Thanks!

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      2. Hi Rachel
        thanks.. to remove the “Home” Option from the navigation menu of Twenty Twelve theme use the following code

        .nav-menu ul li:first-child {
        display: none;
        }
        Regards
        Om

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  20. Thanks for your great post, it resolve some of my problems but I have the following questions:

    1. how can I move my header image a little bit towards the top of the page?

    2. I need to add a separator between the header image and the post that come after the image. How can I do that?

    3. How can reduce the space between each separator and the title of post that come after the separator?

    Many thanks in advance Om!

    Mike

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    1. Hi Mike
      thanks for ur comments

      1. To move ur Header image to the top of the page use this code
      hgroup {
      display: none !important;
      }

      2. if you are asking about top header and content section seperator would u mind to check this code pls?

      .site-header {
      border-bottom: 2px solid grey;
      padding: 1.71429rem 0;
      }

      3. To Reduce Seperator and Title of Next Post of Twenty Twelve theme

      .site-content article {
      margin-bottom: 2.14286rem !important;
      }

      let mek know it is Ok or not

      Om

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      1. Thank you so much Om! They worked perfectly. However, as you can notice in my website (windowzphone.com), there are separators between posts in the main page. How I can change the color of this separator ?

        Also, how I can change the color and size of each post title in the post page (not in the main page)?

        Is there any way to change the margins of a widget background color?

        Many thanks again,

        Mike

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      2. Hi Mike
        thanks…

        1.) TO change the seperator color in Twenty Twelve theme use the following code

        .site-content article {
        border-bottom: 4px double red !important;
        }

        2.) To change the Post title color only in Individual or single post page ( keeping intact the main/home page post title) use the following

        .single .entry-title {
        color: red !important;
        }

        3.) if you want to use padding in your widget section of twenty twelve theme use the following code

        .widget-area .widget {
        padding: 12px !important;
        }

        Regards
        Om

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  22. Hello, your blog is great, you cover all the possible topics about editing Twenty Twelve theme, except how to remove or hide “This entry was posted…”. If you could just help me with that too.

    Thank You!

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    1. Hi Jome
      thanks for your comments

      1. If you want to remove “This entry was posted…” from the footer portion of Twenty Twelve theme

      footer.entry-meta {
      display: none !important;
      }

      Regards
      Om

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      1. Sure…I have a side bar widget in my site that lists the links to my previous posts (please see http://www.windowzphone.com). I need to add a line separator between these links on this widget. also I would like to add a line separator between the title of this widget and its content.

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      2. HI Mike

        thanks…
        1. To use border or line seperator between the List of recent post title in Widget section

        .widget li:last-child {
        border: none;
        }
        .widget li a {
        text-decoration: none;
        }
        .widget li {
        border-bottom: 1px solid grey;
        }

        2. To use line seperator or border below the widget title use the following css

        h3.widget-title {
        border-bottom: 1px solid grey;
        }

        Regards
        Om

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  27. Wow, this is amazing! Thank you!
    I have one annoyance that I can’t figure out…
    I would like to vary the font size in my posts but even if I mark a piece of text as Heading 1, it all comes out the same size. Here’s an example post http://www.leahwhitehorse.com/2013/03/10/new-moon-in-pisces-march-2013-waves/
    The subheader ‘The Aspect Picture’ is actually marked as Header 1 but as you can see, the size is the same as everything else in the post. Any help would be much appreciated 🙂

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    1. Hi Leah Whitehorse
      thanks a lot for ur comments and sorry for the late reply…
      to make ur h1 to be looked like ur post or page title (as big) pls try this

      h1 {
      clear: both;
      color: #222222;
      font-size: 26px !important;
      font-weight: bold !important;
      line-height: 1.5em !important;
      padding-bottom: 0.3em !important;
      padding-top: 15px;
      }

      Regards
      Om

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  28. does anyone know how to change the background color in the text area of a post on the twenty twelve theme. Am trying to change this one to tan and can not find a setting. This is not the overall background area. I am talking about the white space where the text is published in the post.

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  29. Hi Om,

    I have another quick question if you’d be so kind! (You really are the best.) I’m trying to position my top nav FIXED at the top, with the header beneath, so that when I scroll down the top nav stays at the top.

    Here’s my site: http://popandsizzle.com

    And here’s an idea of what I’m looking for: http://paulina-farro.squarespace.com/

    Would love any tips! (I may have double coding that’s preventing the changes I’m making… not sure, still learning!)

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    1. Hi Rachel
      pls check the code below

      .main-navigation {
      margin-left: 119px !important;
      margin-top: 1.71429rem;
      position: absolute !important;
      text-align: center;
      top: 3px !important;
      }

      #masthead hgroup {
      margin-top: 55px !important;
      }

      it will help to make ur navigation menu to go to top and the header beneath the nav…

      though it may solve the issue but there is another way… for which ur header.php code may need to change

      Om

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  30. i was wondering if anybody on this site knows how to remove the background, when using mobile, it seems to split my webpage in half, and use half the page to show the background. i have tried literally everything, so i am open to new ideas. 🙂
    see it at http://filovision.dk

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  31. Hey, i was wondering if anybody know how to get rid of the background when using mobile, because it seems to split my page in half, and i have tried just about everything i know to get rid of it.
    see what i’m talking about here: http://filovision.dk

    Best regards, Esben Raakjær

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    1. Please disregard this message, i found that i accidentally had a fixed width on my header. -.- made the header width 100% when under 960px and this did the trick. 🙂

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  32. Hi Om,

    I have learned a lot about CSS by reading this post and playing around – thank you for sharing this information!

    I’ve noticed that when I add in a tiled background image in the Twenty Twelves theme, it shows up even behind the text, which makes the text unreadable.

    What would I do to make the text of my pages have just a sold creme color behind them and just the true background (outside the widest lines) have a pattern?

    Thank you for any help or direction!
    Melissa

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    1. Hi Melissa
      for ur Content section background color of Twenty Twelve theme try this code

      body .site {
      background-color: #222222 !important;
      }

      For your Sit’s body background color of Twenty Twelve theme
      body {
      background-color: darkRed !important;

      }
      Regards
      Om

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  33. Hi, this is all very helpful. I am searching for a way to change the color from white to black in the content background. In twenty eleven they at least had the ‘dark’ option which gave you a nice dark gray, but there doesn’t seem to be anything built into twenty twelve. Thanks for all the other info!

    -jenny

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  34. Hi Om,

    Another question here. What would I do to reduce the space between the header image and the top of the page (not including the background)? And for the footer area and the bottom of the page (again not including the background)?

    I would like to reduce the space slightly for this site, particularly the space above the header, so that I can get a few more pixels of the main picture up higher. See: http://victoriafacelli.com/

    Thank you!!!
    Melissa

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    1. Hi Melissa
      would u mind to check the following code pls

      *** it will help to reduce your site’s Header spacing in Twenty twelve theme

      .site-header {
      padding: 0.714rem 0 1.71429rem !important;
      }

      Also
      To Reduce the spacing of footer in Twenty twelve theme pls try this code

      footer[role=”contentinfo”] {
      margin-top: 0 !important;
      padding-bottom: 0.714rem !important;

      }
      pls let me know if that helps or not

      Om

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    1. Hi Melissa
      thanks for ur comments

      To Remove the Double lines or borders at the end of articles or pages in ur TwentyTwelve theme pls try this code

      .site-content article {
      border-bottom: medium none !important;
      }

      Pls let me know it helps or not

      Om

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      1. That totally worked! You know so much about CSS.

        Is there anywhere online that you suggest new people go to learn CSS? Or is it best just to learn by trial and error?

        Thanks so much (again),
        Melissa

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      2. Thanks a lot Melissa
        actually here i tried to help…
        i dont teach it anywhere online 🙂

        and…yes.. Trial and Error is the best way to learn it

        and..if u have any other issue dont forget to let me know

        Om

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  36. Om, thank you so much! Wasn’t sure where to put it at first, but figured it out and it did the trick. Thanks again.

    –Jenny

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  37. I’m building a new website in WordPress (am using Twenty twelve theme) and I’d like to hide the site title and tagline as my header image contains that information. And I want my header image to occupy that space where the site title and tagline are. I am not good with this coding stuff – is they no plugin to make this easier?

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  38. Hi,

    I’m super new at WordPress. I have the twenty twelve theme and I’m wanting to add a google container snippet so I can use Google Tag Manager. It gives you the snippet (I’ve pasted it below) and it says: “Place it immediately after the opening tag.”

    Where on earth is the tag?! I am just using the basic ‘visual’ editor, and so there is no code. So when I cut and paste the snippet, it comes up on the web page as text (http://enchantusensemble.wordpress.com) – but even using the text editor, I can’t see .

    I’m just using wordpress online, I don’t have an app or anything. Any ideas? I just want to improve the way my site shows up in google 😦

    (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({‘gtm.start’:
    new Date().getTime(),event:’gtm.js’});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
    j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!=’dataLayer’?’&l=’+l:”;j.async=true;j.src=
    ‘//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=’+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
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  41. Hi, i messed up my wordpress twenty twelve Theme functions. I only changed the following code:

    function twentytwelve_page_menu_args( $args ) {
    if ( ! isset( $args[‘show_home’] ) )
    $args[‘show_home’] = true;
    return $args;
    }
    add_filter( ‘wp_page_menu_args’, ‘twentytwelve_page_menu_args’ );

    In line three I changed true to false. i wanted to delete the default “Home” tab. And now I am getting the following error message when trying to access the website:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘;’ in /home4/chayaz/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/functions.php on line 194

    Any thoughts on how I can access my website again.

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      1. Yes, thank you for checking up. Also I managed to remove the wordpress default footer with the code you gave me, now HOW do I put my own custom footer (like the privacy stuff).

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  44. Hi Om, At the bottom of every post, I would like to remove the link for category and tags. I would also like to keep the date, but put it at the top of my posts, may be just above “replies”. Thanks a lot for your help.

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      1. Hi Om…well, I have found something you can help me with. I’m building a child theme in twenty twelve. I would like the main nav menu to stay static at the top of the page…but also responsive. Only in Fairyland? Here is an example: http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/wordpress-blog/how-to-create-an-infinite-scrolling-wp-site/
        – only the content scrolls. When you resize the page, the menu doesn’t jump around like w/static positioning. I can use @media after a certain size, but i need it to work at least to ipad landscape. Any help would be much much appreciated!

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      3. hey om, thank you for reply. i’m developing on local host. I’m using background manager, full screen backgrounds, responsive. I think that has something to do with it. I’ll try to load it on a subfolder on one of my domains and send you link. probably not til tomorrow PST. very grumpy about this! (but appreciate your help) PS, I have two Oms working on it! My boyfriend is here trying to help too. OM squared!

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  47. Hi, love your blog and thank you for sharing your advices and tips with your readers. I was hoping you could help me with one of the issues I am having. I would like to decrease the space around the body and header to make it 960px and align with the body content (my page page http://www.beyondautosales.com/) but i used many commands but nothing seems to be working. Maybe you can give me some advice. Thanks again!

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    1. Hi Maggie
      pls try this code

      .home #primary .entry-meta, .home #primary .entry-header {
      margin: 0 !important;
      }
      .home #primary {
      margin: 0 !important;
      }
      .home #main {
      margin-top: 0px !important;
      }
      .home #masthead {
      padding-bottom: 0px !important;
      }
      .home #primary h1 {
      margin: 0 !important;
      margin-bottom: 13px !important;
      }

      Om

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  50. Having great trouble. Have made a child theme for 2012. Some of my css styles are working but some are not. I have now added those styles (not working in my css file) to my header.php file and they work. These are the styles I have added to my header.php file
    h1 {
    color: #2079bd;
    }
    h3.widget-title {
    color: #3F6;
    }

    but they do not work if I add them to my style.css file

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    angela

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  51. Hi Om,

    I’m running into an issue in which the content on my page is affecting my drop-down menu. Under “photos” there are 3 sub items but you can’t see the third one on the home page (it shows up on the bio page, for example). Here is the test site so you can see what I’m talking about:

    http://greatfastcheap.com/wordpress/

    Is there CSS I can use to make sure the menu appears in front of whatever is posted below?

    Thank you for any help or direction,
    Melissa

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      1. I tried that with no luck. Any other tricks you know about? Or perhaps I need to speak to the developer of Soliloquy, who makes the slider I am using. I suspect that would be the next step.

        Thank you,
        M

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  52. Hello Om,

    I am new to web site development. I have started a blog and I would like to center the widget titles. I have used the following for my ‘Free Report”:

    .widget-title, .Free Report { background: #eac359; color: #fff; display: block; font-size: 14px; margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: .75em 0; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: 100%; }

    I have a REALLY basic question. I am not sure where to actually paste this coding.

    Right now I have tried pasting it in the title area and the body area of the widget and neither have worked.

    Perhaps its not working because I haven’t connected my domain yet and my blog is still hosted by wordpress.com?

    I have not purchased the custom design. I will move my domain from WIX to host gator once the minimum time frame is up (I bought my domain from WIX without knowing I couldn’t transfer it out immediately). Once this is done, I think I am supposed to go into host gator somewhere and change the code somehow with CSS.

    If so, could you tell me the steps to changing the css stuff from within host gator, i think the file management area.

    Thank you (all of this is really confusing but I have learned a lot so far and have made some real progress 🙂

    Samantha

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    1. Hi Samantha
      yes..to utilize the css…u have to purchase custom design (css) from wordpress.com
      though wordpress.com hosted site allows only css changes…not the major php file changes
      so it depends on u what u will choose

      Om

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      1. Hi Om/Samatha,
        I run a purchased custom design (css) from wordpress at http://talk.ibiblestory.com. I followed good advise to copy/create/activate my twentytwelve child theme. I adding code in style.css below following allaboutbasic (# 7.) to remove spacing between Menu itme and Post Title. Spacing did not change – Nothing changed. What’s wrong with the way that I follow instruction? 😦

        @import url(“../twentytwelve/style.css”);

        .site-content {
        margin-top: 2px !important;
        }

        .widget-area {
        margin: 2px 0 0;
        }

        .site-header {
        padding: 1.71429rem 0 14px;
        }

        Michael

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      2. Hi Michael
        seems the style u added is not effecting the mail site
        though it would better if i could check

        but..for now…u copy header.php into ur child theme and put the code between ur code

        Om

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  53. Thanks Om,
    When are you available to coach me via donations? #1.1 Customize header Image to css below. #1.2 Merge my Site Title .with Menu. #NEW Add twelve items using Easy Digital Download plug-in installed for my pull-down LI. Item and PP Configuration is about 1-2 hours.

    Michael

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  56. Hi Om,

    Like many of the other people who have found your site: I am VERY grateful that you share your CSS wisdom! I’m still in the (very) early stages of setting up my blog, but I would love to know how to put the navigation bar below my header image, and raise my header so it’s higher on the page. Is there a way to to it so it will be responsive on various screens?

    Also – I’m more than happy to donate for all of your invaluable information! Do you accept paypal?

    thnx again!

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  57. Hey bud excellent work you have done. Greatly appreciate your effort.
    But for some strange reason I am not able to change my css is it because I am using Child Theme?

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    1. Hi Michael
      sorry i was travelling outside….

      for ur issue 2
      pls try this

      div.site-info {
      width: 24%;
      display: block;
      margin-left: auto !important;
      margin-left: a;
      margin-right: auto !important;
      }

      Om

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  63. Hi Om!

    Thank you so much, your css has been very helpful 🙂

    I have used css to remove the image shadows on my website because it looks bad around the png. files (with transparent backgrounds). I was wondering if there is a way to remove the image shadows from the png. files only but keep them on the other pictures?

    Also I can’t seem to change the font family or font style on the block quote. I’m not sure if it is be getting over-ridden somewhere…

    My website is http://www.studio8T4.com

    Thank you for you help 🙂

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    1. HI Rachel
      would u mind to share me ur page url where block quote font family u want to change please?
      also
      share me any of ur page url where .png and other type image shadow is showing
      i will check
      Om

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      2. Hi Rachel
        To change blockquote font style try this code

        blockquote, blockquote * {
        font-family: cursive !important;
        font-size: 17px !important;
        color: darkred !important;
        font-weight: bold !important;
        }

        Regarding the shadow issue
        *** in your mentioned page i am not seeing any shadow?

        Om

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  64. That works on the block quote! thank you Om I was trying to sort that for ages 🙂

    With the image shadows, I currently have them turned off
    using the following code which works;

    /* REMOVE IMAGE SHADOWS */
    img[class*=”align”], img[class*=”wp-image-“], #content .gallery .gallery-icon img {
    border: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    }

    It might not be possible, but I was hoping there was a way to adjust this code so that it targets the png files only? I actually like the faint shadow on the regular photos, but on a cut out png file with transparent background it shows as a rectangular box around the image so it looks silly.

    *** I just realised that the image shadows do not show on any images that have been added to a gallery (with or without the coding) but this will still be an issue for any png files that are just single images.

    Thanks Om

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    1. Hi Rachel
      yes targeting only png file can be done
      but for this i will need to check your dashboard..as it is not only css issue…

      for this it would better u communicate me in my fiverr profile

      OM

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  65. Thanks for such a helpful site! I have a lot of blank space on my site I want to get rid of. I’m using Twenty Twelve for beautybypeach.com

    Mainly I want to remove the space between the top navigation menu and first content.

    Also, weirdly I have a huge space above my site title, but only on the home page.

    If you could help me with these 2 problems I’ll be so grateful! (I’m new at this so please be very specific). Thanks!

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    1. Hi Sandra
      thanks
      the space between menu and content …is showing due to a blank google adds… so i prefer u remove it manually?
      regarding the top space …that is also a google adds?
      so..instead i use css to remove..better u remove the google code manually?

      OM

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  69. Thank you so much for this post. It has helped me more than all of the other tips I have looked at. I’m completely new to CSS codes and your instructions were very user friendly. Any other tips you have for this theme, I’d love to see them.

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  70. Great info, thank you! How can we change the bullet indentation spacing? I have played with padding and line height but receive error messages when trying to flush the first level bullet to the left margin. Thank you! The original CSS code looks like this:

    .entry-content ol,
    .comment-content ol,
    .entry-content ul,
    .comment-content ul,
    .mu_register ul {
    margin: 0 0 24px;
    margin: 0 0 1.714285714rem;
    line-height: 1.714285714;
    }

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  71. Thanks for the great article. I wonder why the additional CSS does not work for the mobile version. It changes the website but does not respond to mobile.

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  72. If this is a repeat comment please ignore. Your generosity in sharing your knowledge and time is truly inspiring. I’m hoping there’s a simple fix to this problem, which is nothing more than the font size and line height for post entry paragraphs and for paragraphs and lists in the widgets. You can see the issue here:

    rosinalippi.com/write

    I have made other small changes by using the ‘extra css’ option under customization, but haven’t been able to hit on the right syntax for these font issues.

    Any help you could provide would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

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    1. Hi Rosina
      would you mind to check now please?

      div#primary div#content div.entry-content p, div#primary div#content div.entry-content p span {
      font-size: 18px !IMPORTANT;
      }

      let me know if it helps

      Kind Regards
      Om

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      1. That did work, and wow, what a complicated bit of css that is. I never would have figured it out. So many thanks. Can I bother you also about text, paragraph and ul li in the widgets?

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      2. Sure Rosina
        would you mind to try this please

        .widget li a, .widget p {
        font-size: 16px !important;
        line-height: 32px !IMPORTANT;
        margin-bottom: 12px !important;
        }

        let me know if it helps

        Regards
        Om

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    1. I’m back with another question. For posts it’s possible to use a full page format — no sidebar. That same feature is missing from the page setup. Is it possible to add it in? Hope you are well. Your help is tremendously appreciated.

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      3. Hi Rosina
        based on post id ( the link u shared, that post id is 885)
        so check this code

        .postid-885 div#secondary {
        display: none;
        }

        .postid-885 div#primary {
        margin-left: auto !IMPORTANT;
        margin-right: auto !IMPORTANT;
        float: none !IMPORTANT;
        }

        Regards
        Om

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  74. I just switched from Twenty Ten to Twenty Twelve theme for my theme to be responsive, and now I have borders and shadows on all my images at:

    https://bradenkelley.com

    How do I fix?

    Second most helpful would be to understand how to shrink space between menus and page titles.

    Thanks!

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    1. Regarding Border and shadows in images
      try this code

      .entry-content img, .comment-content img, .widget img, img.header-image, .author-avatar img, img.wp-post-image {
      border-radius: 0px !important;
      box-shadow: none !important;
      }

      To shrink space between menu and page title try this code

      header#masthead {
      padding-bottom: 0px !important;
      }

      let me know if that helps

      Regards
      Om

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      1. Thanks Om!

        I threw those two at the bottom of style.css and they seem to be working!

        One small thing remains on the home page at https://bradenkelley.com that it would be good to clean up, and that’s an that appears under the home page title (before the actual content of the home page starts) and I don’t see a way to easily remove it.

        On my page at the link it’s right below my quote “Most organizations fail at innovation because they fail at change.”

        Do you know how to remove that horizontal rule?

        Thanks!

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      1. Thanks Om!

        That increased the font size on the home page.

        I see one more thing I don’t have the knowledge to change as I clean up after this move, and that is at the end of a page there seems to be extra space.

        https://bradenkelley.com/human-centered-change/

        If you scroll all the way to the bottom, after the social sharing buttons there is a big gap before the footer, with the copyright info.

        This gap also shows up on the blog page:

        https://bradenkelley.com/thought-leadership/blog/

        There is a big gap between the end of blog post 1 and the title of blog post 2, etc. all the way down the page as you go from one article to the next as you scroll down.

        Is there a ways to reduce this space?

        Thanks!

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      2. can u try this?

        .site-content article {
        margin-bottom: 0px !important;
        border: none !important;
        }

        .blog .site-content article {
        border-bottom: 4px double #ededed;
        margin-bottom: 20px !important;
        }

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  76. That worked pretty well, but it removed the HR (horizontal rule) inbetween the blog articles that was there on the blog page, and I think the HR is actually kind of nice to help people find the break between articles. Can we put that back?

    Thanks Om!

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    1. Replace my previous code with this

      .site-content article {
      margin-bottom: 0px !important;
      border: none !important;
      }

      .blog .site-content article {
      border-bottom: 4px double #ededed;
      margin-bottom: 20px !important;
      }

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      2. sorry here it is again
        added a “!important” in .blog .site-content article
        Replace my previous code with this

        .site-content article {
        margin-bottom: 0px !important;
        border: none !important;
        }

        .blog .site-content article {
        border-bottom: 4px double #ededed !important;
        margin-bottom: 20px !important;
        }

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  78. Hello Om,

    Thanks for everything!

    I would like to know how I could change Titles font sizes (H1, H2 and H3) for all my Website.

    I tried to put this code in the Additional CSS:

    h2 {
    font-size:32px;
    }

    But, it din’t work…

    However, it’s work for “paragraph” font with this similar code:

    p {
    font-size:16px;
    }

    I don’t understand…

    If you could help me, I will really appreciate!

    Serge

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  79. Hi there! This post is pure gold. It’s already 2023 and Twenty Twelve is still going strong, and rightfully so. Thanks for all your help with your CSS magic.

    There’s one thing I’d need help with also: I’d love to see the search bar (from the widgets) placed below the menu toggle on mobile, but the only solution I found interferes with my content and/or my Google Auto Ads.

    Solution found:

    https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/moving-the-search-widget-to-nav-bar-or-header/#post-1259079

    Got any tips on how on to fix said code?

    Thanks in advance for your help and time. Much appreciated.

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      1. Hey! Thanks for the quick response. I actually don’t fell comfortable sharing my site publicly, but as far as I can tell, this repros for all sites using this theme and the code from the link above.

        Thanks for looking into it. Much appreciated.

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      3. Hello allaboutbasic,

        I updated to latest version of WordPress and Twenty Twelve theme so I could update to php 8.1 and I lost all of these customizations we did above. I don’t want to mess up putting them back. Can you help me?

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  80. Never mind. I was able to get the image borders and shadows fixed again using the code above. I’m not sure if the other modifications are still needed with the theme updates. Let me sit with it for a day and see if there are any other minor tune-ups after the update. I have some bigger problems to fix right now. THanks

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  81. Hello Om,

    Yes, I had to leave some things turned off.

    The space between the menu and the page (or blog article) title is back and I don’t see code like this tip that you came before to edit:

    To shrink space between menu and page title try this code

    header#masthead {
    padding-bottom: 0px !important;
    }

    So, I want to check and see if the fix is different now that I’m on WordPress 6.2 and PHP 8.1 instead of 4.9x and PHP 7.4.

    Is the fix different now, or do I just put this code somewhere? And if so, what’s the best place and way to comment it so I can find it later?

    Thanks,

    Braden

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  83. Okay, I found one thing I need to clean up.

    On this page (and possibly others), I have some two column tables with an image in one column and text in the other and it doesn’t matter whether the image is in the left column or right column, but the text will always show below the image.

    https://bradenkelley.com/human-centered-change/

    Is the page where I found this happening.

    Best way to fix?

    Thank you in advance,

    Braden

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    1. Hi Braden
      please try this code

      .entry-content td, .comment-content td {
      vertical-align: middle;
      }

      ** please check your other pages too if this code is working fine or not

      Regards
      Om

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      1. Thanks Om. That seems to have fixed it on this page and on a couple of other pages that I remember now as I scrolled through menu pages to make sure it didn’t break anything.

        Biggest loss in this upgrade from WP4.9.20 to WP6.2 is loss of Ninja Forms (especially modal forms because I was using those to gather email addresses before giving people PDF’s of my white papers) and I had turned my 50-question innovation audit into a Ninja Form modal data gathering tool returning people’s results via email and now I’ve lost access to historical data gathered from people filling it out because I can’t turn the plug in on without bringing the site down. 😦

        That’s part of why I had left my site stuck in time. Didn’t want to lose stuff like that, but hosting provider is forcing me to upgrade PHP and doing so was breaking the site.

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