Morden is a functional and responsive multi-purpose theme that is the perfect solution for your business’s online presence. You can see Modern theme demo here. It is actually the Child theme of Varia. So, if you want to use it in your hosting, then you need to use Varia theme as Parent theme.
Header Logo and Menu Container modifications
- To change Morden theme top black Header container background
#masthead {
background: darkred !important;
}
2. To change Site title font size, color and font family
.site-title, .site-title a {
font-size: 29px;
color: yellow !important;
font-family: cursive;
}
to change hover text color of site title
.site-title a:hover {
color: blue !important;
}
3. To change top primary menu font size, color and font family
ul#menu-primary a {
font-size: 23px !important;
color: yellow !important;
font-family: cursive;
}
To change top primary menu hover text color
ul#menu-primary a:hover {
color: blue !IMPORTANT;
}
4. To reduce padding or gap from top and bottom of the header
header#masthead {
padding-top: 4px !important;
padding-bottom: 4px !important;
}
5. Whole Site Width Increase
@media only screen and (min-width: 1280px){
#page {
max-width: 95% !important;
}
}
6. To change Block or content section width
.responsive-max-width, .wp-block-pullquote.is-style-solid-color:not(.alignleft):not(.alignright) blockquote, .wp-block-pullquote.alignwide>p, .wp-block-pullquote.alignfull>p, .wp-block-pullquote.alignwide blockquote, .wp-block-pullquote.alignfull blockquote, hr.wp-block-separator.is-style-wide, .entry-content>*:not(.alignwide):not(.alignfull):not(.alignleft):not(.alignright):not(.wp-block-separator), .entry-content [class*=inner-container]>*:not(.alignwide):not(.alignfull):not(.alignleft):not(.alignright):not(.wp-block-separator), .entry-content .wp-audio-shortcode, .post-navigation, .pagination {
width: 90% !important;
max-width: 90% !important;
}
7. To change title container background color, title’s own font color, font size and font family
.singular .hentry .entry-title, .page-title {
background: darkred;
color: white;
font-size: 32px;
font-family: cursive;
}
8. To reduce gap from the top and bottom of the title
.singular .hentry .entry-title, .page-title {
padding-top: 10px !important;
padding-bottom: 10px !important;
}
9. To reduce gap between paragraphs in page and post contents
.entry-content p {
margin-bottom: 10px !important;
margin-top: 10px !important;
}
10. To change gap or line height between lines and also to change font size, color and font family of post or page contents
.entry-content p {
line-height: 23px;
font-size: 15px;
color: black;
font-family: cursive;
}
11. If you want to reduce gap between posts list
li.a8c-posts-list__item {
margin-bottom: 20px !important;
margin-top: 20px !important;
}
12. To change background color and hover background color of buttons
.a8c-posts-list__view-all {
background: black !important;
}
button, [type=button], [type=reset], [type=submit] {
background: black !important;
}
13. In Single Post, if you want to reduce gap between Author box and Next-Previous Post section
.single article {
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
}
nav.navigation.post-navigation {
margin-top: 23px !important;
}
14. Also, to reduce font size, color and font family of “Published by –” author heading
span.author-heading {
font-size: 23px !important;
color: darkred !important;
font-family: cursive !important;
}
Modifications in Footer
To use background color in footer container and also to make the container wider
footer#colophon {
background: darkred;
width: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
padding-left: 2% !important;
padding-right: 2% !important;
}
To change footer powered by font size and color to be changed
.site-info, .site-info * {
color: white !important;
font-size: 19px;
}
To change footer menu font size, color and font family
.footer-navigation .footer-menu a {
color: white !important;
font-size: 23px;
font-family: cursive;
}
To change or reduce footer top and bottom gap
footer#colophon {
padding-top: 10px !important;
padding-bottom: 10px !important;
}
main#main {
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}
To change Block Seperator of gutenberg editor top and bottom gap
hr.wp-block-separator {
margin-top: 10px !important;
margin-bottom: 10px !important;
}
How to design Homepage as demo in Morden theme? Here it is from wordpress.com
If you have any issue feel free to ask me question here in comments section
OR
Contact me in skype om2000_cuet
Thank you for your posts. I always find great information here!
There are a few questions on the Morden theme that I can’t seem to find anywhere else. The site I’m working on is ashleymstokes.com
How do I:
Change highlight color on subnav from red to another color?
Remove space between the header and cover block?
Remove navigation in header?
Remove footer from the home page? (I’m trying to make the home page just a splash page)
Move “Enter” button position on home page? (I tried changing the focal point, tried changing from left to center – nothing works)
I really appreciate all the information you post – it is a blessing.
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Sorry – realized that I wasn’t clear on one of the questions. “Remove navigation in header?” should read “…on only the home page.”
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Hi Ashley
1) Change highlight color on subnav from red to another color in Morden theme
.site-header-wrap .main-navigation > div > ul > li:hover li:hover > a {
background: green !important;
}
2) Remove space between the header and cover block
#main {
padding-top: 32px !important;
}
3) Remove navigation in header in homepage
.home nav#site-navigation {
display: none;
}
4)Remove footer from the home page? (I’m trying to make the home page just a splash page)
.home footer#colophon {
display: none;
}
.home #main {
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}
Regarding Enter button
.home a[href=”http://www.ashleymstokes.com/bio/”] {
/* float: none !IMPORTANT; */
margin-left: auto !IMPORTANT;
margin-right: auto !IMPORTANT;
position: absolute;
/* display: block; */
text-align: center;
left: 0;
right: 0;
width: 170px;
}
please let me know if that is ok or not
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This is wonderful. Thank you so much.
The only issue we ran into, is that the header and cover block still has space between them on the mobile version. Other than that everything worked perfectly.
If I may ask two more questions (both about spacing).
1. how do I reduce the spacing between header and content?
2. how do I change spacing in bulleted lists?
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all your help, and the abundace of information in your blog.
-Theresa
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Hi Theresa
would you mind to check this for mobile issue
@media (min-width: 320px) and (max-width:668px) {
.home #main {
padding-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
}
for the issues u mentioned
1. how do I reduce the spacing between header and content?
2. how do I change spacing in bulleted lists?
** would you mind to share me the pages where the issues are showing?
Regards
Om
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That worked! The mobile version looks good. Noticed that button still isn’t moving off the edge of the door…but that is such a minor thing.
As to the spacing, all the pages (with exception of the home page), I’d like to reduce the space between the header and content by half.
On the Operations page, I’d like to increase the space between bullet points.
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Hi Theresa
for the spacing issue please try this
body:not(.home) main#main {
padding-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
To increase spacing between bullet points, try this
.entry-content ul li {
margin-bottom: 22px;
}
let me know if that helps
Regards
Om
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So much better. Thank you!
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Pleasure
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Thank you for your post.
Hope it is okay to ask you two questions from Denmark:
1. Is it possible to make the header with navigation and logo stay on screen at all times when I scroll down the page?
2. Is it possible to remove the gap between the bottom group about us shown on the exsample and the footer?
Thank you very much in advance.
Regards Karin
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Hi Karin
would you mind to share me your site url to check please?
Regards
Om
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Hi again
I am rebuilding the site, so the page are not online yet and the menu is therefore not the right one. But I have publised the comming front page with a code. I know it wil be shown here 😉
https://gdpr360.dk/forside/
and code is 100508
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Hi karin
actually it would better if u create the page fully so that i can check
for issue 1 u can try this though
header#masthead {
position: sticky !important;
top: 0;
}
Regards
om
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Hi
That would be really great if you want to help later. Thank you so much. I am a beginner at this, so all the help I can get is fantastic! 🙂
The code is great, but the rows and banner I have, they look like that they are on a top layer, so they hide the header when I scroll. If you want to, maybe you wouldn´t mind checking that too, please.
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Hi Karin
thanks, i checked and found you added the code i shared you..
so..if you put contents in the page you will notice that the header will remain stick to the top when u will scroll..
currently your home page is not showing any content so..nothing to scroll…so the code effect not showing
Regards
Om
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Hi again
1. regarding the header it is staying – that is GREAT!!! -, but pictures are rolling “over” the menu. Is it possible to stick the header to the toplayer?
2. I think I found out most of the white space near header and footer with help from your code for the header. But when I check on the mobile they are still there. On desktop it looks geat. Only the page Kontakt at the footer am I still having trouble with.
3. I tried this code, but the background is still not changing. Would really like this color: #f1cdbd, but cyan is not working either. Would you mind see what I am doing wrong, please. ?
.singular .hentry .entry-title, .page-title {
background: darkred;
color: white;
font-size: 32px;
}
I have the page online now.
Kind regards
Karin
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Hi Karin
would you mind to share me the URL please?
as i check comments in dashboard, it becomes tough to check previous comments..
so please share me your URL when you do comments
Kind Regards
Om
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Hi
Sure, of course. I am sorry I didnt write it.I will remember it in the future.
Here it is gdpr360.dk. Thank you
Kind regards
Karin
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Pleasure Karin
for the Menu and image issue please add this code
header#masthead {
z-index: 111;
}
let me know if it helps
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Hi Om
The code:
header#masthead {
z-index: 111;
}
It worked perfectly! Great!
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On the page gdpr360.dk 🙂 Both on the desktop and mobile.
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Better you share me screenshot regarding issue 2 and 3 please
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Pleasure Karin
Regarding issue 2 and 3
would u mind to clarify issue 2 please? sorry didnt understand
for issue 3– i found u hide that title..and used it different way
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Hi
I dont know how to upload screenshots here. So hope this it good enough. If not, please tell me how to upload, tank you:
Issue 2A: If you look at this page https://gdpr360.dk/kontakt/ on a desktop, there is a white space/row right above the footer, which I would like to remove. I dont know if it is because I used a contact form plugin on the page. On the other pages the white space is gone near the header and footer.
Issue 2B: When I look at the site gdpr360.dk on my mobile, the white space/row near the header is still there on all pages, but the space/row near the footer is the same problem as the desktop – Gone on all pages but not on the kontakt page (same url as https://gdpr360.dk/kontakt/).
Issue 3: If you look at gdpr360.dk (frontpage) the title is “on”, The title is “hidden” on all the other pages because I cant get the background color to work. Therefore I made a row and colored the background on that. But is it possible to get the background color on the title space to this #f1cdbd or maybe cyan? It is white right now and will not change wether I write black,red nor cyan in the code. I cant check the page on an Ipad, because I dont have one.
I used this code:
.singular .hentry .entry-title, .page-title {
background: darkred;
color: white;
font-size: 32px;
}
Regards Karin
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Hi Karin
Regarding the gap in footer of Contact page
try this code
article#post-206, article#post-206 div {
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
padding-bottom: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
but there will still gap…because..u have used some blank paragrap below that footer bar..so i prefer u remove those blank paragraph
Regarding issue 2B
i think u r searching this
main#main, #main header.entry-header h1.entry-title {
padding-top: 3px !IMPORTANT;
margin-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
For issue 3
#main {
padding-top: 0px !important;
}
#main header.entry-header h1 {
margin: 0px !IMPORTANT;
background: #f1cdbd !IMPORTANT;
padding-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
height: 71px;
}
would you mind to test if those work or not
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Hi
Regarding issue 2A: It is gone 🙂 Perfect!
Regarding issue 2B: It is gone 🙂 Great!
Regarding issue 3 with the title showing instead of a colored row: There are still problems. On the desktop it looks great on 2 pages
https://gdpr360.dk
https://gdpr360.dk/komplet-loesning
But on the other pages the space height is higher than the 2 pages before
https://gdpr360.dk/raadgivning/
https://gdpr360.dk/risikovurdering/
https://gdpr360.dk/sikker-mail/
https://gdpr360.dk/kontakt/
I have checked that I have no margin/padding on the object(row) below the title space on all pages. I have noticed if I change the height to zero in the code, then the 4 pages look normal, but then the 2 first pages is very small in height. I cant see where I go wrong… On the 2 first pages the following object is a row in full width, and on the other 4 pages the row is aligned center if that can have anything to say…
#main {
padding-top: 0px !important;
}
#main header.entry-header h1 {
margin: 0px !IMPORTANT;
background: #f1cdbd !IMPORTANT;
padding-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
height: 71px;
}
On the mobile: the title height is the same on all pages – too high. But on the mobile the title space is allso not shown completely from side to side, but is missing a little space on each side, so there is the color white showing. On this page https://gdpr360.dk/kontakt/ the row with contact info near footer has changed too with the white gap on each side as the title par, but only that page… mysterious… About to give up on that contact page.
Thank you so much for all your help. I dont know what I would have done without your help 🙂
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Hi Karin
please try this
#main header.entry-header h1.entry-title {
padding-top: 5px !IMPORTANT;
margin-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
display: block;
/* line-height: 45px; */
padding-bottom: 5px !IMPORTANT;
margin-bottom: 0px !IMPORTANT;
height: auto;
}
header.entry-header {
margin-bottom: 0px !IMPORTANT;
padding-bottom: 0px !IMPORTANT;
padding-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
margin-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
.home .entry-content {
margin-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
.home .wp-block-group.alignfull {
margin-top: auto !IMPORTANT;
}
.page-id-334 .entry-content {
margin-top: 0px !important;
}
.page-id-334 .wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.alignfull {
margin-top: 0px !IMPORTANT;
}
this will solve the other pages, the 2 page which were working..u need to adjust the full width block
or let me know when u r done i will check
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Hi again.
Thank you so much for your help. It is looking great now. There is a white gap on the Kontakt page on the mobile, but that is ok.
Is it possible to hide the title on frontpage, but keep them on the other pages?
I tried the plugin that I used before, but it is not working anymore. I found another, but not used by many. When I activate that one it hides the title but allso the menu, so removed it again.
Regards Karin
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Hi Karin
try this
seems you are searching this
.home header.entry-header {
display: none;
}
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Hi
.home header.entry-header {
display: none;
}
It is perfect!!! thank you so so much.
And sorry that I forgot the website URL (gdpr360.dk) again.
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No Problem
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This is very helpful, thank you!
I’m having trouble with the Morden theme and categories. It looks like none of the php files listed in this hierarchy are included in the theme: “category-slug.php → category-id.php → category.php → archive.php → index.php”. As a result, when I use a category on a blog post, if a user tries to navigate to the category, they get a 404 error.
Do you know how to address this?
Thank you!
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Hi Lizziedy
would you mind to share me the Category URL you are facing issue?
Regards
Om
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https://www.arcticflowerpublishing.com/blog/research/
Thanks!
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Hi Lizzie
so u want your post url be like http://urdomain.com/category/subcategory/postslug
something like this?
please let me know
Regards
Om
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I’d like a page where all the posts for a particular category are listed. For example, if I go to https://www.arcticflowerpublishing.com/blog/ (autogenerated) and click the “Research” link under “Sample Research 1”, it brings me to https://www.arcticflowerpublishing.com/blog/research/, which looks like should also be autogenerated. However, it doesn’t get generated. This goes into a little of what I’m talking about: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-category-templates-in-wordpress/. It looks like there is already supposed to be a category.php file in the theme, but I can’t seem to find one.
Thank you!
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Hi Lizzie
thanks
actually you used “Blog” as category, generally we create “Blog” as a page and in that blog page all posts from all categories should be showing…
another fact is
suppose you create a post named “Hellow World” and you put this post under “Research” category
so when you will go to that “Research” category page ( it will be auto generated) ..that Hellow World post will be showing there
Please let me know if any confusion
Regards
Om
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Thank you again! I removed the “blog” parent category and have the research, etc., categories as top level categories and it’s now working. Thank you!
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Another question: my logo is above the text rather than next to the text on desktop: https://www.arcticflowerpublishing.com/
The height is 60px as specified here https://wordpress.com/theme/morden#logo
Any tips on how to get the logo next to the text?
Thank you!!!
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For the logo
would you mind to test this please
@media (min-width: 960px) {
.site-logo {
position: absolute;
left: -103px;
top: -11px;
}
}
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This worked, thanks!
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Pleasure Lizzie
🙂
nice to know it helped
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