Changing comment nesting on Prose

[LdyLarke]

I really like the design of Prose, but I prefer the comment nesting from Streamline. How can I change to the Streamline look?

http://demo.studiopress.com/prose/threaded-comments/

http://demo.studiopress.com/streamline/threaded-comments/

I'd also like to know where/ how to change the background colors in the comment area.

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Shannon Hutcheson
Blogology

[David Chu]

Hi,
I like the Streamline comments, too. They're "lefty", I'd say... are you a lefty? 🙂 Anyhow... here are 2 versions of what looks like the CSS code in question. The difference is that Streamline has a big negative left margin, pulling things to the left.

Prose:

.comment-list li ul li {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin-right: -16px;
}

Streamline:

.comment-list li ul li {
  margin: 25px 0 0 -30px;
}

For the comment background on Prose, I think that playing with this would do it:

.thread-alt, .thread-even {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
}

Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[LdyLarke]

Nope, not a lefty 🙂 Just like how it nests better.

So I take it that I'm to edit Prose's css file?  I did try to edit the background-color there, but it didn't change the silly thing. I have no idea why. Maybe the file just didn't update. Chmod issues sometimes cause that. I was just too tired to deal with it at the time. Will try fussing with it again today.

Thanks!

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Shannon Hutcheson
Blogology

[wendycholbi]

Don't edit Prose's style.css file directly. Instead, make any changes and additions in Genesis --> Custom Code --> Custom CSS (Prose is the only Genesis child theme that has this extremely handy feature).

There is a Design Setting (Genesis --> Design Settings --> Input Boxes) for Input Boxes, which includes comment fields. But it does not address the background of the comment area, just the comment input box.

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[LdyLarke]

thanks! If only I could get the Genesis admin back. Still can't figure it out.

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Shannon Hutcheson
Blogology

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