Executive Theme: Custom Cluster

[JenniB]

Hi,

I'm trying to add in a 2/3 left widget area and 1/3 right widget area under the Call to Action in the Executive theme. But I have clearly botched it up. http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/ I've done this successfully before, but I can't get them to go inline.

I also can't seem to get the image from the "Featured Widget Amplified" plugin to left align (despite setting it to align left).

Is there an easy way to add a 2/3 - 1/3 (blog/sidebar) to a theme's homepage?

Thanks,

Jenn

[AnitaC]

That area is picking up the default styling. I am not that good at this, but looking at it in Firebug you are missing come styling in <div class="home"?

Something that would look like this but for the home class by itself.

.executive-home .home-cta {

    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    background-color: #222222;
    color: #DDDDDD;
    float: left;
    padding: 60px 70px;
    width: 100%;

}

<div class="home"><div class="home-middle-left"><div class="widget featuredpost" id="featured-post-3"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widgettitle">From the Blog</h4>
<div class="post-347 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-studies gfwa-1 gfwa-odd"><a class="alignleft" title="Sales Leadership Turnaround" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/sales-leadership-turnaround/"><img width="150" height="100" title="asx50Logo" alt="asx50Logo" class="alignleft" src="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/asx50Logo-150x100.png"></a><h2><a title="Sales Leadership Turnaround" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/sales-leadership-turnaround/">Sales Leadership Turnaround…</a></h2><p>The Scenario

The sales arm of an ASX top 50 Australasian company had been following a downward trend for several years and as a result was losing … <a class="more-link" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/sales-leadership-turnaround/">[Read More...]</a></p></div><!--end post_class()-->

<div class="post-91 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-leadership tag-sales gfwa-2 gfwa-even"><a class="alignleft" title="A Leader or a Performer?" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/a-leader-or-a-performer/"><img width="150" height="150" title="featured-1" alt="featured-1" class="alignleft" src="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/featured-1-150x150.jpg"></a><h2><a title="A Leader or a Performer?" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/a-leader-or-a-performer/">A Leader or a Performer?…</a></h2><p>Blog item outlining the difference between a leader and a performer and why a great performer doesn't necessarily make a great leader... … <a class="more-link" href="http://www.avi8coaching.com.au/a-leader-or-a-performer/">[Read More...]</a></p></div><!--end post_class()-->

</div></div>
</div><!-- end .home-middle-left --><div class="home-middle-right"><div class="widget Testimonials_Widget_Widget" id="testimonials_widget-2"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widgettitle">What My Clients Are Saying</h4>
<div class="testimonialswidget_testimonials testimonialswidget_testimonials2"><div class="testimonialswidget_testimonial" style="display: none;"><q>I can’t recommend Maya enough as some who walks the talk, has been there and done it herself and who can genuinely help turn around sales performance, whether at a micro level as in my experience or a macro corporate level.</q><cite><span class="testimonialswidget_author">Sarah Piper</span><span class="testimonialswidget_join"></span><span class="testimonialswidget_company">Talent 2</span></cite></div><div class="testimonialswidget_testimonial" style="display: none;"><q>Maya brought a depth of knowledge and experience to the business and was able to establish strong sales and operational models both internally and with our call centre sales providers. Maya’s ability to apply strategic concepts and then influence management to support their execution was a key success factor in transforming our sales environment.</q><cite><span class="testimonialswidget_author">Jay Tutt</span><span class="testimonialswidget_join_title"></span><span class="testimonialswidget_title">Head of Operations</span><span class="testimonialswidget_join"></span><span class="testimonialswidget_company">Onepath (formerly ING)</span></cite></div><div class="testimonialswidget_testimonial testimonialswidget_active" style="display: block;"><q>Maya was the catalyst and facilitator of taking my team of Sales and Service Relationship Managers, and creating a truly high performing sales team. Maya immediately honed in on the talents of my team, and worked with us to create a cohesive unit. With her direction, we <strong>doubled our acquisition rates</strong>, and <strong>tripled our&nbsp;retention rates</strong>, not only <strong>meeting budget for the first time in 10 years</strong>, but <strong>substantially exceeding them</strong>.</q><cite><span class="testimonialswidget_author">Kristopher Sipe</span><span class="testimonialswidget_join_title"></span><span class="testimonialswidget_title">Corporate Sales Manager</span><span class="testimonialswidget_join"></span><span class="testimonialswidget_company">Origin Energy</span></cite></div></div></div></div>
</div><!-- end .home-middle-right --></div>

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[JenniB]

Thanks for the reply! It was actually this code that caused me the problem: <code>clear: both;</code> I put it in the wrong class.

All set on the alignment issue..now I just have to figure out why the Featured Page Amplified plugin isn't left aligning my images.

Thanks!

[AnitaC]

Wow, I don't know where all that other code came from in my reply. Glad you found it.

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[JenniB]

The left aligning problem is something that comes from the design of the homepage, since all widgets are setup for images above the text. You have to customize the code. I removed the clear: both; code from the h2 tag.

Thanks!

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