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  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 2 months ago by AllanRTate.
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  • May 9, 2019 at 3:58 pm #491072
    AllanRTate
    Member

    Hello all,

    I'm teaching myself Genesis, responsive design, etc. while I build some websites. I have one that uses the Executive Pro theme. The issue is that my desired site title is too long and so wraps. I thought I could fix this with a bit of additional CSS, like this:

    /* Enlarge Title area */
    .title-area {
    font-weight: 700;
    float: left;
    width: 420px; /* from 320px */
    }
    .site-header .widget-area {
    float: right;
    width: 720px; /* from 820px */
    }

    This almost works. Without this code, the site title centers as the screen size is reduced. With the code, the site title remains left justified, which does not look right.

    Can someone point me to a good tutorial on adding custom CSS to child themes so that I can solve this issue? Or if you know the answer that's even better!

    Thanks,

    Allan

    May 12, 2019 at 6:27 am #491125
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    Without a link to the site, we can't tell you what CSS to change. But in general, use your browser's built in inspection tool to find the CSS that needs to be changed. Here's an article that can help with that: https://victorfont.com/how-to-use-your-browsers-inspect-tool/

    It may also help if you understand how the default Genesis header works. You may be bumping up against width limits. Here's an article that can help with the header: https://victorfont.com/understanding-genesis-framework-site-header-layout/


    Regards,

    Victor
    https://victorfont.com/
    Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
    Have you requested your free website audit yet?

    May 15, 2019 at 2:04 pm #491178
    AllanRTate
    Member

    Hi Victor,
    Thank you. Your tutorials are very helpful and I've bookmarked them for future reference. The solution came to me reading this one:

    Customize the Genesis Header with CSS Grid Layout

    Customize the Genesis Header with CSS Grid Layout

    The "Additional CSS" in theme customizer prevented responsive CSS section from kicking in. By that I mean this code:


    @media
    only screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
    .title-area,
    .wrap {
    width: 100%;
    }

    That's why the title wasn't centering the way I expected. To solve this, I removed the additional CSS and instead made the two minor changes in the child theme's styles.css and it worked perfectly.

    Best,

    Allan

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