I am working on a site that uses Vantage (paid version)
I’d like to narrow the margins on a few pages with a lot of text, to make them easier to read. I tried unsuccessfully with some custom CSS, not expert in that. It looks like I need a different template, but I don’t have a clue how to modify it. I don’t really know much PHP, if it were Fortran, I’d be fine…
On another page I’m working on, I really need columns, it is a very long list of names. Don’t see any way to do that in page builder. Is there a plug-in that works with Page Builder to do that?
I’d also like to have more than one menu, a brief one in the drop-down and a more inclusive one (possibly two side-by-side ) in the footer. Any way to add more menus?
Also, on footers, how to increase the height so my picture isn’t cropped at the bottom? If I add items to the menu widget, the footer grows, but I want the higher footer without text in all of it.
Finally, do you know of any plug in able to work with Page Builder that puts selectable color and size “fog” behind the text to make it more visible over a photograph. I’m using a plug in called “font customizer” which allows “static”, a white fog, no size adjustment. Also that plug in doesn’t play nice with Page Builder, the fonts it chooses don’t seem to be used by Page Builder consistently. I used Photoshop for my sliders, but the text in the footer has to be HTML, as it has links.
I know this is a long list, but I hope some of the answers are available.
Note, as I’m posting this, the website isn’t up, I’m trying to get in touch with the old webmaster, who registered the domain and has the password to update the DNS info.
Hi John
Thanks for running Vantage.
1. To narrow the content area for this page for example: http://www.adlibsteelorchestra.com/?page_id=50, insert the following under Appearance > Custom CSS:
.page-id-50 .entry-content { margin: 0 auto;max-width: 760px; }.page-id-50 is the class of the page, you can find that in the body tag near the top of the source. You’d repeat this selector but change the body class for any additional pages.
2. There isn’t any built in widget in Page Builder to handle columns. You might try a third-party widget. I unfortunately don’t know of any. In general, the Visual Editor widget is the best way to manage text in Page Builder. To get access to that widget first install: http://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/. It doesn’t handle columns. For that you might need to manually create columns in Page Builder and then separate your text into them.
3. Vantage only has a single main menu. There is however styling ready for a Custom Menu widget if added to the header widget area at Appearance > Widgets: Header. So it’s possible to add a secondary menu there.
4. Insert the following under Appearance > Custom CSS:
.layout-full #colophon {padding-top: 30px;padding-bottom: 30px;}And adjust the footer padding as required. This will adjust the height of the footer.
5. Sure, try the Visual Editor widget that I suggested earlier. To get access to that widget first install the plugin I listed above. That widget has the option to set font color and background color.