Categories Dressing

[gjh42]

Find in your stylesheet_categories_dressing.css:

#categories ul {/*top category lists*/
    list-style: none;
    background: none;
    border: 1px solid #ffaa99;
    margin: 0 0 0.4em 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

and change the

border: 1px solid #ffaa99;

to

border: none;

[gjh42]

pixelwrangler -
It sounds as if the subcats have a fixed width which gets the list indent added. Padding in that case would just increase the space taken by the subcats. I don't know why IE would handle it differently from FF, though.
A screenshot would be helpful, as well as any CSS you have changed from default.

[nisdats]

Glenn,

I am sorry for asking this but is there a dumbed down version of Categories Dressing?

I spent a good 3-4 hours trying to figure out the soft ware but couldn't. I managed to install other modifications but once I had Dressing installed, I now had floating bars and random spaced out categories.

All I need to do is add one non linked word to my categories and space them out a bit better.. it would be nice..

Do you have a version for dumb like me who are not very computer savvy? I have the program installed just cant figure out how I can use it?

Good think I keep back up I had to restore all the old files to stop the floating.

:sigh:

nisdats

[nisdats]

I forgot to say "thank you" for making this available. I know it was a lot of work. I am just really frustrated in not being able to use it..

the site I am working on is called "www.fuelpumpsusa.com" and my categories are on the left. Im attaching a picture of how I wanted them to look. Just need some words in between the two sections..

thank you so much for any tips,

PLEASE talk like you are talking to a 5 year old.
I can follow instructions just fine but get lost in php, etc.

nisdats

[gjh42]

There are two possible ways to do this.

If you want the "Select Your Car" text always visible under the "Walbro" category, you would use the "subtext" feature for Walbro (category id 17).

If you want the "Select Your Car" only when the subcats are showing, you would add it as a "heading" to the first subcat in the list, Acura (currently category id 11).


Looking at the site live, I see that it is not set up as the image implies. The image looks like the car brands are subcategories of Walbro, but the site has them as top categories. Which do you want? I can't give correct advice until I know that.

[nisdats]

thx for the reply. I need them to be two separate sections, both are top level.

Just need a space b/w them and maybe a nice border for each.

thanks again for your help,
nisdats

[gjh42]

Then you would use the category group feature, starting a new group with Acura and giving it the heading text. You would style that group name in your stylesheet, where you can give it a margin-top. You would give top category lists a border, and set subcategory lists to border: none; (examples in stylesheet_categories_dressing.css).

[limelites]

Hi Glen, I was trying to apply a small change to my left sidebox... was trying to make the background of the complete left column a very light grey just to differentiate slightly more... but when I apply a background-color to .leftBoxContainer I get this effect:



I tried to apply the same color to #chcategories and a number of other #ch areas but none of them seem to hit the mark... I bet you know what to change without even having to look in Firebug?

[limelites]

Hi Glen, found it, so no need to trouble you sorry...

#chcategories ul ul a {

[limelites]

Hi Glen,

On a related point, what's wrong with this CSS:

hr.catBoxDivider1 {
padding-right:13px;
}

I'm trying to centre the category dividers horizontally as you'll see they're hitting the right side of the column and they're 17px off the left.....

The above change seems to have zero effect though?