pages and navigation twenty-eleven

Without knowing exactly what’s going on, it looks like the issue is in the header.php instead of the template files themselves. If you can, post the contents of your header.php so we can see what line of code is generating that.

Also, in your stylesheet on line 582 there’s a line that reads:

#access .current_page_item > a, #access .current_page_ancestor > a {
font-weight: bold;
color: ivory;
}

The change there should reflect the current page.

Hi David,
Thanks for the help. Here is the header.php code:

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As far as #access, I have toyed and toyed with that section. I know the line you are referring to (although it's not 582 on my sheet?), and this does make the text color ivory, but only on the "The Laine List" and "About" pages. Which is why I thought it might be a template issue?
Thanks!

some of the other current pages have the css class: .current_page_parent (for whatever reason ?)

so you might want to try to add this to the style.

also, your site has various validation errors on the different pages; you could check them with https://validator.w3.org/

some of the other current pages have the css class: .current_page_parent (for whatever reason ?)

so you might want to try to add this to the style.

I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by this.

i mean:

#access .current_page_item > a, #access .current_page_parent > a, #access .current_page_ancestor > a {
font-weight: bold;
color: ivory;
}

(untested)

Nice, that worked. Thank you!
I’m not sure where to find the various pages css class. Can you tell me?
Also, any thoughts on why the content text is above the header?
THX!

I’m not sure where to find the various pages css class.

try to work with a browser tool such as Firefox’ add-on Firebug https://getfirebug.com/ to inspect the css of your site.

Thank you. I did download firebug, but I’m still having a hard time figuring out why the page text is showing up in the content area AND the header.

Hi, Elaine –

Remove the following line from your header.php –

// Add the blog description for the home/front page.
$site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );
if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) )
echo " | $site_description";

That should work – sorry for not getting back to you sooner.

No worries, David, thanks.
It didn’t actually work. I’m so stumped!