Category Page Problems

Try adding these:

.article-container article .feat-img .comment-count {
    display: none;
}

.article-container article .feat-img {
    height: auto;
}

What issues are you having with the footer widgets?

Those commands worked for the main page but when I visit the category pages the problems still persist.

When on the category pages my page list widget displays the links horizontally instead of vertically. Also, the recent posts widget is displayed improperly when compared to the home page.

Hmm. It worked for me on both Firefox and Chrome. Did you clear your browser cache (and any caching plugin) when testing it out? Maybe adding the ‘!important’ attribute will help if it isn’t a cache issue:

.article-container article .feat-img .comment-count {
    display: none !important;
}
.article-container article .feat-img {
    height: auto !important;
}
.article-container article .feat-img a img {
    height: auto !important;
}

(You shouldn’t need that third rule, but you can try it if you need to.)

For the footer widget problems, try adding this:

.category .widget li {?
    float: none;
}

I’ve tried all of the rules you suggested and cleared both my broswer and the Wordfence cache. I also logged into the site using IE but the issues still persisted (I typically use Chrome).

I appreciate all of your help and have reached out to the theme forum as well. Not really sure what else to try.

I don’t think the problem is with our css changes. For some reason your custom css is not being added to the page. In your home page (where it works), the custom styles show up as the last entry in the head element as they should. They aren’t there in the category/lists page’s head element. Either something is interfering with that, or the styles are being called improperly. In the head element you’ll see some other style rules repeated identically five or six times, one after the other.

If you have some plugin(s) active on the problem page that isn’t used on the working pages, disable it/them to see if the style problem goes away. (Remember to clear caches, of course.)

I’m not all that familiar with style rules or coding and am not sure where to look for these issues in the category/lists page’s element. All of the plugins I’m using are active across the entire website. I’ve tried disabling each plugin one at a time to see if the issue could be identified that way but didn’t have any luck.

I also tried uninstalling the theme and reactivating it but this didn’t change anything either.

I’m afraid I don’t have much to add at this point. I know you’ve tried disabling plugins before with no luck, but I’d try again. This time disable them all at once, and switch to the WP default theme (probably Twenty Fifteen) to see if the issues change (especially the footer issues).

If they clear up, reactivate your Book Rev Lite theme. If the problem comes back, follow up with the theme authors. (I see you have a post started there now.)

If the problem is still gone with the BRL theme re-activated, start re-activating plugins one at a time until it breaks again.

Remember to keep clearing browser caches and W3 Total Cache between each step in order to catch any changes. In fact, you can clear W3TC first, and then disable it for a while while you work to save some trouble. Wish I could be more helpful. Good luck!

I tried your advice and the footer is no longer vanishing when I’m on a category page which is great! Unfortunately, the footers themselves are still being displayed incorrectly. But I do appreciate all of the time and effort you put into helping me out. Thank you so much!

Wish I could be of more help, but I think your best bet is to keep following up with the theme authors. There’s a lot of extra functionality built into that theme, and then with other plugins on top of that, it gets hard to untangle. Let us know how it goes, and good luck!

Hi Bill,

The issues seemed to have been resolved. I’m not sure why but whenever I activate my W3 Total Cache plugin it causes the layout problems to reappear. So I’ve turned it off and will look into another Cache plugin to see if that works better. Thanks again for all of your help!

Brad

Hi Brad. I’m glad you were able to narrow the problem a bit, at least. I have seen occasional posts citing glitches when combining CDNs with caching plugins, but W3TC claims good integration there, so I’d think it would be workable. It might be useful for you to ask about this in the W3TC support forum. They also have there an extensive FAQ that you might scan. Hope you come to a solid resolution soon.