Featured Image changes – Default template

  • Hi there.

    I’m currently using the Sela theme over at https://rhiyaya.com/ and I mostly love it.

    The thing that I can’t stand is the appearance of the featured image. As it is I have turned them completely off. But unfortunately this means that unless my post has a photo at the top, the excerpt is boring and photoless.

    So what I’m looking for are some examples of CSS that can make the featured images display differently on the Sela theme, in the default (blog) template. Specifically as thumbnails. Something like this

    Is this possible? Or am I going to have to change themes? I’m sort of terrified of that option!

    Thanks!!

    [ETA: If there is a plug in that will work, rather than CSS, then all the better!]

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  • Thread Starter rhiannongiles

    (@rhiannongiles)

    I’ve been playing with this some, using the Simple Image Sizes plugin. So close. Yet so far.

    I could probably live with it if I could get rid of all the grey space.

    Hi there! I noticed some changes happening! ??

    Is it the title overlapping on the image you’re not a fan of? You could add some space beneath the image to shift that down and see if you like the look of that.

    For example, this CSS adds some space under the photo which will shift the post down a bit: 

    .post-thumbnail {
	margin-bottom: 65px;
}

    With that code you go from this: https://cloudup.com/cUWJV7nOEjP
    To this: https://cloudup.com/c5XpWaJhUO1

    Or maybe you’re all set with your plugin fix? Let me know if you have any questions! ??

    Thread Starter rhiannongiles

    (@rhiannongiles)

    ooh! That along with the plug in changing the size is *so* close (i’ll probably change the size to be a bit bigger, but not as large as the default). Any ideas of a way to get rid of the grey along the top? Maybe I should use CSS to change the size of featured images, rather than the plug in?

    https://rhiyaya.com/

    Thanks so much!

    Thread Starter rhiannongiles

    (@rhiannongiles)

    I think I’ve got it! Thanks for getting me headed in the right direction!

    Ah, great! You’re welcome! ??

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