Shaded featured images & Removing a column

1 – I’ve removed the dates/comment/category/title texts from the featured posts at the homepage (following css suggestions at this forum) so now there are only images. However, these images look shaded – darker than what I originally upload. When I go to posts own page, I can see the images with their normal colour on top. Is there a way to make them look bright and clear on the homepage too?

Featured Content thumbnails have opacity set to 0.7. You can override that with:

.featured-content .post-thumbnail {
  opacity: 1;
}

Don’t edit the theme files directly, otherwise your changes will be overwritten every time the theme is updated.

An easy way to add custom CSS is to install the Jetpack plugin and activate the Custom CSS module. You’ll then add your custom CSS in the new stylesheet editor that’ll appear in your dashboard, under Appearance > Edit CSS. You could also install a standalone custom CSS plugin if you prefer.

Or if you’re using a child theme already, place the CSS in your child’s stylesheet and you’ll be set.

2 – Is it possible to have a bigger space for the middle column of a post? Such as, like not having a column on the left with date/author… (Like in a Page, wider column on the left and sidebar on the right)

Do you want to remove the date/author column, or move the date/author and other meta information from the left to above the post? You can do that with a child theme, it’ll take some HTML and CSS adjustments if you’re comfortable with that.

Could you please provide a link to your site so we can better assist?

3 – Is there a way to put a Page (not a post) at the featured section of the homepage?

No, Featured Content is a Jetpack module and it supports only pages.

Hi again, I’m working on this site Thank you very much for this useful information! ??

Then I would like to move the meta information from the left to above the post, so that I have a wider space for my the posts themselves – just as in regular pages. You may realise that I had removed everything but the share buttons on that column anyway. I have the child themes and made some minor modifications, but I really don’t know much about html/css. If this is possible to do I will be willing to find out though ??

If you’re a HTML/CSS beginner, the easiest route would be to make a CSS change, which just puts the meta info below the post, where it appears naturally in the theme:

.single .entry-content, .single .entry-footer {
  float: none;
  width: 100%
}

If you wanted to move the post meta (author, date, sharing buttons, etc) above the post, you’d need to copy the content-single.php file into your child theme and move these lines:

<footer class="entry-footer">
  <?php gazette_entry_footer(); ?>
</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->

…wherever you want them to appear. For example, just above <div class="entry-content">.

Much simpler than I thought, worked perfectly ?? Thanks a lot.

My pleasure! Feel free to start a new thread if you need help with anything else.