BoxerDog

Sorry – developing offline via Mamp server.
But if you look at the css and function code for Twenty Eleven you will identify my issue.

Widget headers are styled as a heading – i.e. css style of header 1 for example however the widget position is not identified – i.e. one div tag for all widgets no matter where they sit. (side or footer). I need to create new code in my child theme for both function and css that separates the widget styling by placement – side or footer.

I am new to .php and relatively inexperienced with css and do not want to write bad code that breaks the theme therefore seeking help.

Excellent thank you.
Ended up with the following and it gives me the look I was after perfectly.

#access {
margin: 0 auto 6px 2.5%;
max-width: 1000px;
width: 95%;
}

This provides the subtle break I wanted between the navigation bar and the background but still provides a responsive layout.

Thank you – Appreciate your help!

Thank you – it was a line break. Works beautifully now. Appreciate your patience and assistance.

cbutlerjr,
I have noticed that the code supplied in the Quickstart guide to hide comments is different to the code shown on the actual screen shot of the comments.php file. Which code is correct?

Hi esmi thanks for the advice and I will make the changes required when I can solve the immediate problem of comments still appearing. If this is not solved then I will probably build the site off the WordPress platform. Hopefully this will not be required.

Thanks for your reply however I have double checked and have followed the instructions and pasted the code at the head of the comments.php file copies below, and beneath that the error message which is on the live page replacing the comments and note the log in status widget also is no longer shown on the page:

<[Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

Result on live page which has also lost the member log in details widget

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ in /home/boxpure/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyten/comments.php on line 2