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alchymyth, thank you. This is the very first time anyone has ever told me that the php file generates html, or that it is possible to view the source code of my blog. Some of us are working at levels of knowledge so basic that we don’t even understand the basic tools available to us.

I had already read the codex page you linked to, over and over, trying to understand how the html list example they show there relates to the php functions file in my child theme.

On that codex page, they assume that you’re editing your header.php file, but if you’re using a child theme, the only files you edit are your style sheet and your functions.php file.

In any case, I have partly fixed my problem by updating my style sheet. It had lacked the @import urls for basic image styles, and basic themes and colors. Once I added those to my style sheet, there was magically a horizontal page menu where I wanted it.

Now I just have to figure out how to make it pretty.

Thanks again for your help.

That helps. I’ll fix it and see what happens. Thank you!

ohhhkay then. I guess that’s helpful, in a mildly snarky way. Some clue as to what direction I should go would be awfully nice. I’m willing to go learn what I need to, but it would be really great to have some kind of signpost or clue about where to start.

Is “fluid” the quality I should be going for here?

Is the fact that my banner image is 940 px wide the problem?

Yes, there is. And I did create it. But I don’t know the CSS to put it into the nav bar, and to make it look like the other page link buttons that are already there. If I go to the WordPress Widgets page, there are some location options, because it shows up as a widget. But the nav bar doesn’t seem to be one of those location options.

Speaking of those page link buttons, I also don’t know the CSS to change their color. Any ideas?

Thank you for the help — I’m still not getting results…

I substituted the color I want into the above piece of CSS. That is, I took away the word white and put in #FBF8DF.

The page color is still white.

What now?

I figured this out after I posted it, so I changed it to “resolved”. Now that I understand WordPress better, I’m embarrassed by my dumb question…

Thanks!

Yeah, I did fiddle around with that section, with little to show for it. Merely substituting my desired color for the existing one there did not result in any visible change.

The way I fixed the border on either side of the header was some chain of changes having to do with width and background color. In the end, maybe my header image was laid on top of my desired background color, which then extended on both sides to become a colored border.

I just haven’t figured out how to do the same to the page section. I don’t get how the above CSS says there’s a 1px border, when it’s clearly wider than 1 px.