Comments on: How to Find Widget Names for custom.css http://thesisthemetools.com Tips, Tricks, and Tools for the Thesis Theme Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Mike Nichols http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Mike Nichols Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:45:17 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-166 Hi, Jeff! Thank you for the comment. There are many arcane things about WordPress, and widget names is one of them. Even with the right names to address them, some widgets resist all efforts at getting at their innards. I find it very frustrating when a widget I really need will not let me change its appearance in any way. Sometimes they have classes or id's that you can work with in custom.css, but you can only find out about them in the source code. Most of the resistant widgets are "black boxes," however, and I just try to find an equivalent plugin that will cooperate. Hi, Jeff! Thank you for the comment.

There are many arcane things about WordPress, and widget names is one of them. Even with the right names to address them, some widgets resist all efforts at getting at their innards. I find it very frustrating when a widget I really need will not let me change its appearance in any way. Sometimes they have classes or id’s that you can work with in custom.css, but you can only find out about them in the source code. Most of the resistant widgets are “black boxes,” however, and I just try to find an equivalent plugin that will cooperate.

]]> By: Jeff Garrett http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Jeff Garrett Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:55:26 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-49 Mike, Great tip, thanks for sharing! This would have saved me a lot of trouble a few months back. I'll have to keep this in mind for future projects. Take care, Jeff Mike,
Great tip, thanks for sharing! This would have saved me a lot of trouble a few months back. I’ll have to keep this in mind for future projects.

Take care,
Jeff

]]> By: Mike Nichols http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mike Nichols Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:38:09 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-20 Azzam -- Thank you for your comment! I'm happy you were able to use the information. Please stay tuned for more tidbits coming up! Azzam — Thank you for your comment! I’m happy you were able to use the information. Please stay tuned for more tidbits coming up!

]]> By: Mike Nichols http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Mike Nichols Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:43:06 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-15 Thank you, Bill! I'm glad it's helped you! It's amazing to me how many little things like finding out widget names are so obscure and difficult to discover. I happened on the widget naming by chance while inspecting a site's source code for something else. It's allowed me to hack my widgets' properties, particularly on <a href="http://anxietypanichealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Anxiety, Panic & Health</a>. Thank you, Bill! I’m glad it’s helped you!

It’s amazing to me how many little things like finding out widget names are so obscure and difficult to discover. I happened on the widget naming by chance while inspecting a site’s source code for something else. It’s allowed me to hack my widgets’ properties, particularly on Anxiety, Panic & Health.

]]> By: Bill http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Bill Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:43:06 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-14 Just what I was looking for. Great tutorial Mike. Thanks. Just what I was looking for. Great tutorial Mike. Thanks.

]]> By: azzam http://thesisthemetools.com/how-to-find-widget-names-for-custom-css/comment-page-1/#comment-6 azzam Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:23:36 +0000 http://thesisthemetools.com/?page_id=128#comment-6 Awesome, thanks and worked a treat! Awesome, thanks and worked a treat!

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