thank you so much! boy you've certainly been around the block a few times. got rid of some white space in my html - which got rid of the WP-auto-generated <p>'s.
Then added styles to my <ul> Looking good now! On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote: > In /sidebar-widget-test/style.css, starting on line 880, you have a rule > that gives the ul a bottom padding of 15px. That's part of it. The other > part is a stray <p> element on line 113 of your HTML. From what I can see, > there is no closing tag, and the only child is a comment element <!--RSS > FEED ENDS--> before the parent <div> element is closed at the end of the > line. Remove the <p>, and your whitespace *should* disappear. > > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Generally Cool Guy > Des Moines, IA > > For more information or a project quote: > jrgeer...@gmail.com > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Andy Moore wrote: > > Thanks Jeremy. > > I've had a good hunt around with the Chrome "inspect" tool - which I > understand is very similar to Firebug. > > Wow, all that intricate info is mind-boggling. > > My specific issue is with a block of white space underneath my rss feed in > a widget I'm building: http://andy.prolifeplanet.com/sidebar-widget-test/ > > You'll spot the white space right above "life without borders" at the > bottom of the widget. > > I've hunted and hunted - but can't find the style parameters to try and > adjust that....... > > > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi there. Check out this guest blog post I did a while back (4 years ago? >> Really?) discussing this exact thing. >> >> >> http://googleajaxsearchapi.blogspot.com/2008/11/styling-searchcontrol-guest-post.html >> >> You can use Firebug (as I did in the screencast there), WebKit developer >> tools in either Safari or Chrome, or even MSIE dev tools to find the class >> names on every element in the control and apply your own styles. If you >> have any specific questions, just ask! >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Generally Cool Guy >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote: >> jrgeer...@gmail.com >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan >> Church! >> >> On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Andy Moore wrote: >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes [March 29, 2011] explained how to disable Google >> Feed API's CSS styling: >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api/browse_thread/thread/c8f17de4c8dad635 >> >> But I'm looking for the CSS parameters so I can be able to set my own >> styling... >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> To view this message on the web, visit >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en_US >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> To view this message on the web, visit >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en_US >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en >> > > > > -- > *Andy Moore* > Phone: 815-277-6244 > Facebook <http://facebook.com/abortionabolitionist> | > Google+<https://profiles.google.com/110781973991968382202>| > Twitter <http://twitter.com/pooroldluser> | > YouTube<http://youtube.com/theboybiggles>| > Blog <http://www.starstuddedsuperstep.com/> > *"What we do in life echoes in eternity."* - Maximus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > To view this message on the web, visit > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en_US > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > google-ajax-search-api@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > To view this message on the web, visit > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en_US > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en > -- *Andy Moore* Phone: 815-277-6244 Facebook <http://facebook.com/abortionabolitionist> | Google+<https://profiles.google.com/110781973991968382202>| Twitter <http://twitter.com/pooroldluser> | YouTube<http://youtube.com/theboybiggles>| Blog <http://www.starstuddedsuperstep.com/> *"What we do in life echoes in eternity."* - Maximus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. 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