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Can I remove the subtle drop-shadow effect on the sides of the whole blog?

Q: Can I remove the subtle drop-shadow effect on the sides of the whole blog?

A: Yes. To eliminate the drop shadow, open up “Stylesheet” from “Design (’Presentation’ in WP 2.3 and earlier)” –> “Theme Editor” and DELETE line 146, which reads:

background:transparent url(images/hover.png) repeat-y scroll 0%;

To add it back in again, do it in reverse.

Questions? Instead of emailing for support, leave a comment below so everyone can benefit from any clarification.

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9 Responses to “Can I remove the subtle drop-shadow effect on the sides of the whole blog?”

  1. On July 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm Shaun said:

    My drop shadow shows up in firefox but not in IE. Can you help?

  2. On July 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm Jared said:

    @Shaun: i’m guessing you’re using IE6. IE6 (which is a 7-year old, antiquated browser) can not handle semi-transparent PNG files (which the drop shadow is), so the theme hides this image from IE6. that’s the correct behavior.

  3. On July 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm Shaun said:

    Well, I actually do not use this browser normaly, but this is what ATT supplies. I usually use firefox and it is ok there. I just wanted the same look across browsers.

    Thanks

  4. On July 25th, 2008 at 7:36 am Jared said:

    @Shaun: gotcha. unfortunately precise control over how things render across multiple browsers is not totally possible on the web. especially in the case where older browsers can not handle newer technology. so the standard practice is to add the extra cool stuff for browsers that can handle it (in this case better than 85%) and hide it from the bad browsers (namely IE6).

  5. On September 18th, 2008 at 3:41 am Keny said:

    Hi! I went into my stylesheet css but can’t find line 146. It jumps from line 140 to 190? Any help would be great. Thank you!

  6. On September 18th, 2008 at 5:52 am Jared said:

    @Keny: not all the line numbers are numbered, you’ll need to count down from 140.

  7. On January 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm Deanna said:

    hey Jared…can I change the COLOR of the drop shadow?

  8. On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm Amber Hughes said:

    Hmm… line 146 appears like this for me:

    h1#blog-title span {
    background-image: url(images/header-logo.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;

    Not sure why? I’d love to know how to change the width of my drop shadow if possible.. thanks!

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