Hi, thanks very much for your time. I've just tried your suggestion but again I see no change. Here is the css for the full with template of my child theme including your suggestion just in case it gives any pointers to anyone?
/*
Theme Name: Thematic Power Blog
Theme URI:
Description: Use the Thematic Power Blog Theme to ramp up the power of your WordPress blog.
Author: Ian Stewart
Author URI: http://themeshaper.com/
Template: thematic
Version: 1.1
Tags: Thematic
.
Thematic Power Blog is copyright Ian Stewart http://themeshaper.com/
.
*/
/* Reset browser defaults */
@import url('../thematic/library/styles/reset.css');
/* Apply basic typography styles */
@import url('../thematic/library/styles/typography.css');
/* Apply a basic layout */
@import url('3c-r-fixed-primary-988px.css');
/* Apply basic image styles */
@import url('../thematic/library/styles/images.css');
/* Apply default theme styles and colors
For demonstration purposes we're using the default Thematic style
For major changes I recommend copying over the default styles into this file */
@import url('../thematic/library/styles/default.css');
/* Prepare theme for plugins */
@import url('../thematic/library/styles/plugins.css');
/* =Category Menu
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
#category-access {
border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
height:32px;
font-size:13px;
padding:11px 0;
overflow:visible;
z-index:150;
}
/* uncomment the following two selectors in case your category list wraps into a second row
#category-access {
height: 96px;
}
body.ie7 #category-access {
height: 64px;
}
*/
.menu-title {
color:#666;
float:left;
font-style:italic;
line-height:32px;
margin-right:10px;
}
#category-access .sf-menu {
border-color:transparent;
}
#category-access .sf-menu a {
border:1px solid transparent;
margin-right:3px;
}
#category-access .sf-menu li:hover, #category-access .sf-menu li:hover a,
#category-access .sf-menu li.sfHover, #category-access .sf-menu li.sfHover a,
#category-access .sf-menu a:focus, #category-access .sf-menu a:hover, #category-access .sf-menu a:active {
background: #fafafa;
outline: 0;
border-color:#ccc;
}
#category-access .sf-menu ul a {
background:#fafafa;
border-color:#ccc;
border-right:none;
border-bottom:none;
margin-right:0;
}
/* =Default Widgets
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
#crown h3 {
font-size:17px;
padding:0 0 4px 0;
}
#crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe {
padding:0 0 44px 0;
position:relative;
}
#crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe h3 {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}
#crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe ul {
list-style:none;
margin:0;
position:absolute;
top:0;
right:0;
}
#crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe ul li {
padding:0;
}
#crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe a {
background:url(images/feed-icon-14x14.gif) no-repeat 10px 6px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
-webkit-border-radius: .35em;
-moz-border-radius: .35em;
border-radius: .35em;
padding:6px 16px 6px 32px;
text-decoration:none;
}
/* Fix for the a-tag border bug in IE7 */
body.ie7 #crown #thematic-power-blog-subscribe a {
float:left;
}
#thematic-power-blog-about ul {
list-style:none;
margin-left:0;
}
#thematic-power-blog-about a.more {
display:block;
text-align:right;
}
/* =Global Elements
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
#header {
border-top:1px solid #ccc;
margin-top:0px;
}
#branding {
background:url(images/header-image.png) no-repeat center bottom;
margin-bottom:22px;
padding:22px 0 198px 0; /* Bottom padding is the same height as the image called above */
}
#blog-description {
margin-bottom:22px;
}
#leader {
border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
margin-bottom:-22px;
padding:33px 0 11px 0;
}
#content {
}
.hentry {
}
.crown-aside {
color:#666;
padding-top:22px;
margin:0;
}
.attachment-jpeg .crown-aside,
.attachment.png .crown-aside {
display:none;
}
.crown-aside a {
color:#666;
}
.crown-aside a:active,
.crown-aside a:hover {
color: #FF4B33;
}
.crown-aside ul {
padding:0 20px;
}
.crown-aside ul ul {
border:none;
padding:0;
}
.main-aside {
padding-top:22px;
}
.main-aside ul {
padding:0 20px;
}
.main-aside ul ul {
padding:0;
}
#crown {
border:1px solid #ccc;
width:426px;
}
#primary {
border:1px solid #ccc;
border-width:0 1px 1px 1px;
padding:22px 0 11px 0;
width:212px;
}
#secondary {
border:1px solid #ccc;
border-width:0 0px 0px 1px; /* keeping a border on the left for no-js */
margin-left:-1px; /* offsets the 1px border on the left */
padding:22px 0 11px 0;
width:350px;
}
#breadcrumb-nav {
border-top:1px solid #ccc;
color:#666;
font-size:13px;
line-height:18px;
margin-bottom:-22px;
}
#breadcrumb-nav a {
color:#666;
}
#breadcrumb-nav a:active,
#breadcrumb-nav a:hover {
color: #FF4B33;
}
#breadcrumb-nav-container {
margin:0 auto;
padding:11px 0;
width:988px;
}
#breadcrumb-nav-container p {
margin:0;
}
#footer {
}
.wp-pagenavi span.pages {
padding:4px !important;
}
.page-template-template-page-fullwidth-php #container {
margin-left:45px;
width:885px;
float:left;
}
.page-template-template-page-fullwidth-php #content {
margin:0 0 0 10px;
width:780px;
overflow:hidden;
}
/* =Widgets
-------------------------------------------------------------- */
.aside th, .aside td {
padding:0.25em 0.35em;
}
