How can I get content/an element/image/etc. OUTSIDE of #content div?

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How can I get content/an element/image/etc. OUTSIDE of #content div?

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Started 13 years ago by js09
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js09
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I want to have the date be displayed outside the #content div. Like a post-it not hanging on the side of the main blog. I tried z-index but that was a no go. !imporant didn't work either.

Suggestions? I'm specifically referring to '.entry-date'

Posted 13 years ago #
AnotherAndrew
Member

Trying to do the same. Did you find a way?

Posted 12 years ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

you could get it out of the .hentry div by overriding the loop.

Posted 12 years ago #
Solomon
Member

Negative margin? Absolute positioning? Depending on what, exactly, you're trying to do. Might one of those techniques work?

Posted 12 years ago #
Greenbear
Member

I just happen to be having this problem myself so I thought I'd chime in here.

I can't seem to get the content to go outside of the #content no matter what I try (ie. position absolute or relative) I've set the margin right to a negative (relative), tried overflow:visible, tried resetting the width of #main, #container etc... all to no effect, the content I am trying to set outside still gets cut at the outside of the #content or #container edge.

I am interested in helgatheviking's suggestion but am not sure how to proceed there...any suggestions on how to break out?

Posted 11 years ago #
Greenbear
Member

Ok, I've figured this out and thought I would pass on my findings for anyone else who runs into this.

It appears that it's an overflow issue. I can only get it to work when the overflow is set to visible for both the #content and #main ids. This may require some #content bottom margin though as the main will lose it's margin-bottom. It may also create other problems...but that's how it breaks out.

Posted 11 years ago #

helgatheviking
Moderator

so i was mistaken a year ago (must've been a newb back then). you need to add the date to the thematic_abovecontent hook like so:

function kia_add_date(){
	if(!is_single()) return;
	echo thematic_postmeta_entrydate();
}
add_action('thematic_abovecontent','kia_add_date');

i made the assumption that this was only going to happen on single posts. then i presume you'll want to remove the date from its default position which you can achieve like so:

function kia_remove_date($postmeta) {

	if(!is_single()) return $postmeta;

	ob_start(); ?>

	<div class="entry-meta">
		<?php echo thematic_postmeta_authorlink(); ?>
		<?php echo thematic_postmeta_editlink();?>
	</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

	<?php
	$postmeta = ob_get_contents();
	ob_end_clean();
	return $postmeta;
}
add_filter('thematic_postheader_postmeta','kia_remove_date');

now that the markup has been rearranged it should be super simple to style as desired

Posted 11 years ago #

Greenbear
Member

Thanks Helga, but I think you have posted a reply to a different thread? Or am I missing something?

A follow up to my follow up...a quick note on the bottom of the #content, it can come up short if there are any floating divs that would normally be caught by the overflow...simply add a div at the bottom with a clear:both to draw the #content down. A side effect of WP is that when blank divs are entered into the html they get lost if switched to visual...simply place a . between the clearing div tags and style the color the same as your background and it holds when in visual mode (mostly for clients who are more WYSIWYG oriented).

Posted 11 years ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

no, the OP wanted to display the date outside of the #content div. and when you picked up the thread you wanted to similarly display something outside of the #content div. i showed how to move the markup outside of #content instead of trying to bootleg is with CSS absolute positioning or negative margins or overflow.

Posted 11 years ago #
Greenbear
Member

Ahh...ok. Good to know.

Posted 11 years ago #

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