The easiest solution to the problem of adding drop down menus was to switch to a new theme: Graphene. The new theme came with drop down menus already incorporated. However, it also had some features of which I was not overly fond, such as the drop shadow surrounding the main viewing area and a background beyond that area. I wanted a plain white background that seamlessly flowed into the viewing area.
Once again my daughter provided some quick help. She introduced me to the quick way to look at and edit CSS. Then it became a matter of trying to find out where the author of the Graphene theme stuck the things I wanted to modify. after a fair amount of playing around I managed to get rid of the shadow box around the viewing area. I also eliminated a grey box on top of the footer box and converted the latter to a white background. In Graphene as it initially loads the footer is set up with styles similar to those of the menu bar. I also changed the footer information by making the text regarding copyright the same color and eliminating the references to WordPress and Graphene, though I will have to check with the instructor to seem if doing the latter is strictly kosher.
There three horizontal lines I would like to eliminate: two medium grey and one very light grey. So far the codes in CSS used to create the lines has eluded me. Perhaps I can get some helpful hints tomorrow. With any luck the revised site won’t have the same embarrassing problems its precursor did.
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