
If you are using Internet Explorer, an alternate method is to use the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar, which allows you to visually see and select the elements, IDs, and classes on the page. If not, hit FIND again until you've found the right phrase in the right area. Odds are, unless you have the words "all about harry" in your post, it will take you to the first showing of the phrase "all about harry" which is probably in your sidebar.

Type in "all about harry" and click FIND. Use your handy detective tool, Ctrl+F, to activate your search. A page will pop up featuring the source code of the page. To view a page's source code, go up to the menu bar of your browser and choose VIEW > PAGE SOURCE or VIEW > SOURCE. You know you'll find that title in your sidebar when you view the page's source code. Let's say that listed in the sidebar, you have a post title called "All About Harry".

In the above example, you need to hunt for an errant border.īegin by carefully examining a generated page (or test page) and look for some identifying text in the sidebar, near the errant border. You know where the problem is, you just can't find the problem. You hunt and hunt but you can't find any reference to the border. For instance, there is a border you don't want between the sidebar menu and the rest of the page.

Often a problem occurs in one part of the layout or template. The following isn't about choosing a WordPress Theme, but finding the CSS styles within your current Theme.
