Title: Adding bullets to CSS stylesheet
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding bullets to CSS stylesheet

 *  Resolved [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/)
 * I am unable to add bullets or numbering to my main post of page text. I am thinking
   that this is because bullet and numbering information was not designated on the
   stylesheet. CAn someone please tell me where I need to add this information to
   the below stylesheet…..what the stelsheet needs to read…and how to get a small
   solid circle for the bullets as well as standard (1,2,3,4) numebring for the 
   numbers.
 * Thank you so much in advance. Here is the stylesheet info:
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 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104908)
 * I know that was a very lengthy post…but seeing that I am new to this…I want to
   be as thorough as possible.
 * Thank you once again for all your help.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104944)
 * the reason is that the rest styles at the beginning set all paddings and margins
   to zero.
 * try and add something like this to style.css of your theme:
 * `.entry ul, .entry ol { padding-left: 10px; margin-left:10px; font-size: 150%;}`
 * this should make the list style elements visible in the posts.
 * out of organisational reasons, possibly somewhere after the line `/* post elements*/`;
   however, the location does not really matter.
 * if this is not what you want to achieve, please give more details and post a 
   link directly to a page with the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104966)
 * So it doesn’t matter WHERE I add this line? Now you say after the line /*post
   elements */…but this is for page body text as well, does this make a difference.
   Now i’m realy showing you what a newbie I am…but… Do I indent this line or add
   it right up next to the left margin. I’m thinking that indentation in the style.
   css is merely for organisational purposes.
 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104968)
 * Is there any way to post my whole stylesheet here so you can take a look and 
   see what i’m looking at?
 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104969)
 * Here is the url for the stylesheet:
 * [http://www.momsheadquarters.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=/themes/momsHQ/style.css&theme=Mom%27s+HQ&dir=style](http://www.momsheadquarters.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=/themes/momsHQ/style.css&theme=Mom%27s+HQ&dir=style)
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2104981)
 * assuming that the link of your user name is your site, it is no problem to access
   the stylesheet(s), using some browser tools such as firebug in firefox.
 * it really does not matter where you add the new styles;
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/css/](http://www.w3schools.com/css/)
 * this is just one possible location:
 *     ```
       /* post elements */
   
       .entry ul, .entry ol {
       padding-left: 10px;
       margin-left:10px;
       font-size: 150%;
       }
   
       #main {
   
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2105111)
 * oh my goodness! It worked. I actually just copied and pasted the text into the
   very top of the style sheet where I could easily find it in case I had to delete
   it. You are amazing! I can’t thank you enough. That link you gave me to w3schools.
   com looks pretty helpful too…i’ll have to go back there int he future.
 * Thank you again.
 *  Thread Starter [momsheadquarters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/momsheadquarters/)
 * (@momsheadquarters)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2105112)
 * Hey….not that I want to abuse you knowledge….but what do yout hink about this:
 * [http://www.momsheadquarters.com/the-headquarters/family-2/baby/cloth-diaper-review/ai2/best-bottom-diapers](http://www.momsheadquarters.com/the-headquarters/family-2/baby/cloth-diaper-review/ai2/best-bottom-diapers)
 * Take a look at the right sidebar…why are all the children categories so small.
   How would I go about getting the text on these larger. I understand that the 
   smaller size designates it as a child…but there has got to be a better way.
 * Any suggestions???
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2105129)
 * it is caused by this style (in style.css quite near to the end):
 *     ```
       #side ul li {
       	display: inline;
       	float: left;
       	padding: 0px;
       	color: #558CA1;
       	font-size: 0.7em;
       }
       ```
   
 * try and change:
    `font-size: 0.7em;` to `font-size: 0.9em;` (this will increase
   the font of the top most item as well)
 * or
    `font-size: 9px; margin-left:10px;`
 * with the fixed font-size, you could indent the list by adding the left margin(
   example only)
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_font.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_font.asp)

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 * [numbering](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/numbering/)
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 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-bullets-to-css-stylesheet/#post-2105129)
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