Title: customize dots
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# customize dots

 *  Resolved [stolenstill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stolenstill/)
 * (@stolenstill)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/)
 * hi! I was just wondering if it is possible to customize the dots belows the slides,
   I wanted to centre them and space the out a bit.
 * Thanks for your help!
 * Alanna
    stolenstill.com
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/)

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 *  [kwalizorg.nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwalizorgnl/)
 * (@kwalizorgnl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336265)
 * Hi Alanna,
 * Start by making a backup of your site.
    == == == To do this you need to edit 
   the css files of the meteor-slides. For this you need a TEXT editor such as NOTEPAD
   ++ (free) [NOT a wordprocessor such as MSWord]. == == == Locate and make a backup
   of: `http://stolenstill.com/wp-content/plugins/meteor-slides/css/meteor-slides.
   css` the open this file in the texteditor.
 * go to line 159 this reads:
 *     ```
       .meteor-slides .meteor-buttons {
         bottom: -15px;
         height: 9px;
         left: 0;
         margin: 0;
         padding: 6px 0 0;
         position: absolute;
         width: 100%;
         z-index: 999;
       }
       ```
   
 * Change to the following:
 *     ```
       .meteor-slides .meteor-buttons {
         bottom: -15px;
         height: 9px;
         left: 0;
         /* margin: 0; original settings */
         margin: 0 auto; /* this should center the dotted buttons */
         /*padding: 6px 0 0; original settings */
         padding: 6px 5px 0 0; /* you can change the 5px to a different value to suit your needs */
         position: absolute;
         width: 100%;
         z-index: 999;
       }
       ```
   
 * The slash asterix blabla asterix slash makes code to a comment that is disregarded.
   Forget them and things get messy. The same goes for the rest. Correct syntax 
   works, incorrect doesn’t.
    Should this not work: Remove the new lines, remove
   the slash asterix and asterix slash around the original code and all is back 
   to the original state.
 *  Thread Starter [stolenstill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stolenstill/)
 * (@stolenstill)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336314)
 * Hi! Unfortunately this did not work. It didn’t seem to change anything. But the
   plugin file name above the css says ‘inactive’, could this be why?
 *  [kwalizorg.nl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwalizorgnl/)
 * (@kwalizorgnl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336347)
 * Sorry, I can’t quite understand what you are referring to.
    Please clarify and
   elaborate a bit.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336351)
 * [@stolenstill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stolenstill/) Rather than 
   editing the plugin directly, use a [custom stylesheet](http://jleuze.com/plugins/meteor-slides/customizing-the-stylesheet/).
   Is the plugin active, can you post a link to the site you’re working on?
 * [This thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-meteor-slides-centering-buttons?replies=11)
   shows a couple of ways to center the pager buttons.
 *  Thread Starter [stolenstill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stolenstill/)
 * (@stolenstill)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336359)
 * Hi! The plugin is active, its on my homepage at stolenstill.com.
 * Thanks for the help!
 *  Plugin Author [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336363)
 * Did you try using one of the methods in that thread I linked to?
 *  Thread Starter [stolenstill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stolenstill/)
 * (@stolenstill)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336380)
 * Thanks! I’m just trying out using a custom stylesheet.
 *  ‘If you have navigation enabled, be sure to copy the buttons.png, next.png, 
   and prev.png files to your theme’s images folder and update the image paths, 
   or create new graphics to replace them.’
 * Where do i find the buttons.png files? Thanks for your help 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-dots/#post-3336385)
 * Those images are in the images folder inside the Meteor Slides plugin folder.

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