Title: Layout Issues
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Layout Issues

 *  Resolved [anon58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anon58/)
 * (@anon58)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-issues-13/)
 * Loving the shoutbox, and everything seems to be working flawlessly except for
   the layout. The volume control and update spinning wheel show up in a small box
   below the shoutbox widget in my sidebar, which overlaps with my next widget (
   making the volume controls unusable and my website ugly).
 * Link to my website so you can see what I mean: [http://www.disassembledrs.com/](http://www.disassembledrs.com/)
 * Is there a fix for this? If not, having it show up on the same line as the publish
   button would seem to be a good alternative/good use of space.
 * Thank you in advance!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ajax-shoutbox/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ajax-shoutbox/)

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 *  Thread Starter [anon58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anon58/)
 * (@anon58)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-issues-13/#post-7375619)
 * I commented the lines for warning, spinner, lock and speaker for now, which fixes
   the issue, but removed the features.
 *  Plugin Author [honza.skypala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/honzaskypala/)
 * (@honzaskypala)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-issues-13/#post-7375627)
 * Hi anon58,
 * the shoutbox design greatly depends on the theme that a concrete WordPress installation
   is using. I have finetuned the design for all the standard WP themes (from twentyten
   to twentysixteen) but it is not possible for me to tune it for every theme in
   the world. So no, there is no fix planned for design changes — if a user wants
   to use a different theme then one of the standard WP themes, then it is his responsibility
   to take care of the design.
 * Editing the plugin itself (“I commented the lines for warning, spinner, lock 
   and speaker for now”) is not a good idea, as new versions of plugin will take
   things back.
 * If you want to adapt the design to your expectations, you need to override the
   CSS for the shoutbox. Not delete it, not modify it, but override it. If you have
   your own theme, then it is possible to do it right in your theme, but if you 
   are using a common theme, then it is not a good idea, as new version of the theme
   will remove your changes (just like with plugin in previous paragraph). The best
   way is to use some kind of Custom CSS plugins for this, there are several available,
   e.g. one as a part of Jetpack plugin (from Auttomattic, authors of WordPress).
 * Thank you for understanding.
 * /Honza
 *  [ryanrobinson32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanrobinson32/)
 * (@ryanrobinson32)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/layout-issues-13/#post-8316986)
 * HONZA,
 * Is it possible to have this display at the top of the body and not in the sidebar,
   with the widgets?
 * Thank you,
    Ryan Robninson

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