cant tell anything really from an image… would have to be able to inspect the css and see what is going on…  do you know how to inspect css/problem-with-post-edit-buttontml in your browser?

I use genesis with simple press in many sites, so its not a general issue together… though have not heard of Eleven40…

between those two images, is there really such a different size difference in buttons between users and admins??  or is that just an artifact of how you took the screenshots?

The size difference between the images is my inattentiveness, sorry. They are the same size. And yes, I do know how to inspect css in my browser.

I think I’m on to something now. I use Font Awesome and a Fontawesome WP plugin to generate the icons in the menu. When I remove the Fontawesome css class from the menu, all is well (but I have no Forum icon, of course). The Fontawesome css class is: ‘fa-comments fa-fw fa-lg’.

Could it be that the Fontawesome css class clashes with a Simplepress css class? It is only a problem on the forum page.

I would very much doubt it. But using the browser inspector will tell you exactly what is being applied so if there was any knock on from an SP css it will show up as being effective. Again – we are willing to take a look if you like.

You are absolutely welcome to have a look. I will PM you the login details. Give me a minute.

I don’t see that there is any CSS interference. What I do see is that when logged in as a user the actual HTML for the forum item is different to the others which may probably explain it. Why, however….

I guess this is out of your jurisdiction It’s strange it happens on only on the forum page though. 

Maybe it’s the Fontawesome plugin. I will try another.

Thanks for looking into this!

Does the wp page the forum is on use the same page template as other pages? If not, is nav menu invoked differently?

Also, what are your options on forum – integration – page and Permalink?

Yes, it’s on a regular Genesis/Eleven40 full-width page template.

Page & permalink: in the attachment.

not likely to help, but worth a quick try…  uncheck the filter wp list pages…  and also try checking the strict wp api option… 

again, doubtful but doesnt hurt to try…  if no better, would set them back like you have…

The Forum menu entry disappears completely when I check the strict api option, but the gap remains.

I think my best option is to try a different Fontawesome plugin. Will report back.

Odd… Not sure why it would disappear…

Please let us know how you make out….

Success! I switched over to using this method:

http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/problem-with-post-edit-buttonow-to-use-and-embed-an-icon-font-on-your-website

All is well now.

For who’s interested, the plugin that was giving me this trouble on the forum page was:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome-4-menus/

good news. thanks for the update.