Indexhibit^TM
Index + Exhibit

in the '.../sample/style.css', there are a series of class definitions (i hope that's the right term)

1. body.section-1 { }
2. body.section-2 { }
3. body.section-3 { }

for 'Sections' created sequentially from the Settings page. as far as i can see, if i erase an old Section (which firebug tells me is class 'section-4') and create a new one, it doesn't get named 'section-4' but skips to the next 'free' space, which could be 'section-30' if i've been crazy enough to create and then delete 29 others ...

is there a way to 'reset' the counter (guessing here it's doing something with the overall database), or do i have to manually update numbers in style.css to take account of this?

(there may also be a CSS way to style all sections but that actually isn't exactly what i'm after)

as ever, amazing tool and thanks to anyone who can throw some light here

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you can easily change the section of a new page created through your database.
take a look to the ndxz_sections and ndxz_objects.

thanks liferroud.

i found it via my host's control panel but it's looking well outside my expertise ...

is there a danger if i renumber sections inside the database that it will cause a problem at my site's backend?

It was too much for me too but I tried and I didn't destroyed my website, it's pretty simple and if you'll maka a mistake the Db will tell you.