Slider Description Options

I have two features I would like to change in the slider:
1. I would like to eliminate the description on one of my slides in the homepage slider, but if I don't type something there, the gray box still goes over the slide. Is there a way to only display that gray box if there is a description?
2. I tried to edit the font size of the slide description text in the css and the change isn't working. Am I doing it right? I edited both of these descriptors:
#slides .caption h2 {
font-size:35px;
}
#slides .caption p {
font-size:35px;
}
Thank you for your help!

 

Hello,

1. Unfortunately there isn't a way to do that with our theme unless you custom code something up. Sorry.
2.
Paste this code in Custom CSS
Appearance > Theme Option > Styling Option > Custom CSS

Code:

.pika-image .caption {
font-size: 35px;
} 

Thanks & Regards
Gourav Shrivastava

 

Thank you for responding so quickly! The CSS worked perfectly for the font size. Bummer that isn't possible, I'm not sure I could figure out the custom code on my own. Easier to think up a caption for that one!
Thanks again!
-Emma