Another blog comment count question! (plus a bonus question)

Hi guys!

Two questions for you here. Firstly, I’m having a hard time removing the comment count on the blog posts. The meta elements box is unticked. I know this has been asked before, and as per the advice given in other threads about this same topic, I’ve added both of the following to quick CSS but it doesn’t change anything, the comment count is still displayed:

.slide-meta { display: none; }

.slide-meta .slide-meta-del, .slide-meta .slide-meta-comments {
display: none !important;
}

Everything is updated. I’m baffled! Any other ideas?

Also, on a related note, on the main blog page under the title of each post is the date and this: “/ in blog /”

How do I omit that part ( “/ in blog/” ) but leave the date? In other words, I’d like only the date to be displayed under the blog post title.

Thanks a lot and keep up the good work, you guys all rock.