Title: Metro Ties, Code frustrations
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Metro Ties, Code frustrations

 *  [sparkywalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sparkywalk/)
 * (@sparkywalk)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metro-ties-code-frustrations/)
 * Just trying to find out how to program **one **metro tile that has text option,
   an automated icon, has color, and sizing options, that is all I want to know 
   how to do. I have searched high and low and cannot find anything relevant. Everyone
   wants one to buy a theme or recreate the wheel or gets weirded out when I ask
   them how to do this.
 * In addition, at code sites or similar, they have wonderful code and all but for
   us who are not high techies or developers they just show windows with code in
   it and don’t tell one which files to add to and/or where to put the code within
   the file. They just assume that I will automatically know and well I don’t just
   know. Hey I’m learning but give us a break, ok? 🙂 🙂 Sheesh. 🙂
 * So if any of you high techie guru’s could possibly be so kind to show me how 
   to program one measly metro tile with instructions as to which files and where
   in the file to put the code, I would be most grateful.
 * If I had the knowledge and hopefully one day I will, I would create a shortcode
   plugin for this that everyone could use. Seems like it would be a popular item
   as all of us don’t want to have a predefined grid, text, or icon, color, size,
   etc for our tiles, and sometimes we may want to use just one tile as well.
 * I want to put individual tiles inside of a fusion table (Avada theme) and use
   my own custom table layout with tiles as a home page menu. I can create flat 
   colored image’s that have links and place in my table, but just don’t know how
   to add text and the automated icon to the darn image. 🙂 I could just use paint
   and cut and paste, but I was really hoping to learn this without having to go
   through the 1,000 page code manuals. And for aesthetics. 🙂
 * Please help me oh great techie guru’s! 🙂 Keep Smiling! Thank you!

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 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metro-ties-code-frustrations/#post-5132375)
 * Would the ‘post tiles’ plugin help you achieve what you are looking for? [https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-tiles/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-tiles/)
 *  Thread Starter [sparkywalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sparkywalk/)
 * (@sparkywalk)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metro-ties-code-frustrations/#post-5132380)
 * Thanks, cubecolour.
    Unfortunately no. Post tiles allows a minimum of 7 tiles
   though they state 8 in their write up, and when you add less than 7 tiles it 
   leaves number boxes under the tile, and when one clicks on the number boxes it
   takes you to a new window where it states “you are not authorized to view drafts.”
   I also tried to add a font-awesome automated icon to the the posts and tile without
   success.
 * So still searching. Appreciate your help!
 * Thanks, again 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [sparkywalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sparkywalk/)
 * (@sparkywalk)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metro-ties-code-frustrations/#post-5132429)
 * Well, I found one solution…
 * I created content boxes with title, icon and no text, then adjust the size of
   the content boxes with additional spaces. Now just have to figure out how to 
   adjust the table height so that it does not leave so much space in between.
 * So, there is a way, it’s a work around, but a time saver for now as well. 🙂
 * If anyone can still show me how to program the one measly tile as requested above,
   I am still interested. 🙂

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metro-ties-code-frustrations/#post-5132429)
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