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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: problem with images send to editorYou are able to upload new images, but the “send to editor” link doesn’t result in the code appearing in your post?
Does that happen when you have an active cursor in the post area?
What happens when you drag the image into the post?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Typewriter effect?To run a script in a dynamic document, the first thing is to take the script and create a folder for it on your server. It could be your theme directory, or your root directory. doesn’t really matter.
Then call the script in your header
Now you can use html tags to use the script anywhere you want, in the header, in the sidebar, in a post.
Html will parse just fine.
If you’re getting errors, my first thought is permissions, then correct paths to the script, then the tags you’re using to call the script, and finally, the script itself.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress Theme for content driven web designIt could be done as simply as choosing a theme you like the look of, creating a category called “articles” and then adding a sidebar or menu link to the category.
You can change how the category view appears in the default theme’s archives.php (or is it archive.php?)
You can take it as far as creating pages for each article, giving each page it’s own style, and unique sidebar.
But there is no theme I know of ready for downloading which already offers these sorts of features.
To really get WP working like this, you will either need to read up on themes and styling WordPress in the codex, or seek the help of someone who knows how to do that sort of extensive customization.
But that’s a great idea for a new theme. Thanks!
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Idiot: FernandoPress12 hours later there’s a lot more I would (and will) do.
But I am relieved and pleased with the small type, and added space.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: split Kubrick sidebarBeing a long time fan of Kubrick, I guess I could undertake a split 3 column Kubrick.
I have done it, but not for public consumption.The problem is that Kubrick is robust, and well margined to protect the sidebar from dropping below the content. A few simple moves to refine it, and in IE your sidebar lives at the bottom without a firefox or safari user ever being the wiser until one day some thoughtful person lets you know…. oh those are such bad days.
It’s really a matter of duplicating the sidebar’s style and renaming it sidebar2
floating the main sidebar right (as it already is) and the second sidebar right.
Now it’s all widths, margins and padding to make the page sit together nicely, and in the right places.Here’s a reasonable article on this technique:
http://glish.com/css/7.aspI’ll work on it and see what happens.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: different backgroundimages for each category on the mainpageyes, Orin and KAfkaesqui and right. I didn’t read the initial entry clearly.
That will totally work.
Add the conditionals for the style into your header. and add the style for each cat within the conditional.
<?php if (is_cat (‘1’)) { ?>
css style for cat 1<?php else_if (is_cat(‘2’)) { ?>
css style for cat 2<?php else_if (is_cat(‘3’)) { ?>
css style for cat 3<?php } ?>
I don’t know if it’s still true, but it used to be best to write conditionals for the category or post number, and not the name to avoid problems.
Try this, and then add it to your header and I’ll be it will work just fine.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: split Kubrick sidebarThere is already a very basic 3 column Kubrick theme:
http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2005/05/wordpress-three-columns-kubrick-theme/It’s not one sidebar on either side, but you could begin with that, no?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Custom border around a post (hard question)Well, you certainly can use an image as a border using css
img {
padding: 5px;
border: url(“image.jpg”);
}more here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-border-20021107/#the-border-imageBut it would seem like an easier solution to decide on the size of an image for your posts, create a background with the desired border, and then use something like this:
#content img {
padding: 5px;
background: url(“backgroundimage.jpg”) no-repeat;
}‘course you would want to class this for the content area (depending on your theme) and then play with the padding to make sure it all fits in there.
But requiring a specific size for images is a drag.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: different backgroundimages for each category on the mainpageIn order to restyle your categories, you will need to write the css style for the code you want to add, or force in the conditional tag.
Without the css in your style.css then changing the ID or CLASS won’t make any changes.
I would look into the Force Category Template solution and unless you’re ready to change your styles around manually use various themes you like for the look of your categories.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Archives link…Yes, there are a lot of ways to do this.
The first thing you can do is read up on how to do this in the codex:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Creating_an_Archive_IndexThere are also a lot of nice plungins for browsing archives as well.
The codex is where you can learn a lot, and fire your imagination to do even more than you might have expected.
Happy reading!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: wp-config.php problem!sounds like a permissions issue to me.
Are all your files readable? Be sure your permissions are set to allow the files to be read.In the worst case scenario you can download the wp-config-sample.php, enter the correct information, rename the file ‘wp-config.php’ and upload it and see what happens.
But it sounds like permissions to me.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Custom border around a post (hard question)Adding a background color, a small margin and a border should frame any image placed into your blog.
Unless you have some funky css forcing something else to happen.
For a universal img tag solution add this code to your style.css:
img {
padding: 5px;
background-color: #FFF;
border: 1px solid #333;
}see what happens.
If you desperately need to keep whatever else your design requires for other images you can solve the trouble in one of two ways:
class the css for your entry section only:
.entry (or contents, or whatever your index declares) img {
padding: 5px;
background-color: #FFF;
border: 1px solid #333;
}OR make up a new id and wrap the images you want to have borders in that id when you want to:
#wrap img {
padding: 5px;
background-color: #FFF;
border: 1px solid #333;
}The markup for this would be:
<img id="wrap" src="whatever.jpg" alt="" />If none of that helps, then I have no idea what your trouble is…
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: THREE COLUMN LAYOUTI’d go here:
http://themes.wordpress.net/and browse for a 3 column layout you like and then customize it to suit your needs.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Categories of links Limit doesn’t workSet the links to random, and then enter the link limit of 2 and that should sort you out.
workin’ for me (WP2.0.2)
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: One theme/template question…You could check out the ever elusive WordPress MU
Or, you could very simply install a second (or third or fourth) copy of WordPress and use the same db by changing the prefix for each subsequent installation.
Very simple solution, and offers a great deal of independence to the other users.
To bring them all together, you can create a page, and pull in the RSS feeds from each site.
Not a totally all put together out of the box solution, but it’s been working for me for a long time under various situations.
FYI: this is the most popular request for WordPress in the few years I’ve been around here (Multi User Blog) a google search will produce everything from interesting and different ways to accomplish this using WordPress, to snippy remarks from people who are fed up with the request.
The very best thing about WordPress (in my loud mouthed opinion) is the basic flexibility of the application. Anyone willing to look into it, ask questions, learn some code and try it out will soon become thrilled and madly in love with it (like me.)