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Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Template for full-widthdominic
The
is_lobster_full_width()function was going to be used as a theme option that was template based, I see you have found very good use for it. 🙂I may add a full width template in the next release, all the best.
Ruairi
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] meta tags on the main pageMontig
Glad it worked out for you 🙂
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Lobster] Garbage on Mobile“Not very responsive” – it is built with twitter Bootstrap?
“There isn’t even a drop down menu for the navigation.” – Yes there is!!!
“It appears as a list with no CSS and the header image doesn’t scale.” – No, it appears as a Bootstrap dropdown menu!!!
Emjay if you are new to WordPress, Bootstrap or generally know nothing about anything. Then I suggest you not leave misleading reviews. This is your second one star review for a Bootstrap based theme!!!!
By the waY, It takes more than seven hours to learn how to use WordPress!
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Sorbet] Menu that is easier to findHi IIiusha
The whole point of Sorbet, or at least, why I like the theme is because of the toggles, particularly the menu.
The best alternative menu that I can think of is if you place a custom menu widget in the sidebar widget area.
I hope this helps, I have used this with this theme before with a custom menu and it works.
Regards
Ruairi
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In reply to: [Lobster] Posts showing blankI hope you eventually got things sorted. I am not sure where but the plugins you use was causing all types of glitches.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Archives SidebarHi Chris
Sorry for not getting back a lot sooner, I did look into this, but as your new to WordPress there is really nothing for it but to go into complex code.
The only way I could think of solving this problem was for you to create a custom category template with a custom query. But after testing that would end with the same result.
What I now think what would be best for you is to create your own page_podcast.php template file and then add a custom query!
<?php /* Template Name: Podcast Archive */ get_header(); //Your Custom Query will go here get_footer();
You can copy full width templates that already exist, just make sure you’re logged out when copying and pasting the source code. This will involve knowing where the header.php ends and where footer.php begins, or because you have the entire page markup available you don’t have to call either, which would be easier. To give you the basic idea, I’ve included the code below.
/* Template Name: Podcast Archive */ <DOCTYPE html> ...... page markup ....... //Your Custom Query will go here ....... </html>
You can read more about custom page templates here:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Page_TemplatesNow, for the important part: The Custom Query.
First you’ll need make a category called ‘podcast’. Next, on your Admin menu go to Posts > Categories and click on the ‘podcast’ category. This will bring you to the category’s page. Look up at you address bar, you’ll see it end with something like:
?action=edit&taxonomy=category&tag_ID=4&post_type=post
Here the ID is ‘4’
Now that you know the ID, we use WP_Query because is the best and safest and most reliable way to query the database.
<?php $args = array('cat' => 4); //because 4 is the ID $category_posts = new WP_Query($args); if($category_posts->have_posts()) : while($category_posts->have_posts()) : $category_posts->the_post(); ?> <h2><?php the_title() ?></h2> //below you can use the_excerpt() or delete the line <div class='post-content'><?php the_content() ?></div> <?php endwhile; else: ?> Sorry, but there are no Podcasts. <?php endif; ?>For more info on WP_Query see:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Class_Reference/WP_QueryAgain sorry for the delay, there will a lot of work getting this done right. I think the website looks good as is!
All the best
Ruairi
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Manage Thumbnail SizeSorry, for being two days late, but I am just out of hospital! Nothing serious thankfully 🙂
WordPress makes it really easy to set custom thumbnail sizes. Place the code below in your functions.php file.
// My Custom Thumbnail Size add_image_size( 'my-custom-sized-picture', 500, 500, true );
This will give you a your very own Custom Thumbnail size that will be 500 pixels wide, by 500 pixels tall, hard crop mode (leave out the third parameter is you want a soft cropped thumbnails, as you may want to experiment, like below.)
// My Custom Thumbnail Size - Soft Cropped add_image_size( 'my-custom-sized-picture', 500, 500 );
For lots more in dept info see:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/add_image_sizeNOW, FOR THE IMPORTANT PART!
Download and install the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin:
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/Then, on the Admin Menu go to Tools > Regen. Thumbnails, once on the Regenerate Thumbnails’ page, simply click the ‘Regenerate All Thumbnails’ button. Let the plugin work it’s magic. (It really is a fantastic plugin)
The main thing is to just experiment with different settings, I hope this helps 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Home Page WidgetsHi Paul
The easiest way to deal with that Paul would be to create your own Front Page Temeplate:
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/adding-content-below-the-widget-on-the-front-page?replies=5
The best thing about creating your own front page template is that you have the same control over the CSS / html markup as you would with a static website.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Theme not showing static pageHi.
First remember to change the password.
I created a new Page and called it ‘Front Page’. I made your ‘Blog’ page the default for your posts.
I re-coded your header-front.php, footer-front.php and front-page.php in your child theme.
Now that your front page is static just be mindful when you update menu’s that you’ll have to edit your front page to be similar.
Hope this helps. 🙂
P.S
If you want to center your content, or anything else just apply an inline style in your child theme’s front-page.php template.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Theme not showing static pageHi
On line 298 of your source code
The ‘?>’ is a closing PHP tag, that shouldn’t be there, I would say that’s is the root cause of your problems.
`?>
</div>
</div>// ‘front’ as a parameter
get_footer(‘front’);?>’I would really need to see the template files to find out exactly what’s wrong with the markup. If you’d like you can send me your login details and I’ll sort it for you. You can email them to [email protected]. I doubt it’s a big problem and I won’t live edit 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Theme not showing static pageHi Myancey 🙂
If you’re able to view able to view the page when your logged in there must be a conflict with a plugin. The first solution I can think of is to create a page template.
Okay, when your logged in, view the page source and make a copy of the html markup. Paste the markup in to your text-editor. You can divide the markup in to two or three parts namely header, page template and footer.
Create a new file in your the root of your theme and save it as header-front.php and paste the top portion of the markup.
Note: You’ll have to clean up all the ‘admin’ markup, js and style links especially in the footer.
Next create the main template I’ve created a little template your for below:
<?php /* Template Name: Your Front Page */ // 'front' as a parameter get_header('front'); // paste your html here! // 'front' as a parameter get_footer('front);The footer is optional, it would be perhaps best to take the footer markup from a page your not logged on to.
You can read a lot more about page template here:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Page_TemplatesI hope this works out for you. If not, let me know 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Archives SidebarNot sure sure why that is Chrissnap. But I ‘ll look into it. I haven’t got the time just now, so I’ll get back to you tomorrow, there is probably a bug. I’ll take a look and will send you on a fix for it!
It would great if you could send a link, thanks.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Lobster] Archives SidebarYour Sidebar options are found in the Dashboard > Appearance > Customize. On the Customize screen on the sidebar on the left hand side there are options to control the layout of your website. The option you select will enabled throughout your website. So to change the layout of any given page you’ll need to create a page-template.
see: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/adding-content-below-the-widget-on-the-front-page?replies=5
Hope this helps 🙂
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In reply to: [Lobster] Adding content below the widget on the front page🙂 Great to hear Bibigeon, best of luck!
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In reply to: [Lobster] Adding content below the widget on the front pageHi Bibigeon
You can keep all the changes to your theme-options.php if you use a child theme and by creating a ‘inc’ folder and copy the theme-options.php into it 🙂 That way you can save your custom code.
What I think what would be best for you is to create your own front-page.php template file.
<?php /* Template Name: Your Front Page */ get_header(); //Your Custom Bootstrap Markup Here get_footer();You can copy templates that already exist, you can also add the WP loop to display posts. This way will give you by far the most freedom.
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Page_Templates
Or you could add a dynamic side-bar and register a widget-area!
Let me know if you want to register a new widget area.
Hope this helps