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1. NativePaul
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I'm trying to customize Chris Wallace's 'Gallery' child theme for Thematic.

   I want to use the Custom Post Template for certain posts but it doesn't work because of Thematic's structure.

   Can anyone tell me how to use this plugin with these themes?
   I tried creating a new php file and selected it from the plugin drop-down list but the post still used the standard layout specified by the Gallery child-theme.

   I guess I should add it to the functions.php file but have no idea what code to add.

   Any help would be appreciated.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/

2. NativePaul
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I haven't found an answer to my question, but I did find a solution to my problem.

   It seems like a messy way to do things, but it gets the job done. This was inspired by hacking myspace css to create custom layouts.

   I wanted some posts to display at the full width, without a large gallery image. The easiest way to achieve this was to just add some CSS to the actual post (in html mode).

   `<style>
   .single .artwork-container{display:none;}
   .single .entry-content{ margin: 20px 0 0 20px; width: 900px;}
   </style>'

   The first line hides the artwork container.
   The second line resizes the post content by reducing the left margin and increasing the width of the container.

   If anyone can offer a better solution, I'd love to hear it.

3. simonwells
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Native Paul,
   I have started a tutorial guide for the Gallery theme by Chris>
   It still is a Work In Progress but covers certain aspects of installing and tweaking.
   Currently it all from my experience of the theme, but slowly writing in some users tips too, which I would like to add you hack to.
   Hopefully we can find a better solution for you.

4. fezzicnex
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   @simonwells what is the website you are referring to. I'm looking into tweaking the gallery theme and I need help.

5. NativePaul
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Hey Simon
   You can gladly use my hack. I've made quite a few modifications to the gallery theme. Hopefully I've found a few more effective ways to use it.

   I plan to write a blog about it at some point. I'll post a link in the forums when I eventually do that.

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