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1. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Just wondering how much of the layout resides in editing index.php . . .or is it all in the layout.css?
   For example, I want to move the date/time in with the post title . . .but I'm not sure how to do it exactly.

2. Mark (podz)
   Support Maven
   Posted 7 years ago #

   That's in index.php.
   <h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<div class="meta"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category() ?> — <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(); ?></div>

   h3 is the title part, the meta is the rest.

3. plainsman
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Well, I'm sure others will comment, but I'll give your question a try.
   I believe that in most cases the 'time' is located in
   <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?>
   you can move that around with ease - provided you keep in the same 'context' - as in, inside a 'div class' argument ... or class="storytitle", etc.
   I had to play with it at the beginning to find ways that worked.
   One tip ... SAVE A BACK UP COPY of your index.php before starting. *grin* :o) Put it in notepad, for instance, to paste back in when it doesn't work.
   Good luck.

4. Anonymous
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   Posted 7 years ago #

   So I would "move" stuff in index? Not layout.css?

5. Anonymous
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   Posted 7 years ago #

   Yeah, I'm not a total website or IT noob, just when it comes to CSS and PHP and WP.
   Thanks. I figured that's what I was looking at, just not sure where I should be moving what exact code to. Lots of trial and error I guess.

6. coolger
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Yes, index.php determines what and where your elements should be shown, and xxx.css just tells the browser how they look like.

7. Anonymous
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   Posted 7 years ago #

   Ok, just for fun I tried moving
   @ <?php the_time() ?>
   up to
   <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?>
   so it read
   <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?> @ <?php the_time() ?>
   and I got an error.
   So THAT's not gonna work.

8. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Ok, so I don't know what I did different, but I did the same as above and it works . . .sorta.
   Now the time is below the date (which is in a table with a background), but it is unformatted. I want it in the table with the date. The date doesn't seem to have any "div" or "class" other than content though.
   Any thoughts?

9. Anonymous
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   Posted 7 years ago #

   Also tried putting
   '','<h2>','</h2>'
   in the time variable. Still no formatting.

10. moshu
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Because the variables for the the_time tag and the_date tag are not the same.

11. moshu
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    P.S. I was thinking about a workaround...
    If you want the same formatting for the date and time obviously this one wouldn't work
    <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?> <h2>@ <?php the_time() ?></h2>
    since the two heading (h2) tags would force a line break and a huge white space...
    so the not-so-elegant but efficient :) way would be:
    <h2> <?php the_date(); ?> @ <?php the_time() ?></h2>

12. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Cool. Worked perfect. Thanks (should thought of that).

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