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1. Root
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   If you get stuck you are welcome to try my Trident template

2. Lee Penney
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Take this line:
   p.credit {
   display: none;
   }
   Out of the CSS (it's the last line).

3. Michiel
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   @Root: thanks for your tip, it looks very good and structured and I will defenitly consider this when I redesign my site but for now I want to take it easy:-)
   @Longplay: I removed the "display:none" which makes it display at the top of the page... I cannot understand that. What should I add/change to make it displayed at the bottom?
   Thanks for your help!!!

4. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   I don't know if it's gonna work, didn't test it. Change it to become exactly like this
   
#rap {
float: left;
text-align: left;
width: 770px;
}
p.credit {
clear: both;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 770px;
}


5. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 7 years ago #

   if you really want to take it easy, don't try adding footers to 'dots', it is not structured for this. i don't know if anyone has made a dots-look stylesheet for trident, but if they have it would solve your problem :)

6. dss
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   True,
   i'd say that Trident is a killer template which does the job well, and can easily be styled beyond what dots offers.
   see Trident here
   get Trident here
   this way the structure is already arranged, and you only need address your css for style, and any images you want to add.
   *shrug*

7. lawtai
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   heh, I was able to make my site resemble dots, with a few minor changes along the way.
   http://www.taibros.net

8. Root
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Gee thanks guys :)

9. moshu
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   lstelie@ - that may be true, but on the other hand the "non-specific" index.php (=the default one that comes with WP) has some problems with the credit thing :)
   see more here

10. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Crikey. Do not suggest here that the default could be improved at all or you will be persona non grata :)

11. lstelie
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Crikey. Do not suggest here that the default could be improved at all or you will be persona non grata :)
    Well.. in fact I wanted to say It would be cool if by some magic the browser could add a few <div> during the browsing session
    Am I safe now ? :-)

12. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Well lets hope so. :)

13. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    :)

14. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Going back to the original question - I would like to add a gif file as a footer to the dots, can anyone tell me how to do this?
    Thanks

15. moshu
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    are you sure you've read everything?
    http://wordpress.org/support/5/14448#post-84858

16. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Yes I am absolutely sure I have read absolutely everything....including the plugs for Trident, which I don't happen to like.
    So to reiterate, can anyone tell me how to add a gif file, as a footer, to the dots template....or whether this is, in fact, not possible?

17. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    You can't . Sorry. Not without very considerable editing of both the index file and the CSS. If you do not feel like taking it on there are a number of perpared 3 column templates available. If you do not happen to like any of them they are aesy to change but at least they are built for the job in terms of functionality. The default WP index file does not contain the presentational mark up to do the job.
    That is not a criticism. Out of the box it it is not designed for 3 columns. If you do not like anything you could always write your own :)

18. moshu
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    @newbie - no, you don't read (carefully). The link I put above says:

    don't try adding footers to 'dots', it is not structured for this

19. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    OK, so a few people have said it is not possible to have a footer for dots, even though inside the index.php page there is the footer.
    there must be a way to have a footer?
    Anyone know of how to do this?
    thanks!
    Anon

20. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    Well in the default WP index file the credits are in a paragraph. And they fall outside the rap. 1.3 has a file called footer but no extra divs at all compared to 1.2. Furthermore to move to even two columns in a blog - never mind three - requires a switch to float positioning. That itself requires two clearer divs in a 3 col blog. Every single one of us has the same choice which is go as far as we can in the CSS only or to add what we need into index. You have had some pretty good advice here. If you get it fixed your way do let the WordPress community know what you did. Good luck. :)

21. Root
    Member
    Posted 7 years ago #

    You can add a background graphic to p.credits. But it may look very odd.

22. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    what about framing it? and then putting the footer at the bottom?
    Anon

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

    Anon - honestly, given the work involved, then getting the pages to work correctly, then getting it to display correctly cross-browser ..... not worth the huge amount of work.
    Dots is a faux 3 column layout, written with the absolute condition that index.php was not to be altered.
    WP has moved on a long way since then.
    Go get Trident.
    http://www.atthe404.com/trident/

24. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 7 years ago #

    The links to Trident aren't working for me. Anyone have an alternate link?

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

    http://pinksocks.co.uk/trident.zip
    :)

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