Lead image in Branford Magazine

Perhaps avail yourself of the tutorials provided by the theme developer?

it is a little hard to figure out especially if you aren’t willing to study it.

Anyway in index php look something like this

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/wp-content/uploads/<?php
// this is where the Lead Story image gets printed
	$values = get_post_custom_values("Leadimage"); echo $values[0]; ?>" alt="" id="leadpic" /></a>

see where it says Leadimage? put that as your key and then looking at your image url

http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/image.jpg

put everything after uploads NOT including the forward slash in the value section.

then look for featured-article-image and add it just as you see it and so on.

I had the same problem.

The challenges of using Branford Magazine led me to write an ebook about it. It’s 56+ pages long… possibly more than you need to know about using that theme, or the Mimbo theme. That said, Michael Oeser, the creator of Branford Magazine, recommends it.

But, I share (free) installation and use tips at both my Arts-Careers.com site, and the site that supports my book: Sites that Soar!

To answer this particular question:

1. In the Write Post screen, scroll down to Custom Fields. (Expand that section if it’s just one line. Click on the dark blue bar just to the left of the word “Custom”…it has a little arrowhead in it. That expands that section.)

2. If this is your first time using a Custom Field, and if you want to add a lead image, type “leadimage” into the form section where it says “Key” and be sure that it’s one word (“leadimage” not “lead image”).

If you’ve used “leadimage” before, select it in the “Select” menu, in the Custom Fields part of the screen. It’s to the left of where it says “Key.”)

3. To the right of that, in the textbox below the word “Value” in the Custom Fields section, you’ll enter part of the URL of your image. (I’ll explain that, next.)

4. In WP 2.5, to get the correct part of the image URL, find the image in your “Add Media” image files. Select the image that you’d like to include, and click on “Show” and then scroll down to where it says “Link URL.” Put your cursor in the form section where the URL actually is.

(In WP 2.3.3, select the image in the Upload/Browse All panel. That’s on the Write Post screen, directly below where you write your actual post. Click on the word “Edit” just to the right of the image name. Then, put your cursor in the form section with the URL in it.)

5. With your cursor hovering on top of the URL, click the “end” key on your keyboard. (Or, scroll over the URL until you reach the very end of it.)

6. Select everything AFTER where it says /uploads/. (Do NOT include the forward slash after the word “uploads.”)

So, if the URL is http://www.yourdomain.com/uploads/2008/04/greatphoto.jpg
you’ll highlight JUST this part:
2008/04/greatphoto.jpg

7. Copy that part of the URL.

8. Paste it into the “Value” section of your Custom Fields, in your Write Post screen.

9. Click on the button that says “Add Custom Field.”

That’s all there is to it.

The lead image can be any size. (If it’s too big or too small, it’ll look a little odd. Try it and see how it looks… you can always change it, later.)

However, in Branford Magazine, your “featuredarticleimage” should probably be 255 pixels wide and 88 pixels tall.

Your “rightcolimage” should probably be 75 pixels by 75 pixels.

I have free templates (and some free graphics) for the Featured and right column images, here: http://www.sitesthatsoar.com/freepix1.htm

I hope this helps!

me too had the same problem…leadimage,featuredarticleimage and all not coming to post. I had done all the custom field correctly.

a box with leadimage text is coming in posts

In case someone else comes looking….

My problem was solved by typing in the entire URL in the condition box instead of a shortened version which is what most of the instructions use.