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1. lovecostarica
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello friends,

   I am using the Magazeen template, which is truly good, I sincerely recommend it.

   This template has an option to include custom text that is displayed in the footer.

   I have chose to include a poem by George McDonald:
   Better to sit at the waters' birth,
   than a sea of waves to win;
   To live in the love that floweth forth,
   Than the love that cometh in.

   ...Be thy heart a well of love, my child,
   Flowing, and free, and sure;
   For a cistern of love,
   though undefiled,
   keeps not the spirit pure.

   (From Phantastes by George Macdonald)

   Then, a funny thing happens with the apostrophe that goes in water's birth... the system inserts this: waters\'

   I have tried using ' instead of the apostrophe, but then the system substitutes the code, inserts the apostrophe and always adds the back slash before it.

   May I insist in using this poem as a custom text for this template?
   Why does it happen than the system inserts a black slash before the apostrophe?
   Is there a way to get around it?

   Thank you!

   Daniel Thomas

2. whiskymac
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello this is the theme im using. Obviously you know how i edit the pictures, titles, banner etc, can you tell me how i do this? Thanks.

   PS - Great poem!

3. lovecostarica
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello whiskymac,

   I will be very glad to help if I can... you are asking several things at the same time, please tell me something more specifical to begin with, I will be glad to reply if I know the answer.
   
   Greetings from Costa Rica!

   Daniel Thomas

4. whiskymac
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank You! The template i downloaded (magazeen) needs to be edited - ie - the rotating images at the top - and the banner replaced - so we can start with the banner - how would i edit this or upload a new one? Thanks.

5. lovecostarica
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi whiskymac,

   The template includes in the header a box that allows for searches within the content of the site. In my case, I deleted this search box, and put a banner there.

   This is how:
   Go to Appearance, Editor (make sure you are indeed editing Magazeen, and not another template). From my experience, it is extremely important to make a backup copy of any code, before beginning to mess with it...

   Then, you want to choose the header.php file (again, make backup copies, you may just open a notepad, and copy/paste the code).

   Look for the code that inserts the search box:
   <?php include_once( TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform-header.php' ); ?>

   Then put there some other code, it may be a good idea to do so between <div>code</div> tags...

   Of course, you do not need to replace the search box, you may try other options, be adventurous and experiment as much as you want (again, provided you always have a good backup copy).

   You may play with the header, editing stuff between these tags:
   <div id="header"> code </div>

   Hope this helps...
   Greetings from Costa Rica

6. whiskymac
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hiya, thanks once again for your help and sorry its taken me a couple of days to get back to you.
   Is it possible that i can download the template onto dreamweaver, edit the banner in there and upload it via flash/ftp?

   Thanks again
   Whiskymac.

7. whiskymac
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oh and also if you could tell me how you edit your rotating images? ie - add an image to the block? again perhaps on dreamweaver?

   Thanks!
   whiskymac.

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