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1. msheffield
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Ok I am brand new to building a site things are coming along well, but I have been stuck for about a week on this..

   I am trying to figure out to customize each of my pages( Bio, First Steps,LifeintheD, Contact) For example for Bio want my pic and text but I want to add a line or some color to the background. For my first steps page. I want to have strolling pics, and also add somethings. I have been told that I have to go into the style css and make these changes but I am confused. In the style css is there an area for each page?? Also under theme editor on the right hand side what are all those templates for?? There is a whole list, how do you use them? Thanks

2. Chris Burbridge
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   There are many, many ways to do things in WordPress. You would choose the best way to do it for you, partly based on your technical knowledge, and partly based on the most sensible overall way to do it.

   A major principle is, you do not want to end up making lots of duplicate code, just to make tiny changes. For example, if you have 3 pages that are the same except for 1 or 2 differences, you could create 3 separate custom templates for them--duplicating all the code, and then hard-coding those tiny changes in there. That is an ugly approach.

   Yes, if your theme is set up right, there should be a number of classes added to the body tag, to define what template it was based on, and what the page ID was, things like that. (Some themes add more of these.) So, you could do something like this:

   body.page-id-54 {
   background-image: url('images/my-big-background.jpg');
   }

   And that would just show up on that page.

   You can play around with FireBug in FireFox to tweak CSS and see what it's going to look like once it's added.

3. WPyogi
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   You'll have to post a link to your site -- have you changed your theme from the commercial one?

4. msheffield
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   My site is marysheffield.com

   Ok So here is some of the templates that show up on the side under theme editor 404 Template
   (404.php)
   Archives
   (archive.php)
   Attachment Template
   (attachment.php)
   Author Template
   (author.php)
   Blog Page Page Template
   (blog.php)
   Category Template
   (category.php)
   Comments
   (comments.php)
   Contact Page Page Template
   (template-contact.php)
   Footer
   (footer.php)
   Fullwidth Page Page Template
   (template-fullwidth.php)
   Gallery Page Page Template
   (template-gallery.php)
   Header
   (header.php)
   Main Index Template
   (index.php)
   Page Template
   (page.php)

   I am still confused how to use them? You said create a custom template. How do I do this?

5. WPyogi
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   This is a commercial theme -- go to their site for support.

6. WPyogi
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Have you looked at Ink Themes video tutorials?

7. Matthew Gedeon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   All the help you've gotten has worked under the assumption that if they get you on the right track, you'll be able to figure it out, but you really can't without a decent working knowledge of CSS. The theme you're using is built to look roughly uniform on all pages. If you want to customize individual pages this should get you half way there.
   The trouble is that you'll still have to know css to be able to specify what that page looks like. You may want to hire a designer.

8. msheffield
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks! OK so the video turtorial for my theme doesnt show anythign its like 3min and it is very basic.

   I guess my last question would be if I go into the style.css template will I be able to make a change to an individual page? Also if I make a change to this template will it effect the entire webiste or just that area?

9. Matthew Gedeon
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   If you make a change in style.css, it will affect the whole site, unless you know how to make it specific to a certain page...which was actually explained by Chris Burbridge above. However, you still have to have some working knowledge of CSS in order to make it happen.
   Unless you want to hire a designer (I think $50 would be a fair price for what you need) then you'll either need to take a course on css, or give it up... unless you have a friend or relative who's skills you can borrow.

10. msheffield
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    50 isnt bad! Who can do it?

11. cubecolour
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    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    To hire someone, please post on http://jobs.wordpress.net

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