Posted 6 years ago #
I've downloaded a theme from Alex King's website. It's fantastic, but the problem is that the .zip file only seems to contain a CSS style sheet and a folder called 'images'.
I undersand that I need a template too, but I'm baffled. I'd like to use a layout similar to the sample layout on the theme's page on Alex King's site, but I have no idea how to grab the files I need in order to do that. I'm new to php, so any pointers would be fantastic.
Andrew
Did you download a theme or a style?
Styles were for pre-1.5 versions.
What's the name of the "theme"?
Posted 6 years ago #
Ah, this might be the issue. It's 'one-road'. I believe it's a style, now that I really look at it. Is it going to be impossible for me to use it?
No, there is a way to convert 1.2 styles into 1.5 themes. The only problem for the moment is that the WP online manual, the Codex, is down, so I cannot direct you there.
As soon as it will be up, go to this page
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5#New_Template_System
and it will guide you through the process.
Posted 6 years ago #
Yep. This solves part of the problem, but the link gives info on upgrading the template. The style doesn't come with an index.php file (or any other php files, for that matter)... .
Sorry if I'm being dense here, but I'm really new to WP and would prefer to use it over the other blogging software I've been using for the past 4 years.
Thanks!
In that case you could do the following:
The "styles" for pre-1.5 WP were designed to work with the old index.php which later has been transformed into the Classic theme.
Take the Classic theme and copy all its files into a new folder in your /themes/ directory, e.g. /themes/mystyle/
Replace the style.css file with the stylesheet you downloaded from alexking. Important: rename it style.css and make the necessary modification at the top (see the link above) and place it in your "mystyle" directory.
Go to your Presentation panel and activate your style.
Hopefully, it should work :)
Posted 6 years ago #
Thank you so much-- with all of your help, I've managed to fix about 90% of the theme so that it works beautifully.
I'm still having two strange problems that I can't figure out. If you go to http://nycnosh.com, you'll see what I mean:
(1) that funny URL remains in the white space there at the top of the page, driving me absolutely crazy. There used to also be a link there to the site itself, but I managed to remove that. I can't for the life of me figure out where that black text is coming from.
(2) I can't seem to resize the 'Great Food Sites' link category text. Again, the specs on the size there seem to be hidden away somewhere. The CSS specifications for that text are lumped in with the 'p' and 'h1' styles, but I can't find any reference to bolding the link category while the main body text in the postings seems to be unbolded. I have no idea why they're bold.
Thanks again so much!
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