• Earlier today I posted my very first question on here about having a design done by somebody else WP. What I discovered is, first you are all very friendly, and second that I’m poor and that I can’t afford to have a design made for me, so I’m doing it myself. However, I have two questions if anybody can help me.

    1. If you go to my site http://www.definingdavid.com, and then click on a post. On the individual post pages, there is a gray area on top of the post out to the side. I want this to be black, but can’t figure out where the formula is for changing it? Any ideas from anyone? (Example: http://www.definingdavid.com/?p=305)

    2. This new template that I have that I’m using as a starting point has Comment sections on both my PAGES, not osts or individual posts pages, but actual Pages like ABOUT ME, etc…

    How can I get rid of this commenting area without taking it off of each of my pages. I want the individual posts to have it, but there is really no need to comment on my About Me page. (Example: http://www.definingdavid.com/?page_id=138)

    3. (I know I said two, but I can’t count). I used to use this template that when you were in the archives it had a little box that said “you are going through the archives, and you can leave a comment, or return home” or something to that effect. It was the Connections tab. How would I possible about adding that to my current theme. (Example: http://vanillamist.com/blog/?p=97)

    If these are way to many questions, I apologize and hope I didn’t violate any rules, but I have spent the last 3 hours searhing on this stuff and can’t find my answers.

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  • The first thing you need to do is to change the text color from white to black or something you can actually see.

    1. That’s actually part of your theme:
    wp-content/themes/rt/images/header_whole.gif
    Download that, keep a copy the colour it white ?

    2. Download the theme’s index.php
    Open in Notepad. find these lines:
    <div class="feedback">
    <?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
    <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>
    </div>

    (It should look pretty similar)
    Delete them
    Also delete:
    <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

    save that as ‘page.php’
    Upload to the themes directory

    3. That’s a bit more complex.. I’ll have to take a look

    And no, you’ve violated nothing whatsoever !
    πŸ™‚

    My best suggestion is to go into your css. file where your colors and styles are located and find:

    #container & #topcontent & #singlecontent

    change the backgrounds on each individual id to something like

    #container {
    background-color:red;
    }

    #topcontent {
    background-color: blue;
    {

    #singlecontent {
    background-color:pink;
    }

    Do them individually, and after each change check your page. The changing of colors will enable you to locate the grey area. Once you’ve done that, then you can change the color to “black” and all will be good…

    Comments
    On your About Page, you make reference to leaving a comment…

    [quote;] You can contact me at any time, and please feel free to leave comments for me. [unquote]

    But, to remove the comment box from your about page just to to Admin/Write/Page and uncheck the comment check box and the comment box will be removed.

    Sorry – I’m not familiar with Connections theme, so I’ll leave that to someone else.

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    jwurster <– what test is not visible. It shows up on my system at home?

    Podz & Katie <– THANK YOU SO MUCH. You explained it just perfect. I love it. The problem is fixed.

    However, I noticed now that once it’s fixed some of my sidebar #2 doesn’t show up unless you refresh on the first page? Any idea why? Any body?

    Regardless though, Thank you so much for your help. My site is really coming together now and I couldn’t have done it withyou you guys being fantastic.

    All the text in the main area is white. I’m using Firefox on a Mac, must be a stylesheet thing, but your entire center column is blank when I view it. I can highlight the text and see that it’s white in color so I know there’s something there.

    I’d guess that the CSS for “storycontent” needs to have a color added to it, like “color: black;” or something just so it’ll show up.

    It might show up on one machine, but not on another or one broswer but not on another, so make sure to have a few people check it out. Good luck.

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    Thanks gbarber. I added a storycontent. Can anybody tell me if it is showing now in Firefox?

    David, you may want to download the trial version of TopStyle Pro, this will make editing your stylesheets (and HTML pages for that matter) a lot easier on you, your hair and your fingernail! Once you fall in love with its power, you will come to believe that its $79 asking price is a bargain.

    The trial version is not crippleware, it is fully functional.

    http://bradsoft.com

    Nope. Nothing: the background and the fonts are of the same colour (?or very close); unless you highlight it no text is visible

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    If I post my CSS codes could somebody help me. I am so not getting this. I downloaded bradsoft, and I added a color to the STORYCONTENT area. And it’s still not working…

    Please, do not post it here!
    Use http://pastebin.com or some similar (pastebin) service. Thank you!

    #content { /* Post middle content */
    float: left; /*HD Hack*/
    width: 500px;
    background: #ff0000; <—————-

    That line makes it red, so try there ?

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    Okay. Here is the address to my pastebin file. It’s http://pastebin.com/445594

    Any help would be apprecaited as I have changed every possible thing I can think of.

    blockquote {
    background: #00ff00; <———-
    padding: 10px 20px;
    }

    You might want to make your blockquote stand out a bit more too

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    podz, that changed my background, and I’m trying to change the text, but now I know how to change the background if I ever want too. LOL

    Thanks for the blockquote suggestion. I actually changed it to blue. I really appreciate all the help you guys are giving me.

    Thread Starter definingdavid

    (@definingdavid)

    Update. somehow I turned all my text red. Just wanted to provide an update. LOL

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