Where is your blog – that will get you your answer.
I don’t understand the reply “where is your blog – that will get you your answer”!
What does it mean?
Can anyone point me at a simple (idiot!) guide to adding a link to the blog main page?
No, nobody can point you at an “idiot” guide… since we don’t know what theme are you using, and we cannot see the source code of your site to advise you what to do.
AH! Now I understand! I thought there might be a standard method…..
My blog page is….
http://wowlighting.co.uk/lightingblog/
Thanks.
So, do I understand well that you’d like a link pointing to your main site (I suppose the one linked by your name here) and the link should be – preferably – in the header of the blog.
In this theme you should open the header.php file and try adding it in the `<div id=”header”> section. You’ll probably have to modify the css file, too, in order to get the link positioned/styled as you want.
Alternatively, you could check out some other themes that you might find easier to use:
http://themes.wordpress.net/
Another easier theme seems like a good way to go. Thanks. Any suggestions as to a theme that lets me do what I want?
You could always pick a theme that already has a horizontal navigation bar just under the header. While this is not actually in the header it is prominent and allows you to add further links in that area very easily should you wish to.
A couple of theme spring to mind:
Gemini Colored:
http://www.geeksmakemehot.com/themes/
Spiderman: http://themes.wordpress.net/?view_type=slideshow&item_type=random&page_number=224&count_per_page=12
Sublimenal:
http://themes.wordpress.net/?view_type=slideshow&item_type=random&page_number=237&count_per_page=12
Colors are easily altered 🙂
Many thanks for the links to the themes. There are several that look good for my needs. Unfortunately I cannot see how to customise them so that I can add my own links. Am I missing something obvious?
If we take one of the Gemini Colored.
In header.php is this set of lines:
<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 5</a></li>
</ul>
So it’s just a case of copy/paste what you want:
<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/">Main Site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/gallery">The Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/facts">Lighting Facts</a></li>
</ul>
etc…….
I would imagine most theme will have the same sort of code either at the bottom of header.php or the top of the main template.
Can’t thank you enough for walking a novice through this. It is greatly appreciated.
Post back if you hit any problems 🙂
PS: Just made the changes you suggested and it worked perfectly. Looks great. Thanks
