Getting frustrated

  • ashleykaryl

    (@ashleykaryl)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    I started with wordpress just a few days ago and for the most part it’s been amazing and overall I love this software. There are two issues however, that are bugging me and none of the plugins I have tried are working.

    First of all excerpts just aren’t working for me on the blog, so it’s showing the full long posts on the home page, while nothing written in the excerpts area ever appears published on the site.

    Second I need to add a couple of banners. One to the header with H1 & H2 tags, plus another to the side panel. Again no plugins have worked for me. I tried posting an advert asking for help yesterday at guru.com but it hasn’t had a single reply. This surprises me because I put in a request about a month ago to produce a book cover design and I was inundated with requests.

    Can anybody help out here or point me in the right direction? I just want to get it done so I can concentrate on more productive work. I am sure that for somebody skilled with wordpress this is probably no more than 10 minutes of work.

    Thanks

    Ashley

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  • doc4

    (@doc4)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    ashleykaryl,

    Excerpts: Not certain how this is being coded, but using the_content() won’t work in this situation. You will need to adjust the php code to show the_excerpt() instead: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

    The alternative is to use the Limit Post Plugin which will work without the need to use the excerpt textfield area in the admin allowing you to concentrate on the content only. Install the plugin and set it to show only the amount of copy needed from the content. Here is a download link with example: http://www.doc4design.com/plugins/limit-post/

    Banners: If you can post a link to your site and let us know which plugin you are using for this it would e easier to help with this. If you are need a coder please feel free to contact us for a quick estimate. We would be happy to help.

    Thread Starter ashleykaryl

    (@ashleykaryl)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks so much for for that. I’ve tried various plugins for the excerpts side without success. The one you mentioned here actually does the job though!! According to the blurb for this plugin it was tested up to version 2.3 and I am on 2.8.4, so I just hope it keeps working. I’ve seen that in cases where I want to show a video or picture on the home page, they will have to appear at the top now but that’s fine.

    For the banners I’ve tried 2 or 3 plugins without success. I think one was called max banners and I can’t remember the name now of the others. The link to my blog is http://www.nudephotopro.com/blog

    In an ideal world I’d like to throw up a banner 728×90 in the header area which links to the sales page for my book in place of the current text but include the H1 & H2 tags in the banner graphic for the SEO. I believe it’s also possible to make these banner images change randomly with a certain plugin.

    Then on the side panel I would like to add a second banner image showing the actual book cover again with a link to the main sales page. The idea is to have it so that these banners show up on every page to maximise the number of click throughs to the sales page. I shall have a look at the link above you’ve mentioned, but if it doesn’t work like I hope then I’ll contact you for a quote. It’s probably no more than ten minutes of work if you know what you are doing.

    Thanks

    Ashley

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