Title: Help with Trident, please.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help with Trident, please.

 *  [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/)
 * Hi. I’m new to WP and to CSS.
    I’ve installed root’s [Trident](http://www.atthe404.com/trident/)
   template and have been attempting to [personalize](http://happyvagabonds.ms/CantBWrong/)
   it. It’s been a while since I’ve designed any new sites and CSS is rather daunting,
   but I think I’ve made a good effort at manipulating the code. I have a few questions.
   1. What’s up with that #rmenu? I can’t find the code to pull the calendar and
   the links below up to the bottom of the header. Any clues on where to look? 2.
   I’d like to stick an image at the top of the right menu. I’ve found a lot of 
   code re:background-image and I’ve played with the various bits to see what I’d
   come up with. Nothing seems to accomplish what I am trying to achieve. I understand
   the “no repeat” snippet and the “padding” bit. What I am trying to do is post
   a .gif at the top of the right menu, leaving the bg1.gif as is. Basically, an
   icon over the green background. I’ve seen two others using the Trident template
   with pictures in that spot, however, they have sacrificed the colored background.
   Is there a way to accomplish this? I’m sure there is… somehow. 3. I know I’m 
   going to look completely daft, but… I tried to validate my page at the W3 Consortium,
   hoping that it would clue me in on where to look for my error. I received the
   following 3 errors: Warning: Line 43, column 90: character “&” is the first character
   of a delimiter but occurred as data Warning: Line 43, column 110: character “&”
   is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data Warning: Line 149,
   column 125: character “&” is the first character of a delimiter but occurred 
   as data I immediately opened CuteFTP to look for the offending page. I couldn’t
   find a single XML document. Everything is PHP and CSS. *scratching head* Anyway…
   thank you root for the lovely template for me to cut my teeth on. Any help would
   be appreciated. If anyone needs specific code snippets, let me know. TIA

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88983)
 * Where is the rmenu code ? There isnt any. That is where you put/transfer your
   stuff.Cut and paste from menu.
    Validation? I bet those are links ? Image? In
   rmenu add a div and then put in an img in the normal way. HTh. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88987)
 * And…
 * > Image? In rmenu add a div and then put in an img in the normal way.
 * so just plain ole `<img src... blah blah blah>` and not the url(‘wp-images/bg3.
   gif’) that I see in the .css files?
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88988)
 * ryoken… k, sweet. Thanks. I’ll try that tomorrow.
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88989)
 * > Validation? I bet those are links ?
 * Where do I find the actual document to correct? Everything in my server directory
   is .css and .php. I’m confuzzled.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88990)
 * The repeating img you see is the menu bg. Your new img can go on top of it.
 *  [ryoken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryoken/)
 * (@ryoken)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88991)
 * Root: it’d prolly be a good idea to include a section for #rmenu styling in the
   trident CSS. just a copy of the menu stuff would be enough to get a new person
   started.
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-88992)
 * > oh and about the css file file, just copy the menu section and rename all the#
   > menu to #rmenu in the copy ^_^
 * OMFG… that was so incredibly easy. Wow. I have been searching for hours for a
   fix………….. I was looking at everything but the obvious.
    Thx much. I’m seriously
   going to bed now. *muah*
 * > The repeating img you see is the menu bg. Your new img can go on top of it.
 * Yeah. I understood that part. I just didn’t know how to integrate the backgound
   with the image. I think I’m making things harder than they are……
    Anyway… thank
   you both for the help. Now I can go to bed and actually sleep… not lie there 
   thinking about how to fix this, that and the other thing! Whee… tomorrow… add
   photoblog and post by phone.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-89003)
 * [@ryoken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryoken/): the issue is that a lot
   of folks do not want menu items in there at all. They may want fixed content,
   comments plugins or ads. The 3 col series do require a degree of development 
   by the end user.
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-89292)
 * Hi again. Hope someone reads this…
    Here is my problem: I did a search re: trackback
   overflow and found [this thread.](http://wordpress.org/support/5/9322) I’ve looked
   at every link on this page re: overflow. I am having a similar problem, but not
   quite. Can someone take a look at [this page](http://happyvagabonds.ms/CantBWrong/wp-trackback.php/10)
   and help me out? My trackback URI is overflowing into the right menu. The problem
   listed above is similar… but not the same.
 *  Thread Starter [mscantbwrong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mscantbwrong/)
 * (@mscantbwrong)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-89298)
 * Fixed it with help from zedrdave on #WordPress irc: freenode.
    added `<font size
   ="h1">` before trackback url`</font>` in wp-comment.php
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/#post-89300)
 * Another way to sort it is to shorten it this way:
    `<?php if ('open' == $post-
   >ping_status) { ?> ["><?php _e('TrackBack Link URI'); ?>](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-trident-please/"<?php)
   <?php } ?>
 * <?php if ($comments) { ?>

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