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# andytwonames

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [installing downloaded theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-downloaded-theme-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-downloaded-theme-2/#post-17721728)
 * Never mind… further fuddling about allowed me to up the limit elsewhere in the
   control panel…
 * As you were
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Who uses this theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/who-uses-this-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/who-uses-this-theme/#post-17715323)
 * [@t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) Thank you.
 * First point, I was aware of the warning but looking at the support forum for 
   the theme, I see many unanswered questions so I’ve decided to shop around for
   a new one.
 * Second, I guessed that nobody was likely to maintain a list of who uses what.
   I was hoping for some clever search I could do…. but never mind.
 * Third, given what I have found in the support forum, I guess the developer is
   long gone.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [php upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/#post-17705749)
 * I appear to be on 8.2.18
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [php upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/#post-17705566)
 * Hi [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) and [@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Sorry for the drip feedof responses. I’m dealing with this stuff as and when 
   I have time and energy. Both in short supply.
 * Using the article suggested above, I disabled all plugins by renamng the plugins
   directory and then going to the /wp-admin/plugins.php url. I could then see the
   site.
 * I changed the plugin directory name back and I can STILL see my site.
 * I don’t get what’s going on.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [php upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-upgrade-16/#post-17700247)
 * [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) thank you.
 * I’ve got something odd going on with my server. The site is working. control 
   panel says Im on php 8 but when I run
   phpversion() it still reports 7.1.33
 * I’m confused and I’m going to bed for a sulk
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Dashboard sidebar collapsed cannot expand it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-sidebar-collapsed-cannot-expand-it/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-sidebar-collapsed-cannot-expand-it/#post-17685430)
 * [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) thank you again.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Site copy and multiple issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-copy-and-multiple-issues/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-copy-and-multiple-issues/#post-17685427)
 * [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) thank you very much 
   for that.
 * I’ll get back to it and have a tinker.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [[Virtue] Newbie help with search engine stuff please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-help-with-search-engine-stuff-please/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-help-with-search-engine-stuff-please/#post-10970187)
 * Thanks for the pointer Kevin. That’ll get me sorted.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [help with child theme creation please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/#post-3650603)
 * Hi Jose,
 * Thanks for the extra advice. I shall put wp_footer back in.
 * Regarding css, I knew enough to know that I needed to find the class which applied
   to the picture and text blocks and found that with developer tools on firefox.
   Having found the class, I had no idea what to do next.
 * Just adding a float:right; did it. A colleague at work helped.
 * The trouble is knowing what commands are available. Time to get to a book shop.
 * [http://www.indigoshades.com](http://indigoshades.com) now looks the way Mrs 
   twonames wants it. I will very soon put in credits for WP and the minimatica 
   theme author.
 * Thanks again.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [help with child theme creation please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/#post-3650557)
 * Right, thanks to the advice from Jose, I have most of what I am looking for.
   
   I still need help and I hope to get it here. Really, I need to achieve two things.
    - Get the web site looking the way Mrs twonames wants it immediately
    - Learn where to look and how to find answers for myself
    - ok, more than two.. Learn PHP
    - Learn CSS
 * I am a programmer in COBOL (stop laughing) and a variant of SQL (proprietary 
   to my employer)
 * I once knew enough to put up fairly simple HTML pages but a lot of the tags are
   a mystery.
 * I know enough about PHP to be able to spell it 🙂 and CSS is a mystery to me.
 * First thing then is the layout of an individual post page. I have not managed
   to do anything here. I want the picture to be at the top right of the page (under
   the banner) and for the text to start on the left in line with the picture and
   wrap around it.
 * What do I need to put in style.css to make that happen?
 * If I detail below what I have done, will someone please tell me if there was 
   a better way to do it or if ‘m going to cause myself problems please?
 * I have created a child theme to minimatica and taken a complete copy of style.
   css from the parent theme and added the line to make it a child of minimatica.
 * I have created a new copy of content.php, footer.php and sidebar.php in the child
   theme and edited them. This has removed things as I wanted. The edits have produced
   the output I want but have I used the best way to comment out code and will I
   have caused problems?
 * **sidebar.php** – after inactivating all of the widgets in minimatica, the search
   item was still there. This got rid of it.
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * The Right Sidebar
        *
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Minimatica
        * @since Minimatica 1.0
        */
       ?>
   
       <div id="sidebar" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
       <em><?php /*
       Removed by Andy
       	<?php if( is_active_sidebar( 1 ) ) : ?>
       		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 1 ); ?>
       	<?php else : ?>
       		<?php the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Search' ); ?>
       		<?php the_widget( 'Minimatica_Ephemera_Widget', array( 'title' => 'Asides' ) ); ?>
       		<?php the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Pages', array(  ) ); ?>
       	<?php endif; ?>
       Removed by Andy
       */ ?>
       </em></div><!-- #sidebar -->
       ```
   
 * **footer.php** – Got rid of the footer but I wonder about the second item wp-
   footer I don’t see what this does – whether it’s in or out seems to make no difference
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * The footer Template
        *
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage minimatica
        * @since Minimatica 1.0
        */
        ?>
        		<footer id="footer">
       <em><?php /*
       Removed by Andy
       			<?php get_sidebar( 'footer' ); ?>
        			<nav id="access" role="navigation">
        				<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location'  => 'primary_nav', 'container_id' => 'primary-nav', 'container_class' => 'nav', 'fallback_cb' => 'minimatica_nav_menu' ) ); ?>
       			</nav><!-- #access -->
       removed by Andy
       */ ?></em>
       		</footer><!-- #footer -->
       	</div><!-- #wrapper -->
       <em><?php /*
       Removed by Andy
       	<?php wp_footer(); ?>
       removed by Andy
       */ ?>
       </em></body>
       </html>
       ```
   
 * Finally **content.php** – two bits commented out
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * Displays the post content. Used as fallback for post formats
        *
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Minimatica
        * @since Minimatica 1.0
        */
        ?>
   
       <div id="content">
       	<div class="entry-header">
       		<a class="colorbox" href="<?php $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id(), 'full' ); echo $thumbnail[0] ?>">
       			<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'single-thumb' ); ?>
       		</a>
       		<aside class="entry-meta">
       <em><?php /* Removed by Andy
       			<ul>
       				<li><?php _e( 'Written by', 'minimatica' ); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></li>
       				<li><?php _e( 'on', 'minimatica' ); ?> <time datetime="<?php the_time( 'Y-m-d' ); ?>"><?php the_time( get_option( 'date_format' ) ); ?></time></li>
       				<li><?php _e( 'Filed under', 'minimatica' ); ?> <?php the_category( ', ' ); ?></li>
       				<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'minimatica' ), '<li>', '</li>' ); ?>
       			</ul>
       Removed by Andy
       */ ?></em>
       			<?php the_tags( '<div class="entry-tags">', ' ', '</div>' ); ?>
       		</aside><!-- .entry-meta -->
       		<div class="clear"></div>
       	</div><!-- .entry-header -->
       	<section class="entry-content">
       		<?php the_content(); ?>
       		<div class="clear"></div>
       		<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<p class="pagination">' . __( 'Pages' ) . ': ' ) ); ?>
       	</section><!-- .entry-content -->
       <em><?php /* Removed by Andy
       	<?php comments_template(); ?>
       Removed by Andy
       */ ?></em>
       </div><!-- #content -->
       ```
   
 * I know I’m asking a lot but I hope someone can help.
 * Thanks
 * Andy
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [help with child theme creation please](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/)
 *  Thread Starter [andytwonames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andytwonames/)
 * (@andytwonames)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-child-theme-creation-please/#post-3650445)
 * Jose,
 * Thank you.
 * I have had a quick look and I think I can see what I need to do in the php files
   but the CSS is a mystery to me.
 * I am at my day job now so I should not be looking at this at all. 🙂
 * I think I am going to need more help understanding the CSS, but I will take a
   look later when I have time and see what I can break for myself.
 * Thanks again
 * “I’ll be back”
 * Andy.

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