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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blank line between paragraphs in postI should rephrase my question. What is the best way to insert blank lines between paragraphs using the buttons on the dashboard in WordPress ver. 2.7.1? When I write a new post there is a menu bar above the “Add A New Post” page with buttons for Bold, Italics, Link, Underline, Image, Insert, etc. but there aren’t any buttons for <P>, </P> or
.Is there a way to cusomize the buttons on the menu bar to include <P>, </P> or
?On a side note – before I upgraded to ver 2.7.1 all of my posts had blank lines between the paragraphs. After I updated to version 2.7.1, the blank lines between paragraphs were gone on all of my posts. I have manually inserted <P>, </P> or
in all of the 2009 posts but there are just too many posts to go back and do the 2007 and 2008 posts.
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In reply to: Blank line between paragraphs in postThanks.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to block user registration for .ru country codeWoohoo! Thank you!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Link to page with “private” settingGreat answer. I’m going to use the exclude parameter. Thanks.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Stop weblogs from linking to my postsMakes sense. Thanks.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Is there a way to change a theme’s default font permanently?Irene,
I don’t know where there is a font list, but you could probably find a list of most common fonts. Certainly times roman new, arial, verdana, tacoma and others are there.
If you modify your theme, its recommended to make a copy of the modified files and either don’t copy over them or after replacing them copy your modified files back. Most of the time there isn’t a problem.
You can make changes in firebug and “see the results” instantly on your blog. I’m not sure, but I don’t think the changes are permanent when made using firebug so you would need to make the changes in the appropriate file.
(By the way, I’m learning just like you, so I don’t want to misrepresent that I’m an expert. I’m just willing to pass along information that I have learned the hard way.)
RE: font family and size. Have you checked for the font css commands on another line? Font family commands are pretty common and I would be surprised if it’s not included.
Don
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: banning IPs – spammersWebmasters are at war with russian hackers. My experience is that they automatically change IP’s constantly and regularly. I strongly recommend using akismet. Also use reCAPTCHA. Its good that you moderate comments too. To answer your question about identifying countries for IP’s. Yes, there are many websites that provide the country or origin for IP’s. It’s late and I can’t remember the one that I use right now. But, there are many if you do a search you will find one.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Is there a way to change a theme’s default font permanently?Irene,
All of your questions can be taken care of by making changes in the style.css file. It sounds like you just need to find where to make the changes. A good tool for easily finding where to make the change is Mozilla Firebug. You must install and use Mozilla Firefox and install the add-on Firebug. After you do this, select “inspect” and hover your mouse over any part of your webpage and Firebug will display the style.css code on the right sidebar along with the line number for the code. You can easily find the code that needs to be changed.
Note about the four fonts. They are backup fonts. Each persons computer displays your webpage. If the computer doesn’t have the first font, then it looks for the second font, etc.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: self deprecating and much moreYeh, it’s nice. I like the clean look. I would consider making the gray background in the text box just a shade lighter to follow with the clean look of the rest of the page. Good work and good luck.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: My new blog i need some opinionsGood design. But, then I like simple designs with white background. Sorry Matt M!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Ver. 2.7 upgrade – fatal error and cannot log inWonderful! I deleted my previos download of Ver 2.7 and the extracted files. Downloaded a fresh copy and extracted all the files again. This time it works. I think there was a file extraction error the first time. Thank you.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Looking to eviolve my WordPress blogIt’s a safe bet that you will be able to handle running a wordpress site. It sounds like you’ll enjoy the autonomy and flexibility from operating on a webhosting platform. I recommend that you select a linux web hosting package. When I first started, I was on a MS web hosting package and experienced a few problems with permalinks and images.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Ignorant newbie need help choosing THEMEAre you sure you want to be a webmaster? Choosing a theme after all is the simplest task. WordPress is easy to use, but it will still require some amount of understanding. You will have to ftp files, backup files, modify files, probably make theme changes, deal with web hosting issues, etc. and all this will be more difficult than choosing a theme.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I Fix the footer for the GAMEZINE theme@joe – I agree with Saurus. Dump it. You will regret using a theme that you cannot modify. Also, who knows what other gotcha’s are in the code?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Beginner needs help – Columns in wrong orderGood idea. I’m glad you fixed it. Sounds like it was a problem with the theme.