Luke Stacey
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Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Theme RecommendationHi there!
‘Business One’ is a popular theme on the WordPress repository that you might find suitable.
Do you have a particular design/layout in mind so that we might suggest something more specific to your needs?
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: remove captions from front pageHi there!
I think I see what you mean. This code will remove the captions box to the right of the image:
Try this snippet of CSS to hide them:
.wp-caption-text { display: none; }You can paste this code in your child theme’s style.css or in a custom css plugin such as Simple Custom CSS.
I hope that helps!
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Change hover textlink in widget – and delete underlineHi there!
If I’ve understood correctly I think this snippet of CSS will do the trick for you…
#text-36 .textwidget a { text-decoration: none; } #text-36 .textwidget a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color: #8d9095; }That will target only the ‘Free Useful Downloads’ section.
I hope that helps!
Cheers,
Luke
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: URL redirecting (has broke my wordpress)Hi there!
Just an idea but did you try the permalinks?
Sometimes just going to Settings -> Permalinks & clicking ‘Save Changes’ seems to refresh everything.
I’ve had a 404 issue like that when cloning a site or changing the site url and refreshing the permalinks always seems to save the day! 🙂
Anyways, just an idea but I hope it helps!
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Change Title font size on 1 Page, not all PagesIf your front page displays your latest posts and you ONLY want to target the post title when it appears on the front page this would do it:
.home #post-5 .entry-title { font-size: 100px; }If you want to target the post title when it appears on the front page AND on the posts page it would be like this:
#post-5 .entry-title { font-size: 100px; }Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Change Title font size on 1 Page, not all PagesYour welcome! I’m glad it worked for you.
Sure, you could create a child-theme, which is great if you are planning on making a lot of changes to your theme files.
If however, your only want to make a few css tweaks you could use the Custom CSS module that comes with JetPack or a standalone plugin like Simple Custom CSS.
I hope that helps 🙂
Cheers,
Luke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Professional Photography Themes: Advice Desperately Needed!Hi Bryan,
It took me only 10 minutes and with step-by-step instructions I’m sure it wouldn’t take you much longer.
After you set you slides up in Masterslider there are just a few lines of code to add to your page template.
The actual steps though would depend on what theme your using.
I hope that helps 🙂
Cheers,
Luke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Professional Photography Themes: Advice Desperately Needed!Hi Bryan,
Yeah, that does seem a bit odd and ideally you want someone you can communicate with easily.
I made a quick demo of what could be done with master slider.
It’s pretty close to the effect on the Chiko site.
Cheers,
Luke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Professional Photography Themes: Advice Desperately Needed!Thanks Bryan, your welcome.
1. I’m hesitant to say ‘no-issues’ because I’m not familiar with the theme developer but if it’s a WordPress theme it’s ready to be installed on any WordPress.org site.
2. I’m not aware of any plugins that will give you that affect straight of the box but you could definitely achieve that with a little bit of tweaking. I’m a big fan of Master Slider at the moment – it definitely capable of producing that effect.
Don’t hesitate to ask for help on the forums when you get stuck…we’ve all been there at some point:-) . Everone’s quite willing to help you out with code snippets, advice, etc. should you need it.
Good luck and post us a link when your up and running! 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Professional Photography Themes: Advice Desperately Needed!Hi there!
It can be very confusing when trying to choose a theme 🙂 Here’s some ideas for you that I hope will help you in your choice…
1. WordPress.org
Just wanted to make sure you know that WordPress.org doesn’t actually provide hosting, only the software. To set up it’s usually just a one-click install with a company like Bluehost.
No matter where you host your website you will have access to all the free WordPress theme’s hosted in the repository and all other third-party premium themes.
2.
Danimantis.com -> This one doesn’t appear to be a WordPress site but I see what you mean about the Parallax.
Many themes offer this feature but even if yours doesn’t you can add this functionality by installing a Parallax plugin.
Chiko Photography -> Also doesn’t appear to be a WordPress site. I really like the grid-slider effect. You could also achieve this independently by using a slider plugin.
3. Private Galleries
You can actually do this quite easily in WordPress as each page has visibility options. If set to ‘password protected’ the page content will be hidden unless you enter your password. You’d simply add your client’s gallery to a page and give them a password so only they can view the images.
4. Shop Function
One of the most popular e-commerce platforms for WordPress is called WooCommerce . It’s very flexible and fairly straightforward to implement.
5. Syncing with Lightroom
There is a plugin called WP/LR Sync that works quite well.
Also you might want to take a look at some of the gallery plugins available – NextGen is very popular and extensible.
As for what theme to choose, well that is always a tricky question to answer! 🙂
Personally I favor very simple themes that can easily be adapted for any purpose. For most of my projects I use the Responsive Theme – but not because it looks particularly great but because it’s really easy for me to adapt and customize.
With that in mind I always suggest that you don’t pick a theme because it ‘looks’ how you want. Pick a theme that has a at least..
1) Awesome support. You’ll more than likely need help from the theme developer and having access to good documentation and support forum is a must. Also, as WordPress updates so to should your theme. If the developer doesn’t update the theme in a timely manner this can cause you a lot of problems.
2) Flexibility and Power – being able to create your own page layouts and designs can really help you speed up the development of your site. Themes that include pre-made layouts & page-builders are great if your not comfortable with code.
3. Integrations – For example, if you were to use WooCommerce you’d need a theme that was woo-commerce compatible (so all of the pages created by that plugin fit in line with the theme styles). Without this it can be a real pain to get things working and looking properly.
From what you’ve said I think maybe the closet theme to what you are looking for (at least within the WordPress repository) is the x2 theme.
It comes with two color schemes (light and dark) and theme options that make customization quite simple. Included in the theme is FluxSlider which allows you to display image slideshows on posts and page or even portfolio style. There are several homepage layouts to choose from and it works very well with all of the major web browsers. It also supports WooCommerce for the shop functionality.
There are of course many other themes to consider. There is a great list complied here by ColorLib that might be helpful for you.
And one last suggestion – if you come across a website that looks simliar to what you are trying to achieve check out this useful tool :
http://www.wpthemedetector.com/
It will even tell you what plugins are installed! 🙂
Anyways. I hope that helps a bit and good luck with your new site!
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Change Title font size on 1 Page, not all PagesHi there!
You can target a specific page with CSS by using the page id.
For example,
.page-id-10 .entry-title { font-size: 100px; }Here is a useful article on how to find your page id :
How to Find Post, Category, Tag, Comments, or User ID in WordPress
If you have any trouble post a link to your site and I’ll take a look for you.
I hope that helps!
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: how to make menu *not* stickyTry this:
#top-bar { position: none; }You can paste this code in your child theme’s style.css or in a custom css plugin such as Simple Custom CSS.
I hope that helps!
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Sela] adding logo to navigation barRight…gotcha
You can do that but you’ll need to set up a child theme first.
Here’s a link to the WordPress codex or you can watch a tutorial video here.
So this is the end result I made :
When your child theme is set up you’ll need to copy the header.php from the Sela parent theme into your child theme folder. You can do this with an FTP editor or via Cpanel.
Next, open the header.php file you copied into your child theme and add this line of code below line 34.
<img class="site-logo" src="http://iluvbethanni.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iluvbethannilogo-e1441069128257.png">You’ll need to replace the image url with your own image logo url.
Here’s a link to paste bin with the entire header.php file so you can see the change.
Finally, add a few line of codes to your child theme’s style.css file.
.site-logo { float: left; width: 20%; } ul.nav-menu { margin-top: 15px; width: 80%; }Depending on the size of your logo you may need to adjust the width attributes.
I hope that helps!
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: [Sela] adding logo to navigation barHi there!
In your admin dashboard go to Appearance – > Customize and click on ‘Header Image’. You can select a new image from your media library or upload one.
I hope that helps!
Luke the Daft Duke
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: how to make menu *not* stickyHi there!
Could you post a link to your site or tell us what theme you are using so we can’t take a look for you?
Cheers,
Luke the Daft Duke