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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Help no styling after serve switchThis is on a GoDaddy free hosted account. I used to do installations for Install4Free, and as I recall, WordPress cannot be properly installed on a GoDaddy free hosting account. You either need to upgrade to a paid account, or find a different host. (Of course, this was over a year ago, so if GoDaddy has changed their methods, then this may not be true – but as far as I know, WP + GoDaddy free account = ain’t gonna work.)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to make this code appear on certain posts and not on others?::points up:: what he said 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Right sidebar dropping to bottom of page just in single postJoeMarGfx said: “Also where are you talking about when you say;”
do77 said: “Just closed the div with ID=left right before the sidebar. This way the comment section is included as well 😉 “
That’s what I was talking about.
Validating your code would have shown you that was the issue BTW (That’s how I found it). The line numbers are given for the line it’s on as the full page is displayed. it tells you parts of the lines that are the issue so you can find them easily, even if you don’t have line-numbering. Validation of your code solves these problems about 95% of the time.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Right sidebar dropping to bottom of page just in single postValidating your code might help. There’s some closed tags that aren’t closing anything, and could be messing things up.
You also might try moving your comments template call to *within* your #left container instead of outside of it.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Author Page for a Special AuthorTotally devoid, we got nothing here on that kind of thing. 😉
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to make this code appear on certain posts and not on others?Move your header to right after the “if” statement (before “while”).
Oh, I should also note that when I suspected it was a widget issue, I tried hard-coding the call to the function in my sidebar.php file and I *did* have the same issue. Sorry, I should have mentioned that earlier. So I don’t think it’s a widget-only thing.
I believe I’ve found the issue. This is just an initial thing – but when I commented out *one* single line in the yarpp/includes.php file, my single posts magically reappeared, and the YARPP contiues to work just fine. Of course, I *just* now saw this happen, so I need to test it to be sure, but if you ant to look at it, it’s line 223 in /yet-another-related-posts-plugin/includes.php
the line is this:
the_post();
basically, I think what’s going on is you’re not *getting* the post, you’re *echoing* it. So it’s conflicting with that’s in the actual content area. if I change it to “get_post($post->ID);” it works a treat.
Again – I still need to wade through and test it more – but it looks like this is the issue.
Mitcho – I see no one’s gotten back on this. But I will. I’m having the same issue. Yes, I’m using the widget. I’ve also noticed if I used the default theme, there is no problem. So it’s been my belief (over the last week) that it’s my theme. However, I’ve been poring over the code and can’t figure out where the conflict is, since my single post page is pretty standard. The only difference is that on both template files (single.php and yarpp-template.php) I’m using custom fields to pull in some specific information for the theme. But again, the methods I’m using to do this are pretty standard.
If it would help to look at the files I’m using, I’d be happy to pass them along.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Modifying the loopyay! Glad you got it going 🙂
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Modifying the loopActually, using a custom field *is* the easiest solution. Makes it *really* simple. Filtering the text away will just slow things down – it’s made a lot easier using custom fields, and this is *exactly* what custom fields are used for. If you don’t like the idea of them using the default “look and feel” of custom fields, then you can create custom boxes that look like they’re part of the installation. This tutorial is *excellent* for this type of thing. (It’s now become a part of my standard functions.php file when I do sites for clients – it’s so easy to use and so customizable it’s not even funny.)
the only difference between putting the image in the content and using a custom field is, when the client puts in “insert into post”, they copy the line in the “file URL” thing, and paste it into the custom field you provide for them. That’s it. Your code handles the rest.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: widgets appear at blog root, but not on individual postsYou’re using the default theme – which deactivates the sidebar on single-post pages. You’ll need to open up the “single.php” file and, at the top, change “widecolumn” to “narrowcolumn”, and at the bottom, add
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>just before the call to the footer.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Really Need Help | User GroupsYou might be looking for WordPress MU (possibly with the BuddyPress mod) for something like this.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Make links from Custom FieldsWhere are you getting the information from? Is this user data (like subscribers or authors)? or are you using custom fields for each post (and if so, why)?
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Questions ForI think you’re going to have to clarify your questions. The way they’re worded, really, makes no sense. So to that end, I’d say you’d need to read up on Themes, because I’m not really sure you understand what they are.
>>3. How do I implement a big button to link to external websites? I found lots of articles talking about menu bars instead of a single button. Is there a single button plugin with replaceable image that I can use?<<
There’s no need for that. Depending on where you want the button to appear, you either write the HTML for it and place it in your theme file, or you place it within a post.
>>4. I’m thinking dividing my main page into several rectangle blocks with borders. Do I need to do it in a page template?<<
Again, I think you need to read up on themes and what they are. A Page template (note the capital “P”) is different from a page template. And they aren’t “templates,” they are “theme files”. Definitely read up on that, and maybe once you get the “jargon” down (and understand a bit about theming) you’ll either find the answers to your questions, or be able to reword them so that they’re a little more clear (‘specially #1  – those *really* make no sense. Not trying to be offensive or anything…but it’s definitely not clear on what you’re asking there!) 🙂
Hope that helps!