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I have been having this problem for days now and can’t fix it – if xmlrpc.php is in my site root folder, it won’t work, but if it is in a subdirectory it will … I wonder if setting up a redirect to it will work, or if I’m going to have to change the code itself trying to ping to it?

Are you using Dreamweaver or any other sort of client to do the CSS markup? I’ve both seen and heard of it changing the CSS and the PHP – something to do with the cache, I think, and trying to “validate” the code by its own settings … if so, try just a plain notepad/text editor.

You could also just use CSS to do all this for you; for example, you could put all the “regular” links in one div with an id of, let’s say, “sidebarbox1” and the links you want to open in a new window in a div with an id of “sidebarbox2” – then just use the style sheet to customize how you want them to look. So, something like this –

#sidebarbox1 a {
color: #CCCCCC
}
#sidebarbox2 {
color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url(/somedirectory/someimagename.jpg);
}

This way, the regular links are whatever text color you set it to, and the second have a different text color, and an image as the background. I think you might still have to use javascript to open the links in a new window (not sure how it is done in WP), but that way you don’t have to add an extra PHP code to execute at each link to form the image.

Also, you don’t have to use divs – you can make it classes or whatever you want, really – that is the beauty of CSS, the possibilties are virtually endless!

Now that I am looking at it, you may not even have to call that in the loop – check the documentation; you may can just stick it in wherever.

I like to use the crc_recent_post plugin, or something like that. Just throw in a call to the Loop, plug in the code , and close the loop; Here is an example:
<?php c2c_get_recent_posts(10, ‘%post_URL%<br><span>%post_date%</span><br>’, ”, ‘date’, ‘DESC’, 3, ‘m/d/Y’, ”, false); ?>

So that is the last 10 posts’ titles and dates (you can also add the content, and even a preview – short or long – of the content). Just make sure to wrap that with the Loop.

I agree with all these replies; CSS is not only easy once you just go over it, you can design virtually anything with it. Furthermore, Adobe Go Live? To be honest, this might be more of the problem than a solution. Years ago, when someone told me this, I thought they were insane – but coding by hand is the ONLY way to go. I very occasionally bust out Dreamweaver because you can quickly make a good style sheet, but anything beyond that and you are just asking for frustration.
Secondly, completely blank templates are the only way I like to go; but I would suggest looking at some themes and seeing how they are using little pieces here and there. I suggest Eric Meyer’s list of CSS links to get you started.
Finally – Web Standards. Look it up. Sure, it means you can’t drag and drop a million flashy gadgets from some program, but take it from anyone who has ever worked in an environment where they had to make a Web page – not a site, but just a PAGE – that more than 2 browsers could accurately view (show of hands, version-4-browser coders!?!) – Web standards is the only way to go – which is why I chose WordPress after trying everything else and being immensley disappointed.
At least meet people halfway and put in some effort before you go knocking this system many people worked very hard on and which is, in my opinion, the best on the net. Otherwise, they are called Web designers – hire one.