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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I gain complete contol of image placement in a WP theme?kmessinger,
I should have gotten back sooner to thank you for “THE CURE”!!!
You nailed the IE quirk mode problem. I removed that leftover line of code from the deleted plugin. (At least I thought it was completely deleted.)
Once that was done, everything shifted back to normal.
Excellent pick-up, Sir…thanks for your help in getting me out of that particular pickle!
Best regards,
GerryRForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I gain complete contol of image placement in a WP theme?kmessinger,
Thanks very much for all the explanations you’ve provided for my questions. It sounds like I definitely need to study-up on CSS if I’m to continue using WP, and if I’m going to continue to try to take on this extra responsibility at work.
This has been on my “do list” anyway, but I just haven’t made it that far down the list of “HOW TOs” yet.
Anyway, thanks for shedding some light on some of the mystery.
GerryR
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I gain complete contol of image placement in a WP theme?kmessinger,
I forgot to ask about the other half of you reply, where you suggested the 1000s of other themes.
Many of these themes offer the option of choosing three, or two, or one column options. Are you saying that I would have to go with a theme that is designed only for one column, if I want to be able to place images exactly where I want them?
That’s kinda the conclusion that has been forming in my little pea brain anyway…But damn, if that is in fact the case, then what a huge limiting factor that is. Maybe WP isn’t the platform for me after all.
Any further thoughts?…or maybe I misunderstood your suggestion.
Thanks again,
GerryRForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I gain complete contol of image placement in a WP theme?kmessinger,
You may be right…but here’s the thing. I had uploaded vSlider into the Weaver theme header (in the usual mannner) and everything, displayed the way it was supposed to in all of the browsers, including IE. All was well for a couple of days.
In the meantime, I was trying to figure out how to load logo graphics into the other (open) side of the header…couldn’t figure out how to load this WP slider plugin into the image editor that I use, so that I could put the entire header design together and then upload that to WP the way I usually do. (vSider support via Mr. Vibe sucks, by the way!)
That’s when I sought help from my boss’s former developer. The decision was made for him to go ahead build the header and upload it to WP. Shortly after that is when the problem with IE showed up.
Again, I don’t know enough to state, with any authority, that this was caused by the new header upload. But if that’s not the case,then it surely is a mighty odd coincidence.
Anyhow, I’m just looking for a cure…that’s my bottom line.
Thanks,
Gerry RForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I gain complete contol of image placement in a WP theme?Emphacy,
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Next time how about coming up with some better news…OK? 🙂 Seriously, thanks…I was afraid it would be something like that. So, in reality you can only count on the one column option, as it pertains to text…images don’t count in that option…is that kinda the way it shakes out?
Thanks,
GerryRkmessinger,
Thank you too, for replying.
The URL, to the site in question this time, is:
http://tommystailoring.comThe biggest problem areas are on the Men’s and Women’s pages.
Thanks again,
GerryRP.S….Got another question (not quite related)for you guys. This same WP site shows as it should on Firefox and on Safari on several different machines.
It shows as it should on IE9 until a friend helped me with installing a header containing a slide show. Some time later, several people, reported that the site looked weird…and on IE it surely is messed up, but still fine on the other browsers.
I can’t say for sure that this was caused by the something in the header work, but it sure is a big coincidence, timing-wise.
Any thoughts?
Thanks again to you both!
grForum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Plugins "notested in WP 3.2…How critical is this?Hello John O.
Thanks for the reply and the good info. I’ll definitely follow your good advice.
Thanks again,
GerryLeeHello again, Ipstenu.
MS Paint did work this time. WP accepted the upload as a .jpg and I’m in business. Surely do appreciate the help.
Paint shows .pdn as their apparent default file type…guess maybe that confused me, but unlike with paint.net,Windows accepted the file as .jpg, and WP accepted the file from Windows.
Thanks again for helping.
GerryLee
OK…thanks for the correction…that’s the impression I got, but I’ll definitely give it another try based on your advice.
Thanks again…will let you know the results.
GerryLee
P.S. I get the same results in ms Paint. I’m pretty sure I read that it’s based on the sam platform as paint.net and it uses the same pdn. type.
The thing is, I really need to finish up this site today…guess maybe I’ll try to learn Gimp or something in the next few hours….getting desperate for a solution.
GLR
Hey Ipstenu,
I tried, once again to save my paint.net header file as both jpg, and as a gif. No luck. Same result…Windows 7 refuses to store the file as anything other than a “Paint.Net Image” file type, and WordPress refuses to upload it “for security reasons.
I don’t seem to have any options here…and it still blows me away that I was able to use this same program without a hitch the first time out, but can’t make it work a second time.
I feel like I’m going to have to find and learn another image manipulation program and re-create the work in it, just so I can
successfully upload a silly little header image.Going crazy in Cyberland,
GerryLee
Ipstenu…Thanks for the replay.
When I began I having this problem, I tried to save the file as a jpeg, but each time Windows automatically and arbitrarily stored it in my folder as a png. This also baffled me. I thought trying it as a gif. later on but never got around to trying that. I’ll try loading it that way.
I just don’t get why all of these things went OK on my first site, but won’t work this time??? Kinda Cwazy! I just can’t imagine what I could be doing to cause these particular things to happen at all…much less multiple times.
Anyway, thanks again for your input. I’ll try your suggestion and let you know how it goes.
GerryLee
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Child themesHey Lebowski, thanks for that detailed reply. You described pretty much what I had done up until the upload phase. At that point I tried to upload it through my HostGator cPanel (on the advice of a member of another forum). That’s where it broke down and I’m not sure why.
I’ll study your description and the try it that way and see what happens. I’ll let you know.
Thanks again…GerryLee
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Child themesYep, that was definitely one of the tutorials that I read.
Thanks anyway