indieburner

Hello James,

I wanted to have a blog page component to my site that let’s me insert a headline with a link to a news story but this requires PHP programming which is beyond my capability. I wanted to set up a separate blog using wordpress.com but it seems that I can’t set up a new webesite, i.e. newwebsite.wordpress.com under my current user account. Is there a workaround for this or should I set up my blog page at blogger.com of some other host that will allow URL links?

Thanks.

Thanks, my theme does include this widget but, after reading a bit more, there is not a way to link posts from the sidebar if you have a static page. I was hoping WP could act both as a blog and a website but the two seem to be mutually exclusive at the moment unless you know PHP, which I don’t. In any case, I tried telling my client that WP is meant for PHP programmers and not HTMl and CSS coders. I’ll probably send her to Wix or Squarespace which have much better tools.

Thanks, I’m really struggling with WordPress at all levels.

Hi James,

Thanks for the link. I read the workflow but I cannot achieve the desired results. There is not a way to “plug in” the selected CSS element into the specific WP page and edit its selected CSS element. I’m back to manually going through the CSS code to find the element and make changes. This is a real time killer! I think it is because I’m still using a child theme that seems to be the source of my problems. Someone told me to abandon the child theme and use a plugin to change the CSS elements. Can you recommend the best plugin that finds and edits the CSS elements withing the WP theme. Or should I download my bootstrap file and code in Dreamweaver?

When follow your path, it only displays the theme info below. I know I have to copy the code from the parent theme into this but I don’t know how to code in PHP

/*
Theme Name: Gardena-child
Description:
Author: dcwater
Template: gardenia

(optional values you can add: Theme URI, Author URI, Version, License, License URI, Tags, Text Domain)
*/

Anyway, it is not possible to access the parent CSS using child theme. However, I found a good workaround this. I copy the code from the parent template into a text editor and backup locally in case something goes wrong. I can also grab the HTLM and CSS code from the browser and drop it into Dreamweaver to tweak and then upload and replace the files on my server. Is there a plugin to help automate this workflow?

Thanks James,

So let me see if I get this right. I access the CSS files in my server, tweak and then go back to WordPress? And would that be the main CSS file?

I’m sorry, but you can’t do CSS nesting in WordPress so there is no way you can truly customize a website. Yes, for brains like you that can program in PHP code, I suspect you can achieve desired results. That said, the web is based on HTLM5 and CSS and WP falls apart at that level. As for 20 percent of the web being powered by WP, it does not surprise me that 20 percent of the web looks the same because of the limited amount “approved” templates available.

Thanks for the link, I’ll go back to Dreamweaver and figure out my plan.

Thanks,

I want to add new CSS classes to the template but it appears that I need to learn PHP, which I don’t have time to do. I guess the reason why so many WP sites look the same is that most designers who don’t know PHP are stuck with the existing templates. It’s a shame becuase the websites are designed using HTML and CSS code. It’s back to Dreamweaver for me.