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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Auto-Close Comments hides commentsThanks, whooami! I figured it was probably the theme changes I made. I’ll look over the original and see how I might fix it so the comments show up.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: WP audio player plug-inIf this is the audio player from 1pixelout, there are a couple of options, but the default is to place the following in your post:
[audio:filename.mp3]The plugin then peforms the operations to replace that with the player linked to the proper file.
This also supposes that you have created a folder called “audio” — on the same level with your WP folders — to which you FTP the audio files before invoking them. Again, there are options for placing this folder elsewhere and naming it something else.
Full instructions can be found at the link above.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Someone seems to be hacking my blog…Got a URL we can look at?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can someone help me pinpoint template problem?Not to argue with success, but the single quotes are NOT required for urls in CSS.
See, for example, the CSS for this very page:
body { background: url(cool-fade.gif) #fff repeat-x;It was likely cleaning up extraneous HTML tags that fixed the issue.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: how to change widt and background of default theme ?Jakob,
This bit of CSS is for the column where you have your posts:
.narrowcolumn {
float: left;
padding: 0 0 20px 45px;
margin: 0px 0 0;
width: 450px;
}Adjust that width amount to see the change you want.
Likewise, this bit is for your sidebar:
#sidebar {
padding: 20px 0 10px 0;
margin-left: 545px;
width: 190px;
}Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Isnt IE supported ???jagge2004,
The problem is the way browsers read the following bit of CSS:
p img {width:100%;}IE appears to think this implies the image’s actual, original physical width. Firefox thinks this means 100% of the parent container’s width.
So it IS an IE6 problem, but it’s a problem for IE6 because of your code.
The solution is to use an exact pixel width in your CSS instead of the relative “100%”. Or use size attributes in your image tags.
Given your design (“click on the image in the post to see the larger version”), another solution might be to display a thumbnail in the post, which WordPress can create for you automatically. And for which you could actually designate the size.
IMHO, it doesn’t make sense to display a nearly full-size version in the posts if you’re linking to the full-size image.
UPDATE: Has anyone actually identified this problem? I see it on several threads, and always there’s some “solution” someone appears to discover or thinks might be responsible, and most of the threads are not resolved.
When I checked the phpMyAdmin at my host, it said the database was empty. The host support staff also told me they had no backups and no record of anything that might have been done to make the database disappear.
So is this the result of some kind of auto-updating that hosts do (one suggestion on a thread here), that databases go away for a while and then come back? Is it the sign of a bad host?
Any help, please?! I nearly gnawed all my fingernails to the nub thinking about the work that seemed to have been lost.
Thanks!
This is creepy…
I’ve just gotten the exact same message this afternoon on an installation of WP I’ve been working on for more than a month.
Only I can’t get in through the admin panel. Any link I try gives me the same message.
Unfortunately, some other folks were inputting data, so I wonder if they did something they weren’t supposed to?
Well, you can delete install.php once WordPress is installed, so at least there’s no danger of someone else clicking on it if that message shows up again.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Pierre Lourens, Unique tech blog based off of k2Pierre, a nice clean look. Just a couple of very minor suggestions:
- Consider a lighter hover background color for your top menu. The dark gray nearly is lost in the black background.
- Consider additional ways to make your “asides” stand out from the rest of the content. The only difference at this point appears to be the size and weight of the headline, and without further visual reinforcement, it first appears to be a mistake.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: legal blogging questiongfgirl,
I meant (in my #1 suggestion above) to make a screenshot of the homepage for the company/product and use a thumbnail-sized version of that. A lackluster option, I know, but if all else fails…
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: www.godwriting.orgPerhaps the URL in the subject line of this thread:
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: legal blogging questionA couple of suggestions:
- Will thumbnail-sized screenshots of company/product sites work for you? Those would certainly be legal.
- See if the company/product site has a press or public relations section that provides images for use by the press. Those would be legal to use.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Alternating Comment Background ColorsThanks, Handy, that was very helpful.
After ensuring that it worked, I changed the PHP shorthand version…
<?=($i%2)?"color1":"color2";$i++;?>to this (using my own variables and styles)…
<?php echo ($row_color%2) ? "altRowColor" : "mainRowColor"; $row_color++; ?>I guess I did it right, since it’s still working.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Blog get’s weird if pictures or videos are addedSliver, it would help us to see what you’re talking about, i.e., a URL for your blog.