katlove
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to edit text in a slider?Hey @bobtista85
I’m not familiar with this theme but from peeping at the code really quick it looks like the slider is supposed to grab content from your blog posts and display them in a slider.
If there are no posts, then it displays the slider as seen on the demo.
I am not sure it’s possible to remove the slider all together (I mean, it is possible but you would want to create a child theme and do your modification in that).
But! From looking at the code, it looks like you should be able to find some settings for the slider in the theme’s customizer. I would look there and see what options are available.
Most likely you can’t just remove the text but you may be able to remove the entire slider. I can’t tell from a quick look at the code alone but hopefully you’ll discover something in the customizer.
Hope this gives you some leads!
Peace,
Kat- This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by katlove.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Mapping addon domain (not parked) problemsUpdate, I’ve been experimenting with changing the document root of the add on domain. It is not helping.
Document root set to public_html/joe.com goes to the Index of page
Document root set to public_html goes to the main site “main.com”Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How To Customize Related ContentHi!
I’ve had success with YARPP in the past.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/
There’s a free version so you could just check it out to see if it allows your desired amount of control.
Hope that helps!
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suspicious referral linksLooks like spambots.
Here are some tips on how to block stuff like that if you want to.
http://gearside.com/stop-spambots-like-semalt-buttons-website-darodar-others/
It’s more annoying than harmful.
Welcome to the internet 😉
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Show a particular template for category dependent on dateHey!
Idea 2 sounds like your best bet.
You need to wrap the code that contains the logo into a conditional statement that compares the date of the current post against your desired time.
Something like http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php may work, taken from this is old (3 years ago) post. It should still be relevant https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-check-if-a-post-was-published-later-than-a-certain-date?replies=6
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful but hope that gives you some ideas!
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: finding the right pluginHi!
Sounds like you need a contact form
For a free option:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/For a premium option:
http://www.gravityforms.com/I hope that helps!
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How do I delete sidebar on one page?Hi!
Create a child theme.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_ThemesCreate a page template w/o sidebar.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_TemplatesI hope that helps you get started. Most likely can find more in depth tutorials via google if the codex is unclear.
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: thumbnail image resize problemsHey Kozzmic,
Go to settings, then Media and check your thumbnail size. This might be affecting your general thumbnails.
Or, if your template is calling the image size ‘related_thumb’ and you do not like the width, height, and crop settings, you may have to change them in the code (create a child theme).
If you make a change to either the media settings or the ‘related_thumb’, you will probably need to regenerate the thumbnails for your website. I recommend https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/ But of course backup your database and files before running just in case.
I hope that helps,
Peace,
KatForum: Hacks
In reply to: Am I reinventing the wheel? Creating lists plug in.Hey @bcworkz
Thanks so much for your reply. I’m not sure if I’ll be needing this plug in after all. I’ve discovered the ability to put metaboxes in page templates. I had only previously been using them for custom post types and plug ins. I’m excited to take my theming to a whole new level with this discovery!
And thanks for your tip on plug in UI. I’ll be researching how to make the most of my plug in UIs for the future. I just love learning this stuff.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: child themeThe inspector shows you what already exists. The css selector I wrote “.wpcf7-form p” is a descendant selector. It looks for the html element with the class of “.wpcf7-form” and then finds all of the <p>, or paragraphs, within that html element.
So I used firebug to look at the already existing classes and html elements and then wrote the css selector to select the elements that you wanted to style.
You can read more about css selectors here http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: error: file exceeds the maximum upload size for this site@usmile0926 – Great that you found out how to make it work. I will have to give my project a second look. Thanks for offering more details about your process. I’ll let you know if I need to take you up on that. Here’s to happy uploading!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: child theme.wpcf7-form p {
color: white;
}Will change the paragraphs of your contact form to white.
You might also consider learning how to write your own css! It’s fun and useful. Seems like you have a lot of ideas about how you’d like your website to look and could make use of this skill. For beginners, I recommend (free) http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp
Have fun!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: error: file exceeds the maximum upload size for this siteHey usmile,
I had a similar problem uploading large media files to a project. I honestly didn’t find a good way around it. I ended up uploading files via ssh (sftp would also work of course) and using the media file’s absolute URLs in the CPT metaboxes via admin. Not very elegant unfortunately. And may not be sustainable if you need to upload mp3s in a regular fashion
I recently found out there may be some plug ins that allow you to work more easily with media that has been sftp-ed, like https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/
There might be more out there in this direction, so thought I would comment in case it gives you any ideas of new search directions.
Sorry I’m not so helpful. Curious to know if anyone else has found a good solution.
Peace,
KatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Sections?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: saving child themesHi!
The changes that you make to your child theme do not affect the parent theme. That’s the beauty of using child themes. Your parent theme is safe and can be updated without changing all your amazing, personal css and other theme changes.
So no, you do not need to back up your parent theme’s css file.
And no, your adding or removing css to your child theme does not send a copy to the parent theme’s css.
You can read more about child themes here http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
In your dashboard, the theme options “style css” editor is likely a feature built into the theme that you are using. Adding new css there is similar to creating a child theme in that any styles you add there will override the theme’s styles. However the CSS you write there is dependent on the theme and will be lost if you change the theme down the road.
Child themes are the best way to go for more than just one or two lines of css. You can now ignore that theme options “style css” editor option and continue with your child theme’s stylesheet. If you had any styles inside of that editor, you should move it to your child theme’s stylesheet for clarity and safekeeping.
Have fun!
Kat