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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blank Login Page?We need a link to your site to test this out since you can’t reproduce the problem. And we need more info. Post levels shouldn’t cause any problems, but the plugins, since you didn’t tell us what they are, might be causing problems.
Consider turning them off one by one and letting a day or two go buy and see if anyone reports the problem again.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Blue-Bye-You CSS FF probGive http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_Your_CSS_Styles a go. It’s really helpful at figureing this out.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Only posts in specific category browsing?Well, not really. There was/is/maybe a
in_same_catparameter you could use but it works and doesn’t work.See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Good_Navigation_Links
http://codex.wordpress.org/Next_and_Previous_LinksI have also been using two other plugins to force this to work, but they require familiarity with PHP and template tags and template files. Are you up for this?
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/wp/mw_next_prev.html – works great but the original code there “was” borked. It’s an easy fix but I can’t find my notes on how to fix it. So here is the pastebin of the plugin that WORKS so you can use it. http://pastebin.com/317115
http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/07/24/nextprevious-posts-in-same-category/ but this also requires some fussing and hasn’t been updated, though it should be.
You can see these two at work in the sidebar of my site. Click on my name here and then on any post. It only shows when viewing single posts not on mutliple post pages.
Like I said, these only sorta work. It’s something that should be fixed up in the next release.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Quicktags not displayed?1. Which version are you using? Make sure you have the newest version – see DOWNLOAD at the top of this screen.
2. Have you added any plugins that will add or change the way your Quicktags are behaving? Or change the way your Admin Panels work at all?
3. Are you using the Administration Theme that came with WordPress or did you install a new Admin Theme?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Comment Quicktags only work on 1 themeWhen you change themes, any customization you made on one theme is gone in the next. You have to move over the customization.
WordPress themes are each stored in their own folder. When you activate or select it, it only uses the files IN that folder.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: right side bar -down-First, make sure you are running Firefox browser (you’ll be glad you did) and use their Web Dev Add-on tools. Very powerful and incredibly helpful for these things.
Second, play CSS detective with http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_Your_CSS_Styles and http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS_Troubleshooting
Third, realize that the layout of your site is based upon two things. First, the shape and positioning of things within your
styles.cssand second, upon the width of whatever you have in the containers on your page. For example, if you have a really long link, longer than the column it is in, it will push the container over and force something, like the sidebar, down. Or if you have a photograph or image that is 600px wide and your content container is only 400px wide. It will shove all kinds of things around to make room, no matter what you set the content container’s width. It has to expand to whatever is in it.If you did not change any of the positioning originally on your site’s theme, then the odds are that you have a pusher shover on board. If you did move things or change the width or height of your main containers, then you have to go back and fix them. That’s where Firefox web dev tools come into play.
Using the Edit CSS utility, you can change the width of your containers to narrow or widen them and see the changes on the screen as you work. It’s brilliant. USE IT.
Good luck.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Link to most recent post in a category?You can try Customized Post Listings from Coffee2Code at http://www.coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/ and search for other “most recent posts” plugins at http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins or http://www.wp-plugins.net
And I think what you really need is to check out http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates
With this, you can control your category files with a lot of fine tuning. I wrote about how I do this on my site in this article which might help you. The WordPress Loop automatically lists posts/articles in chronological order, so the most recent post would be at the top of your category page display.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: File upload?Does what require anonymous uploads? Do you want to allow anyone to upload images and files to your site?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Splittling links upForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Per-post moderation?You don’t need a plugin. It is done automatically, well, manually, by you.
In the Admin Panels > Write Post panel, next to the title, there is a check box that you can check to include comments and pings. You can choose for EVERY post you add, or go back and edit the ones you have added but ignored that box.
It’s been there for ages. Enjoy.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Gravatar.com is backThanks! Yes, it’s off topic but people use them a LOT on their WordPress sites so it’s good to know.
Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: WordPress a spammer tool?? please explain…Please see this discussion: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/39337
WordPress does NOT contain spyware. It fights comment spam harder than a LOT of online software. There are also a variety of add on tools that will also fight even harder than any online software programs, and using these in combination, WORK.
The world is filled with people with hate in their hearts. And a lot more people follow the negative energy where they find it. If you look for positive talk about WordPress, you will find MILLIONS of hits on search engines about it. Is that propoganda? No, it is the truth. If you look for negative talk, you will find it, but it will be a tiny minority.
The Slashdot article is a dead subject and had to do with an experiment in advertising on the WordPress site and NOTHING to do with the software.
Before posting such things, please research these things for yourself. It only encourages the negative seekers.
Spam is a term used for unwanted email. Comment spam is used for posting unwanted comments on any site. A Spammer Tool is software that generates unwanted emails or comment spam. WordPress is none of these things. It is a blogging tool and an almost-CMS. RESEARCH.
Here are a few of the good things people are saying:
http://photomatt.net/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Technical_Articles
http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com
http://www.bloggingpro.com/
http://www.rosie.com/ – Rosie O’Donnell
Apple Computers (uses WordPress)
CNet (uses WordPress)
About.com
Webshots
Want more?Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: admin page issuesYES
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: sidebar not showing up in Pages1. Do not bump.
2. One question per post.
3. Open the
comments.phptemplate file and remove or change the “Leave a Reply”.See: http://codex.wordpress.org for a LOT of answers to your questions.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Calendar on main pageThere is an article that discusses templates in the Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates that might help you understand what you are about to do. You need to open the
sidebar.phptemplate file in the Theme folder and look for the calendar. It “should” be included. It is wrapped with comments and you need to remove the comments.See http://codex.wordpress.org/Commenting_Code for info on comments if you are unfamiliar with them.
If the calendar is not there in the sidebar, then you will need to copy it from the Classic or Default Theme that came with your install and put it in the
sidebar.phpat the bottom or wherever you want it in the list.