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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: importing from Roller to WordPressSee http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content to see if there is something that resembled what you are looking to import. There is also information on importing from RSS feeds.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Image disappears using floatThis is one of the browser bugs that plagues folks.
Since you’ve now moved your stuff into tables, which is NOT appropriate since tables are for data not design, you will have to move them out to apply the fix.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: ‘print this article’ button..What is better than adding another useless button or clutter to your page is styling it RIGHT for printing.
See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Styling_for_Print
The article takes you through a basic introduction for styling for print. When the user clicks “print” the browser will use the print style sheet to print the page. To view how your page will look printed, click File, Print Preview. You can set up your
print.cssto look anyway you want, changing any or all of the parts of your Theme to make it printable. I set my site up this way and elminiated the sidebar and footer which are useless to people when printed. You choose your own layout.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: breaking text from wrapping around images?There is a solution.
If you want a “clear” in every paragraph, and are willing to have large gaps between the end of text and the next paragraph, then the paragraph clear will work.
The solution will be released in a few minutes on my site.
Copy the clearfix (as I posted here already) and in the PARENT container that you want to not wrap, add “clearfix”, as show” to the classes.
Don’t forget, you can alternate sides (left and right) for the images to float on either side of the paragraphs. I do that all the time.
I have more than 3000 images on my website right now, and adding more constantly. I have to deal with the challenges of placement of these images daily. Browse around and for the most part, you will see that they work using the methods that have been described to you. I only use the clearfix on the front page and mutiple post pages (not in my single post pages) to create the effect I want with the image and content “locked” into the green bar area of the excerpt.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: changing sidebar category targetThis will help you with styling your lists in the sidebar:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Styling_Lists_with_CSSThis will help you customize the sidebar links and lists and information within the sidebar:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_SidebarThis will help you create intrasite links:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Linking_Posts_Pages_and_CategoriesTo include a specific “target” or link around your sidebar links, like categories, you first have to set the above listed template tag,
wp_list_cats()orlist_cats()to exclude what you don’t want in the list. Then you create something like this:<ul>
<li><a title="Home Page" href="index.php" accesskey="1">HOME</a></li>
<?php list_cats(FALSE, '', 'ID',
'asc', '', TRUE, FALSE,
FALSE, FALSE, TRUE,
FALSE, FALSE, '', FALSE,
'', '', '1,33',
TRUE); ?>
</ul>Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: breaking text from wrapping around images?Okay, but what you have just done is made a CLEAR for EVERY paragragh on your site. What about the times when you WANT an image to be wrapped by two paragraphs? I do, all the time.
The article WITH photos will be out tomorrow morning. I hope that will help make this clear for you.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: ImageYou don’t have to use the WordPress Theme Editor. To install your Theme, you first downloaded it to your computer. Find that and open the
style.cssin that Theme in Notepad or any text editor.There you can add the style information. And then upload the file (not the whole folder) to your theme folder, just as you did to install WordPress and the Theme. It’s really easy.
Hope that works for you. I don’t use the built-in editors, though they are very handy, but use a text editor to make my changes and then upload them, fast and easy.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Post separatorsIn the
index.phptemplate files, look for the end of the postmetadata section and the final DIV of the WordPress Loop. When the page is actually generated, it looks like this:</div>
<div class="post" id="post-2">Now, the second line is the beginning of the Loop where the posts repeat themselves down your page. The DIV is the end of each post.
There, put a
<hr />tag (XHTML version) so when the page is generated, it would look like this:</div>
<hr />
<div class="post" id="post-2">There are other methods, but this is the easiest.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: My Links are MalfunctioningYou have a bunch of odd things going on.
1) You have very odd errors in your style sheet that need to be checked and fixed.
2) Here is the generated example of a link to your style sheet from your main page (which has no “theme” look to it at all):<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../../../wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/http://ginandthedevil.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />Where did all those dots come from? You put them in somehow, either in your Admin Panel Options as the site URL or manually. The link to your style should look something like this:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />Open the
header.phptemplate file and make sure that it does. If you changed it, change it back.3. Change Themes NOW. Even if you are in love with this one, it is broken. Change themes and see if you have the same problem. If you do, then we have other things we can try.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: ImageTry these tutorials, too:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Wrapping_Text_Around_Images
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_ImagesForum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Looking for someone to skin my siteIn WordPress, there are over 300 Themes to choose from, and they typically involve downloading to your computer, uploading to your site, then visiting the Presentation Panel and clicking the “select” button, and wow, instant new look.
If you need someone professional to design a Theme for your site, here are some resources:
List of Recommended Web Page Designers by Laughing Squid
Blog Barter – Have something to trade, they will help you with your blog.
WordPress Pro Mailing List – Looking for Professional Services.Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: can’t edit sidebar.php or any other theme file!Edit them with a text editor on your hard drive and then upload the fixed files?
What are you using? WordPress’ built-in editor or something else?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Valid Feed? CSS for Feed? CLUELESS!Well, the link to your site in your name takes me to a dead nothing page. So I can’t validate your feeds to find out what might be wrong.
How about a link to your site and we’ll start from there. It could be a little nothing.
And make sure you have the latest version.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Convert Scratchlog to WordPressCan you tell us how Scratchlog sets up their database or layout? That might help us point you in the right direction.
Also see:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_ContentSomething there might look familiar.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: picture position with Firefox and IEAlso see:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Wrapping_Text_Around_Images
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Imagesto help you with other image issues you might have.