Lorelle

I’m not sure what you are trying to do. Are you trying to prevent the image from overlapping the second image? And why are you using a “blank.gif” or a dot? These are things that don’t quite make sense.

There is a problem with some browsers that will not recognize the float height within a float and you can find more on this at http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS_Fixing_Browser_Bugs but I’m not sure if that is your issue.

If you want both images to not crowd or push each other around, align one on the left and one on the right.

If you want one image to wrap in the first paragraph but NOT have the second paragraph wrap around the first image, then you need to set that paragraph in a DIV or something to section it separately from the rest of the text.

If you want the second image to be centered, without wrapping, then use the example from the article you noted to use “centered”.

Or better explain what you are doing. And why you are using a blank.gif?

This article on podcasting in WordPress might help:

http://codex.wordpress.org/podcasting

These are called Permalinks and you can learn all about them at http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

Check the requirements as not all servers will work with them, but most do.

Or plunge right in on your Administration Panels and click Options, Permalinks and read the instructions there.

And a ton of information is at:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout

Here are some articles that might be of specific interest:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Site_Architecture_1.5
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
http://codex.wordpress.org/Designing_Themes_for_Public_Release

Well, I guess you can.

And I want to reinforce what Kaf says about comment your changes for future reference. Consider creating a “changes.txt” file in your WordPress root directory. When this file is replaced during the next upgrade, you will have notes in there to remind you of this information and how to change it in the future.

Okay, we like having one issue to deal with per post. But let’s take a stab at the easy things.

The look of your site is controlled by the Themes. If you aren’t happy with the Theme and it isn’t showing you the comment box (which might only show up when you have comments TURNED ON in the Write Post Admin panel when you write the post), then switch Themes.

Controlling the fonts and presentation are controlled by the Theme’s style sheet in style.css. If you make a change there, make sure you are changing the right Theme in the right folder and that you fully refresh your browser screen after making the change. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/I_Make_Changes_and_Nothing_Happens

I don’t know what you mean by “display posts in short form” but I can only assume you mean show excerpts or “short” versions of the post on the front page and that is controlled by using the Read More <!--more--> button labeled “MORE” on your Quicktags, the little buttons above your textarea where you write your post. Put the cursor where you want the info to “stop” on your front page and click the button. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

As for the feeds, they should be working automatically. Make sure you have the latest version (click the bold DOWNLOAD button at the top of this screen) and check to see that the theme you are using has the feed tags listed in the sidebar or footer, where they generally tend to sit. If they are there and not working, post a note to the forum about the “Feeds Not Working” and a link to your site and someone will test it for you.

I hope that covers most of it.

And consider using this article to guide you through some of these things:

http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start

Okay, the answer to this is dependent upon which theme you are using, and if it was based upon the Classic or Default Themes or the Theme author came up with their own usage. So this requires familiarity with Themes, template tags, and some PHP. If you are not familiar with how these work, read these things very carefully.

Also, if English is not your native tongue and you would like to get help in your own language, there are now MANY WordPress sites and support forums in different languages. You can find a list of them here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Localization

The template tag which instructs the “feedback” section of your post is found at http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/comments_number and that lists the parameters which are available to use which will dictate how the comment numbers and text respond.

For example, here is a general usage:

This post currently has
<?php comments_number('no responses','one response','% responses'); ?>.


To set this so it shows “nothing” when there are no responses, you might be able to change it to this:

<?php comments_number('','one response','% responses'); ?>

Experiment to see what will result.

There is more you can do, but let’s see how far this gets you.