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## Forum Replies Created
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* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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reply to: [Custom Plugin Refuses to Play Nice (I am going crazy!)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-plugin-refuses-to-play-nice-i-am-going-crazy/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-plugin-refuses-to-play-nice-i-am-going-crazy/#post-592648)
* I was about to write this plugin. It’s been a pet peeve of mine for a long time
that the tinymce editors does non xhtml aligns. I thought, why not do a quick
search of the forum to see if someone else has already done this? And there this
thread is. 🙂
* So, thanks, you saved me a bit of work.
* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
In
reply to: [Display whole first post and the rest are excerpted](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-whole-first-post-and-the-rest-are-excerpted/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-whole-first-post-and-the-rest-are-excerpted/#post-483043)
* Here it is nine months later, and a new need was born. (get the pun?) I looked
for quite a while before I found this helpful thread on how to avoid the_content
and it’s filering out anything past the more comment. Mucho handy!
* In case anyone cares, I’m actually using the more comment to display a partial
post in the sidebar, but I want the full post in the actual category display.
Which post displays in the sidebar is controlled partially outside the wordpress
system by a program schedule database for an online radio program. In short,
the schedule database has a url for the show info, which is a wordpress post.
I have a function in wordpress that reads the show database, uses the url there
that is the show currently playing, parses out the nedessary data to get the
post ID, and then queries to display that show in the sidebar. I only want everything
up to the more comment, including any images, in the sidebar. In the show category,
I want the full post. The above code snippet was what I was looking for. Thanks!
* Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
In reply to: [Instable
!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instable-ltbrgt/#post-590864)
* instead of using br’s, do it the more modern way, and add a margin to the paragraph
tag (or whatever tag is appropriate).
* something like:
`Whatever paragraph text.
`
* Even better would be to put a proper rule in your css file, and add a class to
the tags you wish to have the extra space.
* something like:
`Whatever paragraph text.
`
* and in your css file:
* `p.prettier { margin-top: 2em; }`
* Well, I hope you get the idea. If you can do it through CSS, you can easily change
it, and everything will automatically be the new way, rather than going back
and changing each one manually. Ken what I mean Jock? 🙂
* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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reply to: [Category Order plug-in anomaly!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-order-plug-in-anomaly/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-order-plug-in-anomaly/#post-449843)
* hmm, I destroyed mine, as I fixed what was wrong with xhtml in 1.9.6. you could
post your email in an obscured form (so spambots can’t read it), and I can email
it to you if I can find it somewhere on my server. Or perhaps you could email
the author and ask for an older version to test.
* have you tried a different theme?
* also, if you post an example url, we can look at the html for clues as to what
is going on.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Role Manager mystery… help oh help…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-manager-mystery-help-oh-help/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/role-manager-mystery-help-oh-help/#post-433495)
* edit posts means edit their own posts. there is a separate capability for editing
others posts. unless you specifically want to let people post, and never let
them edit their post (which I think isn’t very fair!), it pretty much will work
the way you need. Just enable edit posts as well.
* btw, I believe these are core capabilities to wordpress, and although the role
manager plugin let’s you edit the roles, it didn’t create these capabilities.
it’s really a shortcoming of wordpress if you don’t think it works like it should.
I’m personally good with it the way it is.
* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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reply to: [Category Order plug-in anomaly!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-order-plug-in-anomaly/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-order-plug-in-anomaly/#post-449841)
* first of all, it’s just other users providing support here. you know, volunteers.
this isn’t paid support. can’t really *expect* an answer, you can really only
hope for one.
* that said, I suspect no one else has seen this issue, which might be why no one
has responded. I recommend you try a previous version.
* and now I’ll pass on my own observation. using 1.9.6, I’m finding that xhtml
won’t validate. A whole bunch of div tags are being added within the ul li structure,
messing it up as far as xhtml validation goes. I reverted to 1.9.4, and it works
correctly.
* I’m not sure how to fill out a bug report for this, so if someonec can advise
me, I would appreciate it.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [How to upload everything to a local server?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-upload-everything-to-a-local-server-1/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-upload-everything-to-a-local-server-1/#post-451121)
* well, upload is a bit of a funny term to use, since you are installing it on
a local machine. What is the root html directory of your apache installation?
That’s where you folder of wordpress files.
* Or maybe it’s not a local machine. I’m not clear on that from what you’ve said.
* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
In
reply to: [Alternative to password-protection for light security?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-password-protection-for-light-security/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-password-protection-for-light-security/page/2/#post-448926)
* instead of sending them elsewhere, just output the invite on the same page as
well.
* i personally recommend using a switch instead, just because it reads better,
and put the page output/processing in a function. that’s mostly just a personal
coding style preference of mine, for readability.
* [http://ca.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php](http://ca.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php)
* As far as sending people off to google or whatever, just use an html meta refresh.
return a page something like this:
* `
continue
* Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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reply to: [Alternative to password-protection for light security?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-password-protection-for-light-security/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-to-password-protection-for-light-security/#post-448915)
* all you need do is put a php if in your theme’s index.php.
* you’re testing for the cookie. if you got it, return the everything already in
the index.php
* if no cookie, return the invitation page.
* no redirects needed.
* um, it occurs to me you are thinking in terms of separate pages. although it
may have different content, it’s probably easiest to generate each different
page of content from the same place, your index.php in your theme. this will
be upgrade proof should you update wordpress at any point.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/page/2/#post-448880)
* that’s different from the snippet you pasted before. it doesn’t even show a feed
image.
* i’m looking at yy_menu and then something called freshy menu. it looks like yy
menu is the one being used. I don’t know what that is though. I would suggest
the issue is within that function. It’s also possible it’s within this Freshy
Menu thing as well. Do you have an admin page in wordpress for that?
* the typical category navigation in a sidebar looks more like this:
* ` Categories
note that is uses the wp_list_cats function.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/page/2/#post-448866)
* it doesn’t remove it? um, how are you deleting it? gone is gone.
* i doubt it’s a cache issue. if you make posts, you see those change right?
* I think you may need to let someone into your web account to look around and
figure it out. The issue of trust comes up when considering that, and that’s
not something I can advise you on.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/#post-448841)
* just not enough information. Have you tried everything mentioned in the thread?
Maybe go over it again to be sure.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/#post-448741)
* widgets are a plugin. they let you control the sidebar through the admin interface,
instead of editing sidebar.php. I guess you don’t have them, which eliminates
them as a source of the problem.
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/#post-448670)
* are you using widgets?
* Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
In reply to: [Little RSS buttons missing from sidebar ..and nothing else](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/)
* [manstraw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manstraw/)
* (@manstraw)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/little-rss-buttons-missing-from-sidebar-and-nothing-else/#post-448635)
* good catch moshu, i didn’t look for that, assuming only a theme changed, and
not the blog location.
* however, you’re code is using a wordpress function to generate the bulk of the
url. it shouldn’t be wrong. this is the part here that does that > `feed_image
='.get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory').'/images/icons/feed-icon-10x10.gif'`
* look in your header and use the same function it does for the getting the url.
one place it’s used is to link to your style sheet.
* this is also why I suggested you check the settings under Options > General to
make sure the right info is in there.
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