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Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Align entire theme on the RIGHT?No prob 🙂 I love figuring this stuff out (when I’m not tearing my hair out because I can’t find out where I’ve gone wrong!)
Kat, the TwatForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Need someone to help me code a skinHi,
You might want to try here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists#ProfessionalHow much has been done previously?
Have you tried starting with the Classic theme and modifying the stylesheet? Or any other theme, for that matter?
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Looks odd in firefoxHey there saintmoz – I’m viewing this in Firefox, and the sidebar is showing at the bottom of the page, aligned left, below the content, which is also aligned left.
Have you tried adding
.secondary{
float:right
}
to the class specifying the sidebar stuff?Or making the position of the main content absolute?
Have you tested using narrower widths to see whether both parts appear on the page where you want them? I have a vague recollection of getting a misplaced sidebar at one point when I had specified widths that made the columns collectively too wide for the page.
Also, adding a z-index might help, but I don’t think it should be necessary if you find out what is making your sidebar move down.
Happy hunting!
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a databaseShoot, I honestly didn’t mean to twat you! I should have been more clear as to whose username and password to make sure was there – i.e. not yours! Rather, the database’s username and password, and, as moshu specified: not encrypted.
@ralph: No wp-config.php in the WordPress root directory? Where is your wp-config.php? And what does it contain, if not the name of the database and the username and password that you use to connect to it?
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: choosing a theme – what’s easiest to add or change?Erm…
I found this thread:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/35524Absolutely no idea whether it is relevant to your problem, but it does talk about Macs screwing up the line ends…
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Error establishing a databaseHi,
My only immediate, tentative suggestion would be to open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and make sure that you have typed the database name, user name and passwords correctly.
If you were given this information from your host and it still isn’t working, maybe you could ask them whether you need to use a different entry for ‘localhost’ (it happens… though admittedly, I’ve never encountered it myself).
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Support search is not workingI’ve been getting a lot of useful information by googling terms I want to find with the specification site:wordpress.org
e.g.:
wysiwyg site:wordpress.orgor:
css resources site:wordpress.orgThank providence (and whoever was actually involved) for google!
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Codex Down?*whew* I thought I had crashed it when I tried registering and put a bunch of special characters in my password. If it has been dancing up and down, then I think I shall sleep the sleep of the innocent.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Displaying Current UsernameForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Elements Not CenteredHi,
I don’t know whether you googled this or checked the resources mentioned in the WordPress Codex.You might try looking at the following for hints:
http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center1.html
http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center2.html
http://codex.wordpress.org/Know_Your_SourcesBest,
Kat, the TwatForum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Align entire theme on the RIGHT?Hi – this got me curious.
I uploaded what I think is the same relaxation you are referring to to http://sandbox.working-title.org/ with the modification to the body tag as follows:
body {
position:absolute;
right:0;
background: #a9ac99;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, sans-serif;
padding: 20px 0;
}The page is aligned to the right edge of the browser, and any extra space (variable width) is placed to the left of the page.
Is this what you had in mind?
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: choosing a theme – what’s easiest to add or change?Hi,
In my experience the most difficult thing to change if you are new to web-design is the main structure of the page. If you want three columns, then I would definitely suggest looking for something that already has those three columns.
It is very easy to change spacing, fonts, colours etc. Also, you can hunt for features on other themes that you like and incorporate them into your own concoction.
I spent a few sleepless nights trying to hack a two-column theme to make a three-column theme, and everything went haywire (the reason, I discovered belatedly, was that I had chosen to base my project on a theme where the author had not been particularly faithful to the WordPress Loop). I scrapped the whole thing and started fresh with the template pages from the ‘Classic’ theme. I redid all of the CSS, starting with the three column structure and then modifying from there. I got what I wanted, but next time I am going to the WordPress Codex and reading EVERYTHING about Blog Design and Layout before I even start.
Ugh… I’m babbling!
Right. If you can’t find an appropriate theme to use as a starting point I could send you the three-column thingy I made… just be warned: it has not been prepared for public release (being my first attempt, it was done in a caffeine daze without sufficient preparation, documentation, or sleep).
my email is xiao3ka1gmail<dot>com
Regards,
Kat, the TwatForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Changing Script Header sizeHey there,
I think what you are looking for is the part in layout.css that gives the size of the header, like so:
#header {
height:115px;
padding:0 0 0 18px;
}You can increase the header size, or even try commenting the size out to see what happens (if it goes south you can just uncomment it). Or simply backup the layout.css and then experiment to your heart’s delight < grin >
If this isn’t what your looking for, don’t hesitate to come back and describe the symptoms in detail so the hunt may continue!
Best,
Kat, the TwatForum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Outcom of created sites?It saves them in the database in the table _posts, not in a file. In the field ‘post_status’ these pages are given the status ‘static’ (rather than publish or draft).
Kat, the Twat
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: words spaced apart in postMy pleasure!
If this resolved the issue I’d suggest changing the status of the thread to resolved 🙂
Kat, the Twat