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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can I edit files without the editor?Figured out part of the theme problem. I cheated when I installed WordPress and used a Bitnami module, so it hid all the files I wanted to edit. Have reinstalled manually and everything looks good.
I have things renamed in the child theme. I’m not sure if Twenty Twelve gets updated much anymore, but I note changes with comments. If it doesn’t get an update that it needs, I’ll update the original, create a new child, and paste in my revisions. Thanks so much with the help. It looks like it’s going well now, but I’m sure I’ll have some frustrations with CSS coming soon.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can I edit files without the editor?I’m sort of using a child theme (I think). I copied the original and saved it in a new directory, but it wasn’t available initially. I had to compress it and install it within the dashboard. I feel like I used to be able to just drop a folder in the themes folder and it would be available for activation. I may have additional complications in that I’m using XAMPP and testing all this out locally before I upload the new theme to my actual site.
I am using Firebug and it helps a little. Will read the resources above and see if I can’t get straightened out a bit more.
No, didn’t realize Twenty Twelve was mobile-first. I did notice something about the media queries in there. Is the fact that it is mobile first why I like the way it looks so much on my phone?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Problems with wrapper div idThank you! I’m not going to say that I fully understand why it works (as I didn’t have an empty cleaner div in the other version), but I’ll keep what you said in mind as I continue to compare it to my previous working version. Thanks so much for your help!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Missing a temporary folder ???Ah. Figured out my problems. The path was wrong for starters. It should have been:
upload_tmp_dir = /Users/user/wwwtmp/Second, I had to change the following folders to all access (everyone can read and write):
wp-content
wp-content/uploads
wp-content/uploads/2010
wp-content/uploads/2010/03Funny thing is, it still managed to create folders for 2008 and 2009. A smarter person might know how to change the permissions on all of those at once, but I did it one at a time. I think the path that I changed is the new path for Snow Leopard versus Leopard (I’ve only recently upgraded). Anyway, I hope that this helps someone else out in the future!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Missing a temporary folder ???I’m bumping this because I’m also having this error and I have to believe that someone out there has figured it out.
My situation is slightly different as I’m running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and have installed WordPress 2.9.2 on my system using XAMPP Control Panel v 0.3(19).
As near a I can figure from my searches, I need to set the path of a temporary folder on my system. I’ve put folder “wwwtmp” in /home/user/ (whereas “user” is actually my login name) and have this line in my php.ini file:
upload_tmp_dir = /home/user/wwwtmp/This seems to be the popular fix and I wonder if my syntax is off or I’m doing something slightly wrong in naming the path. Any help would be much appreciated!
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Tweak my siteWith the off centering, you mean the words inside the black bar? What browser/OS do you see this in? I don’t have regular access to a Windows machine with IE and so far as I can tell it is centered in all the browsers I have.
In an effort to be more compliant/accessible/whatever, the words are not part of the logo. Rather they are altered with CSS and just set to text-align: center. The black bar is a simple PNG set as the background for the header div. If need be I’ll replace the whole thing with a centered image w/ a rollover.
As far as making a static page and making the site from my blog, I may do that. The only thing I don’t like now is that it still feels very much like a WordPress theme, and that’s fine for now.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I’ll take them into consideration and hit this over the weekend again.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: My new site using wordpress :DVery nice. If anything maybe it looks too slick at times? No real complaints though. Keep it up.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: New Horse Farm SiteIt does look nice and clean, but I have one small criticism about the footer as well. In viewing it with Safari it places a gap between the footer and the content. Without really examining your stylesheet, I’d guess it’s something to do with the padding.
Safari is what I use primarily so I just happened to notice it. I’d bet Safari users are a very small percentage of your visitors, so maybe this isn’t an issue to you. I pulled it up in Opera and Firefox and it looks fine.
Other than that my only other suggest might be to play with adding some textures to the backgrounds just to see what it might look like.
I really love the Lightbox plugin and hope to utilize something like that on my site soon.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Corked 2.0: Personal Blog RedesignI love the search tab at the top. Very clever.
The Design and About tabs shift a pixel or two for me on the mouseover, but the other two are fine. Not sure why that is.
The only criticism I have (you’ll hate me for saying this) is that your side bar seems a little wide. When I scroll down on the site, I’m very aware of there being a big empty space on the right. Maybe you could put more content in the sidebar or make it less wide.
Overall, very nice job. You’re the reason mediocre designers like myself work in manufacturing plants instead of design firms.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: My latest and most comprehensive wordpress theme – EVER!Without having seen the other theme, I guess I’m conflicted. It’s a whole lot of information thrown right at you and as a first time visitor it’s hard to know where to start. Maybe a two column layout would be less intimidating? Not saying that’s what you should do. It’s just a thought.
What’s with the background? The Mobius Broadcasting thing? It doesn’t seem like it’s part of your site, or at least not the main part.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: My Own Minimalist ThemeNot bad. I like minimalist stuff, but find when I try to pull it off that I can’t keep my hands off it and always want to add just a little more.