williamgarner

Cool. Thanks much!

Thank you, Esmi. How might I do this? I wouldn’t know where to begin.

Dean

Hi,

I was able to fix the problem, but there now appears to be another one: I seem to be limited to the number of words I can post to an article. Yesterday, I was able to post a 2251-word article with a photograph and a Flash video. Today, though, I had to delete the photograph. Something “happened” to my code in CSS, methinks. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Dean

Thank you for your reply. It didn’t work. Here’s my Index.php file. Any ideas from here?

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php
$options = get_option(“widget_sideFeature”);
$posts = get_option(‘uwc_number_posts’);
if (is_active_widget(‘widget_myFeature’)) {
$category = “showposts=”.$posts.”&cat=-“.$options[‘category’];
} else {
$category = “showposts=”.$posts;
} $x = 1;
?>

<?php query_posts($category); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if($x == 1) { ?>
<div class=”post”>
<h5>Latest Story</h5>
<h1>“><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_one’));
}
?>
</div>

<?php $x++; ?>
<?php } elseif($x >= 2 && $x < 4) { ?>
<?php if($x == 2) { $i=1; ?></div><div id=”twocol”><?php } ?>
<div class=”twopost twopost<?php echo $i; $i++; ?>”>
<h1>“><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_two’));
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php $x++; ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if($x == 4) { $i=1; ?></div><hr class=”mainhr” /><div id=”threecol”><div id=”threecol2″><?php } ?>
<div class=”threepost threepost<?php if($i==7) { $i = 4; } echo $i; $i++; ?>”>
<h2>“><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_three’));
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php $x++; } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if($x>4) { echo “</div>”; } ?>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

as you can see, the code for the menu bar starts with #navigation. My image file for the bar is a 1 pixel x 34 pixel file called bottomlinepurple.png, which repeats to form a solid line.

Hi, Daniel:

The bars are actually gone now, but I can recall what I did: those gradient-purples are actually two different files, one for the top in which the gradient goes dark to light starting from top, and the bottom one under my logo. I created a 1 x 34 pixel file and colored it the way I wanted (purple gradient), then uploaded it to the images folder of my theme. CSS code in the style.css file forces this 1-pixel wide file to repeat on the x-axis, so it flows all the way across the screen.

Make sense? All you do is replace the existing file for that image that is turned into a bar that traverses the page. I’ll write more about the exact steps, but must write a report for now. . . .

Will

Hi, Daniel:

Grrreat blog! Lotsa energy and passion behind it. I’m proud!

Let’s see . . . what did I do to get me header up there? Hmmm . . . oh, I uploaded the header image I wanted, which was about 240 high x 1020 pixels wide, saved as good jpg . . . sent that image to the Magazine Basic theme’s UPLOAD folder, not the Images folder! I had to play around with it ’til I found the right place to put it. Anyway, just saved you ten minutes. : )

About the code: you only need to remove your Description, if you choose, so it doesn’t interfere with the logo image.

Lemme know how it goes: albert@thatsjustplumdumb.com

Will

If so, I used the theme Magazine Basic, which allows for a three-column layout plus ability to place my own logo in the header in place of any WordPress text. If you need further info, lemme know. Magazine Basic can be found here:
http://bavotasan.com/wordpress/free-wordpress-themes/magazine-basic-free-wordpress-theme/