http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:17 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/ie-9-not-showing-css-and-home-link#post-20624 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:24:22 +0000 floridastyle 20624@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I figured out what the hell I missed in my functions.php to instruct IE. I forgot the 'lt' in the 'if IE' comment. This is the correct call for functions.php</p> <pre><code>function childtheme_ie_style() { ?&gt; &lt;!--[if lt IE]&gt; &lt;link rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot; href=&quot;http://yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/thematicpowerblog/style.css&quot; /&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt; &lt;?php } add_action(&#39;wp_head&#39;, &#39;childtheme_ie_style&#39;);</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/ie-9-not-showing-css-and-home-link#post-20623 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:18:09 +0000 floridastyle 20623@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>i provided the correct stylesheet in my functions.php file but IE refuses to check it. I need some insight to why IE will not see my child theme? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/ie-9-not-showing-css-and-home-link#post-20518 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:01:58 +0000 ScottNix 20518@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Interesting..</p> <p>On IE it is pulling a different stylesheet, it's actually the default Thematic one.<br /> <code><br /> &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://oldschoolscholar.com/wp-content/themes/thematic/style.css" /&gt;<br /> </code></p> <p>But on other browsers it is pulling the correct one.<br /> <code><br /> &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://oldschoolscholar.com/wp-content/themes/thematicpowerblog/style.css" /&gt;<br /> </code></p> <p>So that is the issue, but what is causing it is beyond me. Maybe a functions.php modification? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/ie-9-not-showing-css-and-home-link#post-20513 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:58:49 +0000 floridastyle 20513@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I did the worst thing any of us could do, and that is not test IE. Believe it or not I just upgraded to 3.7.7 from 3.6.8 and made the minor functions.php revisions. Around this time I upgraded IE to 9 and never checked my site against it. When I did my CSS did not show up at all. Only the default Power Blog Theme. Second, the Home link does not show up.</p> <p>I double checked the forums. I double checked my CSS and functions.php file, and I feel I may be looking too hard. Is there a little bird out there who can tell me what the hell I just missed? the site is "http://oldschoolscholar.com . </p> <p>I am ready for my "duh" moment. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-use-the-3c-fixed-style-on-powerblog#post-18135 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:51:01 +0000 Philip 18135@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I'm kind of new to thematic and need some help with creating a site with a, sidebar - content - sidebar layout. I would like to have the primary aside on the left and the secondary aside on the right. </p> <p>It seems like I have to create a new sidebar div before the container div. Is that correct, and if so how do I do it?</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>//Philip </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17793 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:16:48 +0000 rysch 17793@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the replies. I managed to get it working by adding it right above the leader asides hook in the functions.php.</p> <p>Many thanks! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17758 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:13:48 +0000 helgatheviking 17758@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>where is the "thematic_feature_aside" hook? I'm not super familiar w/ the power blog theme and it isn't in the regular thematic. is it in the sidebar? doesn't look like your template calls the thematic sidebar so if i'm right in all my assumptions then your code would never get called on this page. i don't see a problem with pasting the code into a custom template as you have done. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17742 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:51:57 +0000 Jonny Janiero 17742@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@rysch</p> <p>did you get it working?</p> <p>i can see an obvious missing '}' from the code directly above.<br /> should be...</p> <pre><code>// This will add an area for the feature box to sit function childtheme_featureaside() { &lt;?php if ( is_page_template(&#39;home.php&#39;)) { ?&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;feature&quot;&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;feature-container&quot;&gt; &lt;?php dynamic_content_gallery(); ?&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;?php } } add_action(&#39;thematic_featureaside&#39;, &#39;childtheme_feature_aside&#39;, 4);</code></pre> <p>but i'm just correcting the snippet, haven't tested the function. you may want to try other hooks, such as below_header, etc.</p> <p>hope this helps. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17714 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:43:48 +0000 rysch 17714@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>This is the code that I have written up to place a new container box above the leaders to fit the DCG:<br /> <code><br /> // This will add an area for the feature box to sit<br /> function childtheme_featureaside() { ?<br /> &lt;?php if ( is_page_template('home.php')) { ?&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="feature"&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="feature-container"&gt;<br /> &lt;?php dynamic_content_gallery(); ?&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;?php }<br /> add_action('thematic_featureaside', 'childtheme_feature_aside', 4);<br /> </code> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17713 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:45:25 +0000 rysch 17713@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>This is my code by the way:</p> <p><code><br /> &lt;?php<br /> /**<br /> * Template Name: Home<br /> *<br /> * This Full Width template removes the primary and secondary asides so that content<br /> * can be displayed the entire width of the #content area.<br /> *<br /> */</p> <p> // calling the header.php<br /> get_header();</p> <p> // action hook for placing content above #container<br /> thematic_abovecontainer();</p> <p>?&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="container"&gt;<br /> &lt;?php dynamic_content_gallery(); ?&gt;<br /> &lt;?php thematic_abovecontent(); ?&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="content"&gt;</p> <p> &lt;?php</p> <p> // calling the widget area 'page-top'<br /> get_sidebar('page-top');</p> <p> the_post();</p> <p> thematic_abovepost();</p> <p> ?&gt;</p> <p> &lt;?php</p> <p> thematic_belowpost();</p> <p> // calling the widget area 'page-bottom'<br /> get_sidebar('page-bottom');</p> <p> ?&gt;</p> <p> &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- #content --&gt;</p> <p> &lt;?php thematic_belowcontent(); ?&gt; </p> <p> &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- #container --&gt;</p> <p>&lt;?php </p> <p> // action hook for placing content below #container<br /> thematic_belowcontainer();</p> <p> // calling footer.php<br /> get_footer();</p> <p>?&gt;<br /> </code> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17712 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:43:18 +0000 rysch 17712@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Update: I managed to get the DCG working by inserting the PHP code directly into a home.php page template. I think this will be okay for updating the thematic framework in the future, right?</p> <p>Now the only problem I need to solve is getting the feature section to appear above the leaders.</p> <p>Any suggestions? Is it okay to do this via CSS? Is that bad web design practise? I'm still a bit of a newbie on these things so... </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17708 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:05:44 +0000 rysch 17708@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Oops...I see that I didn't remove the comment // <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu</a></p> <p>I wanted to make sure I got the right syntax so I copied over another function from function.php </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-dynamic-content-gallery-to-functions-and-homephp#post-17707 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:04:51 +0000 rysch 17707@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I'm trying to add this plugin: <a href="http://www.studiograsshopper.ch/dynamic-content-gallery/" rel="nofollow">http://www.studiograsshopper.ch/dynamic-content-gallery/</a> to a static home page.</p> <p>What I would like to do is set it up so a 900px wide feature area will be right above the leader-asides in the Power Blog Theme.</p> <p>I'm trying to figure out how to add it to functions.php and then call it in the full-width template i have called home.php</p> <p>Any suggestions? This is the code I wrote up in my functions.php but and then I'm not sure where to go after that:</p> <p><code>// <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu</a><br /> function childtheme_featuresection{<br /> if( is_page('pagename') ) {<br /> dynamic_content_gallery();<br /> } ?&gt;<br /> add_filter('childtheme_aboveleaders','childtheme_featuresection');<br /> </code></p> <p>Do I then place something into the home.php page template that I have in my child theme folder? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/power-blog-leader-problem#post-17575 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:37:47 +0000 brodii 17575@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>How can i insert post excerpts into 2nd or 3rd-leader-aside? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/3-columns-layout-help-a-couple-of-other-questions#post-17354 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:47:03 +0000 bsantos 17354@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>thanks! all sorted out. :)</p> <p>i did start a new child theme though, 3c-fixed.css wasn't rendering as expected with power blog. i think i know why, (float, clear, etc) but for now i'm ok with starting fresh.</p> <p>cheers. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/3-columns-layout-help-a-couple-of-other-questions#post-17347 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:37:17 +0000 helgatheviking 17347@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>1- this is one of thematic's default layouts. in your stylesheet you need to change whichever layout you are importing to import 3c-fixed.css</p> <p>2 - you need to the appropriate actions. see<br /> <a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/guide/?page_id=10" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/thematic/guide/?page_id=10</a><br /> sounds like you want to get rid of thematic_brandingopen, thematic_blogtitle, thematic_blogdescription, and thematic_brandingclose which are all also mentioned on that site. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/3-columns-layout-help-a-couple-of-other-questions#post-17346 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:10:31 +0000 bsantos 17346@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hello all, first post.</p> <p>i'm in the process of converting a previous theme (http://citar.artes.ucp.pt/teoriadasartes/) into a thematic child theme based on power blog. help with any of these questions would be much appreciated.</p> <p>question 1:</p> <p>the 3-column layouts in the thematic library all use adjacent widget areas, whereas i'm looking for is:</p> <p>1st widget area (primary) on left , content area in the middle, 2nd widget area (secondary) on right. how should i do this?</p> <p>question 2:</p> <p>how do i hide the blog title and description, so that the header image is the first thing on the page, with no space above it?</p> <p>question 3:</p> <p>what is the proper way to hide a default item, in both thematic and power blog... say, the rss or category listing?</p> <p><strong>edit</strong> figured this one out, just deleted them from functions.php</p> <p>thanks for reading </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17304 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:01:20 +0000 relequestual 17304@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>No worries. Glad to help out. haha yeh =]</p> <p>You should be able to mark it resolved if you go to edit the question I believe. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17302 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:47:55 +0000 rysch 17302@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>By the way, this topic can be marked "resolved" I'm not exactly sure how to do that. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17301 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:47:27 +0000 rysch 17301@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hey thanks so much for helping me with this!! It worked perfectly! I appreciate it!</p> <p>Yes, I'm a Christian, so thank you for helping out one of your own...even if it isn't in more "spiritual" matters (then again, who said this couldn't be an act of worship! :-) )</p> <p>RS </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17292 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:09:08 +0000 relequestual 17292@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi rysch,</p> <p>I understand what you are on about now. Always useful to paste the link in.<br /> Are you a Christian yourself or just working for the church to do their website?<br /> I ask because I'm a Christian, and it's always nice to help other brothers and sisters!</p> <p>Anywho, I had a dig around in your css, and I think I have a solution for you...<br /> If we hide the div with the id of leader globally, and then only display it on the home page, if I understand correctly, that will be what you want.</p> <pre><code>#leader { display: none; } .home div #leader{ display: block; }</code></pre> <p>I have tested this, and it should work for you.</p> <p>Any further questions, be sure to buzz me on twitter so I don't miss them =] (@relequestual)</p> <p>Oh, and in this circumstance, I'd say using a css solution is perfectly fine. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17262 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:08:46 +0000 rysch 17262@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I am still trying to figure out a solution to my question.</p> <p>I did some searching and found this question and answer on the forum:<br /> <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-feature-site-filter-out-leader-on-all-but-home#post-7245" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-feature-site-filter-out-leader-on-all-but-home#post-7245</a></p> <p>But it is for a different theme so it doesn't apply.</p> <p>Any help will be much appreciated! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17220 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:09:55 +0000 rysch 17220@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>As I think so more about this, I was wondering, would it make sense to make a page template that I could select when I make a page that would be specifically for pages I don't want the leader boxes to show up on? THis would allow me to display the boxes on some pages while not on others. I suppose it would be a bit like hiding the side bars on a full-width page template. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17219 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:07:24 +0000 rysch 17219@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I've linked to my site so you can see what I mean...</p> <p>This is the main page: <a href="http://ctrchurch.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ctrchurch.com/</a></p> <p>It currently has three "leaders" (this is what they were called in CSS I think) that are just below the category menu and include: "Christmas at CTR", "Messy Church," and "Services"</p> <p>Now on all the other pages, these "leaders" show up as well. How can I make these three "leaders" show up on the home page only?</p> <p>You say the CSS is easier? I do like easy but if PHP is the more correct way (the safer way?) then perhaps I should go with that.</p> <p>Thanks for your reply,</p> <p>RS </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17209 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:16:55 +0000 relequestual 17209@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hi rysch. what do you mean by the leader areas?</p> <p>there is probably 2 ways to do this regardless of where they are.<br /> can be done with css or php.<br /> css by making the widget areas display none when inside a body with a class of home.<br /> php by encasing the get widgets code with an if statement.</p> <p>css is probably easier, php is probably the "correct" way to do it.</p> <p>your call </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-power-blog-leaders-on-front-page-only#post-17202 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:33:55 +0000 rysch 17202@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to only display the three widgetized leader areas only on the home page. Right now they show up on all of the pages. Is there a way to do this?</p> <p>Thanks in advance,</p> <p>RS </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/search-box-to-long#post-15150 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:44:48 +0000 Jonny Janiero 15150@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>glad you find a solution. please mark this post as resolved </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/search-box-to-long#post-15149 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:33:33 +0000 RP 15149@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Many thanks helgatheviking, it works a treat!<br /> (I even managed to type correctly this time ;)</p> <p>RP </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/search-box-to-long#post-15103 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:08:47 +0000 helgatheviking 15103@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>here is the filter for changing the search box size. the 2nd size (in this case size="25" will be the new size (which in turn equals width)</p> <p>drop it into your child theme's functions.php</p> <pre><code>//change search input size function child_search_widget($search_form) { $search_form = str_replace(&#39;size=&quot;32&quot;&#39;, &#39;size=&quot;25&quot;&#39; , $search_form); return $search_form; } add_filter(&#39;thematic_search_form&#39;, &#39;child_search_widget&#39;);</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/search-box-to-long#post-15102 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:34:25 +0000 RP 15102@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I am usin the Thematic Poer Blog child theme and the only thing I can't find how to change is the Search box - it apears too long width-wise, below crown on rhs on my blog. What file do I have to access to change this?</p> <p>Thanks in advance</p> <p>RP </p>