http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Thu, 23 May 2013 01:49:28 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26981 Mon, 14 May 2012 05:07:15 +0000 bogh 26981@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hmmm...interesting :)</p> <p>Thanks a lot @Chris </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26977 Sat, 12 May 2012 13:26:12 +0000 Chris 26977@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@bogh .. found it here: <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-singe-insert-behave-like-index-insert#post-8907" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-singe-insert-behave-like-index-insert#post-8907</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26969 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:13:28 +0000 d_rec 26969@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Normally:</p> <p>Primary Aside<br /> Secondary Aside<br /> 1st Subsidiary Aside<br /> 2nd Subsidiary Aside<br /> 3rd Subsidiary Aside</p> <p>Sometimes I'll use Index Insert. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26965 Fri, 11 May 2012 07:59:08 +0000 Chris 26965@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Bogh, I need to search for the example code. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26964 Fri, 11 May 2012 07:56:18 +0000 Chris 26964@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Sorry for this Kathy. You are right, there should be less. Whatever isn't needed, can be removed or moved into a FAQ.</p> <p>Chris </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26953 Thu, 10 May 2012 17:28:07 +0000 circlecube 26953@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I find myself frequently adding a widget area to go in the header. Then I can easily place a search box or utility menu up there. Other than that I almost exclusively use primary, secondary, and all subsidiary areas.</p> <p>@ScottNix - great idea about hiding the unused areas. I don't know how I hadn't thought of that before. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26952 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:21:23 +0000 helgatheviking 26952@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hi chris! i'm not realllly asking b/c i want to add more. ;) i actually want to reduce the number. I think there are too many.</p> <p>bogh, thanks for the suggestions! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26938 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:36:12 +0000 bogh 26938@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I am using Primary &#38; Secondary Asides, and 4 Subsidiary Asides (I have created the 4th Subsidiary Aside because, in my opinion, there was some waste of space with just 3). See here how the footer looks with 4 subsidiaries <a href="http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6991/footervsx.png" rel="nofollow">http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6991/footervsx.png</a><br /> In my theme the users can select 3 or 4 columns, and the width of the columns changes accordingly, I think this would be a nice idea that could be integrated in the thematic.</p> <p>@helgatheviking<br /> The Page/Single/Index Top are located below the top of the #content, to have a full width area it should be above #main I guess, to not interact with the #content and asides, of course this could be simply added trough the child theme, but you were looking for ideas and this could be a nice idea.<br /> Now I use thematic_abovecontainer for a full-width widget, even if it is below the top of the #main. And thematic_belowheader could be used for those who want it above the #main.</p> <p>@Chris,<br /> You were talking about some use of widget shortcodes, where can I see them ?</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26937 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:02:09 +0000 Chris 26937@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi Kathy,</p> <p>can't imagine that we need any more widget areas. You can widgetize any of the action hooks and filters and use short codes to place widget areas somewhere in your text. Should be enough to play with ;)</p> <p>Chris </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26931 Thu, 10 May 2012 06:22:05 +0000 sowingseeds 26931@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Primary &#38; secondary asides, subsidiary asides &#38; (occasionally) index insert. As for adding others I think with good documentation as to 'how to' there does not seem to be a great need to add more. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26929 Thu, 10 May 2012 03:58:23 +0000 helgatheviking 26929@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@jon, you've used almost all of them? i'm impressed. </p> <p>i don't think i've ever used (or maybe used only once):<br /> Index Top<br /> Index Insert<br /> Index Bottom<br /> Single Top<br /> Single Insert<br /> Single Bottom<br /> Page Top<br /> Page Bottom</p> <p>full-width above #main... doesn't single/page top work well enough for that? </p> <p>@scott - why not just register another menu location and add it to a footer hook instead of a menu widget? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26918 Wed, 09 May 2012 23:28:06 +0000 ScottNix 26918@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Just so people don't have to login and look.</p> <p>Primary Aside<br /> Secondary Aside<br /> 1st Subsidiary Aside<br /> 2nd Subsidiary Aside<br /> 3rd Subsidiary Aside<br /> Index Top<br /> Index Insert<br /> Index Bottom<br /> Single Top<br /> Single Insert<br /> Single Bottom<br /> Page Top<br /> Page Bottom</p> <p>Currently I have only used Primary, Secondary, the 3 Subs and Single Bottom (for like a recent posts widget). Other than that I usually always have to add a Footer Widget for the typical footer menu, unless I get lucky and need exactly 2 subsidiarys and the third can act as the footer menu. Most of the time I end up leaving the 3 subs (so they can be used even if they aren't in the psd) as extra feature slots and still add the footer menu.</p> <p>While it would be cool to toss some out, it is very easy to unset them (hide in the admin) with something like </p> <pre><code>// hide unused widget areas inside the WordPress admin function childtheme_hide_areas($content) { unset($content[&#39;Index Top&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Index Insert&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Index Bottom&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Single Top&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Single Insert&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Single Bottom&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Page Top&#39;]); unset($content[&#39;Page Bottom&#39;]); return $content; } add_filter(&#39;thematic_widgetized_areas&#39;, &#39;childtheme_hide_areas&#39;);</code></pre> <p>which seems far easier than probably hooking a bunch of them up. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26916 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:37:35 +0000 jon 26916@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>in the 4 or 5 projects i have realised with the thematic framework i have used all but the bottom widgets. self evidently according to my partner's needs. i am a minimalist.<br /> do i wish for one? maybe one full-width above "main". </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/important-poll-question#post-26913 Wed, 09 May 2012 20:43:12 +0000 helgatheviking 26913@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>if i've ever helped you with a question please take a second to reply:</p> <p>what widget areas do you actually use? (of the 13 available)<br /> are there any widget areas you would like to add?</p> <p>thanks! </p>