http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sun, 19 May 2013 06:04:02 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/would-love-some-direction-for-listing-featured-image-instead-of-lists#post-19706 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:47:25 +0000 mrmikeman 19706@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>thanks a lot helgatheviking that was very good advice and i appreciate it, as i start digging around like you said im sure ill have some specific questions when i get stuck. Thanks again! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/would-love-some-direction-for-listing-featured-image-instead-of-lists#post-19702 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:35:25 +0000 helgatheviking 19702@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>well i wouldn't say 'simpler' if the post image thing is out of your league. thematic is uber powerful, and not to scare you off, but there IS a learning curve. </p> <p>here is the definitive article on featured images:<br /> <a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-feature" rel="nofollow">http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/11/16/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wordpress-2-9s-post-image-feature</a></p> <p>then make sure you know how to set up child theme:<br /> <a href="http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/wordpress-how-to-easily-create-a-thematic-child-theme" rel="nofollow">http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/wordpress-how-to-easily-create-a-thematic-child-theme</a></p> <p>then maybe you can start browsing around in the thematic/library/extension/content-extensions.php file. all the guts of thematic live in the extensions folder (almost) and anytime I want to change something in my child theme I go there and see where it is coming from. </p> <p>for instance in your case, maybe you want to change the excerpt so that it only has thumbnails? you might take a look at what is generating the markup for the excerpts... and it would be thematic_content(). and to change it you'd either filter it or use the override function that is just above it. </p> <p>that should get you started i hope and you can come back with more specific questions. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/would-love-some-direction-for-listing-featured-image-instead-of-lists#post-19699 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:08:59 +0000 mrmikeman 19699@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I have been researching a lot to try and learn how to make a child theme from thematic that is similar to<br /> <a href="http://www.wpzoom.com/themes/videozoom/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wpzoom.com/themes/videozoom/</a></p> <p>Im hoping to instead of listing posts like the look in most themes, to instead show its Featured image, much like the link I have above.<br /> So im hoping I might get some direction on this, iv researched the get post thumb things and all that but its out of my league. hope theres some somewhat simpler ways through thematic </p>