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1. 

   Queequeg
   Member

   I just wanted to ask a few of questions. The third is a bit odd though!

   Question 1 & 2:

   What changes do i need to make in order to show the excerpt for each post on the main page?

   And, how would i center the navigation links?

   Question 3:

   I'm wondering if it's necessary to call the sidebar using <?php get_sidebar() ?> on the following pages:

   Archives.php
   archive.php
   tag.php
   category.php
   search.php

   If i remove the small piece of code calling the sidebar on these pages, will it affect the way the theme runs at all? Or is it okay to do this?

   I ask because on my sidebar.php i inserted an iframe above the primary/main asides, and though the sidebar itself is not visible on the above pages, the iframe i included is, which then appears over the archived content info (the author, 'posted in' & 'tagged' details etc) where it doesn't belong. Removing the line of code calling to the sidebar fixed this, but i am worried it will cause a hiccup with another aspect of the theme by doing so.

   I hope i haven't caused confusion.

   Posted 4 years ago #
2. 

   Ian Stewart
   Key Master

   Question 1 & 2:

   You'd have to alter the stylesheet so it wasn't using {display:none;} and adapt the following code found here:

   http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/08/24/replacing-wordpress-content-with-an-excerpt-without-editing-theme-files

   #menu {margin:0 auto;} should center the menu (I haven't tested that though.)

   Question 3:

   It's not necessary, but you'd have to edit Thematic to get rid of it.

   Posted 4 years ago #
3. 

   Ian Stewart
   Key Master

   Oh and try . archive iframe {display:none;} or even . archive iframe {display:none !important;}. That might help.

   Posted 4 years ago #
4. 

   Queequeg
   Member

   thankyou!!

   i am going to give this a go tomorrow :D

   Posted 4 years ago #
5. 

   Queequeg
   Member

   So i gave this all a go, and the code to hide the iframes on the archive pages works well, thanks!

   But, i still cannot get the menu to appear in the middle, and i'm having trouble getting the excerpt to show... :(

   I followed the guide on the link you posted, but i must be doing something wrong. All the code on that site goes in the functions.php file, right?

   Posted 4 years ago #
6. 

   Ian Stewart
   Key Master

   That's right, in functions.php.

   I'll look into centering the menu.

   Posted 4 years ago #
7. 

   Ian Stewart
   Key Master

   Here's a good tutorial on centering your menu:

   http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/menubar/CenteringHorizontalMenuBarSample.html

   Posted 4 years ago #
8. 

   Queequeg
   Member

   thanks for finding this out for me! i will give it a go :)

   Posted 4 years ago #

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