Hi,
I'm trying to install the Thematic Feature Site, but am probably retarded in trying...
Essentially, it's not showing up like in the demo, only like the normal thematic base site.
I looked on the forum, and there was an exact same post - the answer by Chris:
Hi,
you need to create two empty new pages:
The first one will be 'Home' .. switch the template to Frontpage.
The second one will be 'Blog' .. no need to change the template here.
Go to WP-ADMIN / Settings / Reading:
Switch 'Front page displays' to 'A static page'.
Frontpage drop down .. select 'Home'.
Posts page .. select 'Blog'.
Chris
But due to my unfamiliarity with WP/PHP etc, I'm still clueless.
What does Chris mean when he says 'switch the template to Frontpage' - which template? functions.php? or in the Page 'attribute' settings? I couldn't find a frontpage option in the 'attribute' settings.
I created two new pages (Wordpress admin/pages/add new), and changed the WP Admin/reader settings - but I can't find this 'frontpage' option anywhere.
And for the following blurb, from Ian's site, regarding how to make the feature function work:
/*
Highlight your most important projects with a series of files (2 to start with) named feature-front-x.php.
Where x is a number. Then, these files are randomly included on the front page. It’s pretty simple stuff.
The important bit is the mt_rand(1,2). Right now it’s randomly including 1 of 2 files.
If you had 15 files you’d need to have mt_rand(1,15) in there.
*/
$rand = mt_rand(1, 2);
What does he mean when he says 'highlight your most important projects' - does he mean categories? Posts? Something else?
Can you please explain this in layman's terms for me?
Also, my sidebar isn't showing up at all in either of the thematic sites - how can I fix this?
Sorry if I seem frustrated, I just really want this to work :(
Cheers,
Jaus
