I'm trying to figure out how to rearrange the elements of my posts for a Thematic child theme I'm attempting. I'm HTML and CSS literate, but everything else is a bit of a mystery.
Basically, I want to put the dvi.entry-meta and div.entry-utility bits in a new box and move them to the left of my post.
I'm sure this is a noobish question, but I'd really appreciate a pointer as it's the only thing holding me up!
Cheers.
sounds like you need to override the single loop.
dig into the content-extensions.php file of thematic (hint it is in the library/extensions folder). copy the thematic_single_post() function directly to your child's functions.php file.
then you might have noticed something in the content-extensions.php ... basically there is a condition that says if the function childtheme_override_single_post exists that thematic will run this preferentially. this is a rather cool feature Gene and Chris implemented semi-recently. so to take advantage you just rename the function you added to your functions.php to childtheme_override_single_post. you can use this override on almost alllll thematic functions... by replacing the 'thematic' part of the function name with 'childtheme_override'. it is pretty brilliant.
anyway, that gets you
function childtheme_override_single_post() {
thematic_abovepost(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID();
echo '" ';
if (!(THEMATIC_COMPATIBLE_POST_CLASS)) {
post_class();
echo '>';
} else {
echo 'class="';
thematic_post_class();
echo '">';
}
thematic_postheader(); ?>
<div class="entry-content">
<?php thematic_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages('before=<div class="page-link">' .__('Pages:', 'thematic') . '&after=</div>') ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php thematic_postfooter(); ?>
</div><!-- #post -->
<?php
thematic_belowpost();
}now within this function you can change the markup/ordering to your heart's content.
it sounds like you will be wanting to take thematic_postfooter and put it in its own div. if you want the postmeta you'll have to override thematic_postheader so that it only shows the title and then probably call the thematic_postheader_postmeta() function in your new div.
it is all in the content-extensions.php file. look in there and copy the parts you want to change to your functions.php
Hey, thanks Helga!
It took me a while to get to grips with all that, but I've finally gotten all the bits in all the right places.
MUCH appreciated. :)
AnotherAndrew
Member
WHY DIDN"T I KNOW ABOUT THIS SOONER!!!
So helpful and easy.
Thanks helgatheviking!!
This should work? Right?
This should display MMMM at the top of the post and BACON at the bottom of the post?
// Customizing post markup with childtheme override
function childtheme_override_single_post() {
thematic_abovepost(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID();
echo '" ';
if (!(THEMATIC_COMPATIBLE_POST_CLASS)) {
post_class();
echo '>';
} else {
echo 'class="';
thematic_post_class();
echo '">';
}
thematic_postheader(); ?>
<div class="entry-content">
<div>MMMMM</div>
<?php thematic_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages('before=<div class="page-link">' .__('Pages:', 'thematic') . '&after=</div>') ?>
<div>BACON</div>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php thematic_postfooter(); ?>
</div><!-- #post -->
<?php
thematic_belowpost();
}But the post just shows as normal without my bacon!
Any ideas?
Sorry for the cross post! After posting here I thought maybe I should start a new thread, and then come back and edit the above! But, I guess there is a time limit on editing, I can't edit the above out... so sorry!
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