newbie help! can i make the circles the menu instead of blog? & adding a favicon

  • hi there!! ??

    I’m trying to customize the theme a little bit to my liking, I am not sure if that is allowed, but I know some html, but nothing like coding a website.

    I love the design and layout, but instead of having the posts be the main page (the circles) I was wondering if there was a way I could make the circles the menu? And when the mouse hovers over the picture circle, the same effect happens, but the menu name comes up as well. So basically the circles are the menu to the different pages. Perhaps the top right menu can just be a back to home, or something else.

    Also, I need to know how to add the social links (Facebook, twitter..etc) to the bottom right to match the design, and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to add a favicon. haha, I need help.

    my website:
    alexandraizzo.com

    Thanks for your time! ??

    Alexandra

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  • You are asking for a lot of changes. If you are not already using a child theme, creating one would be your first step. Read this page in the codex.

    Here is an article detailing how to add a favicon to WordPress.

    Social icons: You might be able to easily add them to the footer of your theme.

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    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    DMBarber,
    Please don’t use these forums to solicit work.

    qtiam100
    If ever you need to hire someone these are official commercial support avenues:

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    I think it just looks like a lot because I inquired about 3 things in one post, but really, I’m only asking for 1 change, and Im asking how to ADD two things.

    I think this theme is different than I’m used to, so when I try and add something, It won’t work? So i figured there must be a special way! ?? I’ll definitely check out those pages and see if it works for me! ?? thanks.

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    And Ive already created a child’s theme.

    I just need to know if there is a way to make the circles the navigational menu to the pages instead of the blogs. ??

    It all would be greatly appreciated it! ??

    Thank you so much!

    About the navigation menu, fabulous idea. There does not seem to be an “easy” way to do what you are asking, sorry. I think you would need to contact the theme developer about that.

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    and is there an easier way to put a favicon on my page? that is super confusing, and I’m fairly new. So downloading all that stuff and figuring it out would take me hours. ??

    Do you already have a favicon.ico?

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    yes i already have tried to contact the developer, I’m still waiting for a response. I’m sure it will take a while, she’s not just looking online to help people! haha

    and yes i do already have a favicon.ico made! ??

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I was wondering if there was a way I could make the circles the menu?

    So basically the circles are the menu to the different pages. Perhaps the top right menu can just be a back to home, or something else.

    Can you explain further what you want? Maybe link to an image to illustrate it?

    For the favicon, here is the Reader’s Digest Condensed version (this is as easy as it gets):

    1. With an FTP Client, upload the new favicon.ico file into your current theme’s main folder.
    2. Upload another copy of your favicon.ico file to the main directory of your site (ie. https://www.alexandraizzo.com/favicon.ico). This will display the favicon in your subscribers’ feedreaders.

    Then to make sure it shows up and to avoid 404 errors (page not found):

    1. Go to your WordPress Administration Panel.
    2. Click on Appearance.
    3. Click on Theme Editor.
    4. Select the file called Header or header.php to edit the file.
    5. Search for the line of code that begins with <link rel=”shortcut icon” and ends with /favicon.ico” />. Overwrite it, if it exists, or add the following code below the <head> HTML tag.
      <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/favicon.ico" />
    6. Save the changes.

    Hope it helps!

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    @dmbarber, If you’re not aware; when you make changes to the theme’s files like that those changes will be subtly erased when the theme updates. We tend to advise people do these edits through Child Themes so that this headache can be avoided.

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    okay I’ll try the favicon thing now! ??

    and Andrew, for the front page, I apologize for not explaining it well. So currently, the circles on the main page are all recent posts, and the menu is in the upper right hand corner. I was wondering if there was a way, where I can make the menu be where the circles are, not the blog. so, instead of the cirlces being links to the blogs or recent posts, they are links to the pages. The circles essentially become the navigational menu.

    The website I have is not for blog postings, but for my portfolio and information about what i do. ??

    my sight is here: https://www.alexandraizzo.com

    and how i would like the circles to be are similar to this layout navigation : https://laurenrileymusic.com

    obviously not the “design” but how the menu are the objects in the middle, there is no “menu bar”. it’s just a more artistic approach.

    ?? does this explain it better?

    @andrew, oops, forgot to mention that, thank you.

    @qtiam
    you should first copy the header.php file from you parent theme into your child theme folder and edit the copy so your work does not get erased if the theme is updated.

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    Oh! and i would like to keep the photos as well and the mouse over text.

    I’m not sure how to add subpages to the menu tho. for example. on my site, “media” has a submenu, and “photos” has another set of submenus (or pages). maybe when the page is clicked there is another set of circles leading to the other sub menu?

    I’m not even sure what would work! Let me know anything possible! Thank you all SOO much! ??

    ahh I do hope I’m not being too confusing. ?? I’m starting to confuse myself haha.

    Thread Starter qtiam100

    (@qtiam100)

    there already is a header.php file in the child theme? and the footer as well. Do i have to do another step or copy it again?

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