algirdas

I had the same problem with the “boxes” showing up, but not the icons after updating the plugin to version 1.0.7 on my development site. Going back to version 1.0.6 solved the problem for me. (I had installed the old version on another local site and moved it from there.)

It was my mistake (I think.)

Thank you! That worked.
I hadn’t thought of modifying the CSS rather than footer.php.

I was not referring to www.ads-software.com or the developers volunteering their efforts. I was referring to the non-profit organization I am creating a site for.

As I say, my previous message was quite intemperate, born out of the frustration of trying to master something new, I’m afraid. I do indeed appreciate everyone’s collective efforts. And as the saying goes, “it’s a poor workman who blames his tools.”

Please feel free to delete my previous message. I would if I could.

Excuse my intemperate reply.

It is a very useful plugin.

Thank you for your reply.

I’m not sure how many non-profit organizations have the sophistication to be using linux and the Mac OS ??

My wife being the ED of a non-profit, she’s thrilled to be using Windows XP (soon to be upgraded to Windows 7) and IE7. Her company is not technically-savvy or up-to-date with current technology. I don’t think she’s alone. I think we have to think about the people that we are serving ??

I chose WordPress as a platform because it promised to be user-friendly for my client to update organization news regularly, and Genesis because it promised to be flexible for me to use as a developer. I am beginning to see the limitations – alas, life is not perfect.

My own preliminary observations (if anyone’s interested) are that wordpress is incredibly cumbersome for a developer – modifications and changes are tedious and slow – the entire process is probably not justified unless frequent client updates are anticipated. If the only requirement is a blog area, then traditional HTML/CSS/Dreamweaver development is certainly sufficient, with perhaps a wordpress blog for the client added on.

I am currently looking into alternate platforms for site development – I can’t believe how long it has taken me to build a wordpress site compared to developing a site the traditional way. The waste of time and energy is, to my mind, unbelievable. I am currently intrigued by and actively exploring Concrete5 and similar CMS platforms.

I want something that is friendly to me as a developer (which wordpress is NOT, I am afraid to say), and something that can be made to be very simple for the client to update.

You guys haven’t provided it yet, in my humble opinion. And comments like “IE7 is not supported” are not all that helpful, in my own humble opinion.

Just my opinion. You all have your own agendas to follow and that’s cool – but I was hoping that wordpress would be a useful tool for what I need to do for my non-profit clients and now I am not so sure.

Thanks for your reply, Ron.

The slide display part works. It’s the pagination that doesn’t work correctly in IE7. If I turn off the pagination display, it looks fine in IE7. I am going to try using a stylesheet for IE7 that sets the pagination dots to “display:none”.

If IE7 isn’t supported, can you suggest an alternative slider to use. I am using Genesis’ Agency theme.

The problem was with my WAMP configuration. The tinyMCE edit program goes to Google for its spell-checking function. Here’s how it was solved, thanks to advice. I’m posting this in case anyone has a similar problem.

In your php.ini file, look for the following section:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Dynamic Extensions ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Under this section there should be a list of extensions that look like extension=something.dll. Look for the following extension:
;extension=php_curl.dll

If it has a semi-colon (;) before it (as above), then remove it so it looks like this:
extension=php_curl.dll

Then save the file and restart Apache.
Hopefully that should solve the problem.

Aha! It seems to be a problem with the WAMP installation on my local computer that I use for development. The problem does not appear with the online production version of the website.

If I could tap your knowledge some more, how would I edit this to:

1) Totally eliminate the “Posted in [category] | Comments closed | Bookmark the permalink” footer to the post?
2)Totally eliminate the “Posted on [date] by [user] ” below the post title.

You’re helping me get a handle on this!

Thank you!

Thank you alchymyth! That worked!

Thanks mohdrafie, but that didn’t work.

Not yet, but I could create one.

Where the Blog Title appears I’d like to put (floated left with a left-margin to match the body margin):
Company Name ? Street Address ? City, State Zip Code
Telephone: nnn.nnn.nnnn
E-mail: [email protected]

Where the WordPress logo and “Powered by WordPress” appear, I’d like to put (floated right with a right-margin to line up with the sidebar – I know how to do CSS):
<a href="webdesigncompany.com"><strong>Web Design Company</strong></a>

Perfect! Thank you!