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Thanks, ceo!

Ah, thanks ceo and markjaquith. Very interesting info.

markjaquith, you almost seem to make a case for staying with the ?page_id… style links rather than going “perm.” Would you actually advise that, or is it generally outweighed by the nice logical look of the “pretty” permalinks?

No, actually nothing broke. It’s just that any link within a post to a page on the site (as well as those in the header) remained in the old format (…/?page_id=16) rather than being converted to permalinks. Here’s an example of a page which, when navigated to from the “links” link on the header, still retains the old format:

https://www.smalltownproject.org/?page_id=16

You see, it still works, but it’s not a permalink. However, here’s the same page at its permalink location associated with clicking on the title to the page:

https://www.smalltownproject.org/recommended-links-and-more/

I can convert the old style link by hand, just wonder if it actually makes any difference. i.e., does it remain useable forever despite the fact that there are other links to that section (the “links” section) which are now in permalink form?

I’m pretty new to this too, and am probably misinterpreting your question, but maybe I can aim you to a couple of things to check. First, assuming you want anyone to be able to post comments, when you write a post (or a page) make sure you check ‘allow comments.’ You can also get to this through ‘manage–>posts–>edit’.

For the registration issues, depending on exactly what you want, you check the approppriate registration boxes under ‘options–>general’. (One requires registration and login to comment. I think the other lets people register without your having to approve them. Leaving both unchecked lets people comment without any registration at all.) You enter your admin email address there too. I believe users’ enter their email addresses when they register. (Not that you need to set it up so they have to register…)

Is that anywhere in the ballpark?

Thanks Lorelle. I may not have put it clearly, but it’s in the html that I put in a post that I find I have to include the reference to width (style=”width: ###px”). I just wondered if the codex instructions alone work for others, if I need this extra bit in a post because of something (presumably) in the Fastrack style.css that necessitates it. In any event it works! ??

Worked like a charm! Thanks.

Ah… Thanks Kafkaesqui and Ajay. Kafkaesqui, that’s simpler than I had expected, but makes sense now that I see it! I’ll get on that shortly.

Just as an update, I was indeed able to find the solution to the font size change in style.css, in the #sidebar ul section. And that section of the codex was helpful as was the other link. I’m not as clear on why adding the suggested code took away the bullets (thought ul usually added them) but I didn’ t want them anyway, so…

Thanks again.

Thanks miklb. I’ll take a look and see what I can learn.

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Thanks miklb. That does get rid of those XHTML errors pertaining to the link categories, but it also shrinks text size a bit in the links section and removes the bullets from the categories. (Actually, I’m not too sold on the bullets anyway, but I’d like to be able to keep them, if only to try smaller ones.) I have a feeling I need to learn a lot more. ??