Christopher J. Hradil

sounds like either a problem with your configuration settings or a plugin, what plugins do you have installed ?

each of your sidebar ‘sections’ is a ul/li embedded inside a whole sidebar ul/li, the diff you’re seeing is because of the slight differences in how ie/ff handle/parse your css, and in this case the attributes associated with nested ul’s and li’s

site url ? i can let you know what needs to be changed in the css without too much trouble.

we have such a plugin, it was originally written to handle posting/rating restaurants and recipies, and was a standalone application, we’ve since had a number of requests from folks to use it as a wp plugin, we have it working on a couple of sites but it’s been heavily customized,

we’re planning on doing a release of the ‘wp plugin’ version in the not-too-distant future, if you’d like, please go ahead and drop me an email, and we’ll put you on our notification list, so that we email you and let you know as soon as we’ve posted the release version.

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best…c

looks like you need to check the server permissions on all of your wp files, and the directories wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes, and wp-content/themes/yourTheme as well. i would at least set 755 (I would probably do 777…) for now just to be sure permissions aren’t causing problems, then tighten them up later when everything works.

it looks like wp installed itself (mostly), but broke along the way, i would clean out (delete/drop) all tables in the database (also make sure your db user has correct permissions), then wipe out all of the WP files in your htdocs/www directory (including wp-config.php), then start over with a fresh set of WP files, including the creation of a new wp-config.php from wp-config-sample.php

you just need to re-arrange/remove <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> and <?php bloginfo('description'); ?> from your theme’s header.php file.

sounds to me like you might consider grabbing a full width theme (2 columns, ‘sidebar’ on right) to work with and build your own from that rather than get frustrated trying to download/install things which aren’t really working for you.

The codex ‘how to’ on building themes should also be a big help along the way.

do you know which version of WP you’re using currently ?

if you’re completely stuck on the photo uploads and links issues drop me an email to remind me and I’ll post some (hopefully) simple instructions, including adding a plugin or two that you could probably use.

first, there’s no real reason you need to run two separate WP installs, you can accomplish the same thing you’re doing now with one install (i’d suggest wp 2.0.4 or .0.5), and the static home page plugin as well as wp-cache plugin. this way by using wp ‘pages’ and the static home page plugin you get the same site navigation/layout without needing to run two wp installs which can be resource intensive as a site gets busy.

the url’s for your ‘blog’ and for ‘wordpress’ should match – for example https://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/

the wordpress static front page plugins and wp index.php take care of everything else. i’m using the same plugin for demo/development purposed at https://sandbox.hradil.us

if you fix the url’s and activate the plugin correctly you should be fine.

you need to make sure the webserver has ‘write’ access to the folder/directory you’re trying to upload images to.

that’s possible, but requires digging a bit deeper into the template tags I mentioned, using the correct arguments, and perhaps a bit of extra php to pull off exactly what you’re looking for.

as far as simply the right to left or left to right bit, moving <?php get_links_list(); ?> (including the ul and li it’s enclosed in) into whichever file you want it (left or right).

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I think I’ve covered everything you need here.

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as far as the banners go, i’d suggest creating a special ID or class inside your theme’s css file to handle the layout of the banners (if you just stick something like the google adsense code, etc inside your sidebar.php file it’s going to look like heck), at the very least you can pop the banner code inside a <ul> which most theme’s know how to deal with in the sidebars, so it will at least look better than just plopping it in there.

as far as the links, to move them all from the right to the left, you need to move <?php get_links_list(); ?> from (i’m assuming as far as the filenames, because I haven’t gone out to check your specific theme) from the ‘rightbar.php’ file (my theme’s call it sidebar.php) and put it in whatever your theme uses for a ‘leftbar.php’.

get_links_list takes some arguments (plus there are some other links template tags you can use), so if you wanted to do something like display certain links on each side, etc. you’ll need to see the codex Links Manager template tags section to get exactly what you need.

this should address both of your current posts/questions.

best…c

roger that, (i’ll need at least a couple of more cups of coffee first), i’ll get you the list of files you need to change along with a plugin or two which might help later this evening…c