jdavidingram
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: 3.9 Update – How to Add Padding and Border to Images Now?There is a fairly easy fix to this that doesn’t involve editing the html code directly every time using the text editor. Essentially you need to design a simple (or as complex as you want) bit of CSS one time and then use the “Image Class CSS” field in the image details window (accessed by clicking on the pencil icon in the top left corner of your image in the post. In my case I created a class called pad – might be a good idea to give it a generic name since you can change the value later on. When I insert an image into a post I add the class pad in the Image Class CSS field.
Back in the Dashboard I selected Appearance>Edit CSS and then added the following code below the notes:
img.pad {
padding: 5px;
}This adds padding of 5 px around the image. If I want to change it in the future, I just have to go in and change the padding number. If I want to add a border or a margin I just enter the css required.
The only quirk is that .pad doesn’t seem to be enough, img.pad is required to define the class in the Edit CSS module. You’ll see the class added to your images in posts going forward if you add it in post and view the source code when previewing the page.
I liked the old method of adding padding, but this new method gives you a lot more power to change how images are displayed site wide.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Force Regenerate Thumbnails] Resized thumbnails, but required manual fixMine’s not editing the post code either – source code still shows the image accessing a medium sized thumbnail with “filename-620×363.jpg” (width of medium sized thumbnail in previous theme = 620 px). Since that file was removed by the plugin and replaced in the wp-content/uploads folder with with filename-560x??.jpg (width of medium plugin in current theme = 560 px, don’t know the exact height) it displays it as a broken image.
Here’s a sample page.
Using version 1.3.
Looks like the update fixed the conflict – thanks so much!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: codex not giving ‘update’ optionOK – I just changed the permissions my index.php file for the relevant theme to 777 and now can modify it but I don’t think I like the idea of leaving it that way. Any suggestions of a solution?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: codex not giving ‘update’ optionI’m having the same problem with permissions and an inability to modify files. I’ve changed the file permissions on the folders (but not the content) – do I need to change the content as well?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: HeadSpace2 SEO] Page with Parent won’t save description or keywordsI’m having the same problem and have posted it on https://urbangiraffe.com without response – this combination of plugin and WP version seems very unstable.
I’ve been pretty happy with Headspace but I’ve noticed that it seems to nuke all of the meta data for posts displayed in the Edit Posts part of the WP Dashboard – Tags, Categories, Page Titles, Page Descriptions disappear and then sometimes reappear (or sometimes don’t reappear) if the page is refreshed. Re-editing the post using Quick Edit it is possible to re-enter the tags (which display auto completion of the tags even if the tag is specific to the post – i.e. it was already entered but not saved?!?). Sometimes the change takes on the Update, sometimes it takes and then the Description disappears. There doesn’t seem to be any pattern to what happens. Needless to say, from an SEO perspective it’s disconcerting to see your entire set of posts suddenly go from having rich meta to having nothing and then reappear again.
I’m pretty frustrated at this point and thinking about switching back to AllinOne SEO but not looking forward to re-entering all the data.
Dave
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: The Events Calendar] clicking on calendar does not show me eventsNote – I’ve pulled this post off my blog since the main navigation links don’t work on the calendar page and the event post page.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: The Events Calendar] clicking on calendar does not show me eventsI’ve just installed the plugin and am getting the same problem – links on the calendar aren’t clickable/produce no results. It has also seemed to have disabled my navigation bar as well since those links are no longer clickable on the https://islandnature.ca/category/events/ calendar page. The event post itself at https://islandnature.ca/2010/03/big-day-birding-brant-wildlife-festival/ shows a similar disconnection with the main navbar links. Not sure if this is a theme conflict or something to do with the way my navigation is set up.
Like the look of this calendar better (for the most part) than my current plugin (Calendar) which is pretty ugly as far as styling goes but not sure if I want to spend the time fiddling around with it. If anyone can suggest a quick fix I’ll give it a go, if not I’ll try another plugin.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Single post layout for specific templateJust a quick thought – you’ve probably solved this problem already but what about designing a custom single.php file that doesn’t call the header and footer files? Duplicate your single.php file, strip the code out that you don’t want to use, rename it simple_single.php or what ever and go from there.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: plugins not lining up…Have you tried the manual [tweetmeme] insertion? I had a problem with the retweet button overlapping/pushing down an image if that was the first thing in a post. Using the manual means that I’m able to put the retweet where ever I want it (usually with a block of text). The downside is that you’ll have to do every single post manually …