Jenkin

Straight out of the box, K2 works just fine. I guess my question is how do I figure out how these /* IE Hack */ entries into the style.css work?

I’ve managed to add a left sidebar that I’ve created on my own. I created a leftsidebar.php and included a section in my style.css for it. I’ve also added

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/leftsidebar.php'); ?>

in my header.php like so:

<div id="header">
<h1><a href="/<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></h1>
</div>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/leftsidebar.php'); ?>
<div id="content">

By adding a width to my left sidebar in the style.css i managed to bump over my main page content to the right.

However, the original right sidebar is still there. If I remove the calls to the right sidebar in the index.php and page.php, K2 craps it’s pants and my main body explodes. The white background is lost and where the sidebar used to be I have the text”
* Valid XHTML
* Valid CSS
* XFN
* WordPress
–>”

in it’s place. Is there a way for me to remove the right side bar and have wordpress not freak out or expect calls to it? Besides the index.php and page.php, where else can I expect other pages to call up on the right sidebar? Also, I don’t understand how my main page can be effected by the deletion of the sidebar. Ideas?

I’ve included two pics, before and after, at what happens when I remove the right sidebar.

Before: https://www.ghostadv.com/temp/picture1.png
After: https://www.ghostadv.com/temp/picture2.png

The problem I’m having is that my posts.php (copy of index.php) looks like this:

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="content">

<div class="primary">
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/theloop.php'); ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

So there’s obviously not much I can change in posts.php to fix this header highlight issue. I’m leery of messing around with the header highlights without knowing much more than I do.

There’s got to be a reason for “Home” being highlighted when I click “Design Notes” because i’m calling a copy of the index, which somehow makes “Home” the default page that’s highlited. I should mention here, too, that I’m using Static Front Page.

Now, the site is functional, when I click the “Design Notes” page, it brings up my loop and everything displays properly. Everything but the page highlight.

Here’s my header: https://pastebin.ca/137874

Here’s my sidebar: https://pastebin.ca/137875

I haven’t edited the sidebar at all. So far, all I’ve done is modify the header to rename my home tab as “Home” instead of “Blog”

Using K2 as my bass template.

I’ve done what you suggested and used my “Design Notes” page to call up posts.php, which is a copy of my index.php.

I understand that this will let me edit posts.php and have it not goof up my home page, correct?

Thanks!

Posting to say I’m trying to do the exact same thing. Found this thread through a google search. I’m not a CSS god, so if anyone’s made a tutorial or has found one I’d love to see it.

Thanks!

Will Flashfader let me include my own flash movie that I create, or can I only have it cycle pictures in the manner shown at the metropolis site?

Excellent. thank you. Now i’ve encountered a second problem. I’ve uploaded the picture in the post section, but it’s not actually showing up in the published post on my blog.

Edit: I figured it out. Thanks!

MT uses phpMyAdmin for their database management. And I can’t find how to add a user. I’ve gone through all the sections looking for any way to do it. it might be time to explore some phpMyAdmind support I suppose. I’ll dig around for that. Perhaps MT has removed some functionality from phpMyAdmin.

I created the database via MediaTemple’s database creator. That’s required because i can’t create the database in phpMyAdmin. My concern is that I haven’t set up a MySQL username or password. All I’ve done is created a database with a specific name. In this case, “wordpress” I haven’t actually created any users associated with it (that I know of.)

And these instructions are from www.ads-software.com, https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress

I got the databass created, thankfully. However, the next step in the installation process wants me to add a new user. The instructions say:

“Click the Home icon in the upper left to return to the main page, then click Privileges. If a user relating to WordPress does not already exist in the list of users, create one:
Click Add a new User.”

I don’t see a “Privileges” link/button nor do I see any way to add a user.

If I select my wordpress databass from the dropdown menu at the left my options at the right become, “Create new table on database…” and “Rename dtabass to:”

The option tabs at the top are “Structure” “SQL” “Export” “Search” and “Query”