John O.

I use tons of plug ins that arent compatible with the latest version of WP. Plus, WP was recently updated… so devs will take time to get their plugs updated to the latest version. Only thing you can do is make a back up first and test it out.

You’ll have more luck with plugs that have at least been updated recently. Plugs from really earlier versions of WP will most likely have issues.

my site is Thisisatechblog.com

I want to do essentially the same thing.. but this isnt working for me. I have a my logo positioned exactly where i want it above the menu… i just want it to sit right on top and have the “g” in one of the words drop down into the menu same as the original post. I’m using the Duster theme. My URL is Thisisatechblog.com any suggestions?

RIght now, when i adjust padding it just pushes everything down and doesn’t enter the menu container.

If you need to know… below is the code i’ve used, plus some css, to add the image. Im using the Duster theme.

echo '<div id="top-image"><img src="https://example.png" /></div>';
get_header();?>

anyone?

i dont see a call to “get” menu or access or anything like that. I see get search form and get a bunch of other things. Any help with this or possibly another solution would be great. I essentially already had the image exactly where i wanted it (refer to my first post). I just need it to move down so its overlapping the menu a little bit…

I cant seem to find that, would it be <nav id="access" role="navigation"> ?

code to call the menu? whats that? You mean get_header();?> ??

and the image is behind the menu… i need it to sit on top…

Ok no error now… but it seems to have made my #page disappear. The page behind posts, for example, is gone. I can just see my background. Hope that makes sense. Any idea why thats happening?

I tried it and its giving me a Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ on line 7 error in index.php. Any idea why that is happening?

I figured this one out, for the Duster theme at least. This is the code I added to my child theme to get the sidebar to appear on all singular pages. You’ll have to play around with .entry-title and /hentry to get everything aligned properly. Also, if you’re using Disqus, you’ll have to add custom CSS to reduce its width and get it to work with your new single page layout. I’ll provide that code below as well.

.singular .entry-header .entry-meta {
   left: 0;
   margin-left: 10px;
   margin-top: -23px;
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
}

.singular .hentry {
   border-bottom-color: -moz-use-text-color;
   border-bottom-style: none;
   border-bottom-width: medium;
   padding-bottom: 0;
   padding-left: 0;
   padding-right: 0;
   padding: 0;
   padding-top: 25px;
   position: relative;
}

.singular .entry-title {
   color: #616161;
   font-size: 36px;
   font-weight: bold;
   line-height: 48px;
}

This is the code for to reduce the width of Disqus. Again you’ll have to play with the width and padding to get it aligned how you like it. Add this code to “Custom CSS” from the “Apperance” section of Disqus in your admin panel. Cheers.

#disqus_thread { width: 550px !important; }

#disqus_thread {
padding:12px;
padding-left: 100px;
margin-bottom:-10px;
}

Everyone says to change <div id="content" class="widecolumn"> to “narrowcolum”… however our theme (Duster) doesnt have that line. Instead it has <div id="content" role="main">. I’m not sure the best approach with this…

I’ve got the sidebar to appear by adding <?php get_sidebar(); ?> to single.php directly above <?php get_footer(); ?>…. but its aligned below the page because the current post area is taking the whole width.. The questio is how do we change <div id=”content” role=”main”> to make it work with the sidebar on Duster? Hope that makes sense.

This is the code their provide

<?php if(function_exists("insert_post_highlights")) insert_post_highlights(); ?>

Cool.. makes sense. Thanks.

otherwise a beginner user like myself would have to keep switching back to the parent theme’s css in order to copy sections i’d like to alter into the child theme’s css… hope that makes sense…