KathrynBassett

I found the answer to “another thought” at https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/202695 and it solved my problems.

Aha, it’s all a matter of having the right search term. Thanks for pointing me to the answer.

Someone suggested that I need to add the sidebar (<?php get_sidebar(); ?>)to the single.php file but I can’t figure out what to put it before/after. I’ve tried a couple places, but while it did bring in the sidebar, it either didn’t show the post or it put things all over the place.

Another thought – Another solution would be to have the sidebar show up on the individual pages (such as https://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2009/02/01/50/). How do I get that to happen?

Someone on a list suggested <h1>” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?>”><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?></h1>
‘siteurl’
would be named in your admin settings
https://yourdomain/nameofyourblog/wp-admin/options-general.php

My problems:
1) The siteurl IS in the admin settings. And in Appearance > Header Image & Color > Advanced, if I toggle the text display, the link works, however it overlays text over my header image which ruins things.
2) Complicating things now, is that in trying to make that text transparent, I deleted the Upper Color (HEX) and Lower Color (HEX) and it really screwed things up. I’ve copied the hex numbers back (from another blog) and the text is back but my image is gone. I’ve taken a look and the correct kubrickheader.jpg is still there but it’s no longer being shown. I even chose the classic theme for a bit, then reverted back, and still no luck.

So now, it’s a matter of 2) how do I get my image back, and 1) how do I make the text invisible?

What line? And how? I know html but not php, so I’m not sure what to put where.

Simon, you bring up some good points I hadn’t thought of. If you don’t mind my having your email address for some one on one help after I update in January, would you please email me off the forum? If you go to https://altadenabaptist.org/ and click on Contact Webmaster, that’s me. I’m guessing that putting my email directly here in the forum is not “the thing to do”, even though I’m all over the internet. If you aren’t comfortable doing that, just say so, and I’ll not take offense.

HOORAY!!! Thanks a bunch to all who helped. Of course the final proof of this exercise will be after the next post is sent via rssfwd, but since the ABC Messenger shows up on the title bar in my browser and does NOT show up over my header graphic, I will assume that it will work correctly now. I think I can now say this is resolved.

Hi Simon, I suspect that your cache hasn’t caught up with my posts since I’ve already changed the style.css but the display: none; is not hiding the title.

Well shoot. The only thing in the css with title is

h2.pagetitle {
	font-size: 1.6em;
	display: none;
	}

and as you see, I added the dsiplay: none; and uploaded it, and put the blog title in options, but as you can see
https://altadenabaptist.org/wordpress/
the display: none; is not working. What next?

I found something that sheds light on my problem.
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/149688?replies=4
I have no “blog title” for the same reason that microclesia mentions. moshu says to add display: none; and I know about that when using a .css file, but like davidjpio, I don’t know where to add it for WordPress. In the general options Blog Title field, do I put ABC Messenger display: none; all on that line or does the display: none; go someplace else? If so, where?

Also, what is the difference between wp-rss and wp-rss2? Do I need to change both?

SimonJ, thanks for telling me the name of the file I need to look at. Lines 16-26 show this:

<channel>
	<title><?php bloginfo_rss('name'); wp_title_rss(); ?></title>
	<link><?php bloginfo_rss('url') ?></link>
	<description><?php bloginfo_rss("description") ?></description>
	<pubDate><?php echo mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_lastpostmodified('GMT'), false); ?></pubDate>
	<generator>https://www.ads-software.com/?v=<?php bloginfo_rss('version'); ?></generator>
	<language><?php echo get_option('rss_language'); ?></language>
	<?php do_action('rss2_head'); ?>
	<?php while( have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<item>
		<title><?php the_title_rss() ?></title>

Where do I put [ABC Messenger] (what I want to show in the rssfwd)? In line 16 or 26 or both? If line 16, do I put it in place of name in that line? or the_title on line 26? Or what?

I didn’t know there was a place that had to have the title put in. It’s not in the instructions, or I would have done it before this.

BTW, I *have* upgraded one of the blogs and have the same problem. The others (including this one) I plan on upgrading after Jan 8th when I’m having surgery and will have some “chained to the computer” time to do it. Just no time until then. Thanks for the concern in this matter – I really do plan to upgrade, I’m not being lazy, just lack of time. One of the things that is forcing me to find time for this version is this paragraph re 2.7:

Last, but certainly not least, this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again. We heard how tired you were of doing upgrades for yourself and your friends, so now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click.

Before I worry about troubleshooting kmessinger’s mention of errors, I’ll fix the titles. Simon J said:

Replace the wordpress rss core file with a fresh one (from the version 2.3.1, as you use this version)

What would that file name be? I don’t know what to look for. I can see what you mean, but there is no folder called feed. In /wordpress/ I’ve looked at index.php, wp-feed.php, and wp-blog-header.php and don’t see the <title/>. I even used Dreamweaver’s search routine to look for <title/> in the entire /wordpress/ folder/subfolders and it checked over 400 files and didn’t find it. So what is the name of the file that has it? I know how to do titles and descriptions if I’m writing the code myself, but not with WordPress. Appreciate the help.

Yes, the feeds created by WP. One example of what I pasted in to rssfwd.com is https://altadenabaptist.org/wordpress/ – I don’t know what else there would be to paste. Is that wrong? I’ve just figured that there is some setting in WP that I’ve not got set since none of the three blogs give me anything in the [], but all the others I subscribe to do. Any ideas?