WP Voyager

Oh! That’s really cool.

Just be sure to update the WP Plugins repository page for MarketPress, because it still lists digital products as one of the “Pro” features offered in the full version.

That’s what was throwing me off, so just to give you a heads up…

But, anyway, I will definitely be checking out MarketPress. If it really works well, I will more than likely upgrade to the full version. It looks like a great plugin solution!

Hmm, thanks WPMU Dev. I’ll have to check out those plugins!

Just by looking quickly at the MarketPress plugin, it looks great. However, just as a nit-picking correction, you should have said the premium version of MarketPress will work out of the box…

See, my OP said I’m offering digital products. I would have to upgrade to the Premium version before having this option available.

Needless to say, I might actually go for that premium plugin, if it will meet my production needs. Like I said, I’ll have to check them out, and see if they make sense for this application.

Thanks for the suggestions!

@waif, thanks for your opinion. I was sadly figuring as much.

@esmi: Ha ha ha ha! I was actually thinking of you as one of the “professionals” I mentioned in the OP. Thanks for your thoughts. Yeah, that’s definitely the experience I’ve had with other visual design programs, and I wanted to see if anyone thought the same general things about Artisteer.

The only thing I’m still confused on is how to easily recreate the cool thing that Artisteer themes do with the menu system: They wrap the link <div> in three parts, so that there is a cap image, looping fill, and then an opposite cap.
I have never used Artisteer, only customised themes created with the program. I noticed this handy feature for styling the menu markup, but it appears to be a custom function. Also, the themes are not compatible with the new 3.x menu system.
So, my question really is: “How can I create the double-cap menu design without Artisteer?”

I’ll probably wind up creating a new thread if no one answers here…

Hmm, Internet security can be quite baffling at times ??

As for how this was allowed to happen, there are just brilliant hackers who delight in causing pain for the average website owner. There are steps you can take to protect your WordPress install from attacks (such as updating regularly, as security fixes become available), ranging from basic to complex.

These Codex articles ought to help you “harden” your WordPress, to avoid future successful hacking attempts:
Hardening WordPress
FAQ’s about Hacked Sites

Try these first, and if that doesn’t clear things up in your mind, try running a few Google searches. Googling never hurt anyone, and there is tons of information out there just waiting to be found!

How do I set up a gallery page using fancybox?

Simply stated: you don’t. That’s not what the Fancybox plugin was designed to do. All it does (according to the ReadMe) is display the jQuery effect when you click on a link to an image.

To create and manage galleries, you should use a gallery plugin, such as the effective and very popular NextGEN Gallery. These two plugins (NextGEN and Fancybox) work together, the first to create your gallery and the second to display the pictures in style.

Note: in order for the image behavior to work correctly, you will have to change some Options in the “Effects” section. Specifically, set the dropdown menu to “None”, so that Fancy box will be free to act on the image links.

Hope this helps!

Elly,

I’m not sure I have actually ‘installed WP on my server’ – or do I have to have done?

If you have WordPress up and running on your site, then yes, you have WordPress installed. That should not be an issue.

I would recommend checking out the help documentation at your Web Hosting company’s website, specifically looking for information about FTP access to your account.

You might also want to look at these links right here on WP.org:
FTP in Glossary
FTP Clients

Once you get into your Server with FTP, it should be simple!

Thanks again.

Can’t wait!

Hey, thanks ClaytonJames!

Duh! I guess I should have checked right at the source…
Oh well, live and learn.

Thanks for the pointer.

BTW, I forgot to say that I had been using a Free Trial version of MAMP Pro to do the configuration, but when the trial expired, I messed everything up trying to make some changes manually.

Try looking at this Codex Article: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website

It seems that calling your WordPress header would require a require statement (or comparable). Check out the Article for details.

Also, search the forum with a query similar to this: https://www.ads-software.com/search/integrate+website?documentation=1&forums=1 There are so many people that want to integrate WordPress into existing static or dynamic websites. There has got to be some helpful information somewhere!

@mziuri: If you are having trouble, a good place to look is the Codex Article, Using the Support Forums

It has much information to help you ask a good question. The key to getting a question answered is to ask in the right manner. Look at the article to see what I mean.

First of all, these forums are specific to www.ads-software.com (which is a site for a free download of the WordPress program, designed for use in a self-hosted application), as opposed to wordpress.COM (which is a site that offers free hosting of simple blogs).

As for WordPress, meaning the program itself, I would rate it at a 5.

There is great usability, meaning that anyone from consumer bloggers to professional web developers. It has enough functionality out of the box, but also allows extensive modification and customization. The Plugin API is very versatile, allowing for thousands of unique add-ons. The theme system is excellent, allowing all the internal capabilities of WordPress to be called from an XHTML/CSS framework of almost any (standards compliant) design.

But… This is not to say that there is no learning curve. Many people want to buzz in here, pick up the program, and use it like a pro with little or no intention to put effort into learning about the package. What you get out of WordPress depends on how much you are willing to put in.

Also, WordPress might not be for everyone. WordPress started out as a blogging software, and that is its default application. With tweaking, it can shine as an excellent CMS for “traditional” style websites. But, if your goal is to create the next eBay, Amazon, or YouTube, you will be looking at another platform.
(A side note: those big sites that I mentioned were not built on a distributed CMS. They were custom-built, and continue to be improved and revised by a huge team of expert, professional developers. So… WordPress will get you farther on a miniscule budget than hiring all that expensive help ?? Wanted to make that clear.)

So, there you have it. I consider WordPress to be a top-rate Blog CMS/Traditional CMS with helpful features and a great user community. WordPress has the awards to prove it too!

Sorry about the long reading, nothing less seemed to do WP justice.

–MindBlender 3D

Yeah, I was just wondering about the ethical implications of all this.

Well, another idea to minimize the space taken up by the tags is to have a “tag compartment” that can open and close using jQuery (or simpler javascript). You could set up the code to hide the tags by default, but let the user click on a disclosure button to display them.

Using this method, the tags would still be on your page (allowing you to reap the SEO benefits), not taking up all the room (giving you space benefits), and it would still be possible for users to view them (minimizing the appearance of “sketchiness”).

As for the exact code, there are a few themes that do this internally (Ahimsa comes to mind, and I’m sure there are others), so you might be able to figure out the code there. Also, if you don’t want to hard-code it, there is a plugin that might work for this purpose: Collapsing Objects.
Note: I have not tested this plugin, so I am not guaranteeing its results.

All of that information should help make your tags more ethical ??

–MindBlender 3D

P.S. @jonathanstegall: Are you sure that invisible tags are frowned upon like that? What about the META keyword tags of yore? Weren’t they invisible also? Or is that the reason Search Engines are moving away from them? Not saying that you’re wrong (actually, I kind of agree about the whole “invisible object” thing. It certainly might appear sketchy), but I would like to see your source on this. Thanks.

Ah, yes you are correct. The “space” will still be there even when the object is invisible.

I’m sure that the font size will work for the most part, though some browsers allow the user to specify minimum font size. If this option were set, it might force the text to be bigger.

This is something I don’t know! ??
Anyone know whether the browser forcing font-size will be an issue?

I would like to hide the hmtl message insted of delete it. Do you know the code for hide it?

To hide the code, comment it out. To do this, put an opening <!-- and a closing --!> around the parts that you want to remove.

In your case, it would look something like this:

<!-- <p><span><?php _e('You may use these <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> tags and attributes:', 'your-theme') ?></span> <?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></p> --!>

See if that works,
MindBlender 3D