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I didn’t see the code in the browser, but Firefox would ask what to do with post.php, execute-pings.php or whatever. Seems I have cleaned my downloads folder since the last time I downloaded one instead of cancelling, so I can’t say how much, if any, of the code was in those files.

I looked at AN hosting, and they seem to have Cpanel, a tool that allows such things to be handled through the browser. That means you don’t need do bother with ftp-servers or clients (even though knowing that makes life easier).

One of the functions is the file manager, that allows you to upload files to your site (like wordpress themes).

When you signed up you probably got information on how to access the Cpanel. Look that up, then see if you can browse your way to the /wp-content/themes folder where the theme files are supposed to go. Should be pretty self-explanatory, not that different from moving files around on your PC. ??

I can agree on the boxiness. My main concern was to give both the main content and the sideblog room while still keeping them separated. At first I tried background colors, but couldn’t find anything that felt right at the moment. How about keeping it as it is, but softening it a bit with rounded corners?

I grabbed the latest version off the svn and that took care of the problem. Should have though of that first. ??

Don’t know what you tried, but to elaborate the css change I suggested… in your stylesheet you have the following:

.story .details{
margin:1em 0;
text-align:right;
border-top:1px solid #333;
padding:0.5em 0;
font-size:0.95em;
color:#666;
}

With the suggestied line added it would be:

.story .details{
margin:1em 0;
text-align:right;
border-top:1px solid #333;
padding:0.5em 0;
font-size:0.95em;
color:#666;
clear: both;
}

That should put the meta beneath the image.

The solution at boing boing seems to be to manually insert <br clear=”all”> at the end of the post. Maybe a bit crude, but I guess that works too. ??

try adding clear: both; (or left/right if you only align images to either side) to the .details class in your stylesheet.

In some cases it can mess up the layout completely, depending on if and how other elements above are floated, but it’s worth a try.

I’ve thought of that problem before, and for some reason never thought of clearing the floats after the text. But it shouldn’t be necessary to add empty divs like that. In most cases it should work by adding the “clear” attribute to the element that follows the post body (permalink, author name, category… whatever comes first) in the stylesheet.

An easy way to see what your tables are named, without ftp or outside admin-panels, is to simply go to Manage/Backup in your WordPress administation, where you will see a list of the wordpress tables.
The default prefix is “wp_”.

Presentation>Theme editor. Usually in the header. ??

I found givememyremote.com in your profile, and the problem seems to be that an ad served from ad.yieldmanager.com won’t load, and that prevents the browser to render the content that follows it.

There’s ways to prevent that from happening (other than simply removing the ad), but I leave that to someone better at code (and less tired) than me.

I wasn’t clear either, I guess. ?? When you edit in Manage/Categories you can change the slug for each category to something other than the auto-sanitized slugs. Seems to work with a-z, 0-9 and dashes for separation. For my “Entertainment & Culture” category I have changed it to display /category/entertainment-and-culture instead of the standard /category/entertainment-culture/.

%category% is the only option for categories in permalinks, but you could change what it displays by manually changing the category slug to something you think works better (using the allowed characters)

I slipped on the keys and accidentally tried to log onto AdSense with the username “a” once, and the captcha I got at the next login attempt had an audio option. So there are ways to ensure that visually-impaired people can pass the test.

When it comes to the numbers I agree that it’s probably a scheme to track blogs where the spammers have been white-listed. There are other examples, with messages like “I can buy this house for $483902, do you know if this a good time to invest?”.

I think I have to say that Widgets is the best thing that has ever happened in the area of WordPress customization since I started using it. All it takes is a theme that supports it (or a not that tricky modification to your current one), and even moms will be able to change the items on the sidebar.

I was planning to use this GD Font Renderer script once. Maybe it is of some help to you.

I think you should get it working if you install the script according to sintructions and put <img src="font.php?text=<?php the_title(); ?>&style=Title" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /> instead of just <?php the_title(); ?> for the headline link. But my php skills don’t go very far beyond copy/paste, so I can’t promise anything. ??