phillsmith

If you would look at the following screen shot of my dashboard taken today:

https://www.furheavenssake.org/dashboard.jpg

You will plainly see the link to

Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 8/25

in “Other word press news” which takes you to

https://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2011/08/25/wordpress-theme-releases-for-825/

Are you telling me that this is not a commercial site being endorsed with links right in my wordpress dashboard?

The wordpress dashboard is not a part of wordpress?

The false widgets are just that. Html hard coded code in footer to look just like widgets in the demo when there are actually no dynamic side bars present in the footer.php from the several templates I downloaded.

A reasonable person viewing the demo before buying is led to believe there are actually widgets there that are controllable from wp-admin when really there are not.

I was able to remedy this by creating the dynamic sidebars myself. But since your average wp user is not a programmer this would be a problem for most.

For anyone having the same issue here is directions how to create the dynamic sidebars.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar

Cheers,

There is a commercial page for themes on the wordpress site.

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/themes/commercial/

However I do not see templatesold there even though this page was listed in a search for templatesold.

I dont know how else I could have found them because when I do a google search for wordpress templates or wordpress themes they are not even on the map.

Hi emsi, I think I was directed to a theme company in my dashboard the day I installed the wordpress app.. May be I might be mistaken. If so, I apologise.

However I do have issues personal with anyone who employs false advertising tactics such as the false widgets in the footers.

Cheers,

I had the same problem with version 3.3 but was able to fix it by replacing it with

https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/yet-another-related-posts-plugin.3.2.1b2.zip

You may find code for the slideshow usually in the header.php file but sometimes it is in page.php

If it is a javascript slideshow there should be an html unordered list with image tags. Not all slideshow scripts are the same. In the case of flash slideshows the image paths may be stored in object params or even an xml file.

Try to determine which slideshow is used and go to their site for info.

Often if the slideshow is a plugin then there is a section under settings where image and path data may be easily entered.

Most likely it is categories.php and search.php where excerpts are shown.

Single.php should show the whole post.

Most themes I have seen require you to edit header.php or footer.php to change the header or footer code.

This can be done through wp admin -> appearance -> editor.

Then select the file needing editing.

one option is to create a widget area and then place the text widget for adding html code.

This is done by adding a dynamic sidebar to the php file where you want the widgets to go. See the link below for instructions how to…

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar

HI Christina, I could not log into your admin.

This sounds like a problem I have had with the buggy template sold templates I downloaded.

In my case the first issue was caused by the yet another related posts plugin which has bugs in its lastest release. When you deactivate it, it just terminates at the point of the page it was installed and nothing past it is printed including comments or footer. The theme builder did not bother to test for the presence or activation of this plug in before adding the code to call it. I fixed this by downloading and installing the previous version and activating it.

Next issue: all the footer widgets on all templatesold themes I have encountered are phony. That is they are hard coded html for the appearance of widgets in the demo but are not true dynamic sidebars that can be controlled in the appearance -> widgets section of wp admin.

If you are feeling ambitious, are comfortable with coding and have the time this may be fixed.

See:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar

The comments must be enabled in discussion settings if they are not working.

Then you may need to click the discussion box in “screen options” at the post page to allow for comments.

once this is done go to the discussion settings for the post and allow comments.

Good Luck.