smoo

You need to change permissions on your /wp-content/ folder;
Using ftp, locate that folder, right click it and choose ‘properties’.
It will probably be set to 755 already, but you need to change it to 777.
This allows wordpress to add new files to it.

Thank you for your time, I will give it a go.

Hi again,
and yes;
I just added wp_ to the beginning of what I already have, so it looks like this:
<?php wp_get_archives('postbypost','10','custom','<li>','</li>'); ?>

And the result looks like this:

News & What’s On
* May 2009
* April 2009

Archives
* May 2009
* April 2009

-where ‘News & What’s On’ used to list the latest ten post titles..

Thanks so much for trying to help!

Awww.. Thanks WordPress :o)

However I *am* using postbypost..

This is the code I’m using (in a site I made last year):

<ul>
<?php get_archives('postbypost','10','custom','<li>','</li>'); ?>
</ul>

Which returns a list of the latest 10 post titles.

But adding a wp_ to the beginning of ‘get_archives’ in this line returns exactly the same thing as

<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>

(which is what I have underneath the first code in my sidebar).

The result is 2 lists of monthly archives, and no titles..
Am I just using it wrong?
Thanks again for any help..

I have looked extensively at the source code, and despite being a competent html-er who can hack simple php code, this is somewhat daunting.

However, it must be possible..

If anyone could at least point me in the right direction I would be very grateful!

I too would like to move this link to below the thumbnails, -is this possible?

@charliechalk:
I downloaded the previous version of the plugin from here:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/download/

(BTW, you aren’t a certain CharlieChalk who I met at Burning Man a couple of years ago are you? Also a fabulous Flickr contributor?!)

You will need to edit index.php in your chosen theme folder;

You’re using a theme called ‘simplish, so you’ll find it in
/wp-content/themes/simplish/index.php

Look for the line that says:
‘<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>’

and add your custom html before it.
You apparently have some google ads there too, not sure how they are inserted, but just above the line above should appear after the ads and before the blog content.

I have deleted the whole plugin and installed an earlier version, which seems to have done the trick.
Can’t believe I’m the only one who doesn’t want those thumbnails there tho..
Ho hum.

Hi leighring,
did you have any luck editing this?
I would like to put the next/previous buttons above the image, rather than below (and also change the text to ‘of’ if possible!) but can’t find where to do it..
-smoo

Ok, apparently I am referring to ‘thickbox’,
is there a way to style this so that the thumbnails don’t appear on the left of the image you’ve clicked on?

Hi bacollier,
and no.. I didn’t ever find a solution.
I imagine something could be done with the source code that says:
“if this url is the same as the current page url,
then
apply x class to the anchor tag”

but I’m not savvy enough to hack the php.
I guess it would also interfere with future wordpress updates if you did, so probably not a good idea unless you know what you’re doing..

How hard can it be tho?!
-smoo

Thank you Kalessin!
I’ve been trying for 2 days to find out how to make this work like this.
I am now a very happy bunny!

Thank you for replying.

However, I only need to highlight the current post, like current_page_item does for wp pages.
Is there any other way of identifying the current post?
-sam

Gottit, sorry.
<?php wp_list_pages(‘child_of=n’); ?>
Brilliant.