souleye

https://xhibitswebdesign.com/heather/?page_id=118
this is the test page. not the live page.

emil

hope that you had a nice holiday. your theme is wonderful and I finished and delivered the project but there’s still an aspect bedeviling me. I know I can always summarize content manually but there’s a more elegant way. I tried everything, it didn’t work.
1. I used the blog summary template.
2. I checked the index.php but couldn’t find any reference to <?php the_content(__(‘Read more ?’, ‘responsive’)); ?>
3. I checked page.php and found that line, which I replaced with <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
4. I checked blog-excerpt.php and it does call <?php the_excerpt(); ?> function.
I wasn’t successful in any of those attempts.
when I check your demo pages, everything works like a charm. I know you’re not a magician. you’re programmer.
any assistance will be appreciated. thanks.

I take your advice. been procrastinating on that. with hindsight, it costs me money and in one instance cost me a client. she wasn’t patient enough to wait for me to turn a horizontal menu into a vertical one! thanks again and have an enjoyable weekend.

yes, then I added 20 px because I didn’t like how the two areas were abutting. seriously before firebug, i need to study css more seriously. it takes me too much time to try something, save, upload, check on the site. repeat.

this is what was bugging me. I commented that out but didn’t see any difference. maybe needed to refresh. also when I looked at the space, visually it looked way more than 80px. that’s why I kept looking. I’ll install firebug soon. thanks for the recommendation.

thanks for your feedback. I’m not using firebug (yet). I need to install it with other utilities. I moved a few things around but I keep track of things. I’m not sure this theme is well designed. it was a low budget project. after I realized the theme was not quite right, I had already spent quite a few hours on it. the site is https://www.delcleaners.com

thank you emil. I had thought of that, though I wasn’t sure which file I should modify. then I thought it was a surgical operation hoping there was a less drastic operation. all I need is to get the blog posts to display summaries. not full content. you’ve been very helpful and your theme rocks. I will contact you later to see how much you would charge if I wanted a theme based on a photoshop design. happy thanksgiving!

we’re not looking at the same page. now I’m beginning to see that it works when you create the empty page but when you make it the default page for blogs in the reading settings, it stops working. check this url to see what I’m talking about:
https://xhibitswebdesign.com/heather/?page_id=118

this is what I was noticing. when I created the new page and assigned it to ‘blog summary’ it worked. but when I added the posts: the original one and the test post filled with lorem, it’s not working anymore. that caused me a lot of head scratching. any assistance in this matter will indeed be much welcome. thanks.

https://xhibitswebdesign.com/heather/?page_id=23
it’s a test site. if you need login info so you may take a look at it please let me know. thank you.
souleye

I think the paypal code is correct. it’s working perfect on another site. I believe the cause should be on what comes before:
if(!dynamic_sidebar(‘primary-widget-area’)) : ?>
I’ve never been able to understand what that means

I’m talking to the theme developer, he’s telling me that I’m using the default template and there is a full width template for static pages. he agreed to take a look at my page. I’ll keep you posted. many thanks.

I set the max width. I copied it and pasted it on the code. no success. I’m gonna consider the alternative. thanks.

the only reason is that I invested so much time customizing it to client’s desires and project’s due soon. it’s only now that I’m realizing it. if it’s simpler to fix this than start from scratch, I’d rather give it a go. but I understand what you’re saying though. next time, I’ll check for discrepancies before I start. thanks.

I did a screenshot of what I’m talking about. you can see it here:
https://xhibitswebdesign.com/techno/techno.jpg
there’s too much scrolling to an empty space. I like the window to be limited to just the page. when I look at the css, I’d think that by adjusting the container, everything will be alright, no! take a look:
#container, .wrap {
width: 100%;*
margin: 30px auto;
padding: 0;
max-width: 1060px; /* remove or edit to adjust width */
min-width: 1060px; /* remove or edit to adjust width */
background:#20384C;
background-image:url(library/images/bg-page.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center top;
}