TheOneAndOnly

The sidebar thing:

Okay, INDEX.PHP does have part of the sidebar in it. Apparently, the default categories and search fields. I was able to insert ads there– and that’s good. THANK. HOWEVER, I made some custom links/catagories in the same sidebar, and they do NOT appear in the index.php. I’m guessing they’re in something called LINKS.whatever. True?

I said ‘bless u’ B4B for your fast response. I only now had the time to discover that… well… I don’t think that’s the right page. I couldn’t find what I’m looking for, and someone added the word categories was changeable: but I couldn’t find it– and I do know how to do that…?

Bless u!

Actually– pingbacks aside– Safari has issues. It’s a great browser until you start posting in WP or PHP. Download this–

https://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

— until Apple fixes Safari.

(Yay– I answered a question!)

Thanks man. Concerning previous posted answers, I just want to make it clear that at least this newbie is trying to find answers before posting, since it saves time for both of us. I did search, but I must have not found the key word to make the search fruitful.

Sorry.

THINKING OUT LOUD: Not that I don’t want people using WP, but I think it’s kind of weak as forum software the way this site uses it. Pride aside, PHP boards would offer a better method of storing and finding stuff– since discussions could be split between WP versions and subheading categories almost endless.

Still, I appreciate this place very much for what it offers, and endeavor to offer support once I know enough. That will be a while still unfortunately.

Anyhow, thanks again.

I looked in that file and didn’t find the words COMMENTS OFF, which is what I’m seeing. It’s in a grey bar below each post. If comments were on, this is the same bar that would tabulate comments numerically.

Thanks Moose–

1.2.2

Thank you MacManX. I re-read my post and saw what you meant. LOL! I only meant that my post was succinct if you ignored my stating so. Web humor: difficult concept.

??

I got no response. Does this mean I can’t turn off comments and pings by default?

Thanks all– wow you’re fast! LOL!

Figured out the color part. Just change the value in the wp-layout.css. But to insert an image for the border, like in this very forum…? Hmm…

Sorry– to be clear, I either want to change the color or insert a pattern of some sort.

That was it! Awesomeness! Weird location for answer, but hey, I’ll TAKE it.

Okay, I just discovered one must post FROM a catagory in order for it to be seen in the catagory list.

:blush:

Sorry y’all. The tagline still isn’t there, but I’ll be honest: I don’t really want it– so nobody break a sweat.

Did I say this WP stuff appears most awesome yet?

(There– I said it!)

THANKS ALL. Problem resolved, but kinda sorta in a weird way. Again, I’m using iPowerWeb, and so I went to their online help for some help. It’s like AIMing your host. Anyway, they said I had the password wrong. IMPOSSIBLE I said, since between two install attempts the password was the only constant. Still, she insisted it was wrong. She said my password wasn’t ‘associated’ with my username. This tells me I misunderstood their software they call v-deck. So although everything looked okay from our point of view, she had an insider point of view which indicated things were not as they appeared. I’m too wiped to get the full explanation, but next time I set up a username/password, I’ll pay closer attention.

Sorry to drive any of you half as crazy as I’ve been!

LOL