visual mechanics

the other point of detail…the background image is embedded via a nav.php file and visible from having this tag in my header:

the original nav file is here
https://www.spudbrooklyn.com/nav.html

thanks for the reply,

stuck on the width value for the nav tag. 100% does not cover the entire width of the browser. if i set that to a number like 720px it only goes to that. if i set it to a higher number beyond the width of the browser window a scroll bar loads for left right scrolling.

.nav {
width: 1000px;
background-repeat:repeat-x;
margin: 0px 0px 0px -100px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-align: left; /* for IE */
font-size: 12px;
padding: 0px;
padding-left: 0px;
}

stuck.

would like to avoid that effect. Ideally I would like to fulfill a function to simply have the content of the blog scroll independently of the other navigational assets, sidebar etc, so when a user is reading through a blog they don’t have to page up or scroll all the way back to the top to conduct a search or navigate to another category,etc.

i know the css tag but have not had any success fixing these assets so only the content scrolls. is there something else that needs to be addressed so this function works?

one correction about the footer. I pasted it into the page.php file. adjusted the css and it aligns. before it was giving me a complete headache.

that aside how can I resolve the admin login link issue?

I don’t understand why you are not seeing the footer. The tag is in the index.php file in my theme. When you click on an entry the footer shows up but it is not aligned and i cannot find the reason why it is not aligned with the left margin of the sidebar.

in my sidebar.php file this tag is present

<div>
<?php wp_loginout() ?>
</div>

more important is the admin login link. why would it all of a sudden disappear?

thanks,
rob

the only change was upgrading wordpress from 2.8.4 to 2.9

type-o ooops pardon that…
https://www.morganfineartsbldg.com/class

thanks,
rob

Initially I tried that but it when previewed the main background would not load and on another attempt the entire page went blank. Then I tried including the nav.php and it worked minus the background and roll over image.

https://www.spudbrooklyn.com/news

nav.php:
https://www.spudbrooklyn.com/news/wp-content/themes/simplr/nav.php

confused where to put the <?php include(“nav.php”); ?> tag in the header.php file because there is a ton of code and I don’t understand what their specific functions point to or affect.

is the header div where i want put the include tag to swap in the navigation to replace the header or banner image at the top of the the blog page:
<div id=”header”>
<h1 id=”blog-title”>/” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’) ?>”><?php bloginfo(‘name’) ?></h1>
<div id=”blog-description”><?php bloginfo(‘description’) ?></div>
</div><!– #header –>

What if the file is an html file?

Not sure how to do that. So I should make a file called “navfile.php” and place it in my theme folder so the header can easily source that and it will show up in place of the static header i have now??

I see the changes however the footer is not following suit. I tried applying the same to the #footer tag to no avail.

wow, you rule! thanks so much for taking the time to help.

i am going to look up the differences between the .body tag and body tag.

again, THANKS!

I inserted this in the body tag and it previews a fixed image in the background but for some reason the container is being stubborn.

background: url(images/bg_main.gif);
background-color: none;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;

It is sitting nicely behind the container. if you scroll slowly you will see the content scrolling over a fixed image.