williamgarner

Cool. Thanks much!

WordPress.com stats I got from JetPac.

Thank you, Esmi. How might I do this? I wouldn’t know where to begin.

Dean

Thank you, Esmi. . . .

Hi,

I was able to fix the problem, but there now appears to be another one: I seem to be limited to the number of words I can post to an article. Yesterday, I was able to post a 2251-word article with a photograph and a Flash video. Today, though, I had to delete the photograph. Something “happened” to my code in CSS, methinks. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Dean

Hello, Skipper:

I’m using the Magazine Basic theme by Chris Bavota. I’ve searched high and low for ANYTHING that will allow me to change my EXCERPT settings.

Dunno what UWC means in this code.

Thank you,

Will

Thank you for your reply. It didn’t work. Here’s my Index.php file. Any ideas from here?

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php
$options = get_option(“widget_sideFeature”);
$posts = get_option(‘uwc_number_posts’);
if (is_active_widget(‘widget_myFeature’)) {
$category = “showposts=”.$posts.”&cat=-“.$options[‘category’];
} else {
$category = “showposts=”.$posts;
} $x = 1;
?>

<?php query_posts($category); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if($x == 1) { ?>
<div class=”post”>
<h5>Latest Story</h5>
<h1>“><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_one’));
}
?>
</div>

<?php $x++; ?>
<?php } elseif($x >= 2 && $x < 4) { ?>
<?php if($x == 2) { $i=1; ?></div><div id=”twocol”><?php } ?>
<div class=”twopost twopost<?php echo $i; $i++; ?>”>
<h1>“><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_two’));
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php $x++; ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if($x == 4) { $i=1; ?></div><hr class=”mainhr” /><div id=”threecol”><div id=”threecol2″><?php } ?>
<div class=”threepost threepost<?php if($i==7) { $i = 4; } echo $i; $i++; ?>”>
<h2>“><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”meta”>
By <?php the_author() ?>
</div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php if(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_content’) == ‘content’) {
theme_content(‘(more)’);
} else {
getImage(‘1’);
theme_excerpt(get_option(‘uwc_excerpt_three’));
}
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php $x++; } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if($x>4) { echo “</div>”; } ?>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thank you very much for this. You’ve changed the look of my site a lot and I appreciate your taking the time to assist!

Dean

as you can see, the code for the menu bar starts with #navigation. My image file for the bar is a 1 pixel x 34 pixel file called bottomlinepurple.png, which repeats to form a solid line.

Hi, Daniel:

Here’s the code I used to get that bottom purple menu bar under the header logo. I’ve included some of the code above and below the pertinent code from the style.css file, so you can easily find it.

#title {
font-size: 52px;
margin: 20px 0 0;
padding: 0;
line-height: 34px;
}

#title a {
color: #6332A1;
}

#title a:hover {
color: #FF0000;
text-decoration: none;
}

#description {
font-size: 36px; color: #9B8BC1;
margin: 10px 0 15px;
padding: 0;
}

#navigation {
background: url(images/bottomlinepurple.png) repeat-x;
clear: left;
float: left;
width: 100%;
height: 25px;
}

ul.menu * {
margin:0;
padding:0
}

ul.menu ul {position:absolute; top:25px; left:0; background:#E6FFD1; display:none; opacity:0; list-style:none;}
ul.menu ul li {position:relative; border:1px solid #aaa; width:159px; margin:0}
ul.menu ul li a {display:block; padding:5px 7px 5px 12px; color: #5D5DA6; background-color:#E6FFD1; border-right: 0; font-size: 12px; }
ul.menu ul li a:hover {background-color:#E0D3FF}
ul.menu ul ul {left:159px; top:-1px}

Hi, Daniel:

The bars are actually gone now, but I can recall what I did: those gradient-purples are actually two different files, one for the top in which the gradient goes dark to light starting from top, and the bottom one under my logo. I created a 1 x 34 pixel file and colored it the way I wanted (purple gradient), then uploaded it to the images folder of my theme. CSS code in the style.css file forces this 1-pixel wide file to repeat on the x-axis, so it flows all the way across the screen.

Make sense? All you do is replace the existing file for that image that is turned into a bar that traverses the page. I’ll write more about the exact steps, but must write a report for now. . . .

Will

I’ll answer this when i get back in town later today. . . .

Hi, Daniel:

Grrreat blog! Lotsa energy and passion behind it. I’m proud!

Let’s see . . . what did I do to get me header up there? Hmmm . . . oh, I uploaded the header image I wanted, which was about 240 high x 1020 pixels wide, saved as good jpg . . . sent that image to the Magazine Basic theme’s UPLOAD folder, not the Images folder! I had to play around with it ’til I found the right place to put it. Anyway, just saved you ten minutes. : )

About the code: you only need to remove your Description, if you choose, so it doesn’t interfere with the logo image.

Lemme know how it goes: [email protected]

Will

Oh, I see you’re interested also in the header’s menu bar colors, yes? Those gradient-purples are actually two different files, one for the top in which the gradient goes dark to light starting from top, and the bottom one under my logo. I created a 1 x 34 pixel file and colored it the way I wanted (purple gradient), then uploaded it to the images folder of my theme. CSS code in the style.css file forces this 1-pixel wide file to repeat on the x-axis, so it flows all the way across the screen.

If so, I used the theme Magazine Basic, which allows for a three-column layout plus ability to place my own logo in the header in place of any WordPress text. If you need further info, lemme know. Magazine Basic can be found here:
https://bavotasan.com/wordpress/free-wordpress-themes/magazine-basic-free-wordpress-theme/