zombiecyborg

thanks for the response, i figured it out.

thanks for the response, i figured it out.

thanks for the response, i figured it out.

this is the index.php, I can’t figure out whats going on. Is $layout found elsewhere?

<?php get_header(); ?>

		<div id="centercol" class="grid_10">

		<?php if (get_option('woo_show_blog') == false) { ?>

		<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/featured.php'); ?>

		<?php

            $layout = get_option('woo_layout');

            include('layouts/'.$layout);

        ?>

        <?php } else { include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/stdblog.php'); } ?>

		</div><!--/centercol-->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

here is the main code that comes up in edit themes ( Someone said to try setting the custom layout options in the theme, my closest guess to what that means is this )

/*=== Setup ===*/
*{
	border: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body{
	background: #ebe9e1 url(images/bgr.jpg) repeat-x top;
	color: #555555;
	font: 12px Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,Sans-Serif;
}
a{
	color: #e8a02c;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
}
input,select,textarea{
	border: #cacaca 1px solid;
	font-size: 12px;
	padding: 5px;
}
select{
	padding: 0;
}
li{
	list-style: none;
}

/*=== Layout ===*/

#top{
	clear: both;
	height: 23px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 7px 0 0 0;
	font-size:11px;
}

/*========= TOP NAVIGATION =========*/

/*- Nav1 -*/
.nav1{
	float: left;
}
.nav1 li{
	float: left;
}
.nav1 li a{
	color: #a0a09b;
}
.nav1 li a{
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	float:left;
}
.nav1 li.active a, .nav1 li a:hover, .nav1 li.current_page_item a {
	color: #e8a02c;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.nav1  { list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
.nav1 li { padding: 0px; margin: 0px 20px 0 0; display: inline; line-height: 14px; }

/*- Subscribe -*/
.subscribe{	color: #a0a09b; float:right;}
.subscribe a { color: #e8a02c; }
.subscribe a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }

/*=== Top Menu ===*/
#topmenu{
	position:relative;
	height: 33px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}
#topmenu li{
	border-left: 1px solid #dedbd1;
	float: left;
	line-height: 33px;
}
#topmenu li a{
	color: #333333;
	display: block;
	margin: 0 1px 0 0;
	padding: 0 15px;
}
#topmenu li a:hover,#topmenu li.active a{
	color: #ff7800;
	text-decoration: none;
}

/*- Nav / Dropdowns-*/
#nav, #nav ul{
	padding: 0;
	float:left;
	list-style: none;
}
#nav {
	padding: 0;
}
#nav a {
	display: block;
}
#nav li {
	float: left;
	line-height:33px;
}
#nav li a:hover {
	background: none;
}
#nav li ul {
	position: absolute;
	width: 15em;
	left: -999em;
	padding-top:1px;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {
	left: auto;
	z-index:1000;
}
#nav li ul li {
    background: #FFFFFF url(images/bgr-box-trans.png) repeat-x top;
	border-bottom:1px solid #dedbd1;
	border-left:1px solid #dedbd1;
	border-right:1px solid #dedbd1;
	line-height:28px;
	width:15em;
}
#nav li:hover, #nav li.hover {
    position: static;
}
#nav li ul ul {
	margin: -29px 0 0 15em;
}
#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul {
	left: -999em;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul {
	left: auto;
}
#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li:hover ul ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
	left: -999em;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul, #nav li li li.sfhover ul {
	left: auto;
} 

/*==============  HEADER  ===================*/
#header{
	height: 109px;
}
#header .spacer{
	color: #a0a09b;
	float: right;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 37px 0px 0 0;
	text-align: right;
}
#header .spacer p{
	clear: both;
}
/*- Logo -*/
#header h1{
 	margin-top:15px;
	background: url(images/logo-trans.png) no-repeat;
	float: left;
	text-indent: -9999px
}
#header h1 a{
	display: block;
	height: 80px;
	width: 520px;
}
#header h1 a:hover{
	text-decoration: none;
}

/*- RSS -*/
#rss{
	position:absolute;
	top:-10px;
	right:0px;
	height: 38px;
	width: 39px;
	display: inline;
	float:right;
}
/*- Search -*/
#search{
	background: url(images/bgr-search.gif) no-repeat;
	height: 32px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}
#search input{
	background: transparent;
	border: 0;
	color: #a3a192;
	float: left;
	font-size: 12px;
	margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
	width: 178px;
	padding:2px;
}
#search .btn{
	margin: 7px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	width: auto;
}

/*=== typography ===*/
h2{
	color: #000000;
	font: 18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin: 0 0 5px;
}
h2 a{
	color: #000000;
}
h3, h4, h5{
	color: #363636;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 0 0 5px;
}
#columns h3{
	font-weight: bold;
}
#sidebar h3{
	background:#ebe9e1;
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#363636;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:5px 8px;
	display: block;
	margin: 0 0 7px 0;
	text-align: left;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
	height:16px;
}
#centercol h3 {
	background: #f5f4f0;
	margin: 0 0 15px 0px;
	padding:10px 18px 5px 18px;
	border:1px solid #dedbd1;
	color:#363636;
	text-align: left;
	height:20px;
	font-size:14px;
}
.featuredpost h2 { font-size:30px; }

/*- SideTabs -*/
.idTabs{
	font-size: 12px;
	float:left;
	margin: 0 0 8px 0;
}
.idTabs li{
	float:left;
}
.idTabs li a{
	background:#ffffff;
	color:#363636;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:5px 8px;
	display: block;
	margin: 0 7px 0 0;
	text-align: left;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
}
.idTabs li.last a{
	margin: 0
}
.idTabs li a:hover,
.idTabs .selected{
	background:#ebe9e1;
	text-decoration: none
}

/*=== Post ===*/

.date-comments{
	border-bottom: 1px solid #cacaca;
	color: #999999;
	font-size: 11px;
	height: 30px;
	line-height: 25px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}
.date-comments a { 	color: #999999; }

#centercol .date-comments p{
	line-height: 25px;
}
span.comments{
	background: url(images/ico-comments.gif) no-repeat left;
	padding: 0 0 0 20px;
}
span.continue{
	background: url(images/ico-continue-trans.png) no-repeat left;
	padding: 1px 0 1px 20px;
	line-height:20px;
}
span.continue-archives{
	background: url(images/ico-arrow-trans.png) no-repeat right center;
	padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}
span.continue-archives-alt{
	background: url(images/ico-arrow-trans-left.png) no-repeat left center;
	padding: 0px 0 0px 15px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}
span.continue-archives a, span.continue-archives-alt a {
	color:#777777;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:14px;
}
a.more{
	background: url(images/ico-arrow-trans.png) no-repeat left;
	color: #777777;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 0px 0 0 15px;
}

/*=== Styling Boxes ===*/

/*- Box (main column boxes) -*/
.box, .widget{
	background: #FFFFFF url(images/bgr-box-trans.png) repeat-x top left;
	border:1px solid #dedbd1;
	margin: 0 0 15px 0px;
	padding:18px;
}
.box img {
	border: 1px solid #999999;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.box p{
	line-height: 18px;
	padding: 0 0 10px;
}
.widget { padding:15px; }

/*- Box2 (sidebar boxes) -*/
.box2{
	background: #f5f4f0 url(images/bgr-box-trans.png) repeat-x top left;
	margin: 0 0 15px 0px;
	padding:18px;
	border:1px solid #dedbd1;
}
.box2 .nav1{
	float: none;
	padding: 0 0 0 0px;
}
.box2 .spacer.white{
	background: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
	clear: both;
	margin: 0px;
}
.box2 .flickr_badge_image img{
	float:left;
	background: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
	margin: 4px 9px 4px 0px;
	padding: 7px;
}
.box2 .flickr_badge_image img:hover{
	background: #ebe9e1;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
}
/*- Ads -*/
.ads{
	height: 125px;
	margin: 0;
	padding:10px 15px;
}
.ads img{
	float: left;
	margin: 0 7px 0px 0px;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
}
.ads img.last{
	margin: 0;
	float:right;
}
#mpu_banner {
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
}	

/*=== Styling Lists ===*/

/*- List1 -*/
.list1{
	padding: 0;
	padding: 15px;
}
.list1 li{
	background: url(images/ico-star-trans.png) no-repeat top left;
	margin: 0 0 8px;
	padding: 0 0 0 22px;
}
.list1 li a{
	color:#222222;
}
/*- List2 -*/
.list2{
	clear: both;
}
.list2 li{
	background: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #dedbd1;
	margin: 0 0 5px;
	padding: 12px 10px;
}
.list2 p {
	line-height:16px;
}
/*- Widget lists -*/
.widget ul{
	line-height:16px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.widget ul li{
	border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1ed;
	padding: 5px 0px;
}
.widget ul li a{
	color:#222222;
}
.widget ul li ul{
	margin: 5px 0 0px 10px;
}	

.widget ul li ul li{
	background: none;
	border-top: 1px solid #f1f1ed;
	border-bottom: none;
	padding: 5px 0px;
}

/*=== Footer ===*/

#footer{
	background:#e4e2db url(images/bgr-footer.gif) repeat-x;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 18px 0 0px 0;
	font-size:11px;
	height:32px;
	margin-top:10px;
	line-height:22px;
}

#footer, #footer a{
	color: #777777;
}

#footer img {
	vertical-align:middle;
}

/*=== Misc. ===*/

.fix{
	clear: both;
	height: 1px;
	margin: 0 0 -1px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.fl{
	float: left;
}
img.fl{
	margin: 0 12px 5px 0;
}
.fr{
	float: right;
}
.ac{
	text-align: center;
}
.ar{
	text-align: right;
}
.gravatar {
	float:left;
	border: 1px solid #DEDBD1;
	margin: 0px 7px 0 0;
	padding:4px;
	background:#FFFFFF;
}

/*========= VIDEO =========*/

.video{
	height: 250px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	width: 300px;
	display: inline;
}

/*- SideTabs -*/
.vidtabs .idTabs{
	font-size: 12px;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	width:100%;
	float:none;
}
.vidtabs .idTabs li{
	padding:0px;
	float:none;
}
.vidtabs .idTabs li a{
	background:#ffffff;
	color:#363636;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:5px 8px;
	display: block;
	text-align: left;
	border:0px;
	margin:0;
}
.vidtabs .idTabs li.last a{
	margin: 0
}
.vidtabs .idTabs li a:hover,
.vidtabs .idTabs .selected{
	background:#ebe9e1;
	text-decoration: none
}

/*========= COMMENTS =========*/

h2.commh2{
	font-size: 1.4em !important;
	padding: 0 0 5px;
	color:#333 !important;
}
ol.commentlist{
	margin: 10px 0 20px;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
}
ol.commentlist p{
	margin-bottom:10px;
	line-height: 20px;
}
.commentmetadata a {
	font-size:11px;
	color:#333333;
}
ol.commentlist cite{
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
}
ol.commentlist li{
	padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px;
}
ol.commentlist li.alt{
	padding: 18px 18px 5px 18px !important;
	background:#F8F8F4;
	border:1px solid #DEDBD1;
}
input#submit {
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#363636;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:7px 10px;
	margin: 0 0 7px 0;
	text-align: left;
	border: 1px solid #DEDBD1;
	background:#F5F4F0;
}

/*========= SINGLE POST SPECIFIC =========*/

span.tags{
	background: url(images/ico-tags-trans.png) no-repeat left;
	padding: 1px 0 0 20px;
}
.singleh2 {
	font-size:1.8em !important;
	padding-top:5px;
}
.entry { margin-bottom:5px;}
.entry p{
	text-align:left;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:20px !important;
	}
.entry blockquote {
	padding: 0px 10px;
	border-left: 2px solid #777777;
	margin: 5px auto 15px auto;
	width:85%;
	color: #777777;
	font-style: italic;
	}
.entry blockquote p {
	font-size:12px;
	padding: 5px 0px;
	margin: 5px 0px;
	line-height: 20px;
	}
.entry img {
	padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
	background:#F8F8F4;
	border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
	}
.entry ul, .entry ol {
	margin-bottom:15px;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:20px;
	}
.entry ul li ul, .entry ol li ol{
	margin-bottom:0px;
	padding-top:3px;
	}
.entry ul li {
	list-style:circle inside !important;
	margin-left:15px;
	padding:3px 0px;
	}
.entry ul li ul li {
	list-style:disc inside !important;
	}
.entry ol li {
	list-style:decimal inside !important;
	font-size:12px;
	padding:3px 0px;
	}
.entry ol li ol li {
	list-style:decimal-leading-zero inside !important;
	}

/*========= ARCHIVE SPECIFIC =========*/

.arclist ul li{
	color:#c0c0c0;
	font-size:12px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1ed;
	padding: 5px 0px;
}
.catrss {
	background: url(images/ico-rss.gif) center left no-repeat;
	padding-left: 24px;
	line-height: 16px;
}

/*=== Page Navigation (Next / Previous Posts) ===*/
.navigation {
}
.navigation a {
	color:#666666;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:14px;
}
.alignleft{
	display:inline;
	float:left;
}
.alignright{
	display:inline;
	float:right;
}

/*========= AUTHOR INFO =========*/

.author_info {
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top:15px;
	color:#666666;
}

.author_photo {
	float:left;
	margin-right:10px;
	width:58px;
}

.author_photo img {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 4px;
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
	width: 48px;
	height:48px;
	float:left !important;
}
.author_info p {
	font-size:12px;
	padding:0px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
.author_info a {
	color:#000000;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding:0;
}
.author_info a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}
.author_info ul, .author_info li {
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
}
.author_info h3 {
	font-size:14px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	padding: 0px;
}

.author_email a {
	background-image: url(images/ico-email.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;
	padding-left: 26px;
	padding-top: 2px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight:bold;
}

are you talking about the CSS stylesheet under “edit themes”? If not, where can I get to the custom layout options in the theme? I don’t know that I have found custom layout options yet.

I am hearing that the problem is that the $layout variable is empty, so the line above it must not be pulling the data correctly. Not sure where I should look for the problem. If anyone could even refer me to some reading, I would be grateful. I am entirely new to this, just point me in the right direction.