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In reply to: More tag not working

#21776

Which post did you use it on, and where in the post did you enter it?

I tried entering this in both the html editor and the visual editor, and it doesn’t work if you are using a static front page. If you are operating Graphene as just a regular blog, then it works both on the front page and in the slider.

You can see it function here: http://test.kjodle.net/blog/ I inserted it right after the text “Quisque tempus”. But no, it doesn’t work when using a static front page.

I haven’t tried this with a custom excerpt, however.

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In reply to: Sharing Buttons Placement

#21769

Ask and ye shall recieve: http://blog.kjodle.net/2011/11/04/graphene-action-hook-widgets-an-easy-way-to-modify-your-blog/

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In reply to: Difference in Slider Image when logged in as Admin

#21717

Are you using any sort of caching plugin? If so, you would see those changes only after the cache flushes itself.

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In reply to: Colors selected in Display options show in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer

#21721

On the other hand, Graphene does include hacks for IE 7-9. Which version of IE are you using?

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In reply to: Slider excerpt length

#21724

Maybe this? http://wpengineer.com/1909/manage-multiple-excerpt-lengths/

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In reply to: Trouble placing captioned images side-by-side

#21504

Forgot about Firebug, sorry. Read this: http://blog.kjodle.net/2011/10/02/using-firebug-to-tweak-your-blog/

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In reply to: Trouble placing captioned images side-by-side

#21503

Also, with this alignment, any text will flow around the figures

That’s because you need to clear the floats after your captions. See my other post, above.

I also tried changing the alignment to “aligncenter”, but that just causes the figures to stack vertically again.

That’s because you can float divisions to the left or the right, but you can’t float something to the center. “aligncenter” just uses the {margin: auto} trick. If you are using the HTML editor, you can try enclosing your captions in a <div> with that style attached, like this:

<div style="margin:auto;">

(caption stuff here)

</div>

I’m not sure if that will work or not, but it’s worth a try.

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In reply to: Slider excerpt length

#21722

Moved to Support. Please be sure to post in the correct section.

Unfortunately, this really isn’t possible. The slider used the the_excerpt() function used throughout WordPress, so you can’t change the excerpt length in the slider without changing the excerpt length everywhere else.

However, you say that you want to make the excerpt in the slider shorter. Is this so that it fits? If so, you can always make the slider larger. There have been plenty of threads about that here, so if that’s a solution for you, the information you need is definitely available.

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In reply to: Colors selected in Display options show in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer

#21720

Moved to Support.

the changes work in Firefox… but will not in Internet Explorer

This really depends on which version of IE you are using. IE9 is not too bad (and even IE8 makes a decent attempt at being standards compliant), although it is still light years away from being standards compliant. Earlier versions of IE are the equivalent of a toaster oven.

… but if someone else goes to my site with IE…

And that’s the issue. Lots of people don’t even realize that there are other, better browsers available. As webmasters, we need to do a better job of educating our readers about this. That’s why I include a notice at the top of my blog urging my readers to upgrade to a better browser.

I get a lot of messages from people saying, “Yes, but 65% of my readers are still using IE6.” In that case, my question is “Why aren’t you educating them about better browsers? Why aren’t you working to improve their browsing experience by recommending they upgrade to a better browser?” We all need to do what we can to improve our readers’ lives, and not just with regard to the content on our sites, but how they receive that content.

What do I need to do to make sure, the display colors I select are going to show up in any user’s browser???

This solution does not exist. Never has, never will (probably–at least it doesn’t yet without writing a lot of hacks, and my opinion about that is neatly encapsulated here). The only alternative is to do what you have done here and use images, but they are annoying, cumbersome, and unsearchable. Also, few people know how to really incorporate text into an image properly, and even if you do, scaling it adds all sorts of distortion, especially in .jpg files.

You have an arresting design for your blog. Continue to develop your content, tweak your appearance, and educate your readers about better browsers. That’s the only real solution to this issue.

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In reply to: Styling Question for Custom Menu Widget in Sidebar

#21701

If anyone has any ideas of how to do this I would greatly appreciate it. I’m learning CSS right now and this one seems to be above my pay grade.

Learning? When I first looked at your web site, I thought “Why is he asking us? That’s not even Graphene.” Then I looked at your source, and sure enough, it is Graphene. Looks like you could teach us a thing or two or twenty. Your site is full of awesome!