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In reply to: Blogging style on different pages :)

#17060

Well, I’m not really sure what you mean by “blogstyle posting”.

I’ve tried to use the statistic front page but that is not what im looking for.

What, specifically, are you looking for? What is from the front page that you want to apply to your other pages?

(Also, please don’t post the same question in different sections of the forum. Please take a moment to read the forum rules. Thanks!)

Ken

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In reply to: Filter Blog Posts by Author or Categories

#17056

This is an archive page. If you have your blog set to display categories and tags, all you need to do is to click on one of those links and it will take you to that page.

Examples:

Here is my “recipe” category: http://blog.kjodle.net/category/cooking/recipes/

Here are recipes tagged “vegetarian”: http://blog.kjodle.net/tag/vegetarian/

Ken

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In reply to: New navigation menu in version 1.4 – a heads up

#15257

Hey Miguel,

Try reading this tutorial: http://blog.kjodle.net/2011/08/25/how-to-create-and-use-custom-menus-in-wordpress/

It should help you out with what you’re trying to do.

Good luck!

Ken

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In reply to: Customizable – message blocks

#16963

Thanks for those. They look great.

BTW, I had an issue where I wanted to include one shortcode inside of another. It didn’t work. (Specifically, I created another shortcode so that I could mark single words within a paragraph as code. It didn’t work when I included it inside the about “smalltext” shortcode.

A bit of nosing around in the WordPress Codex gave me the following tweak. Just add the following lines to the top of your functions.php file:

define('FILTERPRIORITY', 10);

add_filter('the_content', 'do_shortcode', FILTERPRIORITY);

add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode', FILTERPRIORITY);

Does the trick.

I haven’t had time to figure out the Tiny MCE buttons yet. Maybe later.

Ken

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In reply to: Different a.hover colors?

#17010

Nope, it’s not showing up on this end, either. I see this code added to the end of your style.css:

a.external:link {color:#19BE19;}

a.external:visited {color: #19BE19;}

a.external:hover {color: #00FF00;}

a.external:active {color:#00FF00;}



a.externalRED:link {color:#790000;}

a.externalRED:visited {color: #790000;}

a.externalRED:hover {color: #C00000;}

a.externalRED:active {color:#C00000;}

And this is the code in your page:

<li><a class="specialLink specialHover specialL specialA" href="#tar1">Intelligenz Helden</a></li>

<li><a class="specialLink specialHover specialL" href="#tar2">Beweglichkeit Helden</a></li>

<li><a class="specialLink specialHover specialL" href="#tar3">Stärke Helden</a></li>

First, use a child theme or custom CSS. You shouldn’t edit theme files because all your modifications will be lost when you update the theme, and then you’ll have to do this all over again.

Second, you have defined classes (.external and .externalRED) that you aren’t using in your links.

Ken

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In reply to: Edit Theme without Activating it in WordPress

#17038

Debbie,

One thing I forgot to mention is that if you go to “Graphene Options” there is an “import/export theme options” widget. This is kind of experimental (I think), but I have tried it a couple of times. If you use a test blog or an offline blog to get things the way you want, you could export the theme options and then import them into the new blog.

I’m not sure about header and background images, because those are more of a WordPress function. You might have to add them in afterward. But just about everything else should transfer over.

Worth taking a look, I think.

Ken

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In reply to: Sharing TALK1460.com

#17035

MichaelBlueState,

Thanks for sharing your blog with us. I LOVE your header image, especially the neon text and old-fashioned microphone.

Here are a few suggestions:

Front page: Your “ourpeople2.jpg” image is pushed to the right, creating an unnecessary horizontal scroll. You should edit this so that it doesn’t float, which will make it appear below the raccoon picture. (That is hilarious, by the way.)

Background image: I would make it a bit smaller, say 1200px high, and then set it as a fixed, rather than scrolling background.

Posts:

When I click on each of your posts, there is a “Find us on Facebook” widget very near the top of the post which actually cuts your post title in half. For some strange reason, it doesn’t link to your show on Facebook, but to the Facebook Platform. You might want to put this in a sidebar, rather than putting it into each post.

Also, the “Coming Soon: Live Streaming Audio” image looks great in the left sidebar on the home page, but because you have a different layout for posts, it extends past the sidebar. I noticed that you used this code to include it:

img src="http://talk1460.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/LISTPROMO2-234x300.jpg"

style="max-width: 234px;max-height: 300px;"

For max-width: try 200px or less. You shouldn’t have to worry about the maximum height. (Ditto for the “City of Painesville” image.)

The links in your “Social Sharing Toolkit” widget on the top of the right sidebar aren’t correct. They just lead to those sites, rather than to your page on those sites.

As far as the content of your posts, you have an image and a “Click to read” link, but it would be cool if you added some of your own commentary–what you think about the article you are linking to and why your readers should read it.

Other than that, I love the site. Can’t wait until you get the streaming audio. (I am curious as to how you are doing this, as well.)

There is definitely a learning curve to blogging. I hope this helps. Any problems or questions, feel free to post them in the “Support” section.

Welcome aboard,

Ken

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In reply to: Edit Theme without Activating it in WordPress

#17036

I would use a child theme. Then you can just transfer the relevant folder and its associated files over to the new blog and activate it.

I always keep another blog I call “test” just so I can try out things without messing up one of my regular blogs. It’s my own personal sandbox. Using a child theme there makes it easy to transfer theme settings over to another blog.

Keep in mind that if you use this approach, you will still have to change over some WordPress settings by hand.

Good luck and welcome aboard,

Ken

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In reply to: Advice Needed – restrict access to parts of site

#17027

Andrew,

I don’t know if you’ve checked the WP Codex, but if not, you might want to take a look at these two pages:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/restrict-access-level-to-specific-post-or-page

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/members-only-sections?replies=31

That said, if you want to offer lessons online, WordPress is not ideal for that. You might want to look into Moodle.

Good luck!

Ken

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In reply to: Different a.hover colors?

#17008

Where are you entering this code? I’m not finding it anywhere on your page.