http://spectacu.la/forum/ A great WordPress community en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:38:16 +0000 http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/blend-15-links-question#post-153 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:37:04 +0000 gracel 153@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I am very happy with Blend 1.5 but can't get one thing to work. When I add to Links, I am using an Image for the logo. That looks great, but for some reason the link without the logo is also appearing in the upper right corner of the site: <a href="http://www.blueribbonaffair.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blueribbonaffair.org/</a> Any help is greatly appreciated! </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/spectaculas-site#post-151 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:56:46 +0000 curtk 151@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>I was hoping by becoming a member that I would gain access to the theme that this website uses. It is incredible! Is it possible? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/preview-image-picker-not-functioning#post-118 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:01 +0000 mrochte 118@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Migrated messages from blog post.</p> <blockquote><p> November 12, 2009 7:33 pm, link </p> <p>Great theme and advancements in design - making Wordpress more and more like a CMS. Describing it as complex is apropos. Took me a while to get my head around it. There are still some things that I had to guess at that are not covered in the video tutorials.</p> <p>Suggestions: I strongly recommend adding a read.me file in the template that explains a)how to set it up and if there is anything you have to place elsewhere than the theme directory b)explain the relationships between categories, sections, pages, and posts.</p> <p>Question: What I haven’t been able to figure out is previewimagepicker. Simply doesn’t seem to work for me - fortunately it is not a game killer for the website to lack it but it certainly would spice it up a bit. <a href="http://www.OpportunitySustainability.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.OpportunitySustainability.com</a></p> <p>I thought it might be a 2.7 v 2.8 issue so I tried running it on a earlier platforms, but to no avail - I just kept getting illegal reference errors popping up on my admin screen. I’ve downloaded it again. Is it a file placement issue? Am I supposed to modify something? I am currently running WP 2.84 Caribou 1.0.6 with php5 and have tested it on WP 2.7-2.85. Any suggestions?</p> <p>I understand this is not the place for tech support. As there seems to be little work being done lately on this site/forums/new designs, not sure if plopping down $50 is the right move. Now if you can tell me that there is an answer with a solution to my dilemma - I’m all for paying the “membership/service” fee.</p> <p>Great product people.</p> <p>Comment by Matthew Rochte </p></blockquote> <p>-------------------------------------</p> <blockquote><p>November 14, 2009 2:34 pm</p> <p>Hi Matthew - not sure what’s going wrong with you on the preview image picker element of the theme. It will use WP’s normal uploads folders, so you need to have permissions set right so that it can create the thumbnails. However, if you can attach images to posts then all should be well.</p> <p>Your images tend to be hotlinked - you need to have them within your blog for this to work, but if you can post your errors or send us a link to a screenshot we’ll log the problem.</p> <p>Unfortunately in terms of support I can’t really help further unless you’re a member. We do have members and we actively check the forums, but so few have problems that there’s very little going on most of the time!<br /> Comment by Dave Coveney </p></blockquote> <p>----------------------<br /> Thanks Dave,</p> <p>I've joined as a member. I've been uploading images to WP for new posts rather than hotlinking them.<br /> Permissions, as far as I can tell are granted. 755 on the folders. And I am the admin and post as the admin.</p> <p>Does any of the theme's subfolder content get moved during install? for example previewimagepicker.php (Besides leaving it where it is, I've tried placing it in the admin includes folder, in the plugins folder, the wp-includes folder - but none seemed to resolve the issue and usually sparked a flood of errors)</p> <p>If need be, I can email you an admin username and password for you to log into the site.</p> <p>Is there a path setting for previewimagepicker? Where is it pulling its information from? Is it an absolute path or relative path? I ask because my site has multiple domain names associated with it, though only one with respect to wordpress. </p> <p>matthew at opportunitysustainability dot com </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/where-to-paste-google-analytics-html#post-145 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:23:53 +0000 sfogden 145@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Here's another newbie question. Where do I paste the Google analytics code. Their instructions say past the code "immediately before the &lt;/body&gt; tag of each page you are planning to track."<br /> Uh. . . I can find the files in the editor but don't really know what I'm looking for.</p> <p>Wordpress 2.9.1<br /> Caribou: 1.0.6</p> <p>I could paste it into the content for each page but seems it would be easier to put it in the page template.<br /> Thanks.<br /> Steve </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/sidebar-wont-go-away-clear-out#post-142 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:48:19 +0000 sfogden 142@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>I've removed widgets from 300px sidebar &#38; added widgets to the 160px sidebar. The 300px sidebar didn't go away. In the Widgets area, the 300px doesn't have anything placed on it, but it is displaying several items (categories, pages, &#38; meta). The 160px sidebar is below it &#38; is displaying what it's supposed to. Can't seem to get rid of the 300px one, even with it's widgets removed.</p> <p>Link to site: <a href="http://steveogden.net/wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://steveogden.net/wordpress/</a><br /> Caribou 1.0.6<br /> Wordpress: 2.9.1<br /> Plug Ins: none activated, Akismet &#38; Hello Dolly installed. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/how-to-post-support-enquiries#post-141 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:02:46 +0000 clopinettes 141@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>If you need to post an issue or question regarding one of our themes or plugins on this forum, you need to do the following:</p> <p>1. Make sure you're in the right forum for that theme or plugin.<br /> 2. Create a new topic for each question - this helps others find problems and solutions.<br /> 3. Make sure you include the version number of the theme or plugin in use, the version of WordPress you're using and, if you can find it, the version of PHP and mySQL you're using. These all help us to reproduce the problem you're experiencing.<br /> 4. Add a link to the website in question, especially if the problem is in the display of the theme. If you're working on a closed development server, take a screenshot, upload it somewhere, and post the link instead - less useful, but still helpful.<br /> 5. Be patient - we don't watch the forums 24/7, sadly, but we do our best to respond promptly.</p> <p>Thank you!</p> <p>David &#38; James. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/sidebar-wont-go-away#post-139 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:51:25 +0000 sfogden 139@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Using Caribou Theme. I've removed widgets from 300px sidebar &#38; added widgets to the 160px sidebar. Now I have a 300px with a 160px below it. Can't seem to get rid of the 300px one, even with it's widgets removed. Suggestions? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/help-blend-theme-broken-only-on-emerald#post-134 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:18 +0000 jrhodges 134@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>I am using the great Blend theme to build a website on wordpress (http://66.147.244.185/~adoptavi/) and after many updates with no problems, the emerald theme broke (navigation and photos everywhere). seems like some piece of code went missing. The only thing I can remember doing right before it happened is changing the name of the home page from Home to HOME. I have since deleted the theme and loaded it again, several times, and it always appears broken, but only with emerald (I've currently got it on coffee and cream.)</p> <p>any suggestions?? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/blend-blog-page#post-116 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:39:37 +0000 aamorrison 116@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Okay,this is probably another very stupid question on par with the "where is my contact form", but I can't find the parent page of my blog in blend. When I look at "pages" in the dashboard I can't see it. My blog page isn't loading correctly and I want to turn off the sidebar and see if that helps.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p> <p><a href="http://understandingcancer.co.uk/news/" rel="nofollow">http://understandingcancer.co.uk/news/</a> </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/spectaculahighlight#post-121 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:38:32 +0000 mrochte 121@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>What is the spectaculahighlight tag section all about? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/blend-15-contact-form#post-112 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:32:25 +0000 aamorrison 112@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've recently updated to wordpress 2.8.4 and blend 1.5 but the contact form is missing. How do I get it back?</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Avril </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/wordpress-27-user-guide#post-110 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:37:24 +0000 rharejr 110@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Just tried downloading the Wordpress 2.7 User Guide in Word Format. Unlike the PDF verison which is correct, the Word format refers to the 2.6 User Guide. Any idea how I can get the 2.7 Guide in Word Format?</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/highlights-in-caribou#post-39 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:03:10 +0000 ktarbox 39@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Whats the trick to getting the hightlighted posts to show on the main page? The only area they are currently showing is if you view the 'Features' page.</p> <p>I have posted 3 articles within the 'features' section, but wasn't sure if they should also be linked to a category? I have tried both ways, but neither choice allows the rotating features section to appear on the main page. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/head-letter#post-101 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:37:16 +0000 vingazoil 101@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hello, </p> <p>Many thanks for your help. I am looking to create a new class (head letter)in the css page but it doesn'twork. I give you the code:<br /> .lettrine {<br /> color:#BBCBD1;<br /> float:left;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;<br /> font-size:5.1em;<br /> margin:-7px 4px -14px 0;<br /> }<br /> Do you know why? By the past i have been using it in a mimbo theme and it worked very well, so if you have an idea about the way to do...</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/static-and-dynamic#post-95 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:25:24 +0000 vingazoil 95@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>HELLO FROM FRANCE,</p> <p>FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR THE THEME WHICH IS VERY NICE. I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME HOW TO HAVE A HOME PAGE WHICH IS STATIC WITH A WELCOMING MESSAGE, AND A BLOG BUTTON IN THE NAVIGATION TOOL. AT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME RESULT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE ON YOUR DEMO SITE OF BLEND.</p> <p>THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP</p> <p>VINCENT </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/welcome-to-new-members-and-a-little-message#post-94 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:49:33 +0000 clopinettes 94@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi all - well, it looks like since we quietly re-opened our doors to memberships things are picking up. Slowly at first, and I'm sure it'll continue like that for a while, but we didn't expect a massive rush. A big thank you to those who have joined as a way of supporting our projects - it really helps to reassure us that going GPL was the right decision.</p> <p>Older members who paid to download themes will also find that they have had their memberships updated and extended until next year. That's a thank you for your early support.</p> <p>The key thing now is to get the word out there! If you like our themes, give them good star ratings on the WordPress.org repository, but also encourage people to join. We reckon we can build a nice new theme variation for every 100 new users, and that we can create a whole new theme framework for every 500 users. That's a lot of people, but it's certainly possible. If people contribute through code then perhaps this can be brought down somewhat.</p> <p>Either way, we're now looking forward to creating a real and helpful community here. Let's get going!</p> <p>Dave </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/number-of-post-on-the-home-page#post-92 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:21:28 +0000 arombauts 92@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>How do I limit the nimber of posts displayed on the home page? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/contact-form-emails-not-received#post-90 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:11:32 +0000 matthew 90@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Not getting the emails in my Outlook for the domain in the WP Admin (and Settings)when contact form filled in. This is a host problem as it's ok if I change to gmail addys, and when I used Cform there is the same prob: OK in gmail not OK on hosted domains' email addy. Even tho' it's not your problem have you a clue to point me in the right direction? (I'm waiting for host to look at email error logs). Thanks. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/new-licensing-ideas#post-79 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:30:11 +0000 clopinettes 79@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Just want to check this with our members before making it official, but here's the new plan:</p> <p>Withdrawal of current version of Caribou to be replaced with a slightly cut-down version.<br /> All WordPress themes to be licensed under the GPL compatible WTFPL and freely available to download.<br /> One price only access for support and assistance for six months (likely to be around the £30/$50 mark).</p> <p>More sophisticated, non-GPL items available by direct order from Interconnect IT (the Spectacu.la parent company) on an individual and per-case basis. Consider that to be consulting and service related work with SLAs and the like, rather than ad-hoc forum support which comes on Spectacu.la</p> <p>Members who paid up to the Intermediate level of membership will be changed free of charge.<br /> Members who paid for the levels above will be refunded the difference.</p> <p>All this <em>is</em> as a result of the recent blow-up over the WordPress.org repository and how we perceive business risks. We believe that with the deepening integration of WordPress.org's repositories into the WordPress product there's a big risk that third parties who don't play by Matt Mullenweg's rules stand a big chance of being frozen out of the market. We were only just getting started when the great withdrawal occurred, at which point we'd invested quite a lot which we're nowhere near close to recouping. But it left our three year plan in tatters.</p> <p>It means that Spectacu.la can no longer provide themes with any sense of exclusivity about them, but there's nothing to stop you approaching us (or another designer) to do this for you.</p> <p>Investment into Spectacu.la will be reduced, somewhat, but we'll still be filtering some of our great tech developed for clients into it, along with a license that grants even more freedom than the GPL - the WTFPL v2 - I suggest you look it up... it's the simplest and best free license you can find!</p> <p>We'll be implementing these changes in the coming month or two.</p> <p>As a business Interconnect IT's primary focus is to continue with corporates and to investigate the leverage of web technology such as WordPress in that sphere - Spectacu.la will be as much a showcase for our talents as a business in its own right. If it makes a profit, great! But profit is no longer the primary driver behind Spectacu.la - great themes will continue to be, however, even if investment is reduced slightly.</p> <p>Whaddaya think? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/static-post-on-posting-page#post-85 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:43:16 +0000 matthew 85@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Sorry, 'nother noob Q. Apart from using sidebar/having a page /changing date is there some way I can have a permanent intro at the top of the posting page? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/page-order-listing#post-83 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:08:43 +0000 matthew 83@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Sorry if I missed it but is there a way to order the pages as shown in the sidebar widget? I've got the order (non alphabetical) in the Nav Bar but would like the widget to match. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/comments-feed-for-single-posts#post-76 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:38:47 +0000 kmb42vt 76@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hello all and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!</p> <p>Would it be possible to add the code for a comments feed for single post pages along with the accompanying RSS icon for a future update to Evening Sun? Readers usually appreciate a way to monitor for any additional comments made to a post they commented on themselves since not all bloggers provide a way to do so (like using the Subscribe to Comments" plugin for example). Or, barring that, what would be the best way to add that myself? </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/adding-single-page-navigation#post-69 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:45:31 +0000 kmb42vt 69@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Like many themes, Evening Sun lacks simple page navigation links for single post pages. What I mean by this is the links to the previous post (title) and next post (title) commonly found on each single post page in a blog type set up.</p> <p>Seeing as how Evening Sun doesn't incorporate a "single.php" but instead uses "index.php" for all pages single and otherwise, what would be the best way to add this simple page navigation for single post pages? The usual navigation type plugins that are supposed to add this feature simply add too much in my opinion and I like to keep my plugins to a minimum.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/new-design#post-73 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:17:07 +0000 clopinettes 73@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>You'll see that we're slowly implementing various changes, including the introduction of our first little monster - these friendly but hairy little fellas will be representing us around the place, on adverts and so on. </p> <p>The monsters are the creation of Jon Reilly, an illustrator from Northwich, Cheshire. He's well known for his work on many top computer games, and his graphics will be introduced into some of our forthcoming themes - you'll see some very cool stuff soon :o) </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/evening-sun-no-whitespace-for-ltpgt-in-comments-and-sidbar#post-61 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:08:54 +0000 kmb42vt 61@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Since there doesn't seem to be an "Evening Sun support" catagory yet, I'm posting this in "Feedback".</p> <p>I'm currently using the Evening Sun theme on my personal site; <a href="http://just-thinkin.net">just-thinkin.net</a> . The theme is definitely high quality and beautiful to say the least but one rather glaring problem stood out. There was no white space between paragraphs in either comments or the sidebar (IE: text widgets).<br /> If someone made a comment or I added a text widget using just html text and this text was separated into two paragraphs, both paragraphs were rendered as one single paragraph. This took away from the over all looks of the theme itself.</p> <p>So I added the following to the "typography.css" file:</p> <pre><code>p { margin: 10px 0; padding: 2px; } #content p { margin: 5px 0 10px; padding: 0; } #sidebar p { margin: 5px 0; padding: 0; }</code></pre> <p>This takes care of the problem nicely. Just wanted you folks to know.</p> <p>By the way, I'm assuming all such modifications should go into the "typography.css" file rather than the "style.css" file. If otherwise, please let me know. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/kmb42vt-kirk-m#post-60 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:38:05 +0000 kmb42vt 60@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Looks like I've just joined a rather elite group here. Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself since I've just been graciously granted entrance to the club (first "club" I've ever been a member of at that and thanks!).</p> <p>I'm a disabled veteran (ex-Cold War submariner [US Navy]) and a computer/peripherals/R&#38;D type of guy who rode the so-called "crest of the wave" in computers during the final 2+ decades of the Cold War. Approximately 4 years ago I brought my "geek" back out of the closet when I became interested in WordPress and haven't looked back since (much to my wife's dismay...even though she has a degree in computer systems management...go figure).</p> <p>I'm not a programmer per say in that I could never sit down and write an entire theme from scratch. But I'm one heck of an experienced troubleshooter and can usually fix most basic CSS and PHP problems myself. A bit like being able to speak French or Spanish but not being able to write it. </p> <p>I also administer/upgrade/fix problems and do installs for non-tech WordPress bloggers. In fact, I'm bringing two more brand new WP sites online over the next few days once I get the owners familiar with the basics. </p> <p>Strangely enough, one of the things I've noticed over the time I've been doing this is that more and more folks my age (around 50 +/-)are getting into their own custom WP installs. In fact, all of the people I do work for are my age or older. Any more of these "clients" come my way and I'm going to have to go legit. Egad, that means paperwork(ugh)!</p> <p>Okay, that's enough. You'll also find that I'm a wordy bas**** which comes from writing tech manuals for a number of years.</p> <p>Looking forward to the next 6 months. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/grassland-20-preview#post-59 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:33:04 +0000 clopinettes 59@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>There's a few issues to be resolved yet, but you can spy an early version of the forthcoming Grassland 2.0 theme at <a href="http://liverpoolwebdesigner.com" rel="nofollow">http://liverpoolwebdesigner.com</a> - it's on the same branch as Evening Sun, so has all the same features, but with some further refinements.</p> <p>Grassland is rapidly becoming a favourite theme of bloggers, so we thought it worth developing further. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/search-box#post-51 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:48:53 +0000 lcmartin 51@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi,<br /> I love the Blend template and have already installed it on my site! (a cafe review site -- it's as if Blend was custom made!)</p> <p>There's just one small quirk to Blend -- when I activate the "Search" widget, the search box appears on the main page but the box is quite small and is accompanied by the following text</p> <blockquote><p>Sorry: Either hit the back button on your browser or use this search form to find what you where looking for. </p></blockquote> <p>Is there a solution to this?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/the-logo-needs-work#post-4 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:20:16 +0000 admin 4@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>When I changed the logo today to try and get rid of the box look I thought it looked okay. Now that I see it on a monitor without the sun glaring off it I see it needs work. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/interesting-grassland-variations#post-49 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:54:13 +0000 clopinettes 49@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Just been looking around and found some interesting customisations of the Grassland theme:</p> <p><a href="http://www.umlv.net/blog2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.umlv.net/blog2/</a> - totally unexpected look with oranges and blue<br /> <a href="http://lyon-sauvage.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lyon-sauvage.com/</a> - not really a massive development, but hey :o)<br /> <a href="http://www.unautrejour.fr/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.unautrejour.fr/blog/</a> - I believe this is in Mali, where these are popular colours - doesn't work well with Western eyes, but that's not the point<br /> <a href="http://les5roues2lamain.gazaniol.fr/" rel="nofollow">http://les5roues2lamain.gazaniol.fr/</a> - very interesting treatment of the header</p> <p>One thing you'll notice is that they're all French language sites. Similarly, Anvil was most popular in Russia. It shows how key nodes influence a theme's popularity... </p>