Comments on: Journalized Winter http://zed1.com/journalized Mike Little's not-quite-so-daily thoughts, babblings, and random synapse firings! Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mike http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1710869 mike Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:13:14 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1710869 Hi Rachel, Sorry I didn't reply to your earlier questions... <q>Why is there no box/background for the text widgets? </q>: -- it looks like I didn't cater for that in the theme. A quick fix is to add ul+li tags around your text widget. e.g <code><ul><li>Your text widget content</li></ul></code>. I'll have to fix it properly in the css in next release of the theme. <q>a tutorial that would address how to put static items between widgets?</q>Unfortunately, widgets don't allow you to do that. But you should be able to put most content into a text widget (my styling issue notwithstanding), to go in between the other widgets. <q>Where is the closing body tag in the template?</q> As you have spotted the closing body tag is in several places (I hate to split opening and closing body tag in different files; so each of single, index, archive, and page has a full body element. I see you seem to have already sorted it on your site, but if you only want to put it in one place (and you should), then you could use on of the Google Analytics plugins, which will add the code programmaticaly using the wp_footer action (which my theme supports). My next version of the theme will add a couple more 'widget' areas, so I may add one just above the footer for exactly that type of thing. Hope that helps, Mike Hi Rachel,
Sorry I didn’t reply to your earlier questions…

Why is there no box/background for the text widgets? : — it looks like I didn’t cater for that in the theme. A quick fix is to add ul+li tags around your text widget. e.g <ul><li>Your text widget content</li></ul>. I’ll have to fix it properly in the css in next release of the theme.

a tutorial that would address how to put static items between widgets?Unfortunately, widgets don’t allow you to do that. But you should be able to put most content into a text widget (my styling issue notwithstanding), to go in between the other widgets.

Where is the closing body tag in the template? As you have spotted the closing body tag is in several places (I hate to split opening and closing body tag in different files; so each of single, index, archive, and page has a full body element. I see you seem to have already sorted it on your site, but if you only want to put it in one place (and you should), then you could use on of the Google Analytics plugins, which will add the code programmaticaly using the wp_footer action (which my theme supports). My next version of the theme will add a couple more ‘widget’ areas, so I may add one just above the footer for exactly that type of thing.

Hope that helps,
Mike

]]> By: Rachel R. http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1710820 Rachel R. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:21:11 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1710820 Where is the closing body tag in the template? I'm trying to install Google Analytics code, which should go right before this tag, but I can't find it. The information I have been able to find so far says that "convention" is to put it in the footer.php file, but the only thing that includes is call for the footer. No html tags. Will the Analytics code need to be installed in several different places (single.php, index.php, and archive.php, for instance)? I'm a little bit befuddled about the overall layout of the pieces in the template. Where is the closing body tag in the template? I’m trying to install Google Analytics code, which should go right before this tag, but I can’t find it. The information I have been able to find so far says that “convention” is to put it in the footer.php file, but the only thing that includes is call for the footer. No html tags. Will the Analytics code need to be installed in several different places (single.php, index.php, and archive.php, for instance)? I’m a little bit befuddled about the overall layout of the pieces in the template.

]]> By: Rachel R. http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1696522 Rachel R. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:54:44 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1696522 I have a new question now. Why is there no box/background for the text widgets? Everything else is in a box, but the text widgets are directly on the main page background. (This will become a problem if I add my background pattern back in, as it will be impossible to read!) And do you know of a tutorial that would address how to put static items between widgets? Some of these are not letting me fine-tune them as I had them before (for instance, I had added a link to the 'pages' section), and I can't figure out how to get anything that isn't a widget to show up once I've added any widgets. I have a new question now. Why is there no box/background for the text widgets? Everything else is in a box, but the text widgets are directly on the main page background. (This will become a problem if I add my background pattern back in, as it will be impossible to read!)

And do you know of a tutorial that would address how to put static items between widgets? Some of these are not letting me fine-tune them as I had them before (for instance, I had added a link to the ‘pages’ section), and I can’t figure out how to get anything that isn’t a widget to show up once I’ve added any widgets.

]]> By: mike http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1695980 mike Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:47:36 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1695980 Hi Rachel, You should really be using Version 2.7.x of the Journalized theme. This version (1.0.2) hasn't been updated in a couple of years. The latest version is compatible with WordPress 2.7+ including support for Widgets, Gravatars and comment conversations/nesting. The reason my theme looks different from yours is that mine is based on Journalized Blue, whereas yours is based on Journalized Winter. The newer V2.7 theme combines all the variations of version 1 (blue, winter, and sand) plus four more. There is a theme configuration page allowing you to choose between the 'skins' and set a number of other options. Go look at <a href="http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-theme-version-2/" rel="nofollow">version 2</a> and give it a try. You will have to add your colour customisations again, but you will also be able to add your sidebar elements as widgets which is much easier to manage. Mike Hi Rachel,
You should really be using Version 2.7.x of the Journalized theme. This version (1.0.2) hasn’t been updated in a couple of years.

The latest version is compatible with WordPress 2.7+ including support for Widgets, Gravatars and comment conversations/nesting.

The reason my theme looks different from yours is that mine is based on Journalized Blue, whereas yours is based on Journalized Winter. The newer V2.7 theme combines all the variations of version 1 (blue, winter, and sand) plus four more.

There is a theme configuration page allowing you to choose between the ‘skins’ and set a number of other options.

Go look at version 2 and give it a try.

You will have to add your colour customisations again, but you will also be able to add your sidebar elements as widgets which is much easier to manage.

Mike

]]> By: Rachel R. http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1694847 Rachel R. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:27:22 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1694847 Why are my sidebars in pieces, where yours are a single column each? I know I changed colors, but I was pretty confident I didn't change any other coding in the sidebars. (To begin with. I have, since then, added and rearranged sections. But my sidebars have always been in pieces like that. Yours looks less visually overwhelming.) Why are my sidebars in pieces, where yours are a single column each? I know I changed colors, but I was pretty confident I didn’t change any other coding in the sidebars. (To begin with. I have, since then, added and rearranged sections. But my sidebars have always been in pieces like that. Yours looks less visually overwhelming.)

]]> By: Rachel R. http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-1694844 Rachel R. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:24:28 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-1694844 Thank you, Mike, for this lovely them. :) I've fiddled with it some, to customize it for my blog, and have it in use here: http://blog.titus2homemaker.com. (I am clueless where CSS and PHP are concerned, knowing only a bit of HTML, so I probably have something goofed up somewhere, but it looks like it's supposed to, so I guess it works! lol) I'm curious whether this is "widget-ready." I don't have any immediate need (that I know of); it just seems like a good bit of information to have. :) Thank you, Mike, for this lovely them. :) I’ve fiddled with it some, to customize it for my blog, and have it in use here: http://blog.titus2homemaker.com. (I am clueless where CSS and PHP are concerned, knowing only a bit of HTML, so I probably have something goofed up somewhere, but it looks like it’s supposed to, so I guess it works! lol)

I’m curious whether this is “widget-ready.” I don’t have any immediate need (that I know of); it just seems like a good bit of information to have. :)

]]> By: daisy http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-406466 daisy Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:09:04 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-406466 hi lozza (comment number 94) i am using this proxies to access myspace from my school. http://hostph.com http://silya.com http://995rt.com http://pinoyarticles.com http://fontx.com http://kidsmall.info/url/ i hope that helps. best regards, daisy hi lozza (comment number 94)

i am using this proxies to access myspace from my school.

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i hope that helps.

best regards,

daisy

]]> By: Matt http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-359344 Matt Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:18:48 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-359344 Thanks, Mike, I've been going crazy trying to find that piece of code and I was just looking in the wrong place. All fixed now! Thanks, Mike, I’ve been going crazy trying to find that piece of code and I was just looking in the wrong place. All fixed now!

]]> By: mike http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-354640 mike Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:31:48 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-354640 Hi Matt, I see you are using version 2 of the theme. That seems to have fixed the title issue for you. To remove the border, you need to modify skins/winter-skin.css and change the style <code>#headerblock</code> to remove (or comment out) the line beginning <code>border: 2px...</code>. Hi Matt, I see you are using version 2 of the theme. That seems to have fixed the title issue for you. To remove the border, you need to modify skins/winter-skin.css and change the style #headerblock to remove (or comment out) the line beginning border: 2px....

]]> By: Matt http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/comment-page-2/#comment-353449 Matt Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:41:28 +0000 http://zed1.com/journalized/themes/journalized-winter/#comment-353449 Hey Mike, I love your theme. I have a question imilar to Laurie's in comment 113. I am also trying to use an image as a header. I tried the steps you have suggested and I can't get it work. If I pin the pic to the background, the description and title shows up. As is, it is slightly off center and I can't figure out how to eliminate the border. When I add the code you suggested, the descriptions and "powered by wordpress still show up." Any ideas? Hey Mike, I love your theme. I have a question imilar to Laurie’s in comment 113. I am also trying to use an image as a header. I tried the steps you have suggested and I can’t get it work. If I pin the pic to the background, the description and title shows up. As is, it is slightly off center and I can’t figure out how to eliminate the border. When I add the code you suggested, the descriptions and “powered by wordpress still show up.” Any ideas?

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