http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:53:16 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/which-file-is-used-for-the-posts-in-thematic#post-25053 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:06 +0000 em hr 25053@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi sixfootjames,</p> <p>The template-page-blog.php file is being deprecated in Thematic's upcoming 0.9.8 release and will be removed entirely at some point.</p> <p>It's recommended that you either configure your wp-admin/settings/reading : "front page" and "posts page" in which case the index.php will be the template used *or* you could create a home.php template in your child theme.</p> <p>-Gene </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/which-file-is-used-for-the-posts-in-thematic#post-25051 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:59:37 +0000 helgatheviking 25051@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>you don't need to use the blog template to show your latest posts. in fact, just as a heads up, that template is being deprecated. if you are on the blog index then thematic generates that from the thematic_index_loop() function in content-extensions.php. there are other loops like thematic_category_loop(), etc. you can create your own loop using the override functionality.</p> <pre><code>childtheme_override_index_loop(){ echo &quot;i want bacon in my loop&quot;; }</code></pre> <p>usually i copy over the contents of the original function and then hack away in my own functions.php </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/which-file-is-used-for-the-posts-in-thematic#post-25049 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:34:59 +0000 sixfootjames 25049@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Managed to find it....</p> <p>template-page-blog.php</p> <p>thanks! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/which-file-is-used-for-the-posts-in-thematic#post-25048 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:20:55 +0000 sixfootjames 25048@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I have switched templates, dumped arb text into files to see if it will show when I hit F5 but still I am not able to find the file responsible to render the posts page.</p> <p>I need to reskin this so that I can use it for a News page, could someone please help and let me know what file this might be?</p> <p>Many thanks! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24944 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:33:10 +0000 helgatheviking 24944@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_post_thumbnail</a></p> <p>the first parameter is post ID. you'll need to find the ID of the parent and use that in get_the_post_thumbnail. </p> <p>maybe something like :<br /> <a href="http://www.webcitizenmag.com/2010/05/20/how-to-get-top-parent-page-id-in-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.webcitizenmag.com/2010/05/20/how-to-get-top-parent-page-id-in-wordpress/</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24943 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:15:26 +0000 Bennyboy 24943@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Helga - that code was exactly what I needed, thanks for posting!</p> <p>I have a question related to it - if I wanted child pages of a parent page to display the parent page featured image, what would I use? I assuming it's using 'get_the_post_thumbnail', but I can't get it to pull the parent image.</p> <p>Any clues? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24666 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:23:39 +0000 helgatheviking 24666@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>i get what i asked for. but 'round here we don't advise hacking the thematic core files. and i don't really even advocate creating a child header.php unless you are doing something really whacky. </p> <p>you can do what you're trying easily from your child's functions.php</p> <pre><code>function kia_add_thumbnail(){ if ( ! is_front_page() ) {?&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;header-image&quot;&gt;&lt;?php the_post_thumbnail( &#39;full&#39; ); ?&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;?php }?&gt; } add_action(&#39;thematic_belowheader&#39;,&#39;kia_add_thumbnail&#39;);</code></pre> <p>you will need to add another condition so it only will appear on pages and not on blog posts or archives </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24665 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:59:37 +0000 aaronrelph 24665@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I added this code to header.php just above the &lt;main&gt; element. I used a conditional tag so it doesn't show on the front page. All other pages will have a header image if the featured image is set. </p> <p>&lt;?php if ( ! is_front_page() ) {?&gt;<br /> &lt;div class="header-image"&gt;<br /> &lt;?php the_post_thumbnail( 'full' ); ?&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;?php }?&gt; </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24663 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:48 +0000 helgatheviking 24663@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@aaron, maybe you could share what you did in case someone else is trying to do the same thing. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24652 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:52:18 +0000 aaronrelph 24652@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@helgatheviking - Thanks so much!!! That's all i need - working perfect now! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24649 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:59:02 +0000 helgatheviking 24649@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>not doing anything wrong per se, but featured images don't display on pages by default. you can look at page.php and see that the_post_thumbnail() is nowhere to be found... nor is it hidden in something like thematic_content() b/c page.php just uses wp default the_content(). depending on where you'd like the image to appear you can add it to a hook or filter it into the the_content </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24648 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:48:27 +0000 aaronrelph 24648@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>This is the only page I've set a featured image on so far</p> <p><a href="http://www.imgonnarelph.com/mha/?page_id=10" rel="nofollow">http://www.imgonnarelph.com/mha/?page_id=10</a></p> <p>I looked in the code to see why it's not displaying - not seeing any issues though. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24644 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:43:01 +0000 proto 24644@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Can you post your website URL in reply if you're not developing locally, that way we can look and try and work out what's causing the problem. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24642 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:26:10 +0000 aaronrelph 24642@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Anyone out there have an idea what I'm doing wrong? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/featured-image-on-a-page-not-a-post-not-showing-up#post-24618 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:45:23 +0000 aaronrelph 24618@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>On each of my pages I have a header image and using the 'featured image' would work perfect but when i set a featured image nothing is showing up on page. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?</p> <p>Again I am trying to set a full size featured image on a page - not a post. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-post-type-page-template-not-working#post-23874 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:38:13 +0000 helgatheviking 23874@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>you are so going about this the wrong way. </p> <p>please read the codex on Template Hierarchy... which is geeky wordpress speak for which wordpress template will display what type of content</p> <p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Custom_Post_Types_display" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Custom_Post_Types_display</a> </p> <p>basically you can copy index.php, rename it archive-wheels.php and it will automagically show all the wheels posts, since it would be following the correct naming structure outlined in the codex</p> <p>or if you insist on doing it the 'page-template' way instead of using the built in approach, then you'd do better to copy from the blog template instead of page.php</p> <p>template-page-blog.php </p> <p>hope that helps! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-post-type-page-template-not-working#post-23873 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:11:12 +0000 iyamdman 23873@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I am learning Wordpress and modifying the Themeatic framework, but I am learning as I go.</p> <p>I have a custom post type called 'wheels'.</p> <p>I took the page.php file, and renamed it wheels_page.php</p> <p>I added the page template header.</p> <p>Now I only want it to display posts only for the post type "wheels".</p> <p>I added this line to the new page template (I put it just under the "container"):</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;container&quot;&gt; &lt;?php query_posts(array(&#39;post_type&#39;=&gt;&#39;wheels&#39;)); ?&gt; &lt;?php thematic_abovecontent(); ?&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;content&quot;&gt;</code></pre> <p>I then created a page called "Wheels" and used wheels_page as the template.</p> <p>The PROBLEM is that when I open the page, it only shows one post, even though there are 6 post in "wheels".</p> <p>Clearly I am not in the loop, but I have no idea where to find it, let alone how to make it a working page template.</p> <p>Can someone help me? </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23847 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:22:17 +0000 helgatheviking 23847@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>sorry about that. according to the site, Cookie is the dog so i just assumed...which of course is the reason that maxim about assuming exists. </p> <p>don't forget to mark as resolved. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23845 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:33:34 +0000 Cookie 23845@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Found a solution, never mind. And BTW, I am not Kate. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/display-first-full-post-with-comments-and-everything-on-frontpage#post-23828 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:29:59 +0000 markvd3 23828@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>hi, i would like to display my most recent post on the front page, just as it would look as the single.php with the comments and everything. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23814 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:30:12 +0000 helgatheviking 23814@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>kate, went to your site and can't seem to figure out what you are referring too in your last post. you DO, however, seem to have a very high bottom margin on the .entry-utility div </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23812 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:09:30 +0000 Cookie 23812@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>@ScottNix<br /> It worked as a charm, thank you - exactly what I was looking for.</p> <p>Now, my question is how do I make the same thing with the images? The space between the end of the post (which is a gallery) and where the next post starts or the comment template starts is enormous. I'd like it smaller, if possible.</p> <p><a href="http://www.diigo.com/item/image/1vrfi/1q0g"><strong>Check out the image here!</strong></a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23807 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:43 +0000 ScottNix 23807@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <pre><code>.blog .entry-utility { margin: 0; } .blog .hentry { margin: 0; }</code></pre> <p>Both these elements will be adding space between posts on the blog section. The above CSS removes it completely, so you may "want some", just add it back in or remove the margin on just one. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/the-space-between-posts#post-23794 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:56:22 +0000 Cookie 23794@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>&lt;h3&gt;Hello!&lt;/h3&gt;<br /> First of all, I must say that I am absolutely in love with Thematic and I'd love to discover it even more. Currently designing a child-theme for my future blog and until now everything was just perfect.</p> <p>Now, I have a little problem, which I'd like to understand: <strong>how to make the space between posts smaller, on the blog page template?</strong>. I don't like it the default way and I'd like to move it closer.</p> <p>If anyone can tell me, I will be very grateful. Thanks in advance, Cookie! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-front-page-main-background-hide#post-22778 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:01:00 +0000 lukegw 22778@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>LOL after all that... did i or did I not say.. needing to get refreshed... </p> <p>the solution was an if function in the header.php of my child theme, or rather edit the one i had done before... but for solutions sake...</p> <p><code>&lt;?php if (is_front_page() ) { ?&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="main" style="border: none; background: none;"&gt;<br /> &lt;?php } else { ?&gt;<br /> &lt;div id="main"&gt;<br /> &lt;?php } ?&gt;</code> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-front-page-main-background-hide#post-22777 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:53:40 +0000 lukegw 22777@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I've since figured that div#main is inside get_header() as it is clearly in the header.php file (DOH!)</p> <p>This is something I've tried but with no success: (probably lack of understanding)</p> <p><code>function frontpage_main($no_main_bg) {<br /> if (is_front_page() ) {<br /> $no_main_bg = '&lt;div id="main" style="background: none;"&gt;';<br /> }<br /> }<br /> add_action('get_header','frontpage_main');</code> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-front-page-main-background-hide#post-22776 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:54:15 +0000 lukegw 22776@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi guys, this is my first post on TSF, although I have regularly used it to learn development of child themes.</p> <p>I have taken a little bit of time out of developing and coming back to it I need to get more refreshed, but with little time.</p> <p>My problem is that on my custom front page, I need to insert a "background: none" style to div#main as I am using faux backgrounds throughout the site, although it is just not needed on the custom front page.</p> <p>I do not believe this can be done through an IF function on the frontpage.php as i am sure that Main is nested within thematic_abovecontainer... but I don't know how to edit the action in such a way in functions.php to achieve what I want.</p> <p>Should be an easy job I reckon... Its just that I need to get refreshed aha</p> <p>Thanks for any help guys! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/some-links-put-into-pages-do-not-work#post-22608 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:14:58 +0000 lachlan39 22608@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks again, helgatheviking. I've made the addition you suggested and the links still operate.</p> <p>However, I carried out the changes of theme mentioned above before I made your addition, so I'm still at a loss to explain why the theme changes fixed the problem. I understand your point about the "cover up" but both the problem links and some of the others seemed to be opposite the menu. With the addition you've suggested, I guess the problem won't recur.</p> <p>I'm relatively new to WordPress and am not yet really secure with the structures - as you can tell. None of Firebug, WebDeveloper, View Source revealed the problem by the way.</p> <p>Many thanks for your timely help. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/some-links-put-into-pages-do-not-work#post-22597 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:42:57 +0000 helgatheviking 22597@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>if you were hovering over them and the links didn't change it was b/c the menu in the sidebar had a width of 940px and was "covering up" the regular content. see my above post for the fix. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/some-links-put-into-pages-do-not-work#post-22594 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:41:25 +0000 lachlan39 22594@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Now resolved. But I'd like to know why/how!</p> <p>I activated the 2010 theme - all links behaved as expected. This also occurred with the 2011 theme and the basic thematic theme.</p> <p>So I activated my custom theme again - and now the links worked properly!</p> <p>So now I can go ahead and work on my theme again! </p>