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ThemeShaper Forums: Recent Topics http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:37:17 +0000 CircleReader on "How are you using Thematic?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-are-you-using-thematic#post-4 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:44:20 +0000 CircleReader 4@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Ian's Thematic theme framework is currently taking some abuse from my current Child Theme over at <a href="http://readingcirclebooks.com">Reading Circle Books</a>. With a little help from my friends, I hope that child will grow up to be a civil-to-all-browsers, handsome, productive website some day. :) Meanwhile, I'd love to see how others are putting Ian's work to use. Please, post a link and show off your Thematic site! lastraw on "previous link in category showing same current posts" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/previous-link-in-category-showing-same-current-posts#post-22610 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:15:09 +0000 lastraw 22610@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I think I remember seeing the answer to this here somewhere but can't find it. Here is an example on my test site: <a href="http://www.dingdongnation.com/category/life/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dingdongnation.com/category/life/</a> (sorry takes a long time to load) at the bottom older posts goes to a page 2 but it's the same posts as page 1 ScottNix on "HTML5 Boilerplate Header with Thematic" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/html5-boilerplate-header-with-thematic#post-24566 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:40:24 +0000 ScottNix 24566@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I had a project where I needed Modernizr, so I added a no-js class to the html file, but the way I was prevously doing it is I would pull in the header.php into my child theme and comment out 2 lines, it felt dirty, so I fixed it so it now works from the functions.php file only. HTML5 Boilerplate Style <pre><code>// creates the doctype section ( html5 boilerplate style ) function childtheme_create_doctype() { $content = "<!doctype html>" . "\n"; $content .= '' . "\n"; $content .= ''. "\n"; $content .= '' . "\n"; $content .= "" . "\n"; $content .= "<html class=\"no-js\""; return $content; } add_filter('thematic_create_doctype', 'childtheme_create_doctype'); // creates the head and meta charset tags function childtheme_head_profile() { $content = ""; $content .= "\n" . "<head>" . "\n"; $content .= "\n\t" . "<meta charset=\"utf-8\">" . "\n\n"; return $content; } add_filter('thematic_head_profile', 'childtheme_head_profile'); // remove meta charset tag, now in the above function function childtheme_create_contenttype() { // silence } add_filter('thematic_create_contenttype', 'childtheme_create_contenttype');</code></pre> Ouputs in the Header <pre><code><!doctype html>     <html class="no-js" dir="ltr" lang="en-US">  <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Dev Site | Just another WordPress site</title></code></pre> I also made another "cleaner" HTML5 header which also has the no-js class and just has 1 class of ".ie" for IE6, IE7 and IE8 and is more intended for sites that don't care about supporting IE6. If you are good at CSS and tend to never need IE specific CSS you might want to try the other version <a href="http://scottnix.com/2012/html5-header-with-thematic/" rel="nofollow">http://scottnix.com/2012/html5-header-with-thematic/</a> Eventually I will get around to cleaning up some stuff and post the information on how to get Modernizr on a Thematic theme here too (which is cake) but I just have to write it up. Any suggestions/changes/thoughts are welcome, thanks. bigdanprice on "Need some help, Im looking for a plugin." http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/need-some-help-im-looking-for-a-plugin#post-25162 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:43:55 +0000 bigdanprice 25162@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi All, Ive got a client that wants an image slider with an audio clip on the image change, but only for the first round of images... anyone got any thoughts on this? There must be a plugin out there that can do it, but Im at a loss after trawling through hundreds of offerings! (Im trying to avoid flash if possible) I was thinking as an ugly hack I could go back to the 1997 web and play the audio clip timed to the image change but want to avoid this... Ive even tried explaining that noises on websites are annoying, but they're adamant! Can you help me Themeshaper forums? Your my only hope! jonnycj on "WP e-Commerce 3.8 - anyone noticing a clash with Thematic?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/wp-e-commerce-38-anyone-noticing-a-clash-with-thematic#post-20494 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:29:37 +0000 jonnycj 20494@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I have recently upgraded the WP e-Commerce plugin on my Thematic Wordpress install to version 3.8. I now have lost the the sidebar (primary and secondary aside) and the footer (subsidiary asides) from the main shop front page (wpsc-products_page.php) - see link here: <a href="http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=795" rel="nofollow">http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=795</a> <a href="http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=795">link 1</a> All asides and subsidiaries appear fine on other WP e-Commerce pages: <a href="http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=798" rel="nofollow">http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=798</a> <a href="http://develop.survivorspoetry.org/?page_id=798">link 2</a> So is there some conflict specific to Thematic and this main WP e-Commerce page ? Anyone else noticed this ? Or is it just my child theme ? Any thoughts greatly appreciated as usual petergus on "enable widget areas in WP E-commerce?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/enable-widget-areas-in-wp-e-commerce#post-22875 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:30:15 +0000 petergus 22875@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ ive noticed that only the primary and secondary widget areas are showing up in the wp e-commerce pages, do i need to enable the other widgets somewhere?? this is interested, from here i noticed there is a difference in widget types - <a href="http://bluemandala.com/thematic/thematic-structure.html" rel="nofollow">http://bluemandala.com/thematic/thematic-structure.html</a> tommo77funk on "Dropdown menu Z-index" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/dropdown-menu-z-index#post-3610 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:38:03 +0000 tommo77funk 3610@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, I have tried setting the z-index of the dropdown nav menu, because the dropdown is disappearing behind my flash panorama. I have tried z-index on the widget, but no joy, so have now wrapped the panorama in a div, called 'test' and this does not work either. Please see <a href="http://www.panoraks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.panoraks.co.uk/</a> and place mouse over the a button in the nav menu, [lease notice the dropdown becomes hidden by the flash panorama. the css I have tried #test { z-index:-10; } .menu {z-index:10;} Is there a way to do it in functions.php do you think, or is css and z-index the way to go ? As usual many many thanks in advance :) tom Jagst3r15 on "Child Theme and commercial usage" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/child-theme-and-commercial-usage#post-25144 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:22:35 +0000 Jagst3r15 25144@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi there, so I am a web developer who knows quite a bit, but am just getting into WordPress development. With that being said, I have no idea about the legality of selling themes and whatnot. If I create a child theme with Thematic, am I aloud to sell the Child Theme via a place like ThemeForest or something? Thanks in advance! krowchuk on "Adding non-widget content to sidebars (asides)" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-non-widget-content-to-sidebars-asides#post-17312 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:49:58 +0000 krowchuk 17312@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ In the spirit of giving back to the community as a way of saying thanks, I am posting a solution that I have used to an issue that had me stumped for a long time. I hope that somebody will find this useful! While switching my old theme over to Thematic I wanted to be able to place non-widgetized functions into the main and secondary asides (sidebars) above and below any widgets that I might use in those sidebars. While I am using a 3 column (primary aside to left, content in middle, secondary aside to the right) layout, the information below could prove to be useful for other layouts as well. Like most things in Wordpress and Thematic, there are several ways to accomplish this. I am not very well versed in php and barely competent in css, (but wish to learn and get better at both!) so my method that I finally settled on may not be the best for you. Likewise, if anyone can share a method that would accomplish this in a better way, I would love to learn about it. So, to begin; I wanted to be able to place the thumbnail at the top of the primary aside (in 3col layout this is the left sidebar) and my current theme uses a custom field for the caption below the thumbnail image. Below these items I wished to be able to add any widget I might need in the future. The code I use in my old theme to display this: <pre><code><div class="sidebar widesidebar"> <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($wp_query->post->ID); ?> <div id="thumb-caption"> <h2> <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb_caption', true); ?> </h2> </div> <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('wide')) : ?> <?php endif; ?> </div></code></pre> This presented a challenge to my Thematic "remodeling" adventure, since I was still stuck in my old way of thinking, that is, to simply customize the code inside the sidebar. There was not an (apparently) easy way to do this in Thematic without either; a-) over riding the entire aside with a child aside or... b-) using a plugin that allows you to place and execute custom php into a widget and then place that widget into the sidebar. I actually decided to try "option b" but quickly abandoned that when it didn't quite work so well with multiple copies of the widget in the same sidebar. I really wanted to do this the "Thematic" way! Without even really knowing yet what that is... My first attempt was to create a function using an action hook into thematic_abovemainasides(). <pre><code>// Thumbs and custom field function thumbnail() { ?> <div id="above-aside"> <ul> <?php $postid = get_the_ID(); ?> <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?> <div class="thumb-caption"> <h3>"<?php echo get_post_meta($postid, 'thumb_caption', true); ?>"</h3> </div> </ul> </div> <?php } add_action('thematic_abovemainasides', 'thumbnail');</code></pre> I was on the right path as it turns out, however, I created a css styling nightmare! The first thing it did was break my lovely 3 column layout! I managed to fix that when it was suggested that I needed to give my div the same classes as the primary aside. <pre><code>// Thumbs and custom field function thumbnail() { ?> <div id="primary" class="aside main-aside"> <ul> <?php $postid = get_the_ID(); ?> <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail(); ?> <div class="callout-caption"> <h3>"<?php echo get_post_meta($postid, 'callout_caption', true); ?>"</h3> </div> </ul> </div> <?php } add_action('thematic_abovemainasides', 'thumbnail');</code></pre> Beautiful! I thought the problem was solved, and it would have been if I didn't need to place a widget into the primary aside. The lesson to be learned here was that any content that you action hook into the thematic_abovemainasides() appears above the main asides, completely outside of the div containing the aside. In this case; <pre><code><div id="primary" class="aside main-aside">  </div> <div id="primary" class="aside main-aside">  </div></code></pre> Aside from producing invalid html code (#primary -> twice) this created a css styling nightmare where the second primary div overlapped the first and I could not figure out how to place it correctly below the first one. Besides, what I really wanted was the thumb and custom field "inside" the primary aside, not above it! Like this; <pre><code><div id="primary" class="aside main-aside">   </div></code></pre> You could simply take option b- and install a plugin to execute your php inside a widget and drag that into the primary aside from the widgets area of dashboard, but what if you want to display a custom field or function below any widgets in that aside? The solution is to think outside of the box, or div as it may be in this case! Thematic has numerous action hook areas, indeed there is one called thematic_betweenmainasides() and another called thematic_belowmainasides() What this allowed me to do was to create a "primary wrapper" container so to speak, by opening the wrapping div in thematic_abovemainasides and closing it in the thematic_betweenmainasides like this: <pre><code>// Add wrap div into the primary aside using abovemainasides and belowmainasides function wrap_aboveprimary() { ?> <div id="primary-wrap" class="aside main-aside"> <ul> <?php $postid = get_the_ID(); ?> <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail(); ?> <div class="thumb-caption"> <h3>"<?php echo get_post_meta($postid, 'thumb_caption', true); ?>"</h3> </div> </ul> <?php } add_action('thematic_abovemainasides','wrap_aboveprimary'); function wrap_belowprimary() { ?> </div> <?php } add_action('thematic_betweenmainasides','wrap_belowprimary');</code></pre> now all you need to do is to style it, copy the #primary css selectors and paste them into #primary-wrap, then change the #primary margin to 0, like this (your widths, margins and paddings may differ); <pre><code>#primary { border:none; /* remove default border */ float: left; margin: 0; width: 340px; padding: 7px 0 0; } #primary-wrap { float: left; margin: 0 0 0 -940px; width: 340px; padding: 7px 0 0; }</code></pre> There it is, a thing of Thematic beauty! My "Aha - Thematica!" moment! The thumb and custom field appears above the primary asides widgets in exactly the same place as I wished, top of the left aside. They "appear" to be inside the aside, but in reality they are inside a div that wraps the complete aside. We could take this a few steps further now, adding more custom fields or functions below the widgetized area of the primary aside, such as; <pre><code>// Add wrap div into the primary aside using abovemainasides and belowmainasides function wrap_aboveprimary() { ?> <div id="primary-wrap" class="aside main-aside"> <ul> <?php $postid = get_the_ID(); ?> <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail(); ?> <div class="thumb-caption"> <h3>"<?php echo get_post_meta($postid, 'thumb_caption', true); ?>"</h3> </div> </ul> <?php } add_action('thematic_abovemainasides','wrap_aboveprimary'); function wrap_belowprimary() { ?> <ul> <li><?php if(function_exists('echo_ald_crp')) echo_ald_crp(); ?></li> <li><?php if(function_exists('echo_ald_wherego')) echo_ald_wherego(); ?></li> </ul> </div> <?php } add_action('thematic_betweenmainasides','wrap_belowprimary');</code></pre> Where I have added some calls to 2 of my favourite related post plugins that don't have widgets. And of course you could take this one step further to include some custom content at the top and bottom of Secondary aside as well. Open your div in thematic_betweenmainasides and close it in thematic_belowmainasides. I haven't tested this yet, but it seems to me that the same magic could occur! Have fun! Chris fwunder on "Can I remove container div?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-i-remove-container-div#post-25154 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:24:47 +0000 fwunder 25154@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ OK, I know I'm a bit obsessed, but I've been spending a day or so learning Compass and SASS (which rocks, BTW) and my self imposed exile was to: 1) Create an easily modified Holy Grail 3 column fluid/fixed layout with equal height columns in Compass SASS. Done! ==> <a href="http://grafiks101.com/holy-grail/" rel="nofollow">http://grafiks101.com/holy-grail/</a> OK, that was fun. 2) Quickly create a thematic site using the same code. Done! ==> <a href="http://grafiks101.com/dev/" rel="nofollow">http://grafiks101.com/dev/</a> Really, that was *a lot* easier than I though it would be and a *whole* lot easier than the brute force approach I took the first time. Pretty much a drop in replacement of css. Going forward, I now want to clean it up a bit. I seem to have a case of divitis. I really don't need "container" or even "main" for that matter. I'm really not sure how to properly dispose of them and what damage I might cause with brute force. Can I, should I do it or leave well enough alone? I should also say, that this wasn't just an exercise. I had a [wordpress] project which required a pixel perfect 3 column layout to a "designed to the fold" print layout. The Holy Grail 3 column layout was exactly what I needed and Thematic made it possible. Now I would like to streamline the process for the next time... Thanks! Mike_sa on "adding shortcode" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-shortcode#post-25149 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:02 +0000 Mike_sa 25149@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi I have written a shortcode for a plugin I am coding. I have got the shortcode working, it calls the custom post types from the custom post type I have added in the plugin. At the moment all is working well but I need to add options to the shortcode like number of posts to display, slug, taxonomy, terms ect. Below is the shortcode I have written : <pre><code>// add shortcode portfolio function portfolio($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( // loop for array of portfolio // add call for query $args = array('orderby' => 'title', 'order' => 'date', 'posts_per_page' => 20, 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'Skills', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'Web-Design', ) ) ) ), $atts)); $query = new WP_Query( $args ); // The Loop while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); echo '<h2>'; the_title(); echo '</h2>'; echo ''; the_content(); echo ' '; endwhile; // Reset Post Data wp_reset_postdata(); } add_shortcode("port", "portfolio");</code></pre> After looking at various tuts , I need to leave the variable empty and add an if statement. I have not been able to get that part to work ... Could someone please point me in the right direction . Many thanks violetabella on "Comment Bubble" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/comment-bubble#post-25138 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:30:47 +0000 violetabella 25138@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ HI! I've been trying to implement a comment bubble to my child theme, but not having much luck. I did try this tutorial, <a href="http://mrdanadams.com/2011/css-only-comment-count-bubble-in-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://mrdanadams.com/2011/css-only-comment-count-bubble-in-wordpress/</a> but the bubble did not show up (even on the posts with comments). Is there another way to go about doing this? gary-miller on "Changing <title> layout using $doctitle" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/changing-lttitlegt-layout-using-doctitle#post-12479 Wed, 19 May 2010 17:32:23 +0000 gary-miller 12479@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi all, hope someone can help me with this please. I'm developing a Child Theme for Thematic and I want to change the default layout of the title tag, as set by $doctitle in the 'header-extensions' file. In my own 'functions.php' file I've tried lots of different ways to change what I want to no avail. Basically, I want to remove the default 'tab' setting, and one of the new lines after the tag. The best I've come up with is: <code> function easyaccess_doctitle($doctitle) { return $doctitle . "\n"; } add_filter('thematic_doctitle','easyaccess_doctitle'); </code> All this returns in the html page is: <code> <title>Array</title> </code> Anyone got any suggestions please? jhismith on "How to align single navigation menu item right?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-align-single-navigation-menu-item-right#post-25020 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:35:50 +0000 jhismith 25020@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I want to align a single navigation menu item right. I want the standard menu aligned left and an RSS Feed menu item aligned right. I think I have to assign CSS to a single menu item but I can't see where. MikeWills on "Adding link post format to Thematic" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-link-post-format-to-thematic#post-25050 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:46:22 +0000 MikeWills 25050@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I have been in the process of adding the link post format to the thematic theme via a child theme (https://github.com/MikeWills/MikeWillsThematic). To be honest, this is the first time I have done any sort of theme work with WordPress. I have been able to change the title permalink to the link I am linking to (much like Daring Fireball) and adding a symbol to the title so that there is a visual to someone to realize that there may be a different behavior. (Example post: <a href="http://mikewills.me/blog/why-you-should-outsource-ops" rel="nofollow">http://mikewills.me/blog/why-you-should-outsource-ops</a>) Should I be using thematic's filters to push out these changes to the theme or should I be using WordPress's? Here is what I have now. <pre><code>/** * Override the post title logic */ function mikewillsthematic_thematic_postheader_posttitle($posttitle) { if (has_post_format('link')) { $posttitle = '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="'; $posttitle .= get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "post_format_data", true); $posttitle .= '" title="Direct link to article" rel="bookmark">'; $posttitle .= '∞ '; $posttitle .= get_the_title(); $posttitle .= "</h2>\n"; } return $posttitle; } add_filter('thematic_postheader_posttitle', 'mikewillsthematic_thematic_postheader_posttitle'); function mikewillsthematic_rss_title($title) { if (has_post_format('link')) { $posttitle = '∞ '; $posttitle .= $title; } else $posttitle = $title; return $posttitle; } add_filter('the_title_rss', 'mikewillsthematic_rss_title');</code></pre> chris_s on "Alternate stylesheet for iPad" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/alternate-stylesheet-for-ipad#post-22457 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:59:20 +0000 chris_s 22457@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I'm have a lot of fun with this one! So I have the following code and it's not working. Should I be using a Thematic hook instead? Where am i going wrong with this? It does work with an absolute URL address, but I obviously do not want that in the event things change down the line. <pre><code>function ipad_css() { if( preg_match('/ipad/i',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {?> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/ipad.css" media="screen" /> <?php } } add_action('wp_print_styles','ipad_css');</code></pre> In the event it matters, this is what is in my ipad.css stylesheet. <pre><code>@import url('../style.css'); body.page { background: #6d80b5; } body.page #ipad-back { display: none; } #ipad-back { background: url(images/menu-btn.png) no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; height: 45px; width: 134px; float: right; margin-bottom: 25px; } #ipad-back a { display: inline-block; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; position: relative; top: 10px; left: 25px; }</code></pre> crashprojects on "Can I change the width of the menu to line up with the end of my header/content?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/can-i-change-the-width-of-the-menu-to-line-up-with-the-end-of-my-headercontent#post-25098 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:29:49 +0000 crashprojects 25098@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ See here: <a href="http://samh.crashprojects.com" rel="nofollow">http://samh.crashprojects.com</a> Driving me nuts! proto on "Showing first news item as full and rest as titles" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/showing-first-news-item-as-full-and-rest-as-titles#post-25090 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:53:02 +0000 proto 25090@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello all, I'm wondering if any kind folks can help me. I am looking to use my loop to output a category (in this case news) on my homepage. So far so good. I would like to ouput my news category posts with the first one as an excerpt and then after the excerpt have the next news post appear as just a title. Here's the loop, I've come up with which uses a counter to display which one to output (I know something's wrong but not sure what after trying a few variations!): <pre><code><div id="rowTwo" class="grid_12"></div> <?php query_posts('category_name=news&posts_per_page=2');?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php $counter++; ?> <div id="<?php if ($counter == 1) { echo'newsone" class="grid_4'; } ?>"> <?php thematic_postheader();?> <div class="entry-content"> <?php if (has_post_thumbnail()) { the_post_thumbnail('home_pic'); } ?> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="more"> <?php echo more_text() ?></a> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php else : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php $counter++; ?> <div id="<?php if ($counter == 2) { echo'newstwo" class="grid_4'; } ?>"> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> <?php the_title(); ?> </a></h2> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php rewind_posts(); ?></code></pre> The error I'm getting is in Dremweaver suggesting that my syntax at the end of my custom loop in functions.php there is a syntax error. Any thoughts greatly appreciated! gnurf on "weekly posts listing" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/weekly-posts-listing#post-25126 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:16:27 +0000 gnurf 25126@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I hope someone can help me in the right direction with this one: Say you have some contributors writing posts about weekly happenings. One write about Monday happenings and another about Tuesday happenings and so on. These post are written a week or so in advance. How can I list all posts for a preferred week, for example current week and next week? All suggestions are welcome! -Paul kaylehope on "Removing Blog title on Thematic" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/removing-blog-title-on-thematic#post-25115 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:06:14 +0000 kaylehope 25115@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I need some help removing the blog title on thematic. I have created a header using the #blog-title tag. Now when I try to remove the title that is set there automatically it interferes with my custom header. <a href="http://kaylehope.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://kaylehope.com/wordpress/</a> Help please! Thanks! YDG on "2 Column Branding or Header DIV ?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/2-column-branding-or-header-div#post-9710 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:38:54 +0000 YDG 9710@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I'm working on a child theme, and need a way separate either the header or branding div into 2 columns. My goal is to be able to insert a jpg logo in the left column and a swf in the right column. My theme needs to have a logo on and a swf side by side at the top of the page After looking at the Thematic page structure, the most logical place to do this is in the branding div area because it is only a wrapper for the title and description. But in order to do it, would I have to create another div and float one right and one left? If so, How do I register the new div in the frame work? Or is there a way to it through my functions? Itchybrain on "Child custom template not in template list" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/child-custom-template-not-in-template-list#post-25104 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:44:52 +0000 Itchybrain 25104@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Gday Themeshaper forum I have created a site using Thematic with a child theme. I made a custom template but it does not show in the available templates list. It is available in the list when put in the thematic parent directory, but is not available when moved into the child directory. Does anyone have any solutions for this? Thanks for any help you can provide. asimkhan12 on "How To Make Tags Pages Apear In Single Post in Gallery Thematic" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-make-tags-pages-apear-in-single-post-in-gallery-thematic#post-24983 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:01 +0000 asimkhan12 24983@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello, I hope that i will get my answer from this support forum, on customizing Gallery Theme (Thematic). I'm new to thematic themes and don't know much about css and php just do things after reading so its difficult for me to understand and also there is less contribution available at google. My question is; how can i make tags appear on my single post just right under the "Tweet This" button. Please help me out if any one knows how to do or any good reference / guide will be appreciated, thanks. See this screenshot, i want just like this: <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/23jpl4w.png" rel="nofollow">http://i41.tinypic.com/23jpl4w.png</a> linup on "Changing page-title contents using functions.php" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/changing-page-title-contents-using-functionsphp#post-25079 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:36:55 +0000 linup 25079@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi there- Loving this framework, but am new to any development & need some guidance as to how to change things using filters & action hooks.... For example, I need to get rid of the words "category archives" on my cat archives pages. These are default in the "page-title." I found the related code in content-extensions.php file (library > extensions folder). See below. I know I have to make this happen in my functions.php file in my child theme... but I am not clear on what to write in the functions.php code to get rid of the words, Category Archives. Would someone be so kind as to walk me through this? Thanks in advance... and thanks for this time-saving gem of a theme! Lindsay <pre><code>Code from content-extensions.php // Filter the page title // located in archive.php, attachement.php, author.php, category.php, search.php, tag.php if (function_exists('childtheme_override_page_title')) { function thematic_page_title() { childtheme_override_page_title(); } } elseif (is_category()) { $content .= '<h1 class="page-title">'; $content .= __('Category Archives:', 'thematic'); $content .= ' '; $content .= single_cat_title('', FALSE); $content .= '</h1>' . "\n"; $content .= '<div class="archive-meta">'; if ( !(''== category_description()) ) : $content .= apply_filters('archive_meta', category_description()); endif; $content .= '</div>';</code></pre> tabasco on "Grid style layout for pages list" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/grid-style-layout-for-pages-list#post-25077 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:19:09 +0000 tabasco 25077@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello all, I was wondering if there is a way for creating a grid layout for page entries. A description would be if I had a site for a school and one of the categories for the school was called sports. The sports page would be in a grid format showing multiple sports (child pages) with the title and a couple of lines from the page it's pointing to. I'd like to accomplish something like this: <a href="http://codecanyon.net/item/ts-display-portfolio-and-gallery-plugin/full_screen_preview/147000" rel="nofollow">http://codecanyon.net/item/ts-display-portfolio-and-gallery-plugin/full_screen_preview/147000</a> *select the three or four column in TS Display tab. Being a noob, I don't wouldn't know what php code to write up and where/which php doc to put it in. I have some knowledge of css so i think I'd be able to get by there. I'm sorry if this has been asked already but I've searched the forum to no avail. Anything else i Google seems not to coincide with the way thematic does things. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thnx in advance. discofuel on "Correct way to set up custom post type archive for child theme?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/correct-way-to-set-up-custom-post-type-archive#post-25070 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:04:01 +0000 discofuel 25070@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Can somebody please point me in the right direction on how to set up a custom post type archive page on a child theme of Thematic, and query for the custom post type. e.g. archive-customposttype.php Thanks McGirl2008 on "full post and then excerpts on category pages" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/full-post-and-then-excerpts-on-category-pages#post-4418 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:55 +0000 McGirl2008 4418@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ On my category pages, I want to show one full post and then the rest of the list as excerpts. I tried creating a variable which I called $full_content: // CHANGE WHAT GETS EXCERPTS $full_content = false; function childtheme_content($content) { if ($full_content) { $content= 'full'; } elseif (is_home() || is_front_page()) { $content= 'excerpt'; } elseif (is_single()) { $content = 'full'; } elseif (is_tag()) { $content = 'excerpt'; } elseif (is_search()) { $content = 'excerpt'; } elseif (is_category()) { $content = 'excerpt'; } elseif (is_author()) { $content = 'excerpt'; } elseif (is_archive()) { $content = 'excerpt'; } return $content; } add_filter('thematic_content', 'childtheme_content'); and then using that variable in the categoryloop: // The Category Pages function childtheme_categoryloop() { $count = 0; while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $count++; if ($count <= 1) { ?> <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class(); ?>"> <?php thematic_postheader(); ?> <div class="entry-content"> <?php $full_content = true; thematic_content(); $full_content = false; ?> </div> <?php thematic_postfooter(); ?> </div> <?php } else { ?> <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class(); ?>"> <?php thematic_postheader(); ?> <div class="entry-content"> <?php $full_content = false; thematic_content(); ?> </div> <?php thematic_postfooter(); ?> </div> <?php } ?> <?php endwhile; $full_content = false; } add_action('thematic_categoryloop', 'childtheme_categoryloop'); I could see my changes to the loop, but no matter how I mess with this the category pages only show all-full, or all-excerpt. I have tested and the childtheme_categoryloop *can* definitely pull in different content for the if/else loop (if I use plaintext). Any help is VERY much appreciated!! Thanks! Michelle Chris on "Useful tools" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/useful-tools#post-6931 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:06:54 +0000 Chris 6931@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi, this thread contains tools that we recommend for Theme / Child Theme development. Chris sixfootjames on "Better Thematic Help" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/better-thematic-help#post-24278 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:27:33 +0000 sixfootjames 24278@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi there, Not to be unappreciative; I am very grateful for the help but also quite frustrated. I know this is in large part due to my absolute Noobness at this and some day I will cringe upon this post. I am just finding it incredibly difficult to find what I am looking for and I have noticed others mention the same thing. I am more than willing to contribute to the Wiki as I learn as I believe this is a super way of adding in-depth articles on a subject and a lot of examples but the Wiki does not seem to be working? I see that there are lots of great articles that have been written in the forums but too much time is spent looking for these articles, when all that really needs to happen is if someone asks a question and it has been answered a thousand times, they should be pointed to the Wiki. Could we maybe get that up and running or is it limited to a certain number of people at this stage? I don't mean to whine, but if you look at this from a complete beginner's point of view you might understand the frustrations in the learning curve. I'd really like to make Thematic my choice of Framework and would like to wax it to the point where I can make a valuable contribution. Many thanks, James tmayo on "Conditional Comments for IE" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/conditional-comments-for-ie#post-11390 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:45:05 +0000 tmayo 11390@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ where is the best place to insert conditional comments for IE version-specific CSS files? Thanks, Tim