Comments on: Troubleshooting WordPress http://mp-dulcimer.com/blog/2005/10/12/troubleshooting-wordpress/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marcy http://mp-dulcimer.com/blog/2005/10/12/troubleshooting-wordpress/#comment-29 Marcy Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:48:50 +0000 http://mp-dulcimer.com/blog/?p=12#comment-29 I figured out how to get the left margin to work on all pages -- duh, I had to edit the other templates, like for archives and single posts. And I figured out the excerpting problem. I found a plugin called <a href="http://wiki.wordpress.org/?pagename=the_excerptReloaded" rel="nofollow">the_excerpt Reloaded</a> that allows all sorts of ways to customize how the archive pages make and display excerpts. And I've done a lot more today, too -- look how I've got background color for the post headings (created a class called heading and put a <code><div></code> around both title and date) and a border around the post metadata, and I've formatted the comments to look the way I want (by using a negative left margin, setting <code>list-style-type</code> to <code>none</code>, and changing the order of elements in the comments template. Woo-hoo! I still need to work on the sidebar. I want to eliminate a lot of the excess white space and maybe use UrbanGiraffe's code again to try to set a minimum width. I figured out how to get the left margin to work on all pages — duh, I had to edit the other templates, like for archives and single posts.

And I figured out the excerpting problem. I found a plugin called the_excerpt Reloaded that allows all sorts of ways to customize how the archive pages make and display excerpts.

And I’ve done a lot more today, too — look how I’ve got background color for the post headings (created a class called heading and put a <div> around both title and date) and a border around the post metadata, and I’ve formatted the comments to look the way I want (by using a negative left margin, setting list-style-type to none, and changing the order of elements in the comments template.

Woo-hoo!

I still need to work on the sidebar. I want to eliminate a lot of the excess white space and maybe use UrbanGiraffe’s code again to try to set a minimum width.

]]> By: Marcy http://mp-dulcimer.com/blog/2005/10/12/troubleshooting-wordpress/#comment-14 Marcy Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:54:42 +0000 http://mp-dulcimer.com/blog/?p=12#comment-14 <a href="http://tannagh.com/" rel="nofollow">TechGnome</a> at the WordPress <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" rel="nofollow">support forums</a> helped me with the paragraph breaks. His solution for the height difference solved the problem on the front page, but on other pages now the sidebar was lower. Sigh. In keeping with the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) principle, I'm starting again. I've commented out all the CSS I don't quite understand, and have gotten rid of line-heights and most font-size declarations, and am trying again to use simple CSS, with variable sizes as much as possible. Now I have paragraph breaks again. And the content and sidebar are even. But on all pages but the front page, the content ignores my left margin. Sigh. TechGnome at the WordPress support forums helped me with the paragraph breaks. His solution for the height difference solved the problem on the front page, but on other pages now the sidebar was lower. Sigh. In keeping with the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) principle, I’m starting again. I’ve commented out all the CSS I don’t quite understand, and have gotten rid of line-heights and most font-size declarations, and am trying again to use simple CSS, with variable sizes as much as possible.

Now I have paragraph breaks again. And the content and sidebar are even.

But on all pages but the front page, the content ignores my left margin.

Sigh.

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