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@ Andrea_r:
I’m guessing the base=”/” you’re talking about is the same as the one ipstenu provided in the wp-config example code? If so – it’s already there.

@ ipstenu
Couldn’t find basepath – but everything that should have been a / directory was.

@tim
Checked wp_blogs, and added a / to both domain and path. Created a test blog, and had the same issue. / was still not being added upon the creation of a new blog.

Rewrite:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

And using the above wp-config entry, it still spits out the same problem.

@weddingcakes
I am looking into widening the content area currently. Hopefully I will have this done soon (as there are many divs that need to be changed, and scripting issues to account for.)

@dcoi9
Yeah, the content area having a smaller amount of screen space can be a good thing and a bad thing. I did it that way so it’s not going all over the place. I can see how this would be a turn-off of sorts to a certain amount of people.

Just not a fan of the idea that we can have these limitless amounts of websites out there under a WordPress installation and then somehow, 90% of those sites manage to all behave the same (as in same navigation elements, same basic structure, same markup, different skin.)

Looks like that’s just two fixed divs on either side of the main content. Nothing special there.

Suggestions for the footer? Get rid of it. You have nothing there that can’t be displayed in the sidebar.

Your navigation: mouseover suggestion.

Drop the Twitter from the top (the birdie behind the RSS icon). You’ve got the one on the sidebar that does the same thing. (Redundant)

Get a plugin for search that returns results that are relevant to what is being searched for. (I searched for “blog” and got results about your anniversary (nothing to do with “blog”).

Do you really want people leaving comments on your about page? Template -> page.php -> conditional statement (if you want comments on other pages) or just get rid of the comments call altogether.

Fancy links are your friend (but entirely up to you.) I know someone else would rattle on and on about SEO goodness, but – I’m not that person.

Just a few things I noticed, anyway. Probably more, but I didn’t want to give you a massive tl;dr in your first reply.

@hardgain: Shadowbox.

Yes.

No content with default Buddypress theme. Also, long URL is long. Maybe consider a URL shortening service (or a shorter name…)?

Background image:
Might I suggest making a large div to place your content into with the background image for THAT div (bkgrd2.jpg) with no-repeat while running the rest of the background in the main body repeating? As it stand right now, those of us with higher resolutions will be seeing this looping background that winds up just taking away from the overall visual appeal of the site.

Logo:
What’s the connection between a black and white cutout of a newspaper boy shouting about newspapers, a clip-art insert of a newspaper in a seemingly random position, and a boat style wood cutout for with the site name?

There seem to be 3 different themes going on, and they can’t quite figure out what they want to be: is the theme supposed to be journalistic; is it supposed to be lazy home boat on the river; is it supposed to be kind old Western…?

Top navigation:
Floating all by itself in close proximity to the main logo design with no indication that it’s there and that people should use it to navigate the site. The corner of my eye wrote it off as arbitrary text, but upon closer inspection I realized that it was site navigation.

Follow us…
You could have achieved the same feature without putting a sidebar widget on the bleeding edge of the screen by just putting this functionality below the content of the post (using smaller icons, of course).

I know, I know
You didn’t ask for my criticism.

The signs look great. …I’m sure you didn’t create your wife (/poke @marjiec).

If you’re wondering if you own the copyright to your own words on a blog, you might wanna ask the painter if the company that created his paints, canvas and brushes owns the content of his painting.

However, most online communities (from Facebook to Myspace) have it in their TOS that anything you place on their services can be used without your permission by them in any capacity they see fit to use it in.

@weddingcakes
No, I mean… the way you have it set up: advertising, advertising, non-content “content” (log-in isn’t content), some more advertising… and that’s on the sidebar alone.

You have more space devoted to advertising than you do to content.

I think they are fine where they are. The amount of space devoted to the artist on single view (as it is now) is nice compared to the space devoted to navigating the site (which is also pretty well laid out.)

To me, switching the navigation to the top from the side is shifting focus from the music slightly to “what else is here, I don’t know, here are some controls, let’s go somewhere else.”

You might want to consider hiding the comment form altogether from visitors who aren’t logged in, and replacing the default login with a custom one to give it a more well-rounded feel.

What, exactly, is “content” and what, exactly, is “advertising”? The term what is this I don’t even comes to mind.