dtclarinet

I managed to get things to work a bit better. I created a VERY crude category page template with lots of cut and paste, which at least syled the page to show the posts. When I opened each post, it was just too messy in layout, though it had my theme style, at least.

So, I decided to delete the whole project for now.

I couldn’t get the posts to that category NOT to show in the recent posts listing, even though they weren’t visible anywhere else.

Close, but no cigar.

I created a page using the default template, linked it using a “links_to” key to the “miniblog” category as suggested by HandySolo, and used the category visibility plugin to hide the mini cat posts from the front page.

Now the posts show in their own page, but with no style, none.

This is where I’m stuck.

My blog it
https://glitteirngstew.com/muse

You can check the page called “Domesticity” in the header menu. The two posts I put are Cooking and Eating. Both show, but no template is called up.

Sounds helpful. But how do I “Create “mini blog” posts in their own dedicated category”?

Thinking out loud- I write a post to a certain category, say “miniblog”. That category needs its own loop and index, right?

OR, can I edit the main index.php file and redirect all posts in a certain category to be posted on a newly created page?

Or…

I am using K2 theme, with its own peculiar structure. The index.php has no header call.

https://www.superblogger.com is not a blog at all. It’s a shopping site. I don’t know what it is supposed to show me.

I want to acces the miniblog by clicking through a tab in my menu bar.

But I know it doesn’t require a separate install.

thanks,
David

That’s the idea of what I want, but I’m afraid those instructions are not helpful. I think I need to create a unique “page.php” file for the new mini-blog.

I assume the loop needs to be in there somewhere, or does it?

If anyone has done this successfully, please let me know.

David

I’m using the plugin, but I changed the permalink structure, so the old ones are not linking now.

I think I’m going to change the permalinks back. I’ve heard they are stroed in the htaccess file and shouldn’t be messed with.

doodlebee- with that header code you suggested, am I supposed to un-comment it? (right now it’s commented out, and with other code, that means it’s skipped over.

Also, with IE 7, my colors are not showing up, no matter what theme I use. The layout is fine, just no background colors or background anything.

https://glitteringstew.com/muse

thanks,
david

Apparently the problem occured before I installed version 2.02. Sorry for the disturbance.

David

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I wonder if my delay in installing the new script caused some problems which alerted their spam police, and then by the time I installed the new script the process of shutting me down had begun.

I just re-installed the script to be sure.

It seems to be working now with 2.02. Thanks,

David

I solved the problem. It was a conflict with Spam Karma 2 and the K2 theme code. There’s a fix to the comment-ajax.php in K2 listed here.

Hope this helps if anyone else comes up with that problem.

The disfunction of the comment feature still plagues me. Has anyone heard of “alien” and “ghost” comments showing in wp 2.0.1 right after a comment is written? The real comment shows later, but the false one shows right after the comment is approved, in the area above the comment box.

thanks,

David

I activated the other spam filters and increased the strength of SK2.1.

Now when I write a comment, the comment which appears immediately is not spam, but another comment of mine from another post!!! Then when I reload the page, the real comment is right there.

(play twilight zone music here)

thanks for any suggestions,

David

Thank you so much. I installed the new spam karma, added a test comment and the comment number shows now.

ANybody have any idea why wp 2.0.1 won’t update comments numbers? I have two blogs using 2.0 which work fine, but I’ve installed 2.0.1 twice, even after disabling all plugins and reverting to default theme.

Any other suggestions as to why this is a problem?

Are there permissions I need to set somewhere?

thanks,
David