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I’m curious how to do the same thing, anyone have any ideas?

well the text is larger than the other browsers and it is causing the divs in my footer to display out of order.

Well I believe it’s a custom theme. If you’re looking to do something similar, take a look through the existing themes. Just go through the files and add your own graphic and color preferences to the php and css.

The codex is nice but it can be a bit over whelming if you’re new to all tis stuff like I was. If you want to use pre existing themes then save them to your WordPress themes folder. For me is wp-content/themes.

However if you want to design your own theme, that is a completely different story. Expect to sit down for several hours and learn some php and css. I started off by following this entire tutorial which was extremely helpful. I know the author also created a free e-book with even more info, so maybe you can find that on his site. After I had a basic knowledge of php and css I bought “WordPress Theme Design” by Tessa Blakeley Silver. You can get it off Amazon.

Be prepared for many headaches. Learning this stuff is like learning a foreign language, but it’ll come to you eventually. Just don’t give up. Remember to take breaks from your work and come back to it.

I would place the ad inside another div so that you can better control where it will be placed.

example

<div id="wrapper">

     <div id="main">
     </div

     <div id="ads">
     </div>

</div

The reason I placed the ads div underneath the main div so the when an SEO Google bot goes through your site, it reads through your code. So I put it after the main content so the search engine will index your content rather than straying off to the website your ad links to. Now all you have to do is place the div using CSS.

cmon with all the ie problems someone has to know what i’m talking about

I’m having the same problem and I am using no plugins. COuld this be a WordPress 2.8 bug?

Solved it. In case someone searches this thread, add /wp-admin to the end of your site URL.

Can someone help? My boss is getting mad…

Thank you very much, I knew it was something incredibly easy like that. You’re the man.

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div class="post">
				<h1 class="toptitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
				<p class="topMeta">by <?php the_author_firstname(); ?> <?php the_author_lastname(); ?></p>

			<div class="entry">
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
			</div>

			</div> <!-- Closes post --><br />

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

anyone?

This is where I’ve gotten, I need to show only the most recent post on this particular page. https://www.bcsprosoft.com/blog

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”topPost”>
<h1 class=”topTitle”>“><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<p class=”topMeta”>by <?php the_author_firstname(); ?> <?php the_author_lastname(); ?> on <?php the_time(‘M. d, Y’) ?>, under <?php the_category(‘, ‘); ?></p>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

i’m having trouble with this still, can anyone help?