pizzaman

Check out my site (click ‘pizzaman’). I have a thingy that I swiped from a theme somewhere that looks like a daily calendar page. It’s done using text (no graphics) and CSS. It could be placed at the beginning of each entry with text wrapping around it. I can post the code if you like.

One possible way would be to make 7 graphic files (one for each day) and insert them as you write each entry.

You would also need some CSS that would center the images within the content tag.

Here’s what I’ve done…
I make up the pages in my editor following the theme’s layout but give the page a “template header” like this.

<?php
/*
Template Name: Whatever Page Name You Want
*/

Then follow the theme layout:

get_header;
get_sidebar;
<div id="content"
place content here using any HTML, php, WP tags
</div>
get_footer;
?>

Then go into admin and create a new page choosing the above as the page template. Don’t put any content here. Leave the edit window blank. The content goes in when you make the page in your editor (above).

Save the page. WP assigns it an ID number. Use the ID number in a link on your sidebar or whatever like this:

<a href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/index.php?page_id=nn">Link Text</a>

Hope I explained this so you get the idea.

Take a look at the Neuron theme for WP. It does something similar. Maybe you can get ideas from it.

The topic of this thread is something that has bugged me for quite a while and I’m glad to see it being discussed here. I usually lurk around but I have to put my 2 cents in here.

I’m no designer – no CSS guru – not even close. I’ve hacked and slashed through 15-20 themes and the one big problem that seems to run across most of them is a lack of some sort of standardization. One has “content” the next “main”. One has “sidebar” the next “menu”. Makes things difficult especially when you’re trying to adapt non-WP add-ons.

Kubrick’s stylesheet is a nightmare. It’s a great looking theme but why it’s used as the default is beyond me. It seems to break many of the “rules” that have been discussed here. However, sifting through it and understanding it has increased my level of CSS understanding and I’m grateful for that.

Anyway, thanks to Lorelle and everyone here. All of the suggestions presented here can only help us all do a better job.

Ahhhh…..my eyes have been opened!
Thanks moshu. I’m going to change a few things and see what happens.

Thanks guys. I’ve read the codex and was hoping for a clearer explanation. I’ll read it again – SLOWER this time ;).

Marc – the font is “Neat Freak Bold”. Don’t remember where I found it – maybe it was in the newsgroups.

In the admin, make sure you have your links before and after set to

.

Then in sidebar.php the links section should look like:

• <?php _e(‘Links’); ?>

• <?php get_linksbyname(”, ”, ‘
  ‘, ”, FALSE, ‘id’, FALSE, FALSE); ?>

/ul>

Works for me – with IE.

Thanks guys (girls?). I’m playing to a very small userbase but having fun anyway.

Java: Thanks. It’s just a modified Kubrick. The header was done with Paint Shop Pro. I know enough about PSP to fill a thimble.

raer: No photo gallery. The weather plugin is a modified GetWeather from
Jeff Minard https://hq.servequake.com

TheOneAndOnly: I’m on the “right” side….