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So I’m close to getting the CSS dealy worked out. I’m having a spot with the width/alignment though. Still not the main issue.

Would really like to find a solve for “more” and I notice that the “previous” and “next” functionality is also dead.

So I figured it out for the most part, but now I’m running into two issues. First and foremost, the $more tag doesn’t work even though I added the code into the page as esmi suggested.

Page

Code:

<?php
/*
Template Name: kickstand
*/
?>
<?php global $more;?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="intros">
<p>Welcome to the Kickstand!</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>For some of you, it may come as a surprise that we have passions beyond cycling. I know, it stings a bit, but like other things too. Music, Art, Snow Angels, Pop Tarts and the occasional episode of "Cheaters". So we present the Kickstand, a section where you will soon find all the best "off topic" posts we can muster.</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Why The Kickstand you ask? Well because it sorta' sounds like The News Stand which is very official and proper, but it's bike related- That and a kickstand is super useful and awesome (like the posts on this page will be) but you don't want it anywhere near your bike (like the posts on the main page). Get it?</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
So here goes, enjoy:
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
P.S.- We're still working the bugs out, so please be patient.
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
</div>
<div id="posts">
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args= array(
	'category_name' => 'kickstand',
	'paged' => $paged
);
query_posts($args);
?>
  <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); if (in_category('143') && is_home() ) continue;?>
  <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
    <!--<div class="pinfo">-->
<div id="xsnazzy">
  <b class="xtop"><b class="xb1"></b><b class="xb2"></b><b class="xb3"></b><b class="xb4"></b></b>
        <div class="xboxcontent">
<ul class="pinfo">
            <li class="lileft"><span>
              <?php the_time('j') ?>
              <br />
              <em>
              <?php the_time('M') ?>
              </em></span>
            </li>
            <li class="liright">
              <div><div><h1><a title='Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>' href='<?php
              the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark'><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1></div></div>
            </li>
</ul>
</div>  

<b class="xbottom"><b class="xb4"></b><b class="xb3"></b><b class="xb2"></b><b class="xb1">
      </b></b>
      </div> 

    <!--</div>-->
    <div class="postcontent">
<?php $more = 0; the_content('<span>Read the rest of this entry...</span>');?>
      <span class="postcom"><?php comments_popup_link('contribute', 'one comment', '% comments'); ?></span>
    </div>
  </div>
  <?php endwhile; ?>
  <div id="navigation">
    <?php posts_nav_link('','<span class="prev">Newer Entries &raquo;</span>','') ?>
    <?php posts_nav_link('','','<span class="next">&laquo; Older Entries</span>') ?>
  </div>
  <?php else : ?>
  <div class="post">
    <div id="xsnazzy">
  <b class="xtop"><b class="xb1"></b><b class="xb2"></b><b class="xb3"></b><b class="xb4"></b></b>
        <div class="xboxcontent">
<ul class="pinfo">
            <li class="lileft"><span>
              <?php the_time('j') ?>
              <br />
              <em>
              <?php the_time('M') ?>
              </em></span>
            </li>
            <li class="liright">
              <div><div><h1><a title='Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>' href='<?php
              the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark'><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1></div></div>
            </li>
</ul>
</div>
<b class="xbottom"><b class="xb4"></b><b class="xb3"></b><b class="xb2"></b><b class="xb1">
      </b></b>
      </div>
    <div class="postcontent">
    <?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
    </div>
  </div>
  <?php endif; ?>
<div id="comments">
    <?php comments_template(); ?>
  </div>
</div>
<!--<?php get_sidebar(); ?>-->
<?php include('rsidebar.php'); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

The last issue isn’t as big of a deal. It’s just that the intro text is pushing the sidebar down. I’m guessing I need to add some parameters to the CSS I’m calling. Note that right now I have the text wide so it doesn’t look weird, but when I align it with the posts, it still pushes the sidebar down.

Any suggestions would be great. You have all been extremely helpful thus far.

so here is what I did and it work in Firefox and Safari, no go in IE. Suggestions?

<!><div id="rside2">
  <h2>featured stories and sites</h2>
<ul>
<a href="https://www.cyclezine.net/category/features/interviews/"><img src="https://www.cyclezine.net/wp-content/themes/typographywp/images/pushbike_banner.png" alt="pushbike interview" title="pushbike interview" width=auto height= auto align=right></a>
</ul>
<!></div>

I finally got frustrated and loaded the “page links to” plugin which works quite well. Create a new page then at the bottom is a section where you can put a categories URL. Has all the navigation and features you need

found the issue. It was a background image in my theme that was adding the bullet. Thanks to Pat Diven for the help.

I’m set with the horizontal line, I just want to get rid of the bullets.

Not having problems with vertical vs. Horizontal, but still cannot get rid of the bullets between icons. Any suggestions.

Code below:

/* Sociable
--------------------------- */
div.sociable { margin: 16px 0; }

span.sociable_tagline { position: relative; }
span.sociable_tagline span { display: none; width: 14em; }
span.sociable_tagline:hover span {
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	top: -5em;
	background: #ffe;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	color: black;
	line-height: 1.25em;
}
.sociable span {
	display: block;
}
.sociable ul {
	display: inline;
	margin: 0;
	list-style: none;
        padding: 0;
}
.sociable ul li {
	background: none;
	display: inline;
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 1px;
}
.sociable img {
	float: none;
	width: 16px;
	height: 16px;
	border: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.sociable-hovers {
	opacity: .4;
	-moz-opacity: .4;
	filter: alpha(opacity=40);
}
.sociable-hovers:hover {
	opacity: 1;
	-moz-opacity: 1;
	filter: alpha(opacity=100);
}

Not using sociable CSS, this is added to my theme’s stylesheet.

Page in question:

cyclezine.net

Solved.

Apparently the drop down menu DOES NOT like the version of lightbox I’m using. Killed the lightbox gallery and now it works.

Thanks all for your patience.

whoops. Sorry. That was a somewhat lame mistake.

Here it is, correct and all.

cyclezine.net

So I was sorta’ thinking the same as you, so I did a few things. I created a new page, with a different title and called on the ebay posts. Same thing.

Thought maybe it had something to do with the other sections only having one post. So test posted each. Drop downs still worked.

I think the next thing will be to go through each post and see if there is some sort of code messing with the actual page. Two of the three of those posts are blogger imports.

Okay. So now it’s back on track. However, one issue still shows up. Under Features, the are several pages like I stated above. When you go to any of the pages, except “seen-on-ebay”, you can use the dropdown menu. But when you go the the ‘seen on ebay’ page, that functionality is gone and the button is static.

all is well. Sorry for the clutter.

found it:

But now it’s a little janky. My posts show up, but I have lost the ability to limit the number that show, lost my galleries, and “read more”

argh, sorry for the link issues, here is the correct one:

cyclezine.net

Thanks for the tip. From looking at that, I have, errr, a lot to learn…

This was a great solve, was just thinking about how to do this. Dumb question though. What if I still want content that explains the page before it starts listing the posts. When I added this code, it got rid of the initial description I had on the page.