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hhh4u on "Chapter Links in my Blog"

hhh4u — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:17 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I would like to add one or two chapters of my book on my blog. I would like it to look something like:

Read a Sample: Chapter 1|Chapter 2

I want the "Chapter 1" and "Chapter 2" to be links to the actual chapters, but I have no idea how to do that. Can someone please give me advice on this?

Thanks!

timethief on "Chapters / problem"

timethief — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:19:57 +0000

You're welcome.

evekazan on "Chapters / problem"

evekazan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:19:19 +0000

oh thank you Timethief for info !

timethief on "Chapters / problem"

timethief — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:16:53 +0000

We Volunteers answering questions on these support forums do not have access to premium themes and can't help with their features. Read-access to the premium themes forum is now open to all users so you can search to see if your question has been previously asked and answered there. The premium theme forums are at http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/ with separate sections for each theme.
http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/chapters

If you are not successful when searching then there is a link for the specific Premium Theme support forum for your theme under Appearance -> Themes in your blog’s Dashboard, but do note that the premium theme must be active and you must be signed in as the user who purchased it in order to see it and post to it.

evekazan on "Chapters / problem"

evekazan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:12:50 +0000

Hi,

I have a visual problem on my blog.
I've written a long article with lot of photographs (around 30).

In the edition mode, i see all my pics, and when i preview or publish, a large part of photos are invisibles, there is just a gray line ...

I'm using the "Chapters" Theme.

Is there a limit of image on a post ?

http://mademoisl-eve.com/

Thank you for the help !
eve

zc95 on "How to move left menu on sidebar to top of Woo theme Chapters"

zc95 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:34:43 +0000

I made a site with the Wootheme called Chapters. I don't like the menu on the left side and would rather have it up at the top. What's my best option for that?

The site is http://www.quantumthink.net/

Thanks in advance.

supportbot on "How to move left menu on sidebar to top of Woo theme Chapters"

supportbot — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:34:43 +0000

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1tess on "Channels, or chapters for posts"

1tess — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:18:59 +0000

@irishocaruso

Please be aware that there are different flavors of WordPress. Lots of information one finds online or hears about will be related to wp.ORG rather than to wp.COM.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

You can use categories to organize your posts, as you have done.

As far as I know there is no way to have pictures automatically next to post titles or in custom menus on wp.com.
If you want to list your posts in order (like chapters) then you could use a custom menu widget in your sidebar with links to posts in the order you would like them to be read.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/custom-menu-widget/
(for that matter you could put a custom menu in your top navigation)
more detail about custom menus:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

If you want pictures with the links to posts you will have to venture into a bit of html/text editing. If you are interested in that we can help.

omgrishi on "Channels, or chapters for posts"

omgrishi — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:05:15 +0000

There is nothing like chapters, but they are named "Categories" and "Tags" in WordPress Blogs. You can take them as Channels to categorize your posts.

irishocaruso on "Channels, or chapters for posts"

irishocaruso — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:00:58 +0000

A long time blogger told me that I had to start using channels to categorize my posts. The are like chapters. Unfortunately he left town and I am having a hard time following up for instructions. Another blogger uses some kind of an app across the top under the masthead that features the title of the folder or chapter and a small photograph teaser.

How do I get into this? Am I using the wrong terminology??

timethief on "posting chapters so they appear consecutively, even amid other posts"

timethief — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:33:19 +0000

You're welcome. :)

elizduggan on "posting chapters so they appear consecutively, even amid other posts"

elizduggan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:31:12 +0000

thanks so much...winging it here and learning as I go. Very much appreciate the reply - thank you!

timethief on "posting chapters so they appear consecutively, even amid other posts"

timethief — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:32:45 +0000

There is an alternative structure you can use > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ There is no theme that is specifically designed to do what you suggest but Chapters may be of interest to you.

elizduggan on "posting chapters so they appear consecutively, even amid other posts"

elizduggan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:39:51 +0000

Anyone have any ideas? My blog contains various things I'm working on: poetry/short stories/etc but one of the entries will be chapters of a novel. Does anyone know of a theme that allows random posts/photos but also will enable me to put the novel in one place on the blog so that the chapters will post consecutively? thanks a million!

iamtakashi on "Chapters theme...need examples of blogs using it"

iamtakashi — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:53:22 +0000

@nyfrancis,

I saw you purchased Chapters. Congrats!

Now you are a subscriber of the theme, if you have questions on the theme, you are now able to ask about it on the theme specific forum. http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/chapters

Good luck on your blog!

nyfrancis on "Chapters theme...need examples of blogs using it"

nyfrancis — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:02:15 +0000

Thank you, Takashi. That was very helpful. Visiting each of those sites helped me see some of the possibilities offered by Chapters -- better than the demo did. They also gave me ideas of what I do and don't want.

Now to get brave, jump in and try to figure out *how* to do it. A brain injury took away my "geek-ness" abilities. So it seems confusing and scary. I'm not sure which I'm sposed to do first ... buy the theme or open/start the blog first. (I already bought the domain name.)

Again, thank you much.

iamtakashi on "Enough "chapters" in Chapters ?"

iamtakashi — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:16:02 +0000

In Chapters, the chapter is a post, not a page.

>Is it one post per numbered tab?
Yes. You can not assign more than one posts to each chapter.

momgenet on "Enough "chapters" in Chapters ?"

momgenet — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:06:57 +0000

I believe I know the difference between a post and a page. However, I was unclear how this theme treats the "tabs" or "chapters" in the book . . . . .
Is it one post per numbered tab?
Or is it a page?
Thanks for your help!

timethief on "Enough "chapters" in Chapters ?"

timethief — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:53:41 +0000

I'm not convinced that you are clear on the differences between pages and posts so just in case please read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

I doubt that any theme would accomodate 1000 tabs in the horizontal menu but groups of 10 and a chapter on top for each group may be workable.

I'm flagging this thread so it gets moved to the Themes Forum. Themes Staff monitor threads in that forum and will reply to you there.
theme description > http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/chapters/
live demo site > http://chaptersdemo.wordpress.com/

momgenet on "Enough "chapters" in Chapters ?"

momgenet — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:45:33 +0000

Hi there . . .
I have just begun a blog called my 1000 blessings!
Obviously. .when all is said and done. . I'd like to have a 1000 posts, though short.
I was investigating if one could post these chronologically from 1 - 1000
I was looking (and liked) the Chapters theme. . .but could I really put a 1000 tabs across the top ?
Or can I group posts in groups of 10 and put a chapter marker at the top ?
I can't seem to find much info on this theme?
Anyone know of have ideas ?

iamtakashi on "Chapters theme...need examples of blogs using it"

iamtakashi — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:21:27 +0000

Howdy nyfrancis,

I've picked up randomly some sites that use Chapters theme here.

I hope it helps.

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nyfrancis on "Chapters theme...need examples of blogs using it"

nyfrancis — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:11:03 +0000

I'm seriously considering using the Chapters theme to start my new blog. Most of the themes I've seen on the WordPress Browse Themes site offer links to blogs that use each theme. But on the Chapters showcase page it says that 147 blogs use it, but doesn't give any links. So other than the example used in the demo, there are no others I can look at. I really want to see how others are using this theme before I spend my $$.

I have all sorts of questions about Chapters, specific to what I want to do with it -- post each chapter of my book, w/out dates. I don't want it to be a calendar sensitive site. My project is huge and complicated and I need something that will help me bring together the myriads of parts into a structured whole. Chapters *looks* like it might do that. When I'm done -- or perhaps when I have a certain portion -- I'll go public with it. But before I ask those more specific questions, I need to see how others are using it.

Thank you in advance to anyone who might be able to help me w/ this.
Nanette

timethief on "Posts and Pages"

timethief — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:34:55 +0000

@gof78
Hi again. You're welcome. :)

gof78 on "Posts and Pages"

gof78 — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:23:39 +0000

Thank you both. I conclude that the way I want to do this is not really compatible to blogging however, that said, I will try what you very kindly referred me to. I guess this is just a case of having to think differently; sometimes difficult for old guys!!
Thank you both again.

raincoaster on "Posts and Pages"

raincoaster — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:18:34 +0000

You need this:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/

timethief on "Posts and Pages"

timethief — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:15:14 +0000

A blog is, essentially, a reverse chronological publishing tool. Posts are entries that display in reverse chronological order on your blog’s front page. Posts are included in category lists, archives, and feeds. Posts are always associated with a date, which is included in the URL.
posts

Pages are static ans sit outside the blogs structure. They are a good way to publish information that doesn’t change much. Pages appear in the Pages widget and in tabs/links across the top of some themes. Pages are not associated with a date/time like posts, nor can you tag or categorize a page.
pages
posts vs pages

Will you please see this entry as it may be what you are looking for? http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/

See also this Premium theme Chapters as it may suit your purpose. live demo site

gof78 on "Posts and Pages"

gof78 — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:02:27 +0000

I have a complete block on the subject of Posts and Pages (and feel somewhat stupid as a result!)
I have begun a blog for the purpose of promoting my property that I am selling. I want to tell the story about this property in a sequence of posts that run one after the other (hopefully with the oldest first) as in Capter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 etc. so that a reader can just start at the top and read down. Each "chapter" is a blurb on some subject and gets written over time - a book in process.
Do I:
a) create a sequence of posts and hope that WordPress knows how to join them all togther in a sequential read as I write them or
b) just keep adding to a "chapter" onto the the post or
c) set up each chapter as a page (its static information) so that WordPress will display the pages (chapters) in sequence.
Hope that makes sense to someone!

thesacredpath on "Writing a book"

thesacredpath — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:18:19 +0000

Create a custom menu and then you can have submenu items (dropdowns).

ronamuk on "Writing a book"

ronamuk — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:49:25 +0000

Heya-
I've been trying to create a index page and organize the the articles I've written into chapters. Whenever I've tried to do the instructions on this page:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/
everything gets jumbled up and I have to spend the next hour putting everything back where it belongs. I follow these instructions to the letter so I'm not sure what I'm missing.
The only thing I've done is to have a blog {page} not a post and add my blogs to the page. The post page, named "home" just has a "Welcome" message on it and I don't alter it in any way.
Whenever I try these instructions, I get the suggested "index" page and the "chapters" page, both in the header/nav bar. I've seen the chapters nested on others' sites and would like to do that.
Thank you