http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com Forums Tag: sidebar en Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:55:23 +0000 http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-and-captions-cut-off-on-sidebar-at-right#post-416936 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:46:11 +0000 panaghiotisadam 416936@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>@dreamsburnred: What does "while the sidebar is limited to 250px wide" mean? </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-and-captions-cut-off-on-sidebar-at-right#post-416935 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:39:51 +0000 panaghiotisadam 416935@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>The image widget doesn't work well in the theme you're using (for instance, note 2nd &amp; 3rd images: narrow enough, but right border still missing). Add text widgets instead, and use this code:<br /> <code>&lt;img style=&quot;margin-bottom:8px;&quot; src=&quot;URL_HERE&quot; width=&quot;184&quot; alt=&quot;DESCRIPTION_HERE&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</code></p> <p>Or make copies of your images, downsize them (using an image editing application) to a width of 184px and a resolution of 72, upload those copies, and use the above code without the width declaration. This way you get better quality too (images resized by WP lose some color and sharpness). </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-and-captions-cut-off-on-sidebar-at-right#post-416933 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:23:57 +0000 dreamsburnred 416933@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>while the sidebar is limited to 250px wide I see no issue. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-and-captions-cut-off-on-sidebar-at-right#post-416929 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:34:07 +0000 prowriter4hire 416929@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Please help. Some photos and their captions are cut off in the sidebar at right of the page at <a href="http://sichuanchinatraveler.com." rel="nofollow">http://sichuanchinatraveler.com.</a> Anything I can do about that? Thank you. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416048 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:22:32 +0000 timethief 416048@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>"If you purchase the Custom CSS Upgrade you can modify the stylesheet of any theme." However, you cannot edit the underlying template as we are all working on a multi-user blogging platform. That means that if we could edit the php or HTML in the template all other blogs with the same theme would be identically affected. </p> <p>If you have CSS editing experience, you can get the paid custom CSS upgrade, which will allow you to stylize the themes here, <strong> but it does not allow you to change the functionality.</strong></p> <p>Please read this entry for more clarity <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/</a></p> <p>As there is no official support for the CSS upgrade, do not buy the upgrade unless you have at least moderate understanding of CSS. Before buying the upgrade, you can go to Appearance &gt; edit CSS and wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try out changes before you buy the upgrade.</p> <p><a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/</a><br /> <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/</a></p> <p>Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS from other themes with the themes here at wordpress.COM. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416046 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:19:14 +0000 raincoaster 416046@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You can do a filtered search on the Themes page for the number of columns if you like. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416045 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:19:09 +0000 jisforjanet 416045@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Thank you raincoaster, I was worried that was the case. I don't think I have that kind of skill. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416044 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:18:19 +0000 jisforjanet 416044@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Actually, is there a theme that is similar to Fjords04 with fewer sidebars? That might be the easiest path! </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416043 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:15:54 +0000 raincoaster 416043@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You will not be able to do this. It's not even possible with the paid CSS upgrade to eliminate sidebars, although if you really know what you're doing you MAY be able to for instance move the far-right one so far over it's off the monitor. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/removing-a-sidebar#post-416042 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:14:31 +0000 jisforjanet 416042@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hello! I'm using the Fjords04 theme, and it uses a content bar with three sidebars. I would like to combine the main content bar with the first sidebar, or rather, delete the first sidebar and expand the content bar to take up the space of both. </p> <p>The description in the CSS page says that "You can not edit the stylesheets of your theme," and I'm not sure if that means what I want isn't possible. I know how to expand the content bar in CSS, I think (thank you, thesacredpath), but what I don't know is how to delete the first sidebar.</p> <p>I've removed the widgets I had in that sidebar and put in a blank text widget to keep the default widget set out.</p> <p>Thank you!</p> <p><a href="http://jisforjanet.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://jisforjanet.wordpress.com/</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posts-moved-to-sidebar-and-sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page#post-415497 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:10:30 +0000 timethief 415497@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>I'm no genius ... lol :D I learned this from TSP. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posts-moved-to-sidebar-and-sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page#post-415496 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:03:16 +0000 boofsbooks 415496@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Timethief, you are a genius! Thank you so much. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posts-moved-to-sidebar-and-sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page#post-415489 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:46:44 +0000 timethief 415489@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>This is typically caused by an open HTML tag in one of your posts.</p> <p>Go to settings &gt; Writing and select “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” and then click “Save Changes.”</p> <p>Now, starting with your latest post, open it in the editor, make one minor change such as adding a space and then deleting it, and then click “Update Post.” Check your blog and see if it is back to normal. If not, open the next post and do the same thing until it goes back to normal. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posts-moved-to-sidebar-and-sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page#post-415487 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:42:17 +0000 boofsbooks 415487@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi, I really hope someone can help me with this:</p> <p>My blog is: <a href="http://boofsbookshelf.com/" rel="nofollow">http://boofsbookshelf.com/</a></p> <p>For some reason, some of my posts (infact, only half of one post) have moved to where my sidebar was, and the sidebar has shifted all the way down the page. I have tried everything including the advice I saw for a similar question on this forum (going into settings and clicking on "WP should correct rested XHTML automatically") and nothing is helping. I have tried changing templates but that doesn't help either. I have no idea how this happened. Can someone help?</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widget-that-displays-latest-posts-in-sidebar-by-category-1#post-414532 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:39:03 +0000 timethief 414532@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Please read what the suuport bot's message was and post to the correct forum <a href="http://wordpress.ORG/support" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.ORG/support</a> rather than creating duplicate threads. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widget-that-displays-latest-posts-in-sidebar-by-category#post-414531 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:37:55 +0000 timethief 414531@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You are in the wrong forum if you can access the php for your theme. If that's the case then you ought to be posting here <a href="http://wordpress.ORG/support" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.ORG/support</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widget-that-displays-latest-posts-in-sidebar-by-category-1#post-414524 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:12:42 +0000 supportbot 414524@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.</p> <p>This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you'll find help at the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">WordPress.org forums</a>.</p> <p>If you don't understand the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, you may find <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/">this information</a> helpful.</p> <p>If you forgot to include a link to your blog, you can reply and include it below. It'll help people to answer your question.</p> <p>This is an automated message. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widget-that-displays-latest-posts-in-sidebar-by-category-1#post-414523 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:12:41 +0000 andywelch 414523@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi, I'm looking for a widget that displays latest posts in sidebar by category. this is for a template I'm building for a client.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Andy </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/widget-that-displays-latest-posts-in-sidebar-by-category#post-414522 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:11:53 +0000 andywelch 414522@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi, i'm looking for a sidebar widget that displays latest posts in sidebar by category. Is one available or can I do it with php?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Andy </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/banner-in-sidebar#post-414124 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:08:37 +0000 capricornc 414124@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>oh thnx </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/banner-in-sidebar#post-414119 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:54:12 +0000 husdal 414119@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Nothing is wrong, but most likely your animation contains Flash or Javascript, which is not allowed on wordpress.com.<br /> <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/</a> </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/banner-in-sidebar#post-414118 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:50:44 +0000 capricornc 414118@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>hi my blog isnt up yet but im trying to insert an animated chobots banner in my sidebar, but when i press save, it just erases the code. does anyonne know whats wrong? </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page-1#post-413576 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:44:01 +0000 limjau 413576@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Thank you SO much!!! Had to do it for a while but now it finally worked. Hoping it will stay that way... Thanks again, and merry christmas :) </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page-1#post-413572 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:26:21 +0000 thesacredpath 413572@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>This is typically caused by an open HTML tag in one of your posts.</p> <p>Go to settings &gt; writing and select "WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically" and then click "save changes."</p> <p>Now, starting with your latest post, open it in the editor, make one minor change such as adding a space and then deleting it, and then click "update post." Check your blog and if it is back to normal, you are golden. If not, open the next post and do the same thing till it goes back to normal. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/sidebar-moved-to-bottom-of-page-1#post-413569 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:16 +0000 limjau 413569@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>So - I am using the theme Mistylook and all of a sudden my sidebar (to the right) is gone. I found it again... on the bottom of the page. No matter what I do, it stays at the bottom of the page. If I change to another theme, also with right sidebar, it stays at the bottom of the page. </p> <p>Anybody got a clue to what's wrong? </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-exclude-specific-categorposts-in-my-widgets#post-412207 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:15 +0000 thesacredpath 412207@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Sorry, if you are playing with functions.php, then you are in the wrong forum and need to head over to <a href="http://wordpress.ORG/support/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.ORG/support/</a> as that is where self-hosted wordpress blogs using the software from wordpress.ORG are supported.</p> <p>These forums are for those hosted here on the wordpress.COM free hosting service and things here work differently and our answers typically will not work for you.</p> <p>If you do not know the difference, see this support document: <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/</a> . </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-exclude-specific-categorposts-in-my-widgets#post-412182 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:16:09 +0000 dannyebbage 412182@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>Hi Guys,</p> <p>I would seriously appreciate somebodys help.</p> <p>My widget calls all latest posts in all categories applying a thumbnail, title, brief description.</p> <p>I want to exclude one of my categories from posting in this widget.</p> <p>Please see <a href="http://www.norwichcartrader.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.norwichcartrader.co.uk</a></p> <p>You can see the right side widget called " Recent News" the current top two posts are from the category "Wanted" of which i would like to exclude from this widget.</p> <p>By looking at the code in "functions.php" i can see this!:</p> <p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>&lt;div id="recent" class="widget"&gt;<br /> &lt;h3&gt;Recent News&lt;/h3&gt;</p> <ul> <p>&lt;?php $recent = new WP_Query('caller_get_posts=1&amp;showposts=' . $number );<br /> while( $recent-&gt;have_posts() ) : $recent-&gt;the_post();<br /> global $post; global $wp_query;?&gt;<br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>If somebody could help me modify this to exclude "wanted" category then I would be grateful!</ul> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/vigilance-dont-want-sidebars#post-411866 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:22:03 +0000 thesacredpath 411866@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>It would require that you have CSS editing experience and the paid CSS upgrade to do that.</p> <p>The iNove theme under iNove theme options allows you to choose whether you want sidebars or not. There are a few other 1-column themes as well. You can use the "filters" feature on at appearance &gt; themes to filter for 1-column. There are a couple themes there that are mislabeled though. </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/vigilance-dont-want-sidebars#post-411861 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:08:03 +0000 snowliontours 411861@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>I am using the Vigilance theme, and I like it, but I want one full-width (no-sidebar) template for my pages. Is it possible to do this on Vigilance, or must I use another theme (can you recommend one with a similar "custom header" option)?</p> <p>The sidebars are a great option, but I just want to display my information clearly.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/annoying-problem-with-sadish-theme#post-411388 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:54:28 +0000 thesacredpath 411388@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ <p>You know in my experience with themes that are set up for either RTL or LTR languages, on two-column themes, the sidebar will typically shift sides when you switch from one to the other.</p> <p>With all the updating and stuff they are now doing for translations, it could be that they are bringing all the themes here up to date for standards for RTL/LTR languages. </p>