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thesacredpath on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

thesacredpath — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:05:20 +0000

You are welcome, and I think you will be able to find one that at least comes close to your example.

timethief on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

timethief — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:04:36 +0000

These are the only themes themes that have a featured post slider that you can use on a free hosted WordPress.com blog > http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/post-slider/

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98pm on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

98pm — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:01:23 +0000

Thank you very much, I will look into themes with post slider. I'm looking to develop the front page that looks like this http://test.nattywp.com/preview.php?theme=colt

thesacredpath on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

thesacredpath — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:31:05 +0000

You can make the front page of your site a static front page and then put a carousel into that for images, but if the theme does not have a post slider built in, you cannot add one via CSS. CSS is a styling document used by the browser to style and place existing elements of a web page. It cannot be used to add functionality.

I might suggest looking for a theme you like that has a post slider.

98pm on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

98pm — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:29 +0000

layeredtrust.com

timethief on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

timethief — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:59:40 +0000

cloudsecure.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this site.

What is the URL starting with http:// for the exact blog you refer to?

98pm on "CSS for Front Page - Featured Blogs Carousel"

98pm — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:41:26 +0000

Hello,

Is it possible to create a carousel-based or similar featured or popular blog posts using CSS or other technique for the front page?

Regards,
P

timethief on ""Follower" option in Silesia does not appear"

timethief — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:23:18 +0000

You can set up email subscriptions by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/ To be clear you cannot change the way in which the follow blog widget works.

giannicatalfamo on ""Follower" option in Silesia does not appear"

giannicatalfamo — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:09:22 +0000

sorry, the blog I need help is changingtelco.wordpress.com

giannicatalfamo on ""Follower" option in Silesia does not appear"

giannicatalfamo — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:08:38 +0000

I want to use a blog with the Silesia theme as a newsletter generator for a group of users, but I want to invite them to the blog so that they only have to click "Accept".
When I select "Invite new" under "Users", the option "Follower" does not appear in the drop down list.

cdmcclellan on "Silesia right sidebar widgets appear on the bottom"

cdmcclellan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:34:03 +0000

Aha, justpi! Thanks very much!

justpi on "Silesia right sidebar widgets appear on the bottom"

justpi — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:12:29 +0000

Silesia has a responsive layout: the sidebar items drop below the main content when you view the blog on a low resolution screen or mobile device.

cdmcclellan on "Silesia right sidebar widgets appear on the bottom"

cdmcclellan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:19:15 +0000

I've made the site public now. If you can see anything obvious, let me know.

I tried your advice - it didn't fix the problem, but it was helpful in giving me some methods on working with WordPress. The theme has two templates - the default one with the right sidebar and another one without it. So I also tried toggling back and forth using the same type of method you suggested for the XHTML. Appreciate your help!

thesacredpath on "Silesia right sidebar widgets appear on the bottom"

thesacredpath — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:29:43 +0000

Not being able to see your site, since it is private, I will have to guess that this is caused by an HTML error somewhere in a post.

Go to settings > writing and check "WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically" and save. Now open your latest post, make one minor change such as adding a space and then deleting it and then click update and check your site again. If all is well, you are golden. If not, open the previous post and do the same thing. Continue with this till you find the post with the error. The change at settings > writing will get WordPress to automatically correct any HTML errors in your posts.

If that doesn't work, we'll have to be able to see your site, so you will have to make it public for a short time so we can look.

cdmcclellan on "Silesia right sidebar widgets appear on the bottom"

cdmcclellan — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:48:22 +0000

I am trying to use the Silesia theme, but the right sidebar widgets appear at the bottom of the page. Any suggestions?

(I started with twenty-ten and then used "Change Appearance" to switch to Silesia.)

thesacredpath on "Wrapping Text in Silesia"

thesacredpath — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:33:03 +0000

You are very welcome, and welcome to WordPress.com. This is a great community and a great forum crew of staff and volunteers.

jacklule on "Wrapping Text in Silesia"

jacklule — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:21:30 +0000

Great thanks. This blog is my first entry into WordPress and this query is my first to the WordPress community. I am greatly touched by your generosity.

thesacredpath on "Wrapping Text in Silesia"

thesacredpath — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:16:05 +0000

Left and right aligned images have wrapped text. Center and "none" do not.

Write your text, then place the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph where you want your image located, and choose and upload the image (or choose from the media library) and then choose either left or right alignment, size, etc.) and then insert the post. The basic procedure is outlined here.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/image-alignment/

jacklule on "Wrapping Text in Silesia"

jacklule — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:15:05 +0000

Greetings, All. I am relatively new to WordPress but can deal with code.

I have looked at general WordPress directions for wrapping texts around images but could certainly benefit from a link or step by step instructions on how to do this in Silesia.

Thanks for any guidance.

thesacredpath on "Post Column Width"

thesacredpath — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:57:44 +0000

You are welcome.

thaasgq on "Post Column Width"

thaasgq — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:28:39 +0000

Thanks for the help and advice! I really appreciate it.

thesacredpath on "Post Column Width"

thesacredpath — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:24:42 +0000

I forgot to note that each of the "max-width" values above are 100px over what the original design was. If you change the width from what I have above, make sure and increase or decrease the max width values by the same amount or things will "blow up" on you.

thesacredpath on "Post Column Width"

thesacredpath — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:22:51 +0000

Thanks. Currently the overall width of the theme you are using is set for a maximum of 980px and that is about the maximum width for a 1024px wide display resolution, and there are still a good number of people using that resolution.

The theme you are using is a responsive design which means that it adjusts to the width of the screen you are viewing it on (with the max set at 980px). If you widen and narrow your browser window you will see how the responsive theme reacts to different display widths.

For the easiest reading, it is best to keep content widths no wider than about 600px.

You can set things a bit wider if you wish, but keep in mind the width of the textual content. This will widen the maximum content width by 100px.

.site-main, .site-footer {
max-width: 1080px;
}

.content-area {
max-width: 830px;
}

.entry-header, .search .page .entry-header, .entry-content, .entry-summary, .single div.entry-meta {
max-width: 720px;
width: 100%;
}

thaasgq on "Post Column Width"

thaasgq — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:11:28 +0000

Apologies about that. I forgot that I had set it to private when I first set it up. It should be visible now that I've changed the settings, though.

thesacredpath on "Post Column Width"

thesacredpath — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:01:05 +0000

Since your site is set to private, we volunteers cannot see it. We at the very least need to know what theme you are using on your site, or you need to make it public for a short time so that we can take a look.

thaasgq on "Post Column Width"

thaasgq — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:26:41 +0000

I've been poking around the CSS trying to figure out how to increase the column width for posts so that there isn't so much whitespace, but I'm new to CSS, so I don't really know where to begin.

I realize the solution is probably incredibly simple, but I'd appreciate any help people could offer.

macmanx on "Images, captions, saving problems."

macmanx — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:59:02 +0000

What is the URL of the blog you're referring to, and can you give me a direct link to the post in question?

myyearofjustbeing on "Images, captions, saving problems."

myyearofjustbeing — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:59:39 +0000

I can't get two images to display side by side; one just immediately inserts below the other, even though I've scaled them down to the right size.
Also, I am getting programming writing in the caption area, as well as the caption I've entered myself.
Also, the changes I am making to my page keep disappearing, and the version reverts to previously saved, even though I've saved this version.
Also (!), my media keeps removing from the library, and I need to keep re-adding it.
Frustrated! I am using safari on an iPad, and have removed cookies and cache, as per the instructions.
Please help me!

gorginggeorge on "Written in Chrome, Safari, Firefox & IE sidebar display below post"

gorginggeorge — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:14:28 +0000

Hi laxchair, I'm wondering how long you were using the theme before the sidebar showed up at the bottom? I am also having this issue; I have gone through nearly every post, widget, and page and there does not appear to be any issue with HTML coding or image sizing (as I removed all widgets, and slowly added them back one-by-one and problem remained). However, I've been using my current them for nearly 2 years, and this issue has never happened before. Thought I would check to see the length of time you were using yours. Thanks.

laxchair on "Written in Chrome, Safari, Firefox & IE sidebar display below post"

laxchair — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:15:48 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried a lot of things (changing the size of the graphic, browser window size, eliminating elements from the sidebar, etc) and nothing helped. I switched to a different template and the problem was solved. Everything appears as expected in every browser I've used to view the site.

So it seems the problem was with the template itself (Silesia). If anyone else has formatting problems using Silesia, I'd suggest trying another template to see if that resolves the issues.

Again, thanks for the help.