WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Using Imbalance 2 http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Using Imbalance 2 en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:04:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 1tess on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-886671 Tue, 15 May 2012 08:22:01 +0000 1tess 886671@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You are in the wrong forum. You have a self-hosted site using wordpress.ORG software.

This forum is for advice about wordpress.COM blogs. Our themes have been adapted to work with our platform which works very differently from yours.

Here is an explanation about the differences:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

You need to head over to http://wordpress.org/support/ for help.

]]> chandamon on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-886634 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:08:06 +0000 chandamon 886634@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey, please, can anyone please have a look and help me?

I have installed Imbalance 2 but the thing is it only shows one column on the left...I have no idea why it is like this and no clue how to change it...WHat is really wrong? Please, help! I have been searching the net and found no luck,...

http://chandamon.com/home/

Any advice will be very much appreciated. Cheers.

]]> adelineyc on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-860046 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:48:55 +0000 adelineyc 860046@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How to get to FEATURED IMAGE?

]]> adelineyc on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-860033 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:04:26 +0000 adelineyc 860033@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I just switched my blog to IMBALANCE2, chosed to display 12 posts on the main page thinking the one pictures of each post will be displayed alongside with wording too...but only texts show up...i'm out of my wits

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849530 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:05:34 +0000 christiancronberg 849530@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The extra space looks great.

I guess I owe you a bottle of each by now!

Thanks!

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849524 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:50:09 +0000 justpi 849524@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome (and make that cognac or tequila please)!

Now, to refine the excerpt and make it better than the site you wanted to imitate, you can turn the paragraph you've added in the Excerpt field to this:
<p style="margin-top:6px;">TEXT HERE</p>

This will create some space between the thumbnail and the text; change the number to adjust the space.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849491 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:15:42 +0000 christiancronberg 849491@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ justpi, I have great news! :-)

Now I have an example that works exaktly the way I wanted. Category, headline of the post, pictures in the post and an excerpt with a reference to the pictire showing on the front page.

Many thanks - I owe you - beer, whisky, congac, what ever you prefer! :-)

Christian

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849456 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:25:05 +0000 justpi 849456@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If by "CSS" you mean the Custom Design upgrade, no.
You don't insert an image URL, you insert an image code.
If I take the image in your post "Nyföretagarcentrum" as an example, the code you need to put in the Excerpt field is this:
<img class="size-full" src="http://ccconsulting.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/manschettknapp1.jpg" />

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849455 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:23:11 +0000 christiancronberg 849455@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ justpi, I have managed to get exceerpts running, however text only so far...also found this info:

. http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt#How_to_add_excerpts_to_posts

I guess that is not about standard WordPress though.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849444 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:05:26 +0000 christiancronberg 849444@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Aha...we are getting closer... :-) Many thanks for your help!

1, Do I need CSS to do this?

2. Do I insert a URL pointing to a picture in the excert field?

3. Perhaps you have an example of what the code should look like?

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849331 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:31:26 +0000 justpi 849331@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oops, "featured post" was supposed to be "featured image".

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849327 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:24:00 +0000 justpi 849327@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh I see. Sorry, I made a mistake in my previous reply, because I didn't notice this detail. A featured image will show up above the post category and post title. For an image below them you don't use a featured post: you insert the image in the post, switch the editor to HTML, copy or cut the image code and paste it into the Excerpt module of the editor.
If you're not seeing the Excerpt module while on the post editor screen, click Screen Options (top right) to activate it.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2/page/2#post-849318 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:00:03 +0000 christiancronberg 849318@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Referring to my blog:

a) OK - I have changed the Appearance > Header to "Christian ...etc"
b) Also OK - but I do not wish to have any header image
c) Col 2 and 3 are also custom menues in my blog
d) I also have a few widgets in my col4 - that's under control

So far so good.

In my posts I also mark each uploaded picture "featured image"

My remaining problem / question is how she in the posts manage to put the Category (ie Architecture) on top of the Headline (ie TEGELBACKEN) which in turn is on top of the picture, In my draft I always have the Category BELOW the pictures.(Click on "Hem" in http://ccconsulting.wordpress.com/blog/

/Christian

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-849307 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:47:45 +0000 justpi 849307@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you're talking about the header of her blog, then
a) she has hidden the blog title and tagline in Appearance > Header;
b) column one in the header is a header image, columns two and three are custom menus, column four is a text widget.

If you're talking about the posts, each thumbnail is a featured image.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-849274 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:07:31 +0000 christiancronberg 849274@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ justpi, many thanks for your tips - much appreciated! :-)

I have seen an Imbalance 2 blog that really appeals to me.The adress is http://klaraostlund.wordpress.com/

It would be perfect to recreate that layout. I have been trying to copy as much as I can, also getting in touch with the owner of the blog - she is in fact Swedish too.So far no luck.

You will find the draft version of my blog on http://ccconsulting.wordpress.com.

Do you have any ideas how she made her blog?

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-849271 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:59:13 +0000 justpi 849271@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Menu items can only be text, not images (except if you have the Custom Design upgrade).
If you add a URL through custom links, you'll get a text link that links to that URL - no image.
To create image links to category pages, you need coding in a text widget. Or you can create them in Links > Add New then add a Links widget.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-849227 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:02:39 +0000 christiancronberg 849227@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Justpi, I am getting there...

It is possible to make a "category archive picture". You can do that by adding a URL through custom links in the meny option. The link should point to the category archive you wish to show.

/Christian

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-849085 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:15:23 +0000 justpi 849085@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There's no "category archive picture". If you're referring to the image at the top left, that's the header image. Uploaded in Appearance > Header.

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848902 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:37:28 +0000 christiancronberg 848902@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ OK thanks! I will read it ASAP.

I have made some progress and can now click on a menu item and my category archive is displayed. So far so good! :-)

Now I am trying to change the ategory archive picture to have it similar to the one of http://klaraostlund.wordpress.com/

CATEGORY

HEADLINE

PICTURE

TEXT

How do you do that?

/Christian

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848890 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:30:16 +0000 justpi 848890@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes you can - see here:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848770 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:53:03 +0000 christiancronberg 848770@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi!

Can I use the menu space for categories? I am looking for the following function: When clicking on a menu item I would like to show the categories archive related to that menu item.

A picture says more than thousand words, so have a look at this example:

http://klaraostlund.wordpress.com/

/Christian

]]> 1tess on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848580 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:52:44 +0000 1tess 848580@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @panos,
Thanks, I didn't know that about the sticky post…

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848577 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:45:10 +0000 christiancronberg 848577@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ OK - thanks!

Do you know how to place the category names above each picture in the front page?

/Christian

]]> justpi on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848575 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:42:00 +0000 justpi 848575@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ For the record, in Imbalance 2 you can display stickies above the footer (on the single post view).

]]> 1tess on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848513 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:36:58 +0000 1tess 848513@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's great to hear. Happy blogging!

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848511 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:28:55 +0000 christiancronberg 848511@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yeeaaahhh!! Tess - I Love you! :-)

Problem solved. Pictures now show on my front page!

Solution: Before uploading a picture to a post, I clicked on the Featured Image option.

Take care,
Christian

]]> 1tess on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848327 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:23:06 +0000 1tess 848327@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You cannot put sticky posts into the footer. You can put widgets into the footer. Recent posts or an RSS feed. But this has nothing to do with making featured posts.

Here is another article about featured images: http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848302 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:41:05 +0000 christiancronberg 848302@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Tess, I believe it is your option 1 that I am trying (so far unsuccessful) to use.

1 Featured images:
Imbalance 2

Thumbnail on main page and category/archive pages. Also in footer sticky posts (optional) when viewing single post. Maximum width 210px (downsized if wider).

http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/featured-images/

/Christian

]]> christiancronberg on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848294 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:31:34 +0000 christiancronberg 848294@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Tess, I have tested two things:

1. I removed the sticky post tag from all my post. The result is exactly the same as before.

2. I used the "More-option". Still no change...

I now understand that the stick option does not bring the posts to the front page. That is sort of built into the theme, right?

However - pictures are still missing.... :-/

/Christian

]]> 1tess on "Using Imbalance 2" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-imbalance-2#post-848289 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:24:24 +0000 1tess 848289@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't mean to be too forward, but sometimes explanations I type are not clear:
sticky posts on Imbalance will not make images appear on your front page.

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