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Do I have an option other than Custom CSS upgrade?

  1. cathyscholl
    Member

    I know nothing about CSS so it's not easy trying to determine if I can find a way around having to use it
    but here is what I am looking to do...please let me know what my options are, if any.

    I want to create a website using the Fusion theme which I will map my domain name (cathyscholl.com) to
    take my existing blog (cathyscholl.wordpress.com) and add it as a page on the website

    Fusion has the option of having no sidebar or footer.

    I don't want any sidebars on the site and only ONE footer, on the blog page.
    So the CSS custom upgrade seems like overkill at this point.

    #1 IF there is a way that I can put the widgets somewhere else on the site, such as an info page I don't need ANY footers...is that possible?

    I can put a link to twitter under Contact info so I don't necessarily need a text widget to "follow me on twitter."
    Other than that I DO want a subscription by email option, a blogroll (which I guess could be live links on their own page) and categories and archives. That's all. I would also consider no widgets if that makes things a lot easier. Are widgets absolutely essential for a blog?

    #2 Otherwise can I somehow have the cathyscholl.com site with no footers and the cathyscholl.wordpress.com blog as a page inside of cathyscholl.com with a footer?

    #3 Any other options or suggestions?
    As always, thanks a lot!

    The nagababas blog is just a test site I am playing around on btw.

    The blog I need help with is nagababas.wordpress.com.

  2. cathyscholl
    Member

    p.s. I am currently playing around with this so when you look on the site there may or may not be any footers or sidebars.

    Right now there are none.

  3. timethief
    Member

    Please see here first > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-omit-fusion-footer-from-some-pages-and-keep-it-on-others?replies=5#post-549755

    <blockquote. #1 IF there is a way that I can put the widgets somewhere else on the site, such as an info page I don't need ANY footers...is that possible?

    I'm sorry but the only place we can place widgets is in sidebars and footers. They cannot be embedded in the body field of posts or in the body field in pages.

    Sorry but I have to log out so I'll leave your other questions for other Volunteers to answer.

  4. hallluke
    Member

    Widgets are useful as they show up on every blog page, so people will always be able to jump to your most popular posts/recent comments/etc. They can only be placed in the widget areas. Some of the features can be mirrored using static pages, such as a blogroll, but as other widgets work dynamically and would involve you modifying the page repeatedly, which is not much fun.

    There is a potential CSS workaround in some themes but it doesn't look like this is possible in yours due to the way it has been designed.

  5. cathyscholl
    Member

    I am going to forget about CSS for now so I will mark this as resolved.

    I am going to repost part of my question under a different topic...Widgets as I am still debating whether or not I need them.

    thanks!

  6. raincoaster
    Member

    Yes, you do, if you want readers.

  7. pornstarbabylon
    Member

    All anyone needs is the perfect custom header. Visitors don't care what the site looks like. They just want to read and be entertained. Don't blend the text color with the background color. Don't put a month's worth of posts on the main page, don't put a hundred pictures & 50 videos on the main page because my browser will crash and no one will visit again, and you'll be fine.

  8. cathyscholl
    Member

    halluke, time thief, raincoaster and psb...

    thank you very much!

    hopefully one day i will know enough to be here answering questions instead of just asking them :)

  9. pornstarbabylon
    Member

    You should quickly edit your contact page and have the email address set up differently so to avoid your account being spammed. You can set up as:

    cathyscholl (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Or make an image of your email address with the word email as the file name. They can't read images.

  10. timethief
    Member

    @Cathy
    pornstarbabylon is right. Please see this post for more safe ways to post and email address wo it will not be harvested by spam bots. The robots scan for mailto: tags or whatever looks like something@something. Any email address published on a web page, blog, forum, etc. risks being collected and used as a target for mass mailing.
    A. Contact forms
    B. Email address image generators
    C. Email address munging
    http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/18/eluding-email-address-spam-bots/

  11. cathyscholl
    Member

    pornstarbabylon and timethief

    thanks a lot
    learning new things here everyday!

  12. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome.

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