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Coding nav_menu.php

20. November 2008

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This is the original nav_menu.php code: <li><a <?php if (is_home()) echo(’class=”current” ‘); ?>href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>”>home</a></li> <li><a <?php if (is_page(’archives’)) echo(’class=”current” ‘); ?>href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>/archives/”>archives</a></li> <li><a <?php if (is_page(’about’)) echo(’class=”current” ‘); ?>href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>/about/”>about</a></li> First, I changed it to this: <li><a <?php if (is_home()) echo(’class=”current” ‘); ?>href=”<?php bloginfo(’url’); ?>”>Home</a></li><?php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=id&depth=1&title_li=’); ?> Then I decided to manually code in the links, so I [...]

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Open on Static Page

20. November 2008

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To open on a static page Click “Settings” at the upper right corner of the Dashboard Click “Reading” At “Front page displays” check “A static page” and choose a page from the drop down list. If you have not already done so, click “Write”, “Write Page” and create a new page titled “Blog”.  Just type in the title.  Do [...]

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Insert Header Image

17. November 2008

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Simple insertion of header image: <div id=”header”> <img src=”http://www.bobtaylorproperties.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/policy002.jpg“> <p><br></p> <div id=”logo”> <?php if (is_home()) { ?> <?php } else { ?>  <p id=”tagline”><?php bloginfo(’description’); ?></p> <?php } ?> </div> </div> Remove this line:  <h1><?php bloginfo(’description’); ?></h1>

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Float: Right

12. November 2008

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It looked to me that left edge of the nav bar was a couple pixels out of alignment with the left edge of the logo, and I couldn’t seem to get them absolutely spot on. So, I elminated the problem entirely by floating the nav bar to the right

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Logo Font Size

12. November 2008

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The original Copyblogger logo font size was 5.0em. I changed it to 4.0em, then 3.5em, then 3.0em, then back to 5.0em, then finally back to 3.0em.  For the particular blog I think it will stay 3.0em for now. Also seriously thinking about deleting the “American Typewriter” font, although I ~know~ that’s the “copywriter” idea…

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Some Like It Wide: Enlarging Content Containers

11. November 2008

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This morning I downloaded and installed the Copyblogger theme on one of our blogs. As usual, the first order of business for me is Make the Columns Wider. In the stylesheet I changed  #content_box from 72.8em to 97.8em I changed #content from 46.8em to 61.8 em I changed #sidebar from 20em to 25em I changed #nav from 72.8em to 102.8em

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