Garland 1.2
Ive updated Garland-Revisited.
I had some problems with farbtastic and jquery with wordpress 2.8, after much hair pulling ive ditched farbtastic and the theme uses jscolor.
Please someone try it with 2.8 and let me know if there are any problems, ive tried 2.8 and 2.8.1b2.
here is the link to 1.2 of the theme: HERE
I’m still getting a problem, but it’s the same as I was getting before the latest update. Have a look at http://www.talkingfuture.co.uk/
Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in
Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
I had a go with this updated version but I’m still having a problem with it at http://www.talkingfuture.co.uk
The error is Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /home/sites/talkingfuture.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/themes/garland-revisited/functions.php on line 25
Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
OK what version of PHP is on your server?
There is a bug in PHP5.05 so try this new functions.php: here
I’ve managed to get it working, your question about PHP put me on the right track. My web host uses PHP4 by default, but I get the option to switch to PHP5. I made the change and it’s looking good now.
Thanks for your help troubleshooting!
Sorry for offtop, but I can’t determine, which plugin are you using for threaded comments?
sry, i’m new to wordpress and simply didn’t found setting. now is ok
Glad you got it sorted 🙂
Just installed 1.2. Aside from the fact that I have to go in and tweak the theme to include the “Share This” and RSS links (yeah, that Template Override plugin is looking mighty good, right now), everything seems to be running smoothly.
A question:
I was just browsing the themes at WP Extend and noticed 1.4 is now available. What’s different between it and 1.2? Having just finished tweaking 1.2 (and not all of it could be done via Template Overide 🙁 ), I want to know if the changes are big enough to warrant updating and re-tweaking at this time.
Thanks!
Hi Max, There were a few bug fixes, and the color picker is gone, uses jscolor now, much better IMO!
You can choose between catagories and pages in the top menu, there is a custom footer text box, There was a formatting issue with the left sidebar, might be why you were getting plugin issues, oh and the pinglist uses divs now not ul and li
so nothing drastic!
maybe you should make a test site and checkout the diffences..
Oh, what do you make of the new template-overide version?
Thanks! When I have a few free moments I’ll upgrade.
In the meantime I’m really liking the Template Overide. It’s taking a bit of getting used to (like needing to add “!important” to some of the overides — at least I have to on my other site) but I’m having fun with it. It’s great to know that my CSS changes will still be there after a theme update. The disable feature is great, too.
Now, if you can just figure out a way to permanently override the code in the individual theme pages I will be in your debt for life. 🙂
Should be easy enough max. . . Since 2.7 wordpress has dynamic css depending on what page your on . . I will look into it and get back to you
Right just taken a look at the source of your pages, if you look at the body tag, you will see the dynamic css in action:
your about page is body class=”page page-id-2 page-template page-template-default sidebars”
and the plot bunny page is body class=”page page-id-230 page-template page-template-default sidebars”.
You can see here that the class names differ depending on what page ID you are on 2 or 230 so you can use this to add some css like:
this would hide the H2 header that says ‘About Max’ on your about page…
#page-2 h2 {
display: none;
}
Hope you find this useful!
I just tried out your theme on my blog and generally love it. I was wondering if it is possible for me to edit it to make one minor change.
I have a bunch of icons in the sidebar (using a text widget) which are links to things such as the statcounter. In the previous theme there was no space between each one and the turned into a continuous box. In your theme there is a space between each one. Is it possible to get rid of those spaces.
Easlily done Don!
enclose your images inside a div and give the div an id..like sideimages for example..
then i suggest using my template overide plugin to add some custom css to the theme, you can then adjust the line-height for that div, the reason they are spaced is the global setting for line-height is 170% just reduce this number..
good luck, and nice blog btw!
Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately I have very limited knowledge of this programming and am still not sure how to get it to work.
At least I was able to figure out how to use your plug in. Just to test it I tried enabling this:
#sidebar-left
{line-height:90%}
That did compress everything in the entire side bar, but those icons remained the same distance apart. I don’t understand how to enclose those images into a div or where I would put it so they would still appear where I want them. Right now the code for all is just in a text widget.
Fixed it for you 🙂
here is the code to add to your overide:
#text7 p {
line-height: 130%;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
}
You can adjust the 130% to suit 🙂
there is always a way with css 😉
Did you mean to paste it into your template overide plugin? I tried that and it is not affecting the icons at all, regardless of what number I put in.
sorry typo 😉
#text-7 p {
line-height: 130%;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
}
missed the ‘-‘ out 🙂
Thanks–that did it.
Glad you got it sorted 🙂
Hi, I just installed Garland-Revisited and love it. I used Drupal for a very short time, and quickly learned it was over my head, but I love this theme.
I changed my colors for the header, but I cannot find where in the CSS Stylesheet to change the color of the background bar on the title of the first post.
Can you help me?
Thanks so much!
Vicki
its .sticky h2 🙂
Thank you, Pross. I appreciate your help!
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Vicki
I knew I hadn’t worded that right. *laughs*
I was referring to the php part of the program. For example, a while back I added a RSS feed link to the top of the blog, among the page links. Unfortunately every time I update the theme I lose that customization.
Since the themes have to adapt to the WP upgrades I understand asking for a way to keep such changes is like asking for the US government to stop wasting money but it’s still frustrating. 🙂
Actually it IS possible Max 😉 I will make a new post describing how …
Woot!
I’ll keep an eye out for it!
I started with Garland and this is what I ended up with: http://runningbetty.com/
Thanks!
Hi pross! Your theme is great! Congrats!
I downloaded your theme, and when I activate the permalinks, all the colours i have in my layout return to default, but in garland options page they are there. Simply they are not beeing updated. If i deactivate permalinks, the colors return.
Can you help?
Thanks.
Hi pross! Your theme is great!
I’ve download your theme and activated the permalinks on my site, and all the colours i have put there are gone. But in the garland options, they are there. If i deactivate the permalinks the colours return again. Do you know why this happens?
Thanks!
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Hi pross! Your theme is great!
I’ve download your theme (version 1.5) and activated the permalinks on my site, and all the colours i have put there are gone. But in the garland options, they are there. If i deactivate the permalinks the colours return again. Do you know why this happens?
Thanks!
I can only assume you have a .htaccess problem, what us the URL to your site?