Comments on: A theme to call my own http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/ Software and opinions roaming wild in China Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: John http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-470 John Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:12:36 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-470 The RSS feeds do work, just not in your browser. Apparently the 'feed:' protocol has not propagated to all browsers (although I would have expected Firefox to understand it). You can remove the 'feed:' part by following these instructions in the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/29291#post-164887" rel="nofollow">WordPress support forums</a>. The RSS feeds do work, just not in your browser. Apparently the 'feed:' protocol has not propagated to all browsers (although I would have expected Firefox to understand it). You can remove the 'feed:' part by following these instructions in the WordPress support forums.

]]> By: ajs http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-468 ajs Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:53:16 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-468 How come the rss feeds do not work. When I click on them I get "feed is not a registered protocol" Is this only happening to me. I use Firefox. How come the rss feeds do not work. When I click on them I get "feed is not a registered protocol" Is this only happening to me. I use Firefox.

]]> By: John http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-433 John Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:22:39 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-433 Hi jd, I had a quick look at your problem and indeed the page does disappear behind a white box. Even more strange is that if you move the mouse over certain links then the same thing happens (e.g after you refresh the screen in the disclaimer screen and then mouse over an author, it disappears) The problem seems to be caused by the a:hover statements. I'm not really sure why they are causing the problem, but when I deleted the hover elements on my downloaded page the problem disappeared. This is probably caused by some combination of HTML and CSS that makes IE behave badly, but Firefox is fine. I noticed a lot of border-left-widths and similar attributes which are not necessary in the hover elements. Also there are a lot of invalid HTML tags which you could fix. It might be a combination of all this that is causing the 'freak out'. You can check the validity of your HTML easily at the <a href="http://validator.w3.org" rel="nofollow">W3C validation service</a>. Hope that's some help Hi jd,

I had a quick look at your problem and indeed the page does disappear behind a white box. Even more strange is that if you move the mouse over certain links then the same thing happens (e.g after you refresh the screen in the disclaimer screen and then mouse over an author, it disappears)

The problem seems to be caused by the a:hover statements. I'm not really sure why they are causing the problem, but when I deleted the hover elements on my downloaded page the problem disappeared. This is probably caused by some combination of HTML and CSS that makes IE behave badly, but Firefox is fine.

I noticed a lot of border-left-widths and similar attributes which are not necessary in the hover elements. Also there are a lot of invalid HTML tags which you could fix. It might be a combination of all this that is causing the 'freak out'.

You can check the validity of your HTML easily at the W3C validation service.

Hope that's some help

]]> By: jd http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-430 jd Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:58:46 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-430 One more note... if you resize the window, the page displays properly! Go figure. j One more note... if you resize the window, the page displays properly! Go figure.
j

]]> By: jd http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-429 jd Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:56:52 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-429 Dear John, First off - let me thank you for your book. I bought it on lulu.com and it served me well. You can see your work in action on our blog site http://www.wels.net/imprint. Actually, I don't know what I would have done without your guidance. Thanks! But, nothing goes totally smooth without a few issues, not in the tech world anyways. I have a mystery to solve, and the answer is most likely between the keyboard and the chair ;) but I could use some help. When visiting our site, (only in IE) if you click on the bottom "disclaimer" link or the top right "Welcome visitors" link the screen will display the post/page but suddenly a white block overlays it. This happens only on these two pages and on the "finance" category left nav link. I've spellchecked them, recreated them and still the error occurs. Anyone's wisdom is welcome! j Dear John,
First off - let me thank you for your book. I bought it on lulu.com and it served me well. You can see your work in action on our blog site http://www.wels.net/imprint. Actually, I don't know what I would have done without your guidance. Thanks!

But, nothing goes totally smooth without a few issues, not in the tech world anyways. I have a mystery to solve, and the answer is most likely between the keyboard and the chair ;) but I could use some help.

When visiting our site, (only in IE) if you click on the bottom "disclaimer" link or the top right "Welcome visitors" link the screen will display the post/page but suddenly a white block overlays it. This happens only on these two pages and on the "finance" category left nav link. I've spellchecked them, recreated them and still the error occurs. Anyone's wisdom is welcome!
j

]]> By: John http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-270 John Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:53:06 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-270 Hi Dave, Did you install and enable the support plugin? I probably didn't make that very clear in the installation, so I've explained it better on the <a href="/themes/" rel="nofollow">themes</a> page - you need a support plugin to provide some of the extra functions that are not in the default WordPress. Hi Dave,

Did you install and enable the support plugin? I probably didn't make that very clear in the installation, so I've explained it better on the themes page - you need a support plugin to provide some of the extra functions that are not in the default WordPress.

]]> By: Dave W http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-268 Dave W Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:29:57 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-268 I have browsed through every theme I could find, and this is the best I've seen. I really like the layout, it is a very functional design. I'm planning to use it on my own site, at least until I get better at doing it myself. One problem though I'm getting this error, and being new to this, I don't know how to fix it. Fatal error: Call to undefined function: giraffe_latest_comments() in /mnt/web_f/d36/s13/b024fd4b/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/giraffe/index.php on line 20 I have browsed through every theme I could find, and this is the best I've seen. I really like the layout, it is a very functional design. I'm planning to use it on my own site, at least until I get better at doing it myself.

One problem though I'm getting this error, and being new to this, I don't know how to fix it.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: giraffe_latest_comments() in /mnt/web_f/d36/s13/b024fd4b/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/giraffe/index.php on line 20

]]> By: Aaron http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-220 Aaron Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-220 Very nice, John. This is perhaps the best organized WP theme i've seen so far. I love the way the index page is laid out with the most relevant posts and older ones smaller at the bottom. In case you're still wondering, by the way, it does come out right on Macs... I view it with Safari 2.0 and it looks great. I'm working on my own theme (using your guide) at the moment, but once I teach myself how this all works by doing that, I may end up customizing this theme instead. Keep up the good work! Very nice, John. This is perhaps the best organized WP theme i've seen so far. I love the way the index page is laid out with the most relevant posts and older ones smaller at the bottom. In case you're still wondering, by the way, it does come out right on Macs... I view it with Safari 2.0 and it looks great. I'm working on my own theme (using your guide) at the moment, but once I teach myself how this all works by doing that, I may end up customizing this theme instead. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Andrew http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-211 Andrew Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:09:02 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-211 Wow, I love it! Can't wait for the release! Wow, I love it! Can't wait for the release!

]]> By: John http://urbangiraffe.com/2005/05/30/a-theme-to-call-my-own/#comment-207 John Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:59:52 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/?p=40#comment-207 Thanks. Yep, I'm currently ironing out a few problems (I'll won't say what they are!) and tidying up some of the less pleasant parts of the theme. Once I'm satisfied I'll release it for anyone to use. I'll also explain some of the extra features, such as filtering the trackbacks and comments. It might be suitable for a plugin. Thanks. Yep, I'm currently ironing out a few problems (I'll won't say what they are!) and tidying up some of the less pleasant parts of the theme. Once I'm satisfied I'll release it for anyone to use.

I'll also explain some of the extra features, such as filtering the trackbacks and comments. It might be suitable for a plugin.

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