Comments on: Giraffe2 - Wonky edition http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/ Software and opinions roaming wild in China Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ronw http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-17955 ronw Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:12:37 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-17955 John, Thank you so much for all your work. It was a real breakthrough for me in learning Wordpress when I found your site. Your instructions for installing locally were invaluable. I used your tutorials, and bought your book in both versions. Am awaiting delivery of the hardcopy. I asked for regular shipping. We'll see how long it takes (I live in Toronto.) Most of all, thanks for Giraffe2. I am now using it as the basis for the blog site I am designing (not yet on line). One suggestion. It was a great idea putting all the giraffe-specific styles in skin.css. However, it doesn't show up in the Wordpress Theme Editor, because it is not in the root directory of the theme. It took me a long time to find it, and a lot of wasted effort pouring over style.css and tweaking this and that and nothing working. It was your reply to falke's question on May 9 (about changing the color of the header text) that tipped me off. "Aha!", I thought. Fortunately, I use tsWebEdit most of the time, but if I had relied on the Wordpress Theme Editor, I would never have found it at all. Is there any reason why skin.css can't be in the giraffe2 root directory? (Alternatively, I suppose, a comment at the top of style.css directing the unsuspecting user.) John,
Thank you so much for all your work. It was a real breakthrough for me in learning Wordpress when I found your site. Your instructions for installing locally were invaluable. I used your tutorials, and bought your book in both versions. Am awaiting delivery of the hardcopy. I asked for regular shipping. We'll see how long it takes (I live in Toronto.)

Most of all, thanks for Giraffe2. I am now using it as the basis for the blog site I am designing (not yet on line). One suggestion. It was a great idea putting all the giraffe-specific styles in skin.css. However, it doesn't show up in the Wordpress Theme Editor, because it is not in the root directory of the theme. It took me a long time to find it, and a lot of wasted effort pouring over style.css and tweaking this and that and nothing working. It was your reply to falke's question on May 9 (about changing the color of the header text) that tipped me off. "Aha!", I thought.

Fortunately, I use tsWebEdit most of the time, but if I had relied on the Wordpress Theme Editor, I would never have found it at all. Is there any reason why skin.css can't be in the giraffe2 root directory? (Alternatively, I suppose, a comment at the top of style.css directing the unsuspecting user.)

]]> By: eric http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-4402 eric Wed, 31 May 2006 09:05:34 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-4402 Hi, I love Giraffe2, but . . . I can't get the sidebars to show! In Presentation / Layout I've set the page to 100% and both sidebars to 20%, but when I update and refresh, only the middle column shows, covering the full width of the screen. No sidebars. Sorry to be so clueless. Where have I gone wrong? Thanks, Eric Hi,

I love Giraffe2, but . . . I can't get the sidebars to show! In Presentation / Layout I've set the page to 100% and both sidebars to 20%, but when I update and refresh, only the middle column shows, covering the full width of the screen. No sidebars. Sorry to be so clueless. Where have I gone wrong?

Thanks,

Eric

]]> By: Mr.Grinch http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2364 Mr.Grinch Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:50:05 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2364 thanks man ! really apreciate ur work in the middle of the night (which is at around lunchtime in germany :) ) thanks man ! really apreciate ur work in the middle of the night (which is at around lunchtime in germany :) )

]]> By: John http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2363 John Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:47:35 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2363 Damn, I forgot to add one very important point... you <strong>must</strong> disable the old Giraffe plugin before you enable the Giraffe2 theme. If you've already enabled the theme then just go to the plugins directory and delete the giraffe plugin. All will be well. Sorry! Damn, I forgot to add one very important point... you must disable the old Giraffe plugin before you enable the Giraffe2 theme. If you've already enabled the theme then just go to the plugins directory and delete the giraffe plugin. All will be well. Sorry!

]]> By: Mr.Grinch http://urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2362 Mr.Grinch Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:58:34 +0000 http://www.urbangiraffe.com/2006/04/12/giraffe2-wonky-edition/#comment-2362 omg no ! just where did i screw up when changing to giraffe2 ? Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _g() (previously declared in /www/htdocs/v154547/wp-content/themes/giraffe/giraffe_functions.php:118) in /www/htdocs/v154547/wp-content/themes/giraffe2/functions.php on line 197 just copied giraffe2- folder into themes directory and activated is. no everything is fucked ? cant change back / cant get nowhere (i.e. admin area). could u pls help ? omg no ! just where did i screw up when changing to giraffe2 ?

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _g() (previously declared in /www/htdocs/v154547/wp-content/themes/giraffe/giraffe_functions.php:118) in /www/htdocs/v154547/wp-content/themes/giraffe2/functions.php on line 197

just copied giraffe2- folder into themes directory and activated is. no everything is fucked ? cant change back / cant get nowhere (i.e. admin area).

could u pls help ?

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