Archive for January, 2008
I grabbed the domain central 12.com as mentioned above, basically because it is where I work (My mundane life and because it was available.)
Expecting to see a flock of traffic to the site simply because there are more than a dozen businesses situated in the commercial park.
Not even a site, just a page with a few pictures, a little basic flash thrown in, and some referral ads. So if you need educational toys, shoes or stockings click a link and go crazy.
January 18th, 2008
just playing with my camera
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January 16th, 2008
Central12
Central12, my first real site, now archived was where I took my first tentative steps into the world of web publishing.
Central 12, the name of the site comes from a commercial center in my home town of Southport. The original idea behind buying that domain, (after my initial surprise that it was not taken) was to sign all the businesses into a communal site under the one banner. Infact this project is more on the cards now a couple of years down the line, thus my original learning zone will soon be cleared out in preparation for the new scheme. central12.com has been archived.
Have a look if you feel so inspired. I will keep it around just for nostalgia.
Visit site for some web design tips and tricks
January 14th, 2008
This is your Captain speaking.
Danny Dog lost in action
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January 13th, 2008
One of many I persist.
I remain, for my graduation is still a shadowed perception,
a quantum state reaction.
My action, guided by philosophical retraction
Crossed transversed parallel abstraction.
Tis me my mind I share not with,
who doubt
clouds be clouds with unknown fluffiness
speak of whole, a whetted soul
For if I shout, may not my house
come down with some unearthly curse.
Does seem that way in modern day,
We speak not more for fear of war.
We dwell, exist, sweep the floor,
and time our days to endure..
The cat’s Whiskas
They appreciate the food and beer..
January 13th, 2008
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January 11th, 2008
Daily Photo
Daily photo is one of my categories from my previous design, and had been set up to not display on the main page when a post in this category was made. The idea behind excluding this was to keep frequent photo posts from clogging up the front page. I tried a couple of plugins, but they conflicted with other previously established functions. See plugin Conflicts
So instead I found a nice little snippet of php which you paste directly underneath.
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
and it is here if you need it.
<?php if ( !(in_category('15') && is_home()) ) { ?>
A little further down the page if still intact you will find.
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
just above add this.
<?php }; ?>
Surprisingly simple it just says if its category 15, (which is my daily picture category) and if it is home exclude it. Job done.
That is all well and good, but my previous design had my photo posts fitted into the old design were they where restricted in size by the page dimensions, sidebar etc.
I needed a new template for photo specific posts, that would allow me to show the pictures in a larger format.
I had learned that I could create a duplicate template from category php, or if you don’t have that in your theme archive php. Just copy said file and rename it with the id of the category you would like to customize.
ie. Rename the template you want to customize to.
category-15.php
The – and the number representing the id of the category you wish to manipulate.
This works well enough when categories are viewed from category link, and you will see your customization.
However, when viewed directly from post link the post will go to it’s default setting.
What I needed was ‘a display post on specific page’ plugin and after looking far and wide found this nice little number.
I read the description, looking good, read the comments, some users seem confused, I was inspired by the general look of the site design and decided to use the plugin. Installed etc, went through normal plugin CHEKIN protocol, and found no reference, or how to configure it to do it’s job. A little bemused I clicked the direct link to my photo and apprehension was resolved, as I realized the solution was complete as it was.
Very nice job, What can I say.. Excellent. Cheers.
Update
I haven’t yet altered the styles of photo pages, but rest assured bigger pics are on the way. Goodnight.
January 11th, 2008
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January 10th, 2008
The Layout
Assuming you have already created a design of your own.
Wordpress makes use of templates that gather aspects of a design then puts them together to complete the finished page..
It can be a little daunting/confusing when beginning to try and integrate your own nicely designed single page across a number of templates.
In its most basic configuration wordpress uses four templates to complete a page. These are:
The header…………….Box1
The main index………..Box2
The sidebar……………Box3
The footer…………….Box4
With help from the graphic below I will try and explain how I have achieved this for my new layout coming soon for this site.
Presentation
From your control panel: edit theme.
You can see that when customizing for this design I have put all meta information, such a doc type, links to style sheet, title, header graphic and navigation into the header php.
You will notice that the wrapper and main div tags are left open at this point, to be closed in the footer php. and sidebar php templates respectively.
In the index php. I have my main content area, and div left within which will house the posts themselves.
Take a look at the graphic below of a slightly shortened version of the finished page, and you will see how the template sections fit together.
Uploading markup structure in this way may seem a little counter intuitive in the beginning, leaving divs open in one area and closing them in another.
I found it very helpful when in the building stage to use comments
to keep track of the closing div for a particular section.
It took me a while initially to get my head around the concept of template driven pages. But with time you will understand how the php pulls the essential components of your design from the various templates in your chosen theme.
January 9th, 2008
Update
Site will be periodically jumping in-between new design
and old, if you arrive during a transitional phase, please forgive the chaos.
One year old
This blog has just turned one year old, and I have just renewed the Oikofugic domain for another twelve months.
Twelve months of wordpress and learning how to integrate a css w3c compliant site into that framework.
And I have deleted half the post, so here is a possible candidate for new footer. Do not panic It is not Hawkwind.
January 4th, 2008
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