I am not a coder, but am also not an idiot. I have a self hosted site with a wordpress blog. I would like to do 2 things that I cannot seem to be able to figure out. I would like to add an image to the header section of where my blog currently has the post like http://net.tutsplus.com/ where they have an ad. Basically pushing the post down a bit. I would also like to have an the post summarized with the option to read more...any ways of doing this without coding would be greatly appreciated....My site: www.choosemyplan.com/sample-page
I have to say the first sentence of your post cracked me up! :D
Ok just so we know the basics do you know HTML/CSS? Does your current theme support header changes by default (you might not even have to code anything)... basically your question raises a few more from our side :)
Adding an image there though like that in nettuts is very easy - if you know some code :)
Robskiwarrior....Thanks for the response...my next move is tossing my laptop out of the window....I do know enough HTML/CSS to be dangerous. No js or php....the theme is althualpa and I have tried to modify kickers, headers, etc...through the theme editor...Essentially, I would like to create a logo similar to what is on the main site with "Blog" attached and then have a little blurp about what the blog is...then have the posts below that...I have no idea if the theme supports header changes, I recall there being a setting to allow header rotations....I followed those instructions and put the image in the destination I was told to...but nothing....I am using worpdress 3.2.1 if that matters. Thanks for any help you may be able to give
Robskiwarrior...I am not afraid of adding code to files....however, I don't know which file to edit and what to put it in....hands are kind of tied...I have no single.php. Is there a way to figure out which php file the theme uses to piece together the blog portion of the site?
Fantastic...new theme. To make sure I understand...to get the sub header that will appear on the blog portion of the site only, I add the above code to the header.php?? Also, would there be a reason why my posts do not show up....? The sidebars do, no posts...
The person that built this didn't complete the job obviously...I have been told it looks like he copied another site and dumped it into mine...apparently there is a lot of unnecessary CSS, too. I am hesitant to start removing stuff in fear that it will blow up...
I can't tell you any of the top question without really digging into it myself, and I don't really have the time for that. But the second part - the site is built with tables, it's pretty much 90% useless code, so many tables - scaree.
He might have cut and paste - who knows, fact is it is impractical.
What I would suggest is a Themeforest theme - if not just for a short time while you build up some funds for a fully unique one.
Ok just so we know the basics do you know HTML/CSS? Does your current theme support header changes by default (you might not even have to code anything)... basically your question raises a few more from our side :)
Adding an image there though like that in nettuts is very easy - if you know some code :)
Oh holy god - I just looked at your code lol. Who made this theme? It's all tables!
Ok so this will make it more fiddly.
You will need to slip some conditional logic and insert a row after the header image row. Something like
You are really going to have a hard time inserting that in the right place. I suggest you get a new theme :(
The person that built this didn't complete the job obviously...I have been told it looks like he copied another site and dumped it into mine...apparently there is a lot of unnecessary CSS, too. I am hesitant to start removing stuff in fear that it will blow up...
He might have cut and paste - who knows, fact is it is impractical.
What I would suggest is a Themeforest theme - if not just for a short time while you build up some funds for a fully unique one.