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1. 1. A | August 24, 2006 #

   Hello, a nice theme. But I would like to know why there is a hidden hit counter in the footer?

   Thanks.

1. 2. hso | August 24, 2006 #

   @ A

   It’s not hidden, see the installation instruction, I have mentioned that the code is optional and can be deleted!

   I use that to track usage, that’s all.

1. 3. A | August 25, 2006 #

   Okay thank you. I did not read the instruction file before posting this, sorry.

1. 4. Dave Miller | August 25, 2006 #

   I have a question for you. I am trying to use the theme at http://www.sdlp.us. I love the theme and I am making it work for me, except one item.

   When I add a new page, child or main, the page is added to the horizontal navigation bar. I want to be able to choose what pages I want in that navigation. There are main pages I want to call greater attention to with the horizontal nav and I want to have the remaining child links scattered about the site.

   If you look at the site you will see the “Executive Committee” link, that is a child page and I would rather have that as a link on the right under SDLP Information.

   I am new to WordPress and very new to php. I noticed that there is an exclusion section in the BX_functions.php file. I’ve tried to modify that section with the precise page ID’s but no luck.

   I appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.

1. 5. hso | August 25, 2006 #

   @ Dave Miller

   Open BX_functions.php and under the section Function BX_excluded_pages(), add the names of pages you want to exclude from the top nav.

   For example, to add a page with page slug “Executive Committeeâ€?, add a code || $page_name == “executive committee ” next to || $page_name == “contact”

1. 6. Dave Miller | August 26, 2006 #

   hso:

   I have done just as you said with out any result.

   function BX_excluded_pages()

   {

   $pages = BX_get_pages();

   $exclude = “”;

   if ($pages) {

   foreach ($pages as $page) {

   $page_id = $page->ID;

   $page_name = $page->post_name;

   if ($page_name == “archives” || $page_name == “about” || $page_name == “about_short” || $page_name == “contact” || $page_name == “executive-committee”) {

   $exclude .= “, “.$page_id;

   }

   }

   $exclude = preg_replace(”/^, (.*?)/”,”\\1″,$exclude);

   }

   return $exclude;

   }

   I have tried making the ExecComm page a child and a parent with no result. I have even tried adding an “about” page, noticing that there is an excluded about page and the link was included in the nav bar. Am I doing something wrong? Tx.

1. 7. hso | August 26, 2006 #

   No, you are not doing it wrong, the mistake was on my end. The nav page exclusion was for a page list in the sidebar, which as you can notice is not in the Redux  release. I suggest you manually enter the header navigation tabs. Placing such codes in the header and removing the WP tags for displaying page might work best for your purpose.

1. 8. Dave Miller | August 27, 2006 #

   hso, that worked! Thank you very much. Great theme.

1. 9. hso | August 27, 2006 #

   @ Dave Miller,

   I like to see what users do with my themes, you have done a good job with your site.

1. 10. Stefan | October 9, 2006 #

   hello hso,

   first of all thank you for that wonderful template. i really like your wife’s work and think this is a real beautiful blog template.

   i would like to ask for one favour: could you tell me, how to insert a google-text advertline between the “headsection” and the part when the real page starts ? like directly below the menu ?

   thanks you alot for helping me out!

1. 11. hso | October 9, 2006 #

   @ Stefan

   Open header.php file, copy and past your script (horizontally aligned Google ads) and paste it right after the line:

   < ! - - /navigation - - >

1. 12. Stefan | October 10, 2006 #

   hello hso,

   it worked (of course ;)), so thank you so much for helping me out here

   thanks, stefan

1. 13. Charles | October 14, 2006 #

   HSO,

   Using a modified version of Blix Redux. 3 magic questions:

   1)I used a company image (renamed “logo2.jpg� per instructions) in the shadesof gray.txt file. How can I edit the code to make this image a link to a URL (the main page of our website)?

   2)In the header.php file, I want the to be the unique title of each article. What code should I place between the tags to achieve this?

   3)Is there a way to make the blog generate description & keyword tags from the title as well?

   Any help would be greatly appreciated!

   Thanks!

1. 14. hso | October 14, 2006 #

   @ Charles

   1) The header image is called using the stylesheet, not from a php file, so there may not be a easy way to make the image link to your home page. I need to look around to find a way to do it.

   2) I am not sure if I quite understand what you mean, could you please be more specific.

   3) Not sure, there may be some plugin to do it, check the links below
   http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/PluginDirectory and

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins#Plugin_Lists_and_Repositories

1. 15. leve-8 | October 19, 2006 #

   Hi
   Im using your theme.. very nice nad adapted the colors etc.. im getting 1 problem in firefox and 2 problems in i.e.

   firefox: if I create a new page the image in the footer shifts to the right, but the main page footer is perfect.

   i.e: image in footer shifts to right still and size of overall table/frame in blog enlarges

   I can provide the link to the blog if you want to check for yourself.

1. 16. hso | October 19, 2006 #

   @ level-8

   Please provide site info. As far as I know I did not have any images in the footer, so i really need to see what you have going there

   Also, check the link below for my test site, I have pages and sub-pages there and they all seem to be doing OK.

   http://www.headsetoptions.org/play/index.php?wptheme=Blix+Redux

1. 17. level-8 | October 20, 2006 #

   Hi
   I added the image in the footer…

   http://www.electronicdojo.co.uk/wordpress/

   this should give you the site.

1. 18. hso | October 20, 2006 #

   @ Level-8

   One way to do it is to change the < p > < strong > to < p align="left" > and add a < / div > to compensate for nat having the sidebar in the page template. Else, you can add the sidebar tag to the page.php file.

1. 19. level-8 | October 20, 2006 #

   hi

   tried the first part, but not sure how to add the sidebar part to the page.php

   have u a msn account I can chat to you on to sort this quickly

1. 20. hso | October 20, 2006 #

   @ Level-8

   Open page.php and look for this line:

   ! — /content — >

   Open index.php and look for a line that has this code

    ? php get_sidebar(); ? >

   copy and add this line below the content — > in the page.php file

   The code will start with “<” and without the space before and after “?”, I just did that to display the code.

1. 21. Vivi | October 26, 2006 #

   Hi, I’ve just downloaded the template for a group blog for my kids and their cousins.

   Teeny-tiny problem: The author field is not showing up for the blog entries, and the kids would definitely like that.

1. 22. hso | October 26, 2006 #

   @ Vivi

   If you open index.php and single.php files, you will see something like this:

   < ! - -< em

   ending with

   em > - - >

   Just delete

   < ! - -

   and

   - - >

   It will uncomment the author field.

1. 23. vivi | October 27, 2006 #

   Thank you!

   It’s so easy to find once I know what to look for, and I can see all sorts of other options that can be turned on and off in the same way.

1. 24. level-8 | October 30, 2006 #

   hi sorted that problem thanks…

   which .css contains the width of the blog… i need to make the overall blog wider… where abouts is the code?

1. 25. hso | October 31, 2006 #

   @ Level-8

   I believe it is layout.css

1. 26. level-8 | November 2, 2006 #

   hi… the official wordpress blog doesnt seem to update as much.. perhaps u can help… I want to put a page but the link to appear in another page.. I create it in a ‘parent page’ yet it still seems to appear in the top menu list. do this make sense?

1. 27. hso | November 2, 2006 #

   @ Level-8

   In the header.php (or where ever your page list is), find the WP tag that calls for pages and change it to this:

   ? php wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’); ?

    

1. 28. level-8 | November 3, 2006 #

   what code do I need to change?
   its in the header page thats in this theme!

1. 29. harrie | November 19, 2006 #

   Hi how can I get a sidebar that appears and looks the same on every Page and every single post? I just wanna have it the same as http://www.sdlp.us/ as discussed earlier on this page.

   Any help greatly appreciated.

   Thanks.

1. 30. hso | November 20, 2006 #

   @ Harrie

   Add the sidebar tag (add code betweek < and >) in your page.php page above the footer tag:

   
?php get_sidebar(); ?


1. 31. Liana | January 4, 2007 #

   Hi,

   I love this template. I just set up my blog using it. I’ve got a couple of questions, though.

   First, is it possible to make the white space larger? My photobucket slideshow is larger than the right margin.

   Next, this may just be my stupidity. I’ve been trying to add a contact me plugin and feed subscription plugins. Though everything seems to be installed fine, nothing is showing up on the page itself. Is there something else I should be doing?

   Thanks in advance.

1. 32. hso | January 5, 2007 #

   @ Liana

   I notice you are using “K2 Redux Warhol” not “Blix Redux”.

   1) Yes, open style.css (stylesheet in WP Admin > Theme Editor) and look for

   #primary { width: 450px !important; _width: 450px !important;….

   and

   .secondary {font: 1em/1.5em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 10px 0 10px!important; margin: 0 0 20px 25px !important; width: 250px !important; _padding: 10px 0 10px !important; _margin-left: 2%; _margin-right: 2%; _width: 250px !important;…

   Change the width parameters. Make sure if you increase the primary say by 20px, thatyou reduce the secondary by at least 20px.

1. 33. Liana | January 6, 2007 #

   Thanks for the information. I did change from Blix to K2 Warhol after writing to you initially. I still have a bunch of other question about some modifications. I’ll e-mail them to you if that is OK.

1. 34. hso | January 7, 2007 #

   @ Liana

   Yeah, go ahead and email to headsetop[at]yahoo[dot]com

1. 35. C. D. Tobola | January 24, 2007 #

   Love the themes — thanks for your work!

   I was trying out the Blix Redux theme, and the right column disappeared. I reinstalled from scratch and there’s nothing there.

   It appears just fine in other themes.

   Have you encountered this before?

   -c

1. 36. headsetop | January 24, 2007 #

   @ C.D.Tobola

   The page.php and single.php do not use the sidebar tag used in index.php, you can add it if you want. That is the only thing that makes the sidebar show/not show.

1. 37. Robert | January 25, 2007 #

   I am just trying to pick and theme and get set up. I like the idea of having the link to Flickr photos but I can’t seem to get it to recognize my account and photos. How do I do that? The only mention of Flickr in the documentation says you can change the tag it uses but not the actual Yahoo/Flickr ID. Ho can I do that?

1. 38. Eerik | February 19, 2007 #

   Hi!

   How can i exclude links to child pages from the menu in header? I’m quite newbie.

1. 39. hso | February 19, 2007 #

   @ Eerik

   Use this in the list pages code within ( and ) as shown below:

   wp_list_pages(’sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=’)

1. 40. Joni Mueller | February 28, 2007 #

   I upgraded someone using Blix Redux from 2.0.4 to 2.1.1. The sidebar is now completely gone from their front page:

   http://www.townsendassets.com/blog/

   Any ideas? I don’t know how easy/hard it will be to revert to an older version if this can’t be solved. I did NOT TOUCH the wp-content files. Other themes work just fine.

1. 41. Joni Mueller | February 28, 2007 #

   To clarify, the SUBCONTENT is displaying nothing. I’ve rooted around in your function file and changed the bookmarks and categories tags to comport with 2.1, but still no go. This is frustrating. I’ve never had a theme go south for the winter like this on an upgrade.

1. 42. Joni Mueller | February 28, 2007 #

   Here’s the fix; provided by someone else. Jesus.

   http://rmarsh.com/2007/01/11/blix-theme-and-wordpress-21/

1. 43. Pixelita Designs | February 28, 2007 #

   And finally.. to make the sidebar appear on the main page, I simply downloaded the BlixKrieg theme and swapped out the BX_functions.php file and it is all back up and running now. So piece by piece, it appears, this theme is WP 2.1 ready as well.

   http://www.townsendassets.com/blog/

   Peace out.

1. 44. hso | February 28, 2007 #

   @ Joni/Pixelita

   Just got here, I am glad you fixed it, the Blix Redux theme and most other themes we have on this site have not yet been updated and re-released (yes they will have to be released again for WP2.1 when theme viewer updates his site!).

   We are currently focused on serving the larger market and awaiting all the WP2.1 bugs to be fixed (read database issues). In the mean time, thanks for the feedback!

1. 45. Roy | April 2, 2007 #

   Great job! but… one thing
   I can’t see the sidebar of hte theme in MAC!!

   Do you know what happens???

1. 46. headsetop | April 2, 2007 #

   @ Roy

   The sidebar is not visible in any of the pages except the home page, is that the problem?

1. 47. Roy | April 3, 2007 #

   Now I can’t test it in a PC…, but I can’t see the sidebar in the home page here.
   I’m working with MacOsx, with Firefox and Safari.

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1. 49. ivan | August 20, 2007 #

   Hi….

   I used this theme on my blog, thanks alot for that. But because i’m total newbie, so i don’t know what is the code you use to making/appearing a sub-menu on sidebar.

   I’ve created a sub-menu, called “internet” on a Parent menu, called “Computer”. The “internet” sub-menu appear on the bottom of “Computer” parent menu.

   So, please tell me what’s is the code were you placed on it.

   Thanks alot,
   ivan

1. 50. hso | August 20, 2007 #

   @ Ivan

   Open header.php and look for the pages code right below the search form.

1. 51. Ivan | August 21, 2007 #

   @hso

   I’ve opened and checked the header.php for the pages code, but please for give me, because i don’t know what and where’s the code, i’m a real newbie .. so tell me, please !

1. 52. Edwards | September 17, 2007 #

   BTW little offtopic - this site design is one of the greatest i have EVER seen (and I have been using internet 12hour a day, almost 20 years!)and small issue with this comment form - when i am write longer comment, the bottom scrollbar is active, so please tell me how to disabling the bottom scrollbar on comment form when writing the the longer comment.

   Thanks

1. 53. hso | September 17, 2007 #

   @ Edwards

   The bottom scroll bar is active only when you have long URI’s or words that extend beyond the 350px width of the form in this case or whatever width you set your comment form to be. To disable bottom scrollbar (x axis), try using ‘overflow-x: hidden’ style in your CSS for comment form. Let me know if it works!

1. 54. Matteo | November 6, 2007 #

   Hello.
   I installed this theme one year ago and it seems work fine since I upgraded my WP to the latest version 3.1… Now the colors are different and the sidebar menu isn’t visible.
   Could it be a problem of this pretty theme with the latest version of WP???

   Tanks

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