HeadsetOptions Web Design, SEO, WordPress, Etcetra

Leave a Comments | Trackback | RSS 2.0

1. 1. RAINDROPS: Misty Header WordPress Theme with a Clean Look at mandarin musing | March 31, 2007 #

   [...] RAINDROPS: Download | Test run | Support 3 Columns, White, Green, Fixed width, Widget ready, Left Sidebar, Right sidebar, Smooth, Sleek, Neat, Clean, Mist, Professional, Corporate, Business Template, Personal Blog, All-purpose Template [...]

1. 2. Xial | April 1, 2007 #

   I actually snagged this theme yesterday, looking for something flexible.

   It’s a nice theme, though there’s just this tidbit that doesn’t validate at the top of the page (The row that displays Home, plus additional pages created by the user, located in header.php).
   It’s a very slight adjustment in the code (the removal of the additional <ul>), that fixes that spot.

   The rest appears to be on me to fix with my widgets.

   Either way, I really like the theme.

1. 3. headsetop | April 1, 2007 #

   @ Xial

   Thanks for pointing out, we validated the theme and have it ready for downloads on our partner site.

1. 4. WeblogToolsCollection Español » Blog Archive » Temas de WordPress publicados 2/4 | April 2, 2007 #

   [...] Raindrops es un tema a 3 columnas, de ancho fijo y listo para widgets, con barras laterales del lado izquierdo y del lado derecho. [...]

1. 5. “BEES” New WP Template for your Personal Blog at mandarin musing | April 2, 2007 #

   [...] BEES: Download | Test run | Support 2 Columns, White, Green, Fixed width, Widget ready, Left Sidebar, Honey, Bees, Gradient, Smooth, Simple, Business Template, Personal Blog [...]

1. 6. Spice Up Your Blog With a New Theme | April 2, 2007 #

   [...] Check out some of these nice newly released Wordpress themes: blackout, vanilla, orange, and raindrops. [...]

1. 7. parks » Raindrops Neat 3 Column WordPress Theme Released | April 6, 2007 #

   [...] Fretless wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptRaindrops is a fresh new 3 Column WP theme with a left sidebar and a right sidebar, “widget” ready, with a stunning header image of glistering raindrops on green leaves, by headsetoptions.org and MandarinMusing based on a design by … [...]

1. 8. Jennifer | May 28, 2007 #

   Although I have changed this theme quite a bit on my site. I love it. I was wondering if there was a way that you could make the sidebars load last though for handicap capabilities.

   I have been trying to do it myself, but can’t figure out how and actually on my site the sidebars are loading as part of the header. Aaaaahhhhhh!

   Can you help with this? I know you are probably really busy, but maybe I could even pay you some.

1. 9. hso | May 29, 2007 #

   @ Jennifer

   Unfortunately the CSS design had the sidebars right after the header and will load prior to the body. Changing it would require some hack job, but not sure how familiar you are with playing with the CSS file.

1. 10. Jennifer | May 30, 2007 #

   Yeah, I see where it loads in mine I actually have them loading with the header in the header.php file.

   I wish I knew more to get them down loading after the body, but I can’t figure out how to without it loading in physically under the body posts which I can get it to do.

1. 11. Julie | June 16, 2007 #

   I too have seriously modified this template, design-wise. And am happy with the result, except for a few questions/bugs:

   The about page, and any other pages I try to add, yield a syntax error.

   How can I change the phrase “comment now” to plain old “comments”?

   Is there a way to alter the published by line so that it includes the time? Also can I get rid of the word “tagged” or change to “in”?

   How can I add a function so that when visitors go to my archive, they can then click on “previous” or “next” to go to adjoining posts?

   Is there a “view more” function so that posts appear short until viewers click on the link?

   Is it possible to add an “edit” link so that when I am logged in to wordpress and I visit my site, if I want to quickly access the edit window for a post, I can?

   Thanks for any and all help!

1. 12. Julie | June 16, 2007 #

   By the way, this is the syntax error:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/thecalmb/public_html/wp-content/themes/raindrops/page.php on line 48

1. 13. Julie | June 16, 2007 #

   APOLOGY:

   So, the about page issue was my fault. Sorry. That’s fixed now.

   Also have figured out how to change the published by line.

   All other questions still germane.

   Thanks!!!

1. 14. hso | June 17, 2007 #

   @ Julie

   1) Add a time tag such as the one below within a < and > inside the WP loop:

   ?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?

   2) That function exists, when you have posts more than the number of posts to display per page, the previous and next tag will automaticaly show up.

   3) View more can be easily accomplished by editing the post and add a “WP More Tag” from the editor where you want the break to appear.

   4) Add this tag within < and > inside the WP loop where you want the edit to show when you are logged:

   ?php edit_comment_link(‘e’,”,”); ?

1. 15. Julie | June 17, 2007 #

   Thanks! I need to figure out where that WP loop is for #4 but hopefully I will.

1. 16. hso | June 18, 2007 #

   @ Julie

   It’s the code within the “loop” comment!

   

1. 17. Julie | June 19, 2007 #

   Sorry to bother you again… I can’t seem to put that edit-comment language you described anywhere in the code without breaking the site.

   Also, I want to be able to edit the posts, not the comments.

   And, I want to be able to click previous/main/next while viewing a single post. What is the code? Exactly WHERE does it go?

   Help?

1. 18. hso | June 19, 2007 #

   @ Julie

   I am assuming that by now you know how a php code looks and what a tag is, if you do not know, then I suggest you get someone who knows to help you.

   To add the edit post, you will need to add this code within a < and > sign inside the wp-loop:

   ?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ‘ | ‘, ”); ?

   If you are not sure what the loop is, then open single.php file in a text editor like notepad (not MS Word) and look for

   /h5>

   Paste the edit code right following that (again within the < and > signs which I stripped to show the code)

   As for previous/main/next, you need to add the codes below (also with < and > for each line) after the endwhile tag.

   ?php next_posts_link(‘« Previous Entries’) ?

   ?php previous_posts_link(‘Next Entries »’) ?

   Best of luck, let me know if works or not!

1. 19. Rich | June 21, 2007 #

   I apologize for my ignorance, but I can’t find the area in the style sheet that lets me move and/or resize my title. Can you help me?

   Thanks!

1. 20. hso | June 22, 2007 #

   @ Rich

   Open style.css and look for these lines:

   h1 {
   margin : 20px;
   padding : 5px;
   font-size : 150%;
   letter-spacing : 3px;
   color : #fff;
   background : #476042;
   }
   h2 {
   padding-left : 2px;
   font-size : 140%;
   text-transform : uppercase;
   letter-spacing : 1px;
   color : #476042;
   background : inherit;
   }
   h3 {
   padding : 5px;
   text-transform : uppercase;
   font-size : 110%;
   color : #fff;
   background : #476042;
   }
   h4 {
   padding : 5px;
   text-transform : uppercase;
   font-size : 110%;
   color : #fff;
   background : #f17c0b;
   }
   h5 {
   padding : 5px 5px 5px 20px;
   text-transform : none;
   font-size : 75%;
   color : #476042;
   background : inherit;
   }

1. 21. Rich | June 22, 2007 #

   I have another question for you. The title of my blog appears in the picture at the top of my blog. How do I go about adding more text, such as my tagline?

   Thanks,

   Rich

1. 22. hso | June 22, 2007 #

   @ Rich

   You could add the following tag in header.php within < and > sign:

   ?php bloginfo(‘description’); ?

   This tag is similar to the blog name but displays the description.

1. 23. Julie | June 27, 2007 #

   Hey Hso,

   Thanks for your help. It worked!

   Julie

1. 24. Rich | June 29, 2007 #

   Can you please take a look at my site and let me know how to fix my post titles? As you will be able to see the text got smaller and the green disappeared. Thanls in advance,

   Rich

1. 25. hso | June 30, 2007 #

   @ Rich

   I think you play around with the index.php and accidentally deleted a “h1″ tag with < and >, which in this case will be prior to the title heading tag.

   I noticed you have a closing /h1 tag still on after the title tag.

   To fix it, open index.php and add

   < followed by

   h1 and then a

   >

   prior to the title tag which starts with

   <

   followed by

   a href=

   That shoudl do it, let me know if you managed to fix it (or not).

1. 26. Rich | July 1, 2007 #

   Thank you very much! That fixed it.

   Rich

1. 27. SusHI | Sustainability in Hawai`i » shout out blog love to theme designers | July 8, 2007 #

   [...] This means we’re switching away from our original (and way kewl) ‘Fresh‘ template, and switching to the (triply kewl) ‘Raindrops” template. [...]

1. 28. Rich | August 12, 2007 #

   I mistakenly deleted the code that makes my archives and blogroll show up. Can you repost? Thanks for your help.

   Rich

1. 29. hso | August 13, 2007 #

   @ Rich

   Use this for archives:

   <ul><?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?></ul>


   And use either one for blogroll:

   <?php get_links_list(); ?>

   or

   <?php wp_get_linksbyname('NAMEOFLINKSCAT') ?>


1. 30. Paisley | August 31, 2007 #

   I am using both themes. One for the website and one for my blog so they integrate well. I am not familiar with css but do get by. Anyway to change the width so it is fixed. I did it to 90% but the footer still the same size as original in blog theme. Please advise how to change that or maybe the whole width.

1. 31. hso | September 7, 2007 #

   @ Paisley

   Try looking for the footer style in style.css and adjust the width. It is possible to set the width using px or %, so make the changes as needed.

1. 32. Rich | October 6, 2007 #

   Can you please help me. I messed with my right sidebar code and not only did it mess up the sidebar, but it messed up the whole site. Here is my current right sidebar code. Can you fix it? Thanks in advance.

   >

1. 33. Rich | October 6, 2007 #

   
<div id="sidebar-b">
<?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : else : ?>

   <!-- sidebar -->
   <h2><?php _e('Meta:'); ?> </h2>
   <ul>
   <?php wp_register(); ?>
   <<?php wp_meta(); ?>>
   </ul>

   Can you please help me. I messed with my right sidebar code and not only did it mess up the sidebar, but it messed up the whole site. Here is my current right sidebar code. Can you fix it? Thanks in advance.

   <?php endif; ?>
   </div>

   <!-- end sidebar -->

1. 34. hso | October 7, 2007 #

   @ Rich

   Why don’t you replace the rightsidebar.php file in the theme and check if it works. I do not believe the issue is with the file you edited, it night be your Amazon ads and your large images in post.

1. 35. Prise de tête | November 6, 2007 #

   [...] Le thème que j’utilisais ( raindrops ) sous WordPress précédemment ne me donnait pas satisfaction avec IE7, le résultat était pitoyable, malgré quelques essais infructueux de modification de la feuille de style. A noter que le résultat était tout à fait satisfaisant avec Firefox et IE6. [...]

1. 36. ~iMoM~ » New Year, New Look | June 8, 2008 #

   [...] Side“? It was designed by Headsetoptions and Mandarinmusing, the same guys who did the Rain Drops theme I used for most of 2007. I love that I don’t have to tweak around much with their [...]

Have Your Say »

Name (Required- use your name, not keywords)

Mail (Required- will not be published)

Website (Optional)

Use SimpleCode while pasting codes.