DISQUS

Ben · 1 year ago

Thanks for your theme! I'm using it on my blog http://www.dailycommonsense.com and it really look awesome! I've searched a lot for a clean and simple WP theme and it's by far the best I've found. Good job.

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

Thanks, Ben. Glad you like it.

rap poulin · 1 year ago

Hello - very nice and neat theme. One question so far: how to put some marging or padding around images aligned to left or right? Thank.

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

To pad the images you can go into code view and put in the following code within the img tag:

for left aligned images:
style="padding:0 10px 10px 0;border:0"

for right aligned images:
style="padding: 0 0 10px 10px;border:0"

That's one way to add padding

Frank · 1 year ago

After running a very slow template for a while, I decided to go on the hunt for a fast, clean, SEO, and easily customizable template that I could use.

After sifting through a bunch of rubbish, I'm convinced this one is by far the best! I'm yet to have a good go at playing with it, but have loaded it and love it. The coding is stripped right back to the bare essentials meaning it's going to clearly be a breeze to play with.

Thanks for your efforts and this offering to the world of blogging. I appreciate it.

jeff · 1 year ago

LOVE the simple layout, thanks. How do you get the SUBSCRIBe widget to appear? I don't see it listed, please advise. thx, Jeff

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

The Subscribe block is there if you don't have widgets in your sidebar, but disappears if you don't (in case people don't want it there). You can grab the code from the sidebar file and place it in a text widget manually.

jeff · 1 year ago

Thanks Sun Tzu, much appreciated. One last question:

On my Categories page:

http://www.tinylyons.com/category/news/

the teaser text shows up first, followed by the entire post. I just want the teaser text (like a normal wordpress presentation), not the entire post.

How do I fix that? Again, I love this theme. Thanks!

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@Jeff: Thanks for the heads up. I fixed it in the version and updated the download.

To fix it on your end, go to archive.php and delete line 31 or line 33 - either of these 2:

<?php the_excerpt() ??>
<?php the_content("» Continue reading " . the_title('"','"',false), 0); ??>

If you delete the first one (excerpt), your "more" tag will cut off the post (if you use more tags in your posts). If you delete the 2nd one (content), your excerpts will show.

jeff lyons · 1 year ago

Thanks Sun Tzu, worked like a charm.

Last question... each excerpt ends with […]. Is there any way to make this a link to the full post or replace with READ MORE>

I ask this because I do a lot of usability work, and a good majority of new wordpress users don't realize they have to click on the top header Post Link to read the whole story. Some think the except is the whole story.

Especially for this style where the Header Post is not underlined as a link... the user should really have somewhere to click to proceed.

Again, thanks for your help!

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

find this line "And add a line similar to the following underneath that line" on this post:

http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2008/02/...
it gives you the code to add a read more line in your template

Jesper Hultqvist · 1 year ago

Great looking theme! One question though. Is is just on my computer the left column pushes the right column out of whack and in below the left column?

Jes

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

Add clear:left; to the main ID in your CSS file.

Replace it with:
#main {margin : 0 auto;padding:10px 0px 0px 0px;clear:left;}

I might add this to the official theme release since others might run into the same problem.

Hussein · 1 year ago

Such a great theme. I'll use it now in my blog. Hope will not get some error since i'm using wp2.5

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

Thanks Hussein, glad you like it. I've tested it with WP 2.5 and it works just as well as with previous versions.

Hussein · 1 year ago

Take a look at my blog.. The theme is now up with my blog.. Thanks for giving this cool theme. I really love it..

Jesper · 1 year ago

Hi again! It seems the theme is not validating. Go to a specific post page and let W3C validate it. Your demo and my site both get "ID "respond" already defined." Is this something you can fix?

Regards
Jesper

Gary · 1 year ago

Hello,
I'm trying out your theme and it is fast. I am wondering if I can make the header's length shorter and how would I change the globe that appears in a browser tab?

The globe is very cool but the pic I have is more with my theme of the site.

Thanks,
Gary

Gary · 1 year ago

After looking at the code more I think my question is how does one make the blue horizontal navigation bar shorter in length or be able to bring the right column up higher in the fold.

Thanks,
Gary

Gary · 1 year ago

Hello,
Is there a way to keep the page info from showing in the top blue bar? Or a way to make the blue bar smaller in length?

Thanks,
Gary

Gary · 1 year ago

Sorry, I just noticed that my other questions were still awaiting moderation. I figured out how to change the globe.
But still interested in the other questions. I was playing with the css and header files to get it to do what I want. I was able to shorten the length in the blue bar but it added a lot to the file size.

I love the way you streamlined these files, it's a work of art.

Gary

pfctdayelise · 1 year ago

This is a nice theme indeed. My dad chose it and I did a bit of tweaking for him on his new travel blog.

The CSS file could do with some newlines though. I also added this (adjusted from the edit side of Wordpress) to make the image frames and captions look the same in preview as when published:

.wp-caption {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
text-align: center;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
padding-top: 4px;
margin: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption-text {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 17px;
padding: 0 4px 5px;
margin: 0;
}

Richard.H · 1 year ago

Just upgraded my blog and using your theme now. Very nice, good work!

Laurence James · 1 year ago

Hi There

Brilliant clean and crisp theme. I've just got one question please:

How would I put a banner image right across the top, under the blue horizontal menu (where the globe is and blog name/tagline). I know which code to delete so the blog name doesn't show in the header, but I want to replace this and the globe with a banner image. I've succeeded in putting one in, but it's mispositioned to the right too far by about 20 pixels. I want it to sit right across the 860 pixel width snugly. I can't code the CSS to make this happen. it keeps pushing it out to the right.

I hope this makes sense, it's a great theme and I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@Laurence. Emailed you. Change the #logo div to have 0 padding.

Afraz · 1 year ago

I have sought many themes that I could customize. I could find none till I came across this one. Its truly been a dream to be able to finally customize a theme to my liking. I have done extensive rehashing to make it look different. Truly a great theme for beginners to work with!

http://www.shorebound.net

nad775 · 1 year ago

How can i replace the globe, blog name & tagline with my own banner image? I don't know html, php & css.

Please email me as soon as possible. Thank you very much for a wonderful theme.

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@nad775: replace the contents of div="logo" in the header.php file with your image (just make sure it's wide enough) and take out div="slogan" and its contents altogether.

Bob · 1 year ago

Great theme. How do I change the font size of the titles of the widgets in the sidebar?

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@Bob: in CSS file, for #sidebar h2 add the font-size attribute.
example:

#sidebar h2 { whatever is there ; font-size:10px;}

Bob · 1 year ago

perfect, thanks!

Bob · 1 year ago

Sorry, one more - how do I move the date so that it is up with the title of an entry, rather than at the end of an entry?

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@Bob: swap class="postfeedback" and its contents with the class="postentry" div and its contents in the main index template.

Isti · 1 year ago

Thanx for the nice theme mate. I will use it in some of my blogs.

Kathleen · 1 year ago

Love this theme - thank you!
One issue I'm having is that in IE even though the CSS indicates "list-style-type:none" for ULs in the sidebar, I am still getting bullets that I don't want. Also, in IE the sidebar
is slipping down below the posts, whereas in Firefox it's
properly placed. Can you advise?

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

Thanks, Kathleen - glad you like it. Which version of IE are you using?

Hosting · 1 year ago

Love the simple layout, thanks. How do you get the subscribe widget to appear? I don’t see it listed, please advise. thx

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

@Hosting: go to Design > Theme Editor > Sidebar and move this block of code:

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ??>

between the subscribe and categories li sets (between < / li > and < li >) around line 16 or so

Tom · 1 year ago

right column is appearing below the left column in both firefox and IE..please advise on how to correct this. thanks!

Sun Tzu · 1 year ago

Can you send me an example, Tom? You probably have something in either the left or right column that is wider than the column's width. You can try setting overflow:none; to the containing div or show me an example of what you mean.

Kranjcarz · 1 year ago

Thanks for it... Great Design... :D

cuocthiseo · 12 months ago

Nice theme, I'm installed it today,
Thanks!

Stephen Davies · 11 months ago

Hi there,

What's the latest WordPress this is compatible with?

Many thanks,

WII System Bundle · 11 months ago

This is fantastic. Very easy to use.

Ell · 11 months ago

I also would like to have a banner image across the top.

I have it, but I would like to delete what is now blank white spacing at the top of my page.

Take a look at my page and you can see what I mean. I would like the banner to rise up a little more tightly to the top of the page.

Thank you for your help.

Steven · 11 months ago

Perhaps I've missed something, but I was wondering why this blog theme doesn't include "Tags" with each post, for further SEO, as most other themes do.

Is there a simple way of including the code manually?

Edwin · 11 months ago

Great theme. Just downloaded it and will install it soon. I found this page by typing best 2 column wordpress theme in Google and found just that.

spencer · 10 months ago

I want to change the header link "About" and add a different page...having difficulty finding the page edit or css code locations...

Help! :)

thank you

jsw

Scott · 10 months ago

Love this theme, having one problem though. I want to change the font size of the post to 8em, when I do, it looks fine in firefox, but breaks and pushes the sidebar under the post area. I can't see to figure out why, any ideas?
body {font: normal .9em/1.6em Arial
want to change that to body {font: normal .8em/1.6em Arial

Scott · 10 months ago

Sorry, ment to say, works fine in Firefox, but breaks in internet explorer when I change the font size.

Harvey · 10 months ago

Newbie here - thanks for the theme.

One question: I have a Link Category which appears
in the default theme but fails to show in this one.

Can you advise please

Thanks.

alan adı · 10 months ago

hi there..thx for wp theme. i tried it out..and loved it.

sam · 10 months ago

thanxs for making such a great design and avaible fo free download.

Melissa · 10 months ago

I've been pleased so far with the theme. I have been trying to figure out how I can add a background image to the post/sidebar (it's a repeating image so that I can make the entire page look like a rounded rectangle). I cannot figure out how to change the background of the main content area and sidebar to include my image. Can you point me in the right direction?

Much obliged!

mother in israel · 9 months ago

I am using the theme and am enjoying it very much. I am having a problem activating the "subscribe to comments" plug in. Do you have any ideas? Thanks!

Greg · 9 months ago

I'm using your nice theme to have "static" pages. But I'd like one page to be full width without a sidebar. I can eliminate the sidebar, but not clear how to make it full width. Looks as if one would have to get deeper into WP.

Can a full width page be created? The page is the Stills page.

Greg · 9 months ago

I'm using your nice theme to have just pages. But I'd like one page to be full width without a sidebar. I can eliminate the sidebar, but not clear how to make it full width. Looks as if one would have to get deeper into WP.

Can a full width page be created? The page is the Stills page.

Greg · 9 months ago

Sorry for the double post. Page worked a bit differently than I expected. The second post has an edit, therefore is the one to us. Don't bother to post this one either.

Thanks.

Greg · 9 months ago

I may be answering my own question. I've found main-content in the header.php, so that should get me there I hope. An if and maybe a main-content-single should do it. I guess I'll need to remove the sidebar too.

Greg · 9 months ago

Here's what I did to get page "stills" one-column full-width

style.css
#left-column-single {width : 800px;float : left;padding-left:40px;}
#right-column-no {visibility:hidden}

header.php
Was:

Now:
<?php
if (is_page("stills")) {
echo "";
} else {
echo "";
}
?>

sidebar.php
Was:

Now:
<?php
if (is_page("stills")) {
echo "";
} else {
echo "";
}
?>

David · 9 months ago

Hi there - thanks for a great theme.

I have a nested page structure, but the page menui shows only the top level page. Is there any way that you can show the subpages a bit like the Atahualpa theme?

Also - once I added some widgets, the login details have dissapeared - do you have any suggestions on where this could have gone to?

Many thanks!

David · 9 months ago

I have found the Meta tag now ,,, hiding!!!

10 Minute Articles · 8 months ago

Nice looking theme - I've been looking for a clean 2 column one - I think I'll give this a shot.

Cheers
Jonathan

nick · 8 months ago

Hi

How can I switch columns so that the sidebar appears on the left?

Thanks

nick

Serena · 8 months ago

I just installed it, but it seems like something is wrong. The entire right column starts after the post (left column) is done. They do not run parallel to each other from the top.

I tested it on FF, IE and Chrome with the very same results in each one of them.

Is this a known issue?

Craig · 8 months ago

Is there an easy way to add drop down menu functionality? Awesome theme.

Thanks.

adanali · 8 months ago

this is the best 2 column wordpress i have ever seen

steve · 7 months ago

I love this theme, but I am having a problem with one issue. Does the theme allow text to wrapped around an image. I have tried, but it doesn't seem to work. Any solution to this would be helpful.

luke · 7 months ago

it does not work in windows...no menu it just wasted a day of my time
clean coding but you should test it on all platforms

so works on mac but not ie5 ie6 ie7 ie8

I'm amazed that all the post above have not mentioned this except a couple.

shame as it's clen in design

ega · 7 months ago

nice 2 column wordpress theme.....thanks....

Steve · 4 months ago

I've been using A dream to Host for over a year now. It's great!
Thanks