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LuvsDogs387
post Oct 16 2005, 08:28 PM
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I really love Toyas site. I like how she used wordpress, where it has all of the blog stuff along with all of her site stuff. I want mine to be the same way, blog stuff with site stuff. How do I do that?

Anyone know of a good tutorial?
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:29 PM
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aww thanks haha throb.gif
anyways what do you mean? the statistics or like making your site in your wp template.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:33 PM
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I like how you were able to change the default look of wp and change the nav so it has your menu, stom along with the wp recent comments and archives.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:35 PM
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our host lisa did that..

at least for me.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:38 PM
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QUOTE(insomniac @ Oct 16 2005, 5:35 PM)
our host lisa did that..

at least for me.
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sad.gif oh
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:39 PM
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php includes. They're the easiest things ever. I thought they were hard, i mean, come on just the name makes it sounds hard, but really it's quite easy.

Lisa did mine in tables. Not sure how toya's was done though. I believe you could get the same effect from that though.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:40 PM
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its just php includes.
im sure theres a tutorial somewhere.


stupid kristina..posting faster than me. _dry.gif

yea mines in tables too.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:41 PM
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lol WAIT I KNOW WHERE THERES A TUT

one sec


http://www.yoursite.nu/tutorials.php?tut=inc

or

http://www.ibdhost.com/help/templates/

There.

Me? Stupid? Why thank you.. sad.gif

Just reminded me, I need to change my layout. LOST maybe? [/random
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:46 PM
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I know how to work php includes so I guess I'm asking what files I have to edit to customise the look of the page and the navigation. Would I edit index.php page and just include my own header and the blog? If so what is the include for the blog? Cuz I alreday tried the includes and added my own header but the blog wouldn't show up. Also how to I inlcude the wp archives, top commenters, ect to the nav?
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:47 PM
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Lisa didn't do mine.
I made my whole layout in wp.
So if you go to here
you see my whole layout.

All i did was put my header info in my header wp temp. same with footer/sidebar
and included it in the main wp template

and then on my index.php had the wp include

you don't have to use tables. I use divs.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:50 PM
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So wait. Do you use WP to "redesign" your site?

luvdogs- sry if I insulted your intelligence. I didn't know if you knew how to do them or not.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:51 PM
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QUOTE(Kristinaa @ Oct 16 2005, 5:50 PM)
So wait. Do you use WP to "redesign" your site?
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Well sorta, i have my whole main page as a wordpress template basically.
Then for all the other files i use my own header files.
Im pretty sure you can do your whole site in wp but i never did.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:52 PM
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^ my whole site is done in WP and it's so confusing. I still dont know how to take off the no right clicking thing.

It was so much easier with just the 4 files...
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:55 PM
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Like my wp page is the onlyt hing coded in wp.

I made my own header& footer file for all the subpages. When i change my layout i do have to edit more pages than you but its easier

Anyways to make your whole main page in wp you just need to edit the template and make sure you have the sidebar & footer includes in your template.
Your sidebar but in the sidebar part, your footer if you want one in the footer part and header stuff.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 08:55 PM
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oh..

well. the only things i have to edit is the header.php in the wp themes directory. and then in the file im making ...like avatars.php (hayden!), i just include the header and footer files, which just require the header and footer files from the /blog directory.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE(Kristinaa @ Oct 16 2005, 5:50 PM)
luvdogs- sry if I insulted your intelligence. I didn't know if you knew how to do them or not.
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No you didn't _smile.gif


Gosh it sounds like all of this is complicated. The reason I wanted wp is so it will plug commenters along with some other small things. Things that CuteNews doesn't do.
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 09:06 PM
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^ well you don't have to do your whole layout in wp you can but you don't have to. You can use divs and iframes to just add it in your regular files.

I like wp for the comment plug and all the diff ways you can customize haha
 
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post Oct 16 2005, 09:12 PM
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I know at bouncy-bubbles.net there is a tutorial on wp themes. I wasn't sure if thats what I needed but I'll look into it. For now I'm going to set it back to Cutenews until I finally figure out how to change it.

Thanks so much for all of your help everybody! wub.gif
 

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