How to Install and Set Up WP-Vybe 1.0
It doesn’t take a lot to install and set up your new WP-Vybe WordPress theme Read on, and you’ll have it knocked out in a snap.
Step 1 - Unzip the File
The file you downloaded can be unzipped with any standard unzip program (if you don’t have one already installed on your computer, Stuffit Expander is a popular option for PC or MAC users). When you unzip the file, you’ll end up with a folder named “wp-vybe.” Within it are all the theme files along with the end user license agreement (please take a moment to read over the license agreement).
Step 2 - Upload the Theme Files to Your Wordpress Site
For this step, you’ll need an FTP (file transfer protocol) program. An FTP program allows you to transfer files between your computer and your web hosting account. There are several available, but I use SmartFTP. You’ll want to upload your theme folder to the /wp-content/themes folder in your Wordpress installation.
Step 3 - Activate WP-Vybe
Login into your Wordpress control panel, and click the Design tab. On the next page you’ll see all your available themes. Simply click on the WP-Vybe screenshot, then click the Activate link in the upper right-hand corner of the pop-up screen.
Step 4 - Set Up Your Featured Articles Section
If you don’t already have a “Featured” category, you’ll need to create one. Click the Manage tab, then Categories on the sub-navigation bar. Create a new category named “Featured.” Also, be sure the category slug is “featured.”
For the Featured Articles function to work correctly, you may also need to modify your permalink structure. To do that, click the Settings tab, then Permalinks on the sub-navigation bar. Just be sure that any option other than the default permalink structure is selected.
Finally, the only thing left to do is to place some of your posts/articles in the Featured category. By default, the theme is set up to display your 5 most recent Featured Articles in the featured article box on your home page. You can change that number on the WP-Vybe Theme Settings page if you like.
Step 5 - Install and Activate Plugins Supported by WP-Vybe
WP-Vybe has built-in support for the following plugins:
Popularity Contest - Note: Apparently, Popularity Contest plugin has not been updated for WP 2.5 and above yet. However, I have used it on a WP 2.6 site without any problems. If you have trouble activating it, there is a fix for it posted here. Your Most Popular Posts will appear at the top of the right sidebar in the tabbed navigation box as seen on this site.
WP-Print - If you install and activate WP-Print, a printer icon will appear at the top of each Single post page. See this post for an example. If you don’t install it, the theme will function just fine without it; you just won’t give your readers the option to print out your posts. Note: be sure to Update Permalinks AFTER you activate the plugin as mentioned in the plugin install instructions here.
Get the Image - This is a sweet, little plugin from the very brilliant Justin Tadlock. It will make it easier for you to include post thumbnails and featured photos for all your posts without using custom fields. More on that in another tutorial. Again, if you decide not to use it, the theme will function fine without it.
Be sure you download the latest version of each plugin and upload them to your wp-content/plugins folder. Then activate them. The theme will do the rest.
Step 7 - Add Some Content to Your Sidebars
Click the Design tab, then Widgets, and drag some content into your sidebars. Be sure to click the Update button when you’re done.
Step 8 - Be Sure To Visit the WP-Vybe Theme Settings Page
The link for this page is available under the Design tab. I’ve given you a whole slew of optional settings for the theme, so feel free to change a few of them, and see what sort of site you can create for yourself.
Optional Step 9 - Make Your Featured Articles Scroll Automatically
See this comment.
About the Author: Michael D. Pollock is the founder of Solostream. He's a geek-at-heart and a small business veteran with over 12 years of in-the-trenches sales, marketing and entrepreneurial experience (he mistakenly thinks he may soon have it all figured out).
jan [ipears] | Aug 4, 2008 | Reply
Wow Michael,
You made yet another astonishing theme!
Congrats on this one and keep ‘m coming!
Caspar | Aug 4, 2008 | Reply
Looking forward to the tutorial on Get the Image and using post thumbnails & images! I’m a bit baffled by how this works at the moment.
Great theme, keep up the good work!
Caspar
Phil | Aug 7, 2008 | Reply
Michael,
Have to say your support helping me get my site up and running has been EXCELLENT! Usually back to me within minutes no matter what the question. I am amazed.
As a total novice I thought this would be way over my head. You have made it very easy so far.
Thanks again,
Phil
Joanne of Open Mind Required | Aug 7, 2008 | Reply
Love the template! First one I’ve been willing to pay for. And your instructions are so good it took all of 10 minutes to get up and running. I have a couple of questions.
Is it possible to suppress “About the Author” on the posts?
Did you not include the rotating of featured articles with this template? That was a nice feature on the Magazine template and I was hoping this would be included.
I would like to add a bunch of book pictures on the left side of my blog (instead of the about, archive, etc.) that link to blog entries. How do I do that?
Your template has taken my blog to a whole new level. Thank you, thank you!
Michael Pollock | Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Hi Joanne:
Thanks for the purchase, and thanks for the kind words … glad the set-up was easy.
I knew I should have made that an option in the control panel … next release I suppose. In the meantime, to suppress Author Profile, do this:
Open the Single Post template, and find this code:
<div class="auth-bio clearfix"><p class="cats"><strong><?php _e("Filed Under"); ?></strong>: <?php the_category(' • '); ?></p>
<?php the_tags("<p class='tags'><strong> Tags</strong>: "," • ", "</p>"); ?>
<p class="bio">
<?php // this is the author photo pulled from gravatar site
if (function_exists('get_avatar')) {
$gravsize = $wp_vybe_grav_size;
$author_email = get_the_author_email();
echo get_avatar($author_email,$size="$gravsize");
} else {
//alternate gravatar code for < 2.5
$gravsize = $wp_vybe_grav_size;
$md5 = md5( $email=get_the_author_email() );
echo "<img class='avatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=$md5&size=$gravsize' alt='' />";
} ?>
<strong><?php _e("About the Author"); ?></strong>: <?php the_author_description(); ?></p>
</div>
Then just change to this:
<div class="auth-bio clearfix"><p class="cats"><strong><?php _e("Filed Under"); ?></strong>: <?php the_category(' • '); ?></p>
<?php the_tags("<p class='tags'><strong> Tags</strong>: "," • ", "</p>"); ?>
</div>
This will leave just the categories and tags.
As for adding book pictures along the left, you’ll need to switch back to the 3-column layout (obviously), then you can place the code for your pics and links in a srandard text widget. The code to use would be something like this:
<div style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block;"><a href="http://www.link1.com" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/image1.gif" alt="" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block;"><a href="http://www.link2.com" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/image2.gif" alt="" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block;"><a href="http://www.link3.com" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/image3.gif" alt="" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block;"><a href="http://www.link4.com" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/image4.gif" alt="" /></a></div>
Obviously, you’d want to change the links above, and upload your images and change the img src above.
Drew McManus | Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
EMAIL UPDATES QUESTION:
Is it possible to tie this into a different opt-in, opt-out system besides the one provided by Feedburner? I have not had great success with that service in the past and some of the blogs I manage publish too frequently to make this option viable. As such, is there a way to remove the option or tie it into a different opt-in, opt-out form?
GOOGLE SEARCH
Is there a way to embed custom Google search scripts in place of the existing search (or is the existing feature through Google already)?
I like the custom Google searches and want to keep the adsense option on search results pages.
Thanks,
Drew
Michael Pollock | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> Is it possible to tie this into a different opt-in, opt-out system besides the one provided by Feedburner? I have not had great success with that service in the past and some of the blogs I manage publish too frequently to make this option viable. As such, is there a way to remove the option or tie it into a different opt-in, opt-out form?
Yes, there is a spot on the WP-Vybe Setting page to enter form code for an alternate email provider.
>>>>> Is there a way to embed custom Google search scripts in place of the existing search (or is the existing feature through Google already)? I like the custom Google searches and want to keep the adsense option on search results pages.
The existing search is basic Wordpress search functionality. You could replace that with Google search. You’d have to get the code from here: www.google.com…
Best - Michael
Darrell | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Anyone else having any problems with the popularity plugin? I disabled all of my other plugs and am still getting a “this plug in caused a fatal error” when I try to activate the popularity plug…..? I have re-uploaded the plug 3x and still get an error.
Darrell | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Oh good grief, I wish I could see the forest for the trees lol. Thanks for the info Michael :)
Johnny | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Michael - We purchased the magazine theme back in January for the launch of our site. We loved it! We were beginning to consider a “face lift,” when we received your e-mail announcing vybe. It was right on time for us!
We have installed it this afternoon and have a question. Why aren’t the RSS images showing up? www.teachmetotalk.com…
Thanks again!
Johnny | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Michael - How did you get the 2nd one down Recent Comments to display the opening lines of their comments? We were very please with this with the magazine theme and wish to have it in our vybe theme as well. Thanks again!
Michael Pollock | Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Hey Johnny:
If you want to add the WP-Mag style recent comments to the sidebar, open your Sidebar template, and find these lines:
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar - Right') ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
Just AFTER that, add the following:
<li id="recent-comments"><div class="widgettitle">Recent Comments</div>
<?php $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_author, comment_author_url, comment_ID, comment_post_ID, comment_content, comment_author_email, comment_date FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND comment_type = '' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5") ?>
<ul>
<?php if ( $comments ) : foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<li class="clearfix">
<?php if (function_exists('get_avatar')) { ?>
<?php
$gravsize = 36;
echo get_avatar($comment,$size="$gravsize");
?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if ( !empty( $comment->comment_author_email ) ) {
$gravsize = 36;
$md5 = md5( $comment->comment_author_email );
echo "<img class='avatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=$md5&size=$gravsize' alt='' />"; } ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php comment_excerpt() ?><br />
<strong><?php comment_author_link() ?> | <?php comment_date('jMy'); ?> | <a class="more-link" href="<?php echo get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID); ?>#comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">More</a></strong>
</li>
<?php endforeach; endif; ?>
</ul>
</li>
Johnny | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Thanks that took care of both of them for me.
How did you get the print command/icon in each post header?
We’re getting a lot of very positive feedback on how good this theme looks at our site. Thanks again!
Joanne of Open Mind Required | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Johnny, it’s in Step 5 of the installaton instructions above along with two other cool plugins.
Damien | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
Michael,
The WP_Vybe Theme really looks great. What I like is that it allows quick change of theme colour, inserting Logo & Banner, built-in post thumbnails and many more. Really cool features.
The support and help that you have provided for my site (WP Glory) has been excellent. Appreciated!
Thank you for the continue improvements on the WP Themes.
I’m looking forwards to get the WP_Vybe Theme.
Cheers,
Damien
john | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
How do I setup the “subscribe” so that subscribers get an e-mail telling them my site has new content?
Michael Pollock | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
Hi John:
Go to the Subscription Form Settings on the Vybe Theme Settings page. If you have a Feedburner account, enter the info in the box provided. If using an alternate email list provider, you’ll need to enter the subscription form code in the other box provided.
Harold | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Michael,
Thanks for your support on this great theme.
I am having a bit of a snafu…the “Recent Articles” section under the featured section is pulling articles from months and even last year, instead of my most recent “featured” posts.
Any clue on why that is happening, or what the fix is ?
By the way, thanks for leaving the scrolling feature option…it was one of the things I love most about your themes. I about jumped for joy when I saw the code in the files, I knew that you wouldn’t let us down.
Drew McManus | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
I purchased WP-Vybe and am very happy, I’m curious though if there is a way to change the “Featured” articles to “Most Recent Articles” and then rename the “recent articles” title to something like just “articles.”
In a related question, is there a way to cycle the most recent posts into the “featured” row and have them automatically move out when new articles bump them out. Currently, it looks like only those articles categorized as “featured” will appear and they would have to be manually recategorized. It would be great if this could be automated.
Thanks,
Drew
Clive | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Hi I’ve just noticed the my most recent posts appear on the Home page in reverse order.
I have last 6 posts showing ( I use the code to just show snippets if I post a 7th it will appear on page 2 under ‘older entries’.
In my case this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as I want to promote these first posts more than others but would still like to know how to resolve the issue.
It doesn’t happen on pages showing, for example, a list of posts in a category they seem to appear in date order i.e. newest first.
You can see what I mean here: thebutlerbureau.com…
Thanks
Clive | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Another quickie - is it possible to put a hyper link in the ‘About the author’ bios?
Ta
Drew McManus | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
As an added follow-up question, I’ve noticed that any articles listed as “featured” won’t appear in the “recent articles” section. do authors have to manually de-select the “featured” category? If so, that’s going to be a serious drag and it seems like such an obvious thing I’m probably missing something here so thanks in advance for the help.
Also, another bug I’ve noticed is that any side bar headers that have text which goes over one line spill over the first line of the material directly below. Is there a way to fix this?
Otherwise, everything seems to be working well and the theme looks great! Thanks in advance for answering those questions.
Michael Pollock | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> I am having a bit of a snafu…the “Recent Articles” section under the featured section is pulling articles from months and even last year, instead of my most recent “featured” posts. Any clue on why that is happening, or what the fix is?
Yes, there’s a valid reason why that’s happening … I excluded featured posts from the Recent Articles list.
Probably wasn’t the best thing to do (although it made sense to me at the time), but here’s the fix:
Open your Main Index Template and find this code:
<?php$id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT term_ID FROM $wpdb->terms WHERE slug='featured'");
$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("cat=-' .$id. '&paged=$page"); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
Change to this:
<?php$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("paged=$page");
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate[$post->ID] ) continue;
?>
Michael Pollock | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> I purchased WP-Vybe and am very happy, I’m curious though if there is a way to change the “Featured” articles to “Most Recent Articles” and then rename the “recent articles” title to something like just “articles.”
That can be done. Here’s how …
1. Click the Design tab then Theme Editor.
2. On the right side of the page, click the features.php file to open it in the Theme Editor.
3. Scroll down and find this line:
<li class="feat-head"><?php _e("Featured Articles"); ?></li>4. Then just change Featured Articles to whatever you like.
5. Next, open your Main Index Template and find this code:
<h2 class="home-list"><a title="<?php _e("Main Site RSS Feed"); ? rel="nofollow">" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/FeedIcon-16.gif" alt="<?php _e("RSS"); ?>" title="Main Site RSS Feed" style="float:right;margin: 4px 0 0 0;" /></a><?php _e("Recent Articles"); ?></h2>6. Near the end of all that code, just change the Recent Articles to whatever you like.
>>>> In a related question, is there a way to cycle the most recent posts into the “featured” row and have them automatically move out when new articles bump them out. Currently, it looks like only those articles categorized as “featured” will appear and they would have to be manually recategorized. It would be great if this could be automated.
I assume you mean you want the older featured articles to just show up under the recent articles section … if so, see this comment (directly above this one).
Michael Pollock | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> As an added follow-up question, I’ve noticed that any articles listed as “featured” won’t appear in the “recent articles” section. do authors have to manually de-select the “featured” category? If so, that’s going to be a serious drag and it seems like such an obvious thing I’m probably missing something here so thanks in advance for the help.
I think I already answered this … if not see this comment.
>>>>> Also, another bug I’ve noticed is that any side bar headers that have text which goes over one line spill over the first line of the material directly below. Is there a way to fix this?
it’s not really a bug … it was designed that way to maintain consistency in the appearance.
not to be flip, but the best thing to do is simply use shorter titles for your sidebar headers.
Michael Pollock | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> Another quickie - is it possible to put a hyper link in the ‘About the author’ bios?
unfortunately it’s not. wordpress strips all HTML from the author bio.I stand corrected … simply place the link in the Biographical Info box found on your Wordpress Profile page … like so:
<a href="http://www.mylink.com">Text that is linked</a>Harold | Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
Michael Thanks for the Recent Articles fix. It kept me up all night . Once again a Bad Assed theme, and great support.
Clive, Are you talking about the standard Author bio that is in the wordpress admin ?
The one that shows up at the bottom or top of a post ?
I actually have hyperlinks in my “About the Author” bio. I have links to my email, My Space Page, and Stores.
Just use the regular code:
Link
It works on all of my blogs
Drew McManus | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
Another Question: first, I think the about the author bio info that automatically appears is fantastic. However, a few of my blogs feature multiple authors and to date, we’ve been having them post a head shot at the top of their respective articles.
Is it possible to set up the template so that in addition to the author bio that appears at the bottom of the article, it can also insert the headshot (or even gravatar) at the very top of each article an author posts? Keeping as much continuity between the old design and the new design is desired so thank you very much in advance for putting some thought into this one.
Jay | Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
Hey Michael, I just purchases the WP-Vybe. I’m a newbie, but a DIY’er all the way.
I’m having a problem modifying the color scheme of the right sidebar. I can change all other areas of the theme but the right navigation sidebar will only display the color selections from the pulldown menu in basic site settings.
Is there something I’m missing here?
Clive | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
By default clicking on the blogs logo will take you back to the home page - is it possible to change the destination url? For example if I wanted to feature a large ad within the logo and the click to go to that advertisers page.
Thanks
Clive | Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Sorry about the double post above, I’d forgotten I’d already asked.
At the risk of monopolizing this Comments section here’s another…
If I promise to keep my Featured Posts titles to one line is their NO way to up the ante of featured posts so that 10 posts might be shown ( it’s just that I hate seeing empty space). See below to see what I mean…
thebutlerbureau.com…
Thanks (as usual)
Clive
Michael Pollock | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> By default clicking on the blogs logo will take you back to the home page - is it possible to change the destination url? For example if I wanted to feature a large ad within the logo and the click to go to that advertisers page.
Hey Clive:
Just open the Header template and find this code:
<?php if ( $wp_vybe_site_title_option == 'Image/Logo-Type Title' ) { ?><div id="logo" onclick="location.href='<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>';"
style="cursor: pointer;"></div>
Change to:
<?php if ( $wp_vybe_site_title_option == 'Image/Logo-Type Title' ) { ?><div id="logo" onclick="location.href='http://www.myurl.com';"
style="cursor: pointer;"></div>
obviously, you’d want to change the URL.
Michael Pollock | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> If I promise to keep my Featured Posts titles to one line is their NO way to up the ante of featured posts so that 10 posts might be shown ( it’s just that I hate seeing empty space).
Yes, that can be done. You’ll have to open the Theme Functions file (functions.php) …
Scroll down about 1/5th of the way and find this code:
array( "name" => "How Many Featured Articles","id" => $shortname."_features_number",
"type" => "select",
"std" => "5",
"options" => array("5", "6", "4", "3", "2", "1"),
"help" => "Due to space limitations, 6 is the maximum number of Featured articles that can be displayed in the Featured Articles section."),
Change to:
array( "name" => "How Many Featured Articles","id" => $shortname."_features_number",
"type" => "select",
"std" => "5",
"options" => array("5", "10", "9", "8", "7", "6", "4", "3", "2", "1"),
"help" => "Due to space limitations, 6 is the maximum number of Featured articles that can be displayed in the Featured Articles section."),
Then just make the change on your WP-Vybe Theme Settings Page.
Michael Pollock | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
>>>> Is it possible to set up the template so that in addition to the author bio that appears at the bottom of the article, it can also insert the headshot (or even gravatar) at the very top of each article an author posts? Keeping as much continuity between the old design and the new design is desired so thank you very much in advance for putting some thought into this one.
Sure. Just open the Single Post template and add this code:
<?php // this is the author photo pulled from gravatar.com…if (function_exists('get_avatar')) {
$gravsize = $wp_vybe_grav_size;
$author_email = get_the_author_email();
echo get_avatar($author_email,$size="$gravsize");
} else {
//alternate gravatar code for < 2.5
$gravsize = $wp_vybe_grav_size;
$md5 = md5( $email=get_the_author_email() );
echo "<img class='avatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=$md5&size=$gravsize' alt='' />";
} ?>
Place it just after this line:
<div class="entry clearfix">Joanne of Open Mind Required | Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
I’ve got a problem. The content of one of my posts won’t show up. It shows in the featured articles sections, but when I click on the article the content disappears. Any idea how to fix this? My first Featured article “Five Lies Fed Us by Organic Farms” is the one that loses text.
Drew McManus | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for all the great support Michael, those answers helped tremendously!
Best,
Drew
Joanne of Open Mind Required | Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
As long as we’re at it, is there a way to suppress “Featured” from showing as a subject heading in the menu bar?
Michael Pollock | Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> As long as we’re at it, is there a way to suppress “Featured” from showing as a subject heading in the menu bar?
Hi Joanne:
To do that:
1. Open your Header template and find this line near the bottom:
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>2. Change to:
<?php wp_list_categories('exclude=X&title_li='); ?>X = the category ID of the category you want to exclude.
To find the category ID …
There was a time when the category IDs were listed right next to the category. For some reason the WP development team changed that. So now, here’s how to find the category ID.
In your WP control panel, click Manage >> Categories.
Place your cursor over the category link and look in the bottom left corner of your browser. you should see a link appear in the browser status bar (If you don’t use the status bar, just click on the category, and the link will appear in the browser Address bar at the top).
it will look like this:
http://mysite.com/wp-admin/categories.php?action=edit&cat_ID=22The ID in the above example is 22.
D Hewson | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Just bought WPVybe and it looks very promising. Just two questions - I get the fatal error on Popularity Contest too and the person who fixed it above didn’t say how. Any clues please? Also is there some way to exclude categories from the category navigation bar at all?
Michael Pollock | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> Also is there some way to exclude categories from the category navigation bar at all?
Hi David:
Thanks for the purchase. To remove categories from the category navigation bar:
1. Open your Header template and find this line near the bottom:
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>2. Change to:
<?php wp_list_categories('exclude=X,Y,Z&title_li='); ?>X,Y,Z = the category IDs of the categories you want to exclude.
To find the category ID …
There was a time when the category IDs were listed right next to the category. For some reason the WP development team changed that. So now, here’s how to find the category ID.
In your WP control panel, click Manage >> Categories.
Place your cursor over the category link and look in the bottom left corner of your browser. you should see a link appear in the browser status bar (If you don’t use the status bar, just click on the category, and the link will appear in the browser Address bar at the top).
it will look like this:
http://mysite.com/wp-admin/categories.php?action=edit&cat_ID=22The ID in the above example is 22.
Joanne of Open Mind Required | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Hi, Michael. I’ve got another weird problem on this post. Whereever I’ve inserted a graphic to align right, there’s a small indent to the paragraph. This hasn’t happened before, and I can’t figure out what the problem is. (You still have an active admin account.)
Michael Pollock | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
Hi Joanne:
Try adding this to the bottom of your Stylesheet, and see if it solves the problem:
.wp-caption {margin: 0;
}
.wp-caption .alignleft {margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
}
.wp-caption .alignright {margin: 0 0 10px 10px;
}
Pascal | Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
Thank you Michael for such a wonderful theme.
The above posts have been extremly helpful.
I managed to set my ome page up with 10 Featured Posts and the older ones spilling over on to ‘recent articles’. It was working fine.
But now instead of the older post excerpts appearing under ‘recent articles’ there is a link (called ‘other entries’) to them.
Martin | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
Hi everyone, I have a question about making a link page (blogroll in a page).
I have modified the Site Map page and it’s loading the blogroll just fine but I cannot exclude any link cats. It just displays everything.
Martin | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
Edit: I worked it out I was excluded the blogroll link not category…
Silly me.
cheri | Aug 31, 2008 | Reply
Michael,
I was looking at the client gallery and noticed that one of them had the auto-rotating featured articles mentioned above. Did you add that function? I’d like to activate it but can’t seem to find out where.
Also, I have a gravatar that works when I post to other sites but it won’t work on mine. Is there a wordpress avatar plugin you recommend?
Martin | Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
cheri:
Also, I have a gravatar that works when I post to other sites but it won’t work on mine. Is there a wordpress avatar plugin you recommend?
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Hi cheri,
You should not need a plugin for Gravatars in the latest version of Wordpress. The Gravatars feature is now built into Wordpress.
Just check the following:
Go to the WP admin panel of your site and click settings, then go to the “Discussion” settings area and scroll down to “Avatars” and make sure Show Avatars is enabled.
I hope that helps.
Michael Pollock | Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Martin and Cher:
There is no plugin that is necessary. The only thing that’s necessary is that the email address in your User Profile has to exactly match the email address that you use in your Gravatar account.
digerati | Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael - Thanks for a great theme. I have searched and demoed them all. This one is the best premium theme on the market. One of the things I look for when choosing a premium theme is that it has to work right out of the box without coded editing. WP-Vybe is such a theme with its extensive management option in the backend. Thanks again.
Suggestions: In your next update, would it be possible to include “footer sidebars widgets”. See example here www.entrepreneurs-journey.com… if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the site you will see the various columns starting from the archive section. My be you can include widget sidebars footer “left, center and right”
Is there a way I can have this effect at the bottom of wp-vybe with code editing?
Thanks again.
Digerati
Mikki | Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
Michael/Darrell,
How did you get the Popularity plugin work? Please help.
barrie bee | Sep 12, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael great work on Vybe it’s great. I have a couple of questions which I don’t think have been asked yet.
I’ve tried inserting my own logo at the top of the page and want it to span the full width (about 990px) but it only seems to display half way across.
Also on the home page is it possible on a post to remove the thumbnail and have an image (or video) span the full width of the excerpt box
thanks
Pat Williams | Sep 12, 2008 | Reply
HI Michael!
I purchased one of your themes - love it so much I am back to purchase one for a client. I think this version is great but I need a specific shade of red #D7000F. Am I able to adjust the red? If not what is involved in customizing it and is it a service you provide?
Thanks!
Pat Williams
CyberCletch LLC
www.CyberCletch.com
www.RealHomeSense.com
Twitter: cletch
Dusty | Sep 13, 2008 | Reply
This is by far the best Theme I’ve ever purchased. I do have one ? if you don’t mind. Is there anyway I could add a dropdown categories box beside the dropdown archives box? Any input you may have regarding this would be much appreciated. I would also like to say Thanks for such a great Theme.
Michael Pollock | Sep 13, 2008 | Reply
It appears you figured this out already Dusty, but for the benefit of others who may have the same question, here’s the answer.
1. Open the side-tabs.php file and find this code:
<ul class="tabs cleafix"><li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(1, 4, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_1" class="on"><?php _e("Subscribe"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(2, 4, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_2"><?php _e("Archives"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(3, 4, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_3"><?php _e("Tags"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(4, 4, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_4"><?php _e("Popular"); ?></a></li>
</ul>
2. Change to this:
<ul class="tabs cleafix"><li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(1, 5, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_1" class="on"><?php _e("Subscribe"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(2, 5, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_2"><?php _e("Archives"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(3, 5, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_3"><?php _e("Tags"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(4, 5, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_4"><?php _e("Popular"); ?></a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(5, 5, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_5"><?php _e("Categories"); ?></a></li>
</ul>
3. Scroll to the bottom and find these last 2 lines:
</div>
</div>
4. Just above them, add the following:
<div id="content_5" class="cat_content" style="display:none"><div class="sidebox">
<form action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" method="get">
<?php
$select = wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select category&show_count=1&orderby=name&echo=0');
$select = preg_replace("#<select([^>]*)>#", "<select$1 onchange='return this.form.submit()'>", $select);
echo $select;
?>
<noscript><input type="submit" value="View" /></noscript>
</form>
</div>
For more info on this, see the Codex here:
codex.wordpress.org…
carleen pruess | Sep 13, 2008 | Reply
Hi! I purchased the theme and really like the look. The theme is great to work with in terms of adjustments as well. I have two questions though:
(1) I would like the 468×60 ad to not appear on the front page, but have it appear on the individual post pages. What is the code to remove from the main index to do that?
(2) Twice when I was setting up the new theme, something happened that reset everything to the default WP theme. My host had gone down around the same time it happened both times, so I’m guessing that triggered it, but I’m not sure. Is there a way to lock things down so that a server issue won’t suddenly switch themes on me?
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
carleen pruess | Sep 13, 2008 | Reply
As an update to my last comment, the theme automatically reverted to the WP default again without anything odd like a server crash happening. Obviously this is a big problem!
carleen pruess | Sep 13, 2008 | Reply
One more update. I think I located the problem, which was a server issue, but if anyone out there has seen Wordpress automatically revert to the default theme, I would love to hear from you.
In the mean time the Vybe theme has gotten a good number of compliments from friends. I definitely recommend it!
TVDinner | Sep 14, 2008 | Reply
Michael
Quick question - if you look at www.jamooza.com… each of the stories on the front page below the featured block - all the type is bold. Everything below the featured block is now bold. I am not sure how this happened and it seemed to change on its own. Previously the story title was bold but the excerpt was normal text like always.
Any ideas how this happened and what I can do to get it to stop making the excerpt text bold also? Thanks!
Alistair Barnett | Sep 14, 2008 | Reply
Thank you for your purchase of WP-Vybe!
The first featured article, “Women Against Sarah Palin. A Movement?” appears to be what is causing the rest of the text on the page to be bold. The ellipsis at the end has the following code, which instead of the closing tag for bold (
</b>) is currently<b>:“… Below are their voices.
<b>…<b>”Once the ending
<b>is changed to</b>you should be all set.TVDinner | Sep 14, 2008 | Reply
Alistair you were correct and I am not sure how I missed that. Thank you for the assistance. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks again!
Michael | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
Already have your WP-Mag theme, wondering about Vybe, anyway - the question is the same;
Is it possible to get the tag-cloud instead of tag-drop-down-menu in the sidebar (”siteguide”)? Or do I have to install a new plugin and edit the sidebar/”siteguide” code?
Michael Pollock | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> Is it possible to get the tag-cloud instead of tag-drop-down-menu in the sidebar (”siteguide”)? Or do I have to install a new plugin and edit the sidebar/”siteguide” code?
Michael:
You’d have to edit the code to show the tag cloud instead of the drop-down tags.
Or you could simply use the standard wordpress tag cloud widget somewhere else in one of the sidebars.
Michael Cohen | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael
Once again a beautiful theme…Is there a way to turn off gravatars altogether?
Thanks
Barrie Bee | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for your quick response Alistair you helped to solve my problem and sorry for the double post…a bit over eager to play with my new toy, thanks again
Michael G. Cohen | Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael,
I am in the midst of playing with all the great customizations you have made possible and wanted to ask if you could point me to the correct area of code to change the colour of the activated box in the Subscribe/Archives/Popular etc section (e.g. I want to change it from the default green). Also I want to similarly change the colour of the wording that shows up to display other articles from the same category (e.g. where it says “Other entries from xxx”)
Thanks so much,
Michael
Michael Pollock | Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> I am in the midst of playing with all the great customizations you have made possible and wanted to ask if you could point me to the correct area of code to change the colour of the activated box in the Subscribe/Archives/Popular etc section (e.g. I want to change it from the default green). Also I want to similarly change the colour of the wording that shows up to display other articles from the same category e.g. where it says “Other entries from xxx”)
Hi Michael:
Sorry for the late reply. Had a hard drive failure over the weekend and lost your message temporarily.
1. To change the sidebar widget title color and activated box color and background, you’ll need to add this to the style-2.css file, and change the color codes according to your preference:
/* ---- [ Sidebar Widget Title Font Color ] ---- */#sidebar li .widgettitle {color:#ffffff !important;
}
/* ---- [ Sidebar Tabbed Box Active Link Background Color ] ---- */#sidebar li ul.tabs li a.on {background-color:#ffffff !important;
}
Daryl | Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Hello Michael,
Another awesome theme. This is the second theme that I have purchased. I’m hooked.
I am having a little difficulty loading this theme into wordpress. I have all the files uploaded, but when I log on to my Wordpress control panel, wp-vybe screenshot is not there. I have used your other themes with no problem. What should I do?
Thanks in advance. Continue doing great work.
Daryl
Alistair Barnett | Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael Cohen,
Thanks for using WP-Vybe.
Sure thing, you can turn off gravatars by doing the following:
1. In WordPress Admin, click “Settings” at the top-right
2. Click “Discussion” at the top
3. Scroll to the very bottom, where it says “Default Avatar” — select “Blank” then click ‘Save Changes’
Dusty | Sep 16, 2008 | Reply
Michael,
Thanks for your reply. I would have posted the How-To myself once I figured it out but I wasn’t sure if it would offend anyone since I’m not the designer.
Thanks again,
Sean | Sep 19, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael,
Awesome theme! Way to go!
Quick question - since installing this theme my “add media” tab is now missing. (The little tab that you click to post pics, vids, etc when writing a new page/post).
I suspect this has nothing to do with the theme but I’m curious. Do you know how I can get that back? I need to post some pictures!
Thank you! Again, awesome theme!
Steve | Sep 19, 2008 | Reply
Hi Michael,
Love the Wp-Vybe theme. I am using it on several sites and I wonder if you could give me the hex codes for the color on each site. I am building some logo’s and I am having trouble matching the color, particularly with the rust color. Thanks
Alistair Barnett | Sep 20, 2008 | Reply
Hi Sean,
Thanks for the kudos. I’ll be sure to pass them along to Michael.
I’m not sure why the “add media” tab is missing after installing the theme. This is going to sound totally unrelated, but are you using Firefox? I know that when viewing the admin interface in Firefox with Adblock it completely hides all of the images. You can get around this by going to Tools->Adblock->Whitelist this whole site.
Also have you tried using a different Web browser? Perhaps the images will display fine on one browser vs. another. Try that and see what happens.
Good luck. Let me know if you need any further help.
Iskwew | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
I have a couple of outstanding issues:
1. There is a bug in my version, at least, if you have the Recent posts widget in the left (smaller) sidebar. Then the “Recent posts in category” picks the category from the last recent post used, for all posts.
2. If you use display content and not excerpt on home page (like you would in a normal blog), all the archive pages use the same. That is not so good, as you only want excerpt there, to make it easy to browse through. I’ve manually changed the archive pages, but I’m not sure I’ve done it in the best way. Sometimes it looks a bit strange.
Thanks!
MarkP | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
Michael & Alistair,
You know how skeptical I was after getting burned on another premium theme that was way to complex to set-up and the publishers support was lacking. I must say, you guys have done an awesome job with WP-Vybe. Easy to use, looks great and most importantly - great support. I got my new site up, customized, full of content and ads in two days. This is with NO prior WP experience (WP for Dummies helped).
I’m ready to upgrade to the Premium Multiple Use License… and sign me up for the affiliate program!
I have one little bug I can’t figure out…
I have three Featured posts on SellingMy.com. When the home page excerpt for the post titled ‘How To Respond To A Domain Name Inquiry’ is shown, the photo isn’t aligned properly. Any ideas how to fix it?
Thanks, Mark
dijaspora-info | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi Mike,
on the same server I have a several blogs (under different domains). I’ve purchased Vybe for one of them and it ain’t working. The mistery looks like this:
- on one domain it’s not working. I’ve tried to make a clean new instal of Wordpress (2.6.2) on a subdomain of that domain and it’s still not working (looks like there is either CSS or any images).
- on other domain on the same server, Vybe works!
- on a third domain (same server) it’s not working. Creating a clear new install of WP doesn’t change anything-it’s no good.
But any other theme uploaded on any of above mentioned combination works?!
Any idea why this happens???
Dusty | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
@dijaspora-info - in wp-admin go to settings and make sure you have the correct WordPress Address (URL) / Blog Address (URL) entered. If your hosting in a subdomain you will have to change the address location etc. Give this a try and let us know if it helps ….
Alistair Barnett | Sep 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi Steve,
We’re glad that you love the theme. Sure thing, below are the HEX codes for all WP-Vybe theme colors:
Blue: #073767
Brown: #C20865
Charcoal: #353535
Green: #356535
Light Blue: #366495
Pink: #C50666
Purple: #650767
Red: #960807
Rose: #663636
Rust: #963606
Turquoise: #066464
Drew McManus | Sep 22, 2008 | Reply
FYI, among all the great features of this theme, one of the best and easiest to use is the custom subscription form field built right into the content management panel. I don’t like using the feedburner options so all I had to do was drop the iframe code into the box provided at the “WP-Vybe Theme Settings” and that’s it. it looks and functions wonderfully!
I have two examples up and running:
adaptistration.com…
www.insidethearts.com…
Drew McManus
dijaspora-info | Sep 23, 2008 | Reply
@Dusty Thanks for a try.
I’ve solved the problem my self after hours and hours.
Here what I did:
I dialled directly css url: www.domen/wp-content/themes/wp-vybe/style.php , so this was the message I’ve got :
Unable to access /srv/www/vhosts/domen/wp-content/themes/wp-vybe../../../../wp-config.php
So if you take a look at this part of UR: ‘wp-vybe../../../.’ you see that something is wrong, like something is missing…
I’ve changed the first line of style.php
from:
require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . ‘../../../../wp-config.php’);
to:
require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/../../../wp-config.php’);
So it works now. Why is this happening I’m not sure?! Could be a PHP bug or whatever?!
Dusty | Sep 23, 2008 | Reply
@dijaspora-info - Nice to see you solved the issue and Thanks for sharing w/ us how to done it.
dijaspora-info | Sep 24, 2008 | Reply
OK, there is a big one:
what shall I do if I don’t want any sidebar within pages? I want to set up a forum so the sidebars leaves me not enought place.
By the way, in the next version of Vybe you should maybe reconsider the possibility to give this as Basic SIte Settings option (Single post Layout:1-2-3, Page Layout: 1-2-3 …)
Thanks in advance
Martin | Sep 24, 2008 | Reply
@ dijaspora-info,
Use the page-full.php template if you want to have the page the full width without sidebars. It’s included in WP-Vybe.
Or copy that template and modify it to fit your needs.
When creating a page pick “Page Template (No Sidebars)”.
dijaspora-info | Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
@ Martin,
Thank you a lot, it works like a charm! This way of choosing page layout is even better than the way I suggested in my post above. With every single day I’m getting more and more in love with this great theme! Good work!
MarkP | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
Hi Guys,
Is there a tutorial or previous post on how to replace the entire header graphic/banner? (I can’t find one) If not, can you tell us how to do it? I will also need to know what size it is.
Thanks!
Sean | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
Alistair
Sorry for the late reply - it was actually a little plugin causing the problem.
Thanks for the help!
Patrick | Oct 1, 2008 | Reply
Maybe this has already been covered somewhere and it`s probably a snap, but I can`t seem to find any information on it.
How do I edit the “Entry Information” below each post?
Patrick | Oct 2, 2008 | Reply
Mark, in reply to your question, if you go to “design” –> “theme settings” there`s an option in there where you can upload your own custom header image which is 980px I think???
Click the 2nd link “Site Title Settings”, set Site Title Option to “image/logo type” then enter your header url in the box below.
Sean | Oct 2, 2008 | Reply
Anyone have an idea on how to change the “Popular” component to something else say, “Categories” in the unpper right hand box?
Grateful for your help.
Pat Williams | Oct 3, 2008 | Reply
I’ve set the title at WeKnowColumbusBlog.comto image and I’ve added the link in the appropriate spot. It’s 960 px (max suggested) but there is a box of color that covers half the banner and I can’t figure out how to get rid of it.
Also I am trying to change the Black background of the right popularity sidebar. Where can I do that? Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Alistair Barnett | Oct 3, 2008 | Reply
Hi Sean,
It’s nice to hear from you again. Sure, you can change it to say something else if you want. Here’s how to do it:
1. In WP Admin, go to Design -> Theme Editor
2. On the right, click the side-tabs.php template
3. When you scroll down you’ll see the following line:
<li><a href="javascript:tabSwitch_2(4, 4, 'tab_', 'content_');" id="tab_4"><?php _e("Popular"); ?></a></li>4. You can edit just the part that says “Popular” to anything you want and the text will change on your site
5. Click ‘Update File’
Hopefully that answers your question.
Michael Pollock | Oct 4, 2008 | Reply
>>>>> Maybe this has already been covered somewhere and it`s probably a snap, but I can`t seem to find any information on it. How do I edit the “Entry Information” below each post?
Patrick:
The Entry Information can be found on the Single Post template. Look for this block of code:
<h3 id="postinfo"><?php _e("Entry Information"); ?></h3><div class="auth-bio clearfix"><p class="cats"><strong><?php _e("Filed Under"); ?></strong>: <?php