Friday, May 19th, 2006...11:46 am

PressRow Version 0.11 Now Live!

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PressRow has officially gotten better today with its first major update. Version 0.11 primarily includes fixes for IE 7 bugs, but improvements have also been made to comment styling, which will allow users more flexibility when they contribute to your site.

Here’s a complete run down of the fixes for those of you who are interested in that sort of thing:

  • Navigational menu items were appearing stacked on top of one another in IE 7 because it did not recognize the “hacks” that were in place to help with IE 6. Essentially, these hacks were unnecessary to begin with (my fault), so I removed them and implemented smarter code. Not surprisingly, this fixed the IE 7 problem.
  • The spacing of the posts on both the home page and the individual post pages was inconsistent in IE 7, sometimes rendering entire posts within a box that was only 100px wide (or less). Once again, this was the result of an unnecessary hack, and the solution was simply to define a standard post width. The post column is 500px wide, and once that was declared on the stylesheet, the problem was fixed across all browsers, and a second hack was eliminated. The lesson here is that when it comes to spacing, if you can define a width, be sure to do so!
  • When commenters would begin their comment with a blockquote, the blockquote would actually encompass the introductory part of the comment, which includes the name of the commenter along with the time it was posted. I added a simple clear: both; declaration to the actual comment portion of the comment styling, and this fixed the problem.
  • When I released version 0.1, I was doing my best impersonation of a lobotomy patient, because I forgot to include a link to the RSS feed! Thankfully, I came to my senses, and now a box on the sidebar is dedicated solely to displaying your feed. Whew!
  • Continuing with the lobotomy theme, I had also left out support for the Link Manager, which is a very handy feature of WordPress that tons of people rely upon. The bottom item in the sidebar (at right) is an example of what the links will look like, and all of this comes nicely pre-packaged for ya. Hat tip to Frank on this one.

And there you have it, folks. If you ever come across any bugs, I want to know about them! Send in a tip via comment on this site, and I’ll get cracking on a fix right away. Thanks!

19 Comments

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19 Comments

  • Frank Juval
    May 19th, 2006 at 2:37 pm

    I wanted to know how I go about adding links to the sidebar. I downloaded and applied the style to my blog and made some changes to make it consistant with my site. After all the changes I noticed that the links and (widgets) didn’t show up on the sidebar.

    Would you happen to know how to do this?

    Frank Juval
    frankjuval.net

  • Admin
    May 19th, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    Frank,

    Thank you for your helpful comment! I’ve added code to the default sidebar, and since the last major update was released today, I’ll sneak this under that heading. For the record, the code that you need to add to the sidebar looks like this:

    <li>
   <h2>Links</h2>
   <div class="sidebar_section">
      <ul>
         <?php get_links(-1, '<li>', '</li>', '', FALSE, 'id', FALSE, FALSE, -1, TRUE); ?>
      </ul>
   </div>
</li>

    Update: Unless you’re Frank, don’t add that code! Just download the newest version of PressRow and install it. If you’ve made changes to your current stylesheet or layout, then only replace the sidebar.php file, as that is the only file that includes the fix for the links list.

  • Pete
    May 19th, 2006 at 4:22 pm

    Hi - I love your theme. I hope this isnt destroying your artistic vision, but… how could I alter the number of posts shown (in a smaller font) and allow the page to scroll?

    Sorry if these are basic questions - im still trying to figure this out ;)

  • jon kudelka
    May 20th, 2006 at 6:48 pm

    Hi - great theme, just what I was looking for. I followed your instructions on the about and archives pages, but just get

    Not Found
    The requested URL /101/about/ was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

    No doubt I’ve done something totally boneheaded, but I can’t work it out.

    Jon

  • Admin
    May 21st, 2006 at 11:21 am

    Jon, it looks to me like you’ve got some .htaccess redirects going on with your site, and that could be part of the problem. I checked on your site, and the error that you mention is accurate:

    The requested URL /101/about/ was not found on this server.

    The problem I see here is that your base URL is http://www.101usesforajohnhoward.com/, but both the “about” and “archives” pages are contained within the /101/ subdirectory. If the root folder for your blog was in the /101/ subdirectory, then I think it might work properly. When I tried typing in the following:

    http://www.101usesforajohnhoward.com/about/

    I got redirected to http://www.101usesforajohnhoward.com/101/about, so that’s why I think there’s an .htaccess redirect causing the problem.

    I’m not very well-versed on the server side of things, though, so perhaps you can contact your webhost for help in this matter, as they’re (hopefully) far more knowledgeable on this subject than I am.

  • jon kudelka
    May 21st, 2006 at 9:07 pm

    Thanks for that - I think you’ve pointed me in the right direction. I’m having http://www.101usesforajohnhoward.com redirected to a subdirectory on my main site at http://www.kudelka.com.au/101 so obviously there’s some trickiness going on with the redirect.

    I can’t find any rogue about or archive folders anywhere. I don’t suppose it’s as easy as just creating them in the kudelka.com.au/101 directory is it? Anyway, thanks for your help, I’ll report back if I work it out.

    Jon

  • 紫雨~网上创业教战手册
    May 22nd, 2006 at 1:43 am

    Does it support automattic widget and cocomment?

  • Admin
    May 22nd, 2006 at 7:27 am

    Jon, using WordPress to create these files is essential because they run WP functions in order to generate the content.

    One of the things that I find interesting is the fact that although you say you’ve created the files in WP, they aren’t even accessible via the kudelka.com.au/101/ directory. WordPress builds pages dynamically, though, so if it’s getting redirected while trying to “call up” pages, then I can see why that might be causing a problem.

    If I were you, I would just keep this domain entirely separate from my regular domain. One of the hosts that I work with allows me to host up to 6 domains on their cheapest hosting package, and each domain is accessible via the same FTP and everything. I guess my point here is that you shouldn’t have to pay for new hosting.

  • Admin
    May 22nd, 2006 at 7:30 am

    Regarding automattic widget and cocomment support, well, there is no support at this time. I am aware of this situation, though, and I’m working on solutions for a few third party plugins. At the top of my list, of course, is the inclusion of widget support. I’ll keep CoComment in mind along with some others that are extremely popular.

  • Laurie
    May 24th, 2006 at 8:14 pm

    I’m trying to get Pressrow set up for a friend of mine. I thought he’d like the template and I was right, he loves it. However, he prefers everything be on the front page, so we’d like to remove the tabs for the about and archives pages. I can add the content to the sidebar easily, but I’m not sure how to go about commenting out the tabs. Any suggestions?
    Thanks!

  • Admin
    May 24th, 2006 at 11:54 pm

    Laurie,

    Eliminating the “Archives” and “About” links from the navigational menu is a fairly simple task if you follow these steps:

    1. Open up the WP administration panel and go to “Presentation”
    2. Next, click on “Theme Editor” in the sub navigational menu.
    3. On the right side of the page, you’ll notice links to all the different files associated with the PressRow theme. The one you’re looking for is simply labeled “Header”
    4. Scroll down through the header code until you see an unordered list, which is a block of content that contains both <ul> and <li> tags.
    5. In order to remove the “Archives” and “About” links, simply delete the last two <li> elements (or list items).
    6. Save and voila!

    Please let me know if this does not properly fix your problem! Thanks for your comment, and thanks for using PressRow!

  • Peter
    May 25th, 2006 at 1:37 am

    Hi - Im having the same issue Jon had with 404 errors - Im not sure what the problem is - my blog is in the root (www.analyticaasia.com). Any ideas? (ps the about and archive buttons are there - just the text is gone ‘)
    Thanks!

    Pete

  • Laurie
    May 25th, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    Thanks much–it worked great!

  • Admin
    May 25th, 2006 at 4:23 pm

    Pete,

    It looks as though your comment contained two separate questions, so I’ll try to answer those as best I can.

    the about and archive buttons are there - just the text is gone

    Alright, I checked out your source files, and your “Header” file has been edited in such a way as to remove the “about” and “archives” text from the links. Here’s what this specific portion of your “Header” file looks like now:

    <li><a class="archives" href="http://analyticaasia.com/archives/"></a></li>
    <li><a class="about " href="http://analyticaasia.com/about/"></a></li>

    If you want the “archives” and “about” links to appear, it should look like this:

    <li><a class="archives" href="http://analyticaasia.com/archives/">archives</a></li>
    <li><a class="about " href="http://analyticaasia.com/about/">about</a></li>

    Alright, now for problem #2:

    This was so significant that I dedicated an entire entry to the awareness of and solution to this problem. Check it out here.

  • George
    May 25th, 2006 at 7:19 pm

    Like the theme, but for one thing:

    Please put the stuff in a folder and zip the older instead. Most hosts now have an unzipping utility right on the server, so it’s a real pain to have to … unzip content into a directory before uploading.

  • Peter
    May 25th, 2006 at 10:49 pm

    YEAH! Thank you - worked like a charm on both counts!

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  • burney
    July 21st, 2006 at 3:39 am

    thank you for your work

  • Scentless Apprentice
    November 14th, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    I’ve been trying out both PressRow and Cutline for the last 2 days. I like them both. The main question I have is how do I change the font color (both regular text and links). Sorry if this is elementary. I have a free blog on WordPress so I make changes through their site. And I don’t know CSS. Also, I have only been blogging for a month. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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