WicketPixie Tips & Tricks
I’ve had quite a bit of interest in my original article I did on wicketpixie, many of them asking how do I do this or that with the theme. So I’ve decided to answer all the questions people have asked in an article to make it more central and easy to find answers. If you’re looking for a tutorial on how to install the theme, take a look at Garry Conn’s Guide.
How Do I add a header image?
First you need to open the header.php file in the theme folder.
Next scroll down to around line 81. The line should look something like
<a href=”<?php echo get_option(’home’); ?>/”><?php bloginfo(’name’); ?></a>
Replace that line with:
<a href=”<?php echo get_option(’home’); ?>/”><img src=”path/to/image” /></a>
Replace the path/to/image with the location of the file you want to use for the logo.
If there are issues such as a border or other issues you can edit the css file screen.css file in the css folder in the theme folder. The div id for the logo is #logo
How do I display more than one post on the home page?
Open up the home.php file in the theme folder
Look for this piece of code around line 7: <?php query_posts(’showposts=1‘); ?>
Change the number in bold to the number of posts you want to be shown on the home page.
The Theme Fails to render right in IE?
If you theme fails to rended properly in IE (The top navbar won’t show right, and the top bar only partly renders) you have two options: Download chris’ fixed version of screen.css (get it here) or edit your screen.css in the css folder in the theme.
If go with replacing your current css with the fixed one, simply download the file, unzip it, and upload it to your server, overwriting the current one.
If you want to patch your current file, download and open the file in a text editor and look for #topbar around line thirty. You’ll need to add the following two lines inside the brackets:
top: 0;
left: 0;
That will fix the top bar only rendering halfway. Next you need to look for #navbar (line 234 unedited, 236 with the topbar edits) and add the following in between the brackets:
clear: both;
Those should fix the rendering issues with wicketpixie in IE.
Whats the sidebar layout?
If your profiles slants left to right you’re probably using the first column (the big box at the top). You’ll want to change the sidebar from sidebar1 to sidebar2 in the widgets section of the admin panel (design > Widgets, selection sidebar2 from the drop down menu on the right and click show.)
I’ll continue to add to this as it is needed. Add your Questions in the comments
