Desk Mess Mirrored
The current version of Desk Mess Mirrored submitted to WordPress.org is 2.0
The latest working version can be found on GitHub.
*WARNING: The GitHub version may be a “work-in-progress”, please make back-ups of your current theme before using. Please be aware you are using a GitHub version at your own risk!*
Marble desktop covered with a mix of old and new items, such as some vintage papers, a stainless steel pen, and, a hot cup of coffee! Now with drop-down menu support! Please read the included changelog.txt, readme.txt, and support.txt files for details of the latest changes and important notices.
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Changelog: January 9, 2012
= Code =
* Added additional PHPDoc style documentation
* Added `DMM WP Title` – utilizes the `wp_title` filter to add text to the default title output
* Added `DMM Use Posted` function for posts without titles
* Added minimal doc-block to each template file as relevant
* Added ‘desk-mess-mirrored’ loop template
* Added ‘dmm-navigation’ and implemented in 404, index, archive, and author template files
* Added post-formats: aside, quote, and status
* Added clearing `div` at top of ‘author’ and ‘page’ templates
* Added project TODO section to ‘index.php’
* Added `DMM Add Body Classes` – Adds additional classes to the core `body_class` function
* Changed `BNS Theme Version` to `DMM Theme Version` with extensive re-writes to text displayed
* Changed `my_theme_data` to `active_theme_data` in `DMM Theme Version`
* Changed post navigation test to ‘Older posts’ and ‘Newer posts’ replacing ‘Previous entries’ and ‘Next entries’ respectively
* Implemented ‘desk-mess-mirrored’ loop in 404, archive, author, index (home, front-page), page, single templates
* Re-defined each widget area separately to allow for descriptions to show end-user more details about each area
* Removed ‘Home” link code from `dmm_list_pages`
* Removed unused images (from IE6 support)
* Renamed `BNS Dynamic Copyright` to `DMM Dynamic Copyright` (refactored changelog)
* Renamed `BNS Modified Post` to `DMM Modified Post` (refactored changelog)
* Replaced TEMPLATEPATH constant with `get_template_directory_uri`
* Rewrote class used in ‘author’ template to add author role as a class element
* Updated documentation to clarify `DMM Dynamic Copyright` parameters
* Updated ‘readme.txt’ information – NB: All open and new TODO items will be found in their appropriate file going forward from this version
= CSS =
* Added ‘Order of Contents’ reference to the stylesheet with minor re-organization
* Added id `wp-link-pages` wrapper to `wp_link_pages` output
* Added CSS placeholder elements (.administrator, .editor, .contributor, .subscriber, and .guest) for new comment author classes
* Changed bottom of post to have smaller separating margin and added a bottom border to better delineate posts
* Changed base font-size to 100% and adjusted typography as needed/required
* Removed the right and bottom borders from the gallery images; and added additional elements to handle galleries up to 10 columns wide
* Removed (using comments) `background property` from `code` element
* Removed margins from a blockquote if it is within another blockquote
* Reorganized stylesheet and added ‘Order of Contents’ section for reference
* Updated forms and search widget styles
= Internet Browsers Reviewed =
* Apple Safari v5.1.2
* Firefox v9.0.1
* Google Chrome v15.0
* Internet Explorer v9.0
* Opera v11.60
/** ————————————————————————- */
* Desk Mess Mirrored
*
* Theme Description: Marble desktop covered with a mix of old and new items,
* such as some vintage papers, a stainless steel pen, and, a hot cup of coffee!
* Now with more documentation and post-format support for the following types:
* asides, quotes and status!
*
* @package Desk_Mess_Mirrored
* @since 1.0
*
* @link http://buynowshop.com/themes/desk-mess-mirrored/
* @link https://github.com/Cais/desk-mess-mirrored/
* @link http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/desk-mess-mirrored/
*
* @internal REQUIRES WordPress version 3.1.0
* @internal Tested up to WordPress version 3.3.1
*
* @version 2.0
* @author Edward Caissie
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2009-2012, Edward Caissie
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as published by the
* Free Software Foundation.
*
* You may NOT assume that you can use any other version of the GPL.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
* this program; if not, write to:
*
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.
* 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor
* Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* The license for this software can also likely be found here:
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*
* @internal Project To-do List – see readme.txt for pre-2.0 PTL
* @todo Review / Update 404.php page
* @todo Review adding ‘category.php’ template back into theme files (also consider ‘tag.php’, ‘date.php’, etc.)
* @todo Review `the_shortlink` in post meta being displayed
* @todo Review post meta comment text – sort out how to show amount of comments if they exist when comments are closed
* @todo Add Post-Format: Link
* @todo Add ‘search.php’ template? (see http://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-desk-mess-mirrored-searchphp-for-theme-version-191)
* @todo Add specific CSS to the placeholders used by the new (comment) author classes
*
* Last revised January 3, 2012
*/
* Last revised January 2, 2012
* This file was introduced with version 1.7 of Desk Mess Mirrored and will be maintained with future releases. The following information may be found and/or updated as needed:
* This file was renamed to the more standard readme.txt 2010 August 27.
== Contents ==
* Basic FAQ
* Notes
* TODO items
* changelog.txt extended details
* Review Tickets
== Basic FAQ ==
= Q: Where did my conversation balloons go? =
A: The conversation balloons now only show based on the following criteria:
1. The post is not password protected; and,
2. Comments are open *or* at least one (1) comment has been made on the post.
Also to note, post meta text has been added to indicate the post comment status.
= Q: Does the theme support multi-level, or drop-down menus? =
A: Yes, as of version 1.8; with significant improvements in version 1.8.7!
= Q: Why does the tack above the widget not appear sometimes? =
A: The easiest solution to this issue is to either insure there is always a title used for every widget; if you wish to not have any text in that particular widget using a `space` (` `) will work very well.
Also to note, if you use the escape sequence ` ` you may notice the widget title is empty afterward. ` ` is a `non-breaking space` and appears as such.
= Q: How do I use the new BNS Dynamic Copyright function? =
A: The function now accepts four (4) parameters. Leaving the function as is will produce the copyright statement as it was produced in version prior to 1.8.5
Using the following parameters you can change the copyright statement accordingly:
- start: This is generally the primary statement of copyright including whatever license you may choose to use
- copy_years: This is the years dynamically calculated from published posts
- url: The default will point back to the ‘home’ page of the website using the website title as the anchor text
- end: A closing statement, such as the default, All Rights Reserved.
It is also recommended to use this functionality in a Child-Theme versus modifying the original Theme template file(s).
== Notes ==
* Always use a title in every widget or the push-pin top of the widget box will not resolve correctly, even a single space will work.
* add_custom_image_header() is not implemented as it will not handle multiple header images; in the case of this theme, there are three (3) being used in the header.
* It is recommended to not have an excessive quantity of menu items, for example a quantity causing the top menu to exceed two lines, may obscure the post title in some views
== TODO ==
= Short Term Goals =
* [x] Ticket 418: meta information generator is handled by wordpress this should be removed in the header.php
* [x] Address spacing issue for comment from fields (user not logged in)
* [x] Ticket 418: sticky tab menu bar not handling children or grandchildren
* [x] Ticket 418: Review and re-work graphics use for menu items to display drop-down or multi-level menus (long-term)
* [x] Review `editor-style.css` file, address image alignments
* [x] Clean up new functionality of `dmm_dynamic_copyright`
* [x] Move supported browsers minimum to LTE IE7 … NB: Theme is only tested and supported in current browsers as noted in the changelog file.
= Long Term Goals =
* [-] Correct widget no title / no image issue … may not have a solution; use a `space` in the title as a work-around – see `No Widget Title` in functions.php
* [x] Review second “Home” page scenarios for possible solutions
* [-] Theme Options? Not likely.
== Changelog.txt ==
* see changelog.txt for brief details
== Review Tickets ==
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/418
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1016
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1027
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1935
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1946
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3196
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4108
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4206
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4322
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4549
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4556 – version 1.9
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5877 – version 1.9.1
* http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6174 – version 2.0
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293 Comments
Hi there!
First of all, thank you for this incredible theme (Desk Mess Mirrored)! I love it and would like to use it on my personal blog.
As until now, I did find just one litle flaw, which I would like to correct… For administrative tasks, I made some sites, which I would not like to display in the Headermenu. I did exclude them at the Mainmenu Widget by Page ID but the still show up!
Any idea, where I have to make some changes?!
Thank you in advance for your kind help!
Thank you for the compliments although I do not understanding what “flaw” you are referring to. The menu in the header area is created using the wp_list_pages() function in the header.php file. If you do not want to see specific pages displayed in this menu then you will need to use the ‘exclude’ parameter of the function to remove them.
You can also make use of the techniques I explain in this post Hide a Menu Page, too.
Sorry if I was not clear in my first post! Probably I have to explain, that I am relatively new to WordPress and with the new possibilities from 2.7 and 2.8 I am looking to change my template, which is rather old.
As I described, I am using some statik pages for administrative tasks, like explenations how to log in and see fotos an so on. I created those pages and would not like to show them at any menu, as they are only accessed by links in some text.
What I did with my actual theme is to exclude the IDs at the mainmenu widget, which works fine with the old theme. Meaning, some IDs like 78,2,407 and so on will not display as a menu, as you may see here: http://www.danivo.net/wp/wp_hide_menu.jpg.
So I changed the theme to “Desk Mess” and verified the excluded IDs. They where in place but nevertheless, at the topmenu those statik pages are showing up… Maybe I just missed something and for sure I will give a good look at your links, which I appreciate very much!
I am appreciating especially, that you answered my post so quickly and with some explenations. Please keep up this excellent work… if you would like to know, i will use the theme for my Swiss / Brazilian / Dutch site as soon as I found the time.
I changed the
This is the code that produces the menu in the header.php file, it should start in or around line 44:
<ul id="menu"> <?php if (is_home() || is_front_page()) { ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1&include=2'); ?> <!-- Puts page 2, usually the "About" page, at the beginning of the menu --> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1&exclude=2'); ?> <!-- Only displays "parent" pages; and, excludes page 2 as it is included in the line above --> <?php } else { ?> <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ? rel="nofollow">" class="active"><?php _e('Home') ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1'); ?> <!-- Only displays "parent" pages --> <?php } ?> </ul>Try replacing it with this code:
<ul id="menu"> <?php if (is_home() || is_front_page()) { ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1'); ?> <!-- custom edits - retain a copy for post upgrade purposes --> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1&exclude=2, 78, 407'); ?> <!-- Only displays "parent" pages; and, excludes page 2 as it is included in the line above --> <?php } else { ?> <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ? rel="nofollow">" class="active"><?php _e('Home') ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1&exclude=2, 78, 407'); ?> <!-- Only displays "parent" pages --> <?php } ?> </ul>I believe that will accomplish what you are trying to do with the "menu widget" you are using.
(NB: The menu widget may be trying to "hook" into the
wp_page_menu()function which is not being used in this theme.)Hi
Is it possible to change the theme without re writing the site?
@mark – To make changes similar to the above comment, yes … if you have other changes in mind please feel free to describe them in more detail.
Hi there,
does this theme support “sticky posts”?
The elements to support “sticky posts” will be in a an upcoming release. Currently the code elements are scheduled for the next release (thank you for the reminder); and, the style elements will also be included or follow shortly afterward.
Expect the next release within the next 7-10 days. Download the theme and keep an eye on the automatic update message under Appearance in your Dashboard.
I’m trying to adapt your wonder theme for a boy scout site I’m running. I’ve hit a small snag in using the gallery shortcode feature with the theme. I’m using the default for 3 columns but I’m only getting 2 columns in the theme.
I can’t figure out where to change the css to fix this. Any help is appreciated.
Andy
@Andy Fragen – Thanks Andy. I will have a look into this matter (and your other matter as well), I’m just waiting for your “gallery” to load … that’s a LOT of pictures
I’m not quite sure what’s happening but the css for .post ul, .post p and others doesn’t seem to be transferring down to my posts. By this I mean that my unordered lists have no indenting and if I change .post p to have some spacing between paragraphs it doesn’t filter down. As an example a post div looks like the following
<div class=”post-46 page hentry category-uncategorized” id=”post-46″>
@Andy – The “fixes” you are looking for will also be in version 1.4.2 which I will be packaging and uploading to WordPress.org later this evening. These will be implemented in the Desk Mess Mirrored theme and will affect all of its child themes including Multi. These changes are implemented on this site already. You can see them working on our WordPress Services page.
PS: I did move this comment from under the Five-Minute-FixTM page.
BTW, if I switch to the default theme I do get 3 columns. Sorry about all the images. I’m just switching over the site to WordPress. I’d been using Gallery2 for the pics and using VoodooPad to create the site but WordPress is easier and maybe I can get some others to post.
@Andy – It was an oversight on my part … just paste the following into the end of the style.css file (preferably the one under the Desk Mess Mirrored folder):
dl.gallery-item{margin: 0;}This should allow for a 3-column gallery. This fix will be included in the next update to Desk Mess Mirrored, which is the “parent” theme to Multi.
Thanks Edward. That works. Now if I could only figure out why my lists aren’t indented and how I can put some spacing back into my paragraphs.
@Andy – This should do what you need … again, add this to the end of the style.css file in the Desk Mess Mirrored theme folder:
.page ol {list-style-image:none; list-style-position:inside; padding-left:10px;}.page ul {list-style-image:none; list-style-position:inside; padding-left:10px;}
.page li {padding-left: 10px;}
This is also include in version 1.4.2 (just uploaded to WordPress.org) 10 minutes ago … hopefully it will be only a day or two before it is released there.
Thanks again Edward. I figured out the paragraph spacing thing.
That’s great Andy! BTW, Did you notice I am giving you credit for pointing out the Gallery issue, too
I did. Thanks. Interestingly, the paragraph fix “.post p{padding-bottom:1em;}” doesn’t seem to work for posts of others. You can see it working my posts but not on others. Curious.
I just stopped by your web site. The layout for both authors looks fine … and the same.
Yeah, I think I figured it out. I had to add a setting for ‘#main-blog p{}’ as well. Thanks for all the help. Now I just need to create an image for the header with the appropriate scout logo stuff.
Edward,
For the Scout site header I was looking to change out the header pics completely across the top and create a composite image similar this site. http://etna141.com/
I’m certain there’s a bunch of CSS that I can set to display:none but so that I can have a single composite image as the header, could you point me in the right direction?
Also, using Desk Mess Mirrored I find there’s horizontal scroll to the window even when my browser window is very large, on my laptop.
Thanks for any pointers
Andy
I spoke too soon. I think I figured it out.
Love your theme as previously said, but wondered how I would go about adding my T&C, privacy policy etc to the footer?
Also, I use blog excepts on my home page and wondered how I could show more excepts as there is a lot of blank space after the last one and the end of the page?
Allison
@Allison – Thank you, again!
First off, I would suggest updating to the current version of the theme, I have made several updates and improvements.
For your excerpts, if you go to Settings | Reading in your Dashboard; and, edit the number that appears in the “Blog pages show at most” box from 10 (the WordPress default) to a higher number it will better fill the “blank space”.
Adding your “T&C, privacy policy etc to the footer” (links?) can be done in several ways, such as: either editing the theme directly; or, via a plugin that allows you to add items to the footer. Here is one I have used in the past for testing purposes: Add to Footer. Feel free to email me if a more detailed explanation is needed.
Huge thanks Edward for your fast response and willingness to help. It is very much appreciated. I will try upgrading and using the plugin.
Have brought you a cup of coffee as thanks.
Thank you, too, Allison!
A good cup of coffee is always appreciated
Hi Edward,
We LOVE your theme and have used it exclusively since opening our site. Until recently, we were using 1.3 with much success. We recently upgraded to 1.4.2.
I wanted to report a possible bug. Whenever I apply the 1.0 child theme, it really breaks the nested comments feature. Just thought you might want to check it out.
Thanks for the great theme. Gregg
@Gregg – Thank you very much for the compliment! Although I had not noticed any issues with the child themes I will look at them immediately.
Although it is not a “bug” with the ‘Multi’ theme it is an issue. I will make the necessary theme file changes shortly and submit to WordPress.org by the end of the day.
What you are seeing is the “old” comments template in the child theme, which is my error; it will be replaced with the “new” comments template as the WordPress update process does not allow for the removal of files.
In the meantime, if you are able, change the name of the ‘comments.php’ template file in the child theme folder to something else, such as, ‘~comments.php’ or simply delete it. The parent comments template will then take its place and provide the nested comments functionality.
My apologies for any inconvenience, I hope to see the next version of Desk Mess Mirrored with the fix available in a day or two.
Thanks for the speedy response. Looking forward to future updates and will happily “beta” test and provide any feedback I can.
God Bless,
Gregg
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first of all I want to say thank you for the theme. I’m just getting started and it makes it look like it is what it is. Notes with out the fluff. I have two problems. First TweetMeme Retweet Button works on all the pages but not on the posts.
Second even though the boxes are clicked the comment box doesn’t show up on the posts. It does on the other pages.
I think it is very cool that your site continues beneath mine through this link. It makes me feel like I’m part of something larger.
I’m looking for success stories to tell with a link to affilliate programs. I will be talking about on my “let me introduce:” page and “my tool box” page. Do you have a story I can tell?
@Robert – I’m glad you like the theme, thank you for choosing it.
I visited your blog and see the “TweetMeme” service is in some sort of maintenance mode.
I also noticed there are issues with your “Permalink” structure, once corrected their may be less issues to be resolved.
Please see our WordPress Services page for additional items that we may provide.
Just a thought. A widget that fits the theme to use as a opt in box would be very cool. Like an aweber template but for your theme.
A widget for the promotion of you services would also work for me. Your post it notes with your page links would be cool.
@Robert – Thanks for the ideas, I will keep them in mind for future projects.
PS: I moved your comments to the theme page from your original postings under the Five-Minute-Fix page.
Is there a german translation for this template?
@HN02 – No, I have received no translations for this theme into any language, yet.
I’ve done one for German: They are .mo and .po files.
They are available on http://hno2.bplaced.net/Data/
@HNo2 – Thank You!
That’s fantastic. I will add them into the next update. I will also give you credit for the translation. Did you want your name added to the credit?
yes why not
Great theme, like it a lot – I used to use the one you mirrored (I think) but yours is a bit cleaner – I like it!
http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/about/projects/desk-mess-wordpress-theme
@Mathieu – Thank you; and, yes that was the basis for the 1.0 version. I believe my theme has made several (no disrespect to the original author) improvements; and, I still continue to review and look for additional adjustments to make.
Hi,
Thank you very much for this theme, realy nice
I am using it but having a problem in author.php file :
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in themes/desk-mess-mirrored/author.php on line 17
You can look at google and see how many people are having the same bug
How can I fix it?
I have not received this error myself but I will look at it very soon.
PS: This is a PHP4 issue and not immediately resolvable within the theme. WordPress is going to a minimum requirement of PHP 5, I would recommend you ask your web hosting service provider upgrade your account to PHP 5 as soon as possible.
In the meantime, you can edit the author.php template from:
… to simply this:
thanks
Hello there!
First: Damn great Theme! I’m using it on http://www.derfriedri.ch and it looks great! I only changed the images a liitle bit and the visitors are facinated. but i have one question:
In the original Files is one .png with the twitter-bird. I would like to use it for my tweets (you can see them in the sidebar). Right now it is used the same image like the other topics/widget-apps.
I’m using “Twitter for WordPress 1.9.7″. Maybe you can help me.
Thanks a lot and keep on doing tihis great stuff!
SIncerely
Friedrich Jeschke // Aachen // Germany
@Friedrich -Thank you for the compliment, I do appreciate reading feedback like this.
The “twitter-bird” image is a long ago remnant I have simply not removed as it is not directly supported, but it was designed to match the theme exactly.
I will have to look further into how it may be implemented.
@Freidrich, I had some extra time this morning, insert into your sidebar.php (around line 60):
<?php /* ---- twitter.png hack ---- */ ?> <?php if ( function_exists( 'twitter_messages' ) ) { ?> <div class="widget twitter-widget"> <h2 class="hl"><?php _e('Tweets'); // Change Tweets to a title you would prefer ?></h2> <div class="tweets"> <?php twitter_messages('twitter'); // set twitter to your username ?> </div> </div> <?php } ?> <?php /* ---- twitter.png hack ---- */ ?>Then add this to your style.css:
/* ---- twitter.png hack ---- */ .twitter-widget {background: none;} .twitter-widget h2 {height:215px;background:url(images/twitter.png) no-repeat;padding-top: 50px;} .tweets {padding: 0 15px;position: relative;top: -180px;}Hi –
I love the theme!
I would really like to be using it for my new blog: The Life & Times of a CleanTech Groupie.
But, I can’t seem to get the Calendar from “The Events Calendar” plugin to display properly.
Here is the direct link:
http://cleantechgroupie.com/category/events/month/
It displays properly using other themes. So, any thoughts on the issue here?
I will keep this themed installed long enough for you to see the formatting challenges that I am bumping up against.
Thanks!
Chad
@Chad – Thank you for the compliments on the theme, I am glad you are enjoying it. As to the plugin “The Events Calendar” I am not familiar with it and although I see there is an issue with its layout I do not see an immediate solution. It appears to be breaking the theme’s main content area. The plugin appears to be breaking the theme in the main content area in both the calendar and events list modes. Have you contacted the plugin author for assistance on this issue as well?
@Chad – After another look at the page on your site I noticed the last three days of each week are being written “backwards” on every month I checked. This leads me to believe the issue has a significant component in the plugin itself.
Hello again,
One more issue that I’ve found. The “gigya Socialize login” widget doesn’t seem to want to play along. It doesn’t show up in it’s own widget square, but rather just sits on top of the widget below it.
You can see it showing up on the home page of the website.
http://cleantechgroupie.com/
Thanks, again. Great theme!
@ Chad – I noticed the issue with a plugin in the sidebar when reviewing your previous concern. Again, another plugin I am not familiar with, but the issue is similar to others I have seen with different plugins. In these other instances I found the addition of a “clearing div” would fix the issue. Again, are you contacting the plugin author with this issue?
I am more than happy to review another author’s plugin and I would recommend reading my page for WordPress Services for more details.
Hi,
I haven’t contacted the authors for those two plugins, yet. Though, I will. I’d really like to stick with this theme. Those plugins displayed correctly in some of the other themes that I tried, but not all.
I am not entirely sure what you mean by adding a “clearing ” – but, I will research it and try to figure it out.
Thanks,
Chad
@Chad – Thank you for replying again. Hopefully the plugin authors will be able to make some suggestions or if necessary corrections. My schedule simply does not allow for free reviews of other author’s plugins at this time … if I find a lull in my workload I will try to look at these plugins. If I do find time I will work from the repository versions of the plugins.
As to the “clearing div” I was referring to a bit of code like this:
@Chad – Although it only took a moment to throw in a “hack” to add the ‘clearing div’ where I suspected it would sort out the issue. It brings to light the plugin’s flash component(s) may be the cause it does not display well in some themes. IMHO, it does not appear to be contained in its own block which makes it subsequently difficult to use CSS to position and display more correctly.
@Chad – Just an FYI … Although I made a couple of comments above I only spent “Five Minutes” looking at the issues you presented for these plugins. I do hope you are able to gain some assistance from their respective authors.
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Has anyone successfully added numbers on the comments for Desk Mess Mirrored? I tried with the Greg’s Threaded Comment Numbering wordpress plugin, but it just does not show up… if anyone was successfully let me know thanks!
@NewYorkDad – Although I have not really looked into the plugin you mentioned, I did find by changing the style of the comments “list” you can display numbers (or other characters, depending on your preference). I admit it really does not fit the theme’s current aesthetics, but I may add this to my reviews as an item of interest. Thanks for the comment.
I completely understand about the aesthetics and my need to how what number comment in a thread each comment is was a for a very practical reason. I need to use randomizer from time to time and the easiest way (and most transparent) to show readers that the number chosen at random is actually related to a comment that was posted for a particular post. Even if it’s small and unobtrusive. I will try your suggestion and will let you know if it works.
Thanks!
@NewYorkDad – Yes, please keep me up to date on this. Your application of numbered comments sound interesting.
Hey there again! One of my visitors reported a bug/error. He is using IE 8. When he enters the URL the site is loaded but during the loading apears an error message. There is no text or mention – only an “ok” button. This problem only occurs when IE is used.
Do you (or anybody else) have an idea what the reason could be?
THX
Friedrich
@Freidrich – Welcome back! I am using IE8 to reply to this comment
I do test with most common browsers but admit there may be the odd issue that escapes my attention. In this case, the current version of Desk Mess Mirrored appears fine after another review.
Your site does appear to be using the current version (although modified); and, I did notice an error that may be related to your modifications. Without seeing the underlying code I would look into what you have changed in the header.php file to start.
Hey Edward! Thank you for the fast reply!
I did not changed anything in the header.php neither in any other file. I modiefied the language files – the where only some transalion bugs – and the images. Maybee the error depends on the browser and the included addons and updates. I tried it on IE and it works. Also one of the widgets and/or plugins makes the trouble.
The biggest problem is, that i don’t have any bugs/erros in IE, so I can’t locate the error….
@Friedrich – These are the error details I am seeing:
Message: HTML Parsing Error: Unable to modify the parent container element before the child element is closed (KB927917)Line: 0 - Char: 0 - Code: 0
I would agree it is likely a plugin that is conflicting with something …
PS: Try searching on the KB927917 for possible solutions; it appears to be commonly related to JavaScript or jQuery issues. EAC
I’d like to erase “Meta” from sidebar.
In Appearance > Widgets I could erase Calendar, Archives, Categories and etc. but did nothing with Meta.
please help!
@gsula – By placing a widget in the second widget area you will “erase Meta” from the sidebar.
When I put the CSS of Desk Mess Mirrored into my wordpress blog’s “Edit CSS” section I get a solid gray background with red font type, none of the graphics. What am i doing incorrectly? Thank you for your time and help.
@Andy – Thank you for trying to use the Desk Mess Mirrored theme at WordPress.com but the theme was designed and currently is to be used on self hosted WordPress.org web sites.
The reason you are not seeing any of the images is because WordPress.com has not included the Desk Mess Mirrored theme in the limited selection available for blogs hosted on their servers.
PS: I would not be against you recommending it.
Thanks Edward! I will definitely recommend it, it’s a beautiful theme.
Question: How do I get rid of the page menu between the header and main post body?
I’d also like to get rid of the footer as well.
That page Menu and footer clutter up the page needlessly. For me, I use a side widget for pages. It is a cleaner approach then the page menu.
I’m running a highly modded version of the theme but I’m not a coder and don’t know PHP or CSS well enough to nuke the menu or footer without royally screwing up the page.
So far my fan base likes the new look with my tweaks.
@Jennifer M – If you were working from an un-edited version 1.4.6 you would look in the header.php file at lines 45 through 54 (inclusive) for the “menu”; and, you would look at #bottom and #bottom-extended in the style.css file to address the images of the footer.
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I love your theme and I’m using it for my site. I would like to make the post background wider (main page middle) how can I do this?
@Michelle – Thank you for the compliment. The theme is a “fixed” width, to widen the paper part of the theme would require re-designing several graphics plus some additional edits to the theme’s style. Please feel free adapt the images that come with the theme, or create your own to work with. I would be interested in seeing what you create.
Hi I have to qestions to ask
1. i whant to change the header i have tryed everything i know to do and it doesent seem to even chang it so can you gine me walk through of how to do that ( I have a baner ready to put on there to replace)
2. ok when i am viweing the site i have my “welcome” page set as my home then when you click on the “about us” page the page comes up fine but in the pages tabs place another tab shows up called “home” and when i click on it it takes me to a page that sez the this is not found
if you need more info let me know this would help greatly i am woring with dead line that over due
plz email as soon as you can
@Rivers – Thank you for choosing the Desk Mess Mirrored theme. As to your questions:
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I have tried totranslate it into anotherlanguage. But got some problem with sidebar. I could not set up widgets. And could not translate ”Search” on sidebar. Can you help me to fix widgets manually?
Thanks in advance!
@Ansar – You could try using Poedit to generate the .po file then work from those details. All the text strings should be readily available.
Thanks.
I have tried with russian version. Because of webhosting I could not do well.
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@Kishore – Thank you for the compliments, although I would suggest using the WordPress Extend Themes repository link for the download as the most correct.
Love the theme, but for some reason the search box doesn’t work. Any ideas? I’m using WP 2.9.2 and also installed the Multi child theme.
@Richard – Thanks for the compliment and for choosing to use the Multi child theme, too!
I believe you are experiencing a common issue with the WordPress built-in search routine … and unfortunately the poor results it provides. Although I only tried a few key words on your site, I did receive results that appear to be correct.
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