FAQ about the themes

What version of Wordpress do I need to use these themes?

Whichever you want. These themes work in every Wordpress version from 1.5 to 2.7 inclusive.

Can I modify a theme

Of course you can.

How can I put the last thumbnail on my blog’s sidebar?

I’ve modified the Wp-RSSImport plugin so it will only show the thumbnail with a link to the post.

If you want to use it on your blog, you can download it and install it on your blog or any other site where you want to show your thumbnail.

You need to put this code in your sidebar:

<?php RSSImport(1, "yourphotoblogfeed", true, true); ?>

Troubleshooting

Why my Archives don’t show the thumbnail

The common error is that you didn’t put your thumbnail in the EXCERPT field when you posted your picture.

(Please, note that you have to put your thumbnail url in HTML code: < img src="">)

Another reason can be that you didn’t configure the Custom Query String Plugin properly. Make sure you follow every step in the installation instruction.

Every time I click on the latest picture, it takes me to the previous post. How do i fix that problem?

That’s not a problem, that’s a feature. If you don’t want this to happen, go to index.php and replace this:

get_var("SELECT ID FROM $tableposts WHERE post_date post_date' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 1"); if ($previous) { $link = get_permalink($previous); echo '‘ . $post->post_content . ‘ ‘; } else { the_content(’[More Photos]‘); } ?>

by this:

< ?php the_content('more...'); ?>

(please, don’t forget to delete the space between < and ? )

My links in the navigation (archive, about, etc) aren’t working. How do I fix this?

Your links in the navigation are examples and they’ll only work if you use customized permalinks such as /%postname%/

To make them work, just go to the header.php file in your wordpress editor (under Appearance or Design, depending on your WP version) and scroll down to the bottom of the file. Then you can manually add your own links to those pages and any other link you want to include in your navigation menu.

I’ll add more later. If you have any question, please, leave a comment and I’ll answer it, if I can.

21 Comments

Markus Aug 26th, 2008

nice plugin, would like to use it! but my fotoblog-feed put out only writing, no pictures, how can i change that?
Taly Aug 26th, 2008

@Markus: it only works if your thumbnail it’s shown in the excerpt field.
Lisa Sep 13th, 2008

Taly.. great idea, but I can’t get it to work. I even tried pulling in YOUR photo feed (just as a test) in case it was my feed address that was invalid. But nothing worked. Either completely blank, or says feed isnt valid.

To make things weird, it actually DID work for a minute and then stopped.

Is it because WP has been updated?
Taly Sep 13th, 2008

@Lisa: I haven’try tried it on WP 2.6. Maybe it is that. Give me some time and I will as soon as I can.

You could try downloading the original plugin and see if that one works.
ohom Sep 27th, 2008

Wonderful theme. Great work. I tried to install this theme. Everything went fine. But in the archive page when I click on a thumbnail it takes me to the image file instead of the post.

Do I need to configure anything else to make it work?

Please help.

Thanks in advance.
ohom Sep 27th, 2008

Please ignore my last question.

Thanks.
Tom Jan 16th, 2009

Hi,

Really nice Them Taly. I have some issues though. No link is working (about, archive). CQS was installed and configured.

Thanks
Tom
Taly Jan 16th, 2009

@Tom: I updated the FAQ page with your question. Hope it helps!
Iain Haywood Jan 20th, 2009

Hi Taly,

Nice theme, I am in the process of turning it into a daily photo soap opera featuring…rocks. I am a little stumped by the code replacement for the previous post “feature”. I have followed your instructions and tinkered around as much as I can and still have errors. Can you please try it yourself, or alternatively spell it out for an idiot like me to understand? Might it be a WP 2.7 problem? Similarly with the Archive function - I haven’t inserted any thumbnails, it seems post titles/links do not show up. Is it only the thumbs that are intended to appear in the archive? If so, is there a way of changing this? Also, sociable plugins don’t seem to work very well with posts (pages work fine). Have you heard any similar issues? Sorry for the long list of q’s!

Many thanks

Iain Haywood
Taly Jan 29th, 2009

@Iain: Don’t forget to delete the space between < and ?php on the code replacement in order to get the pictures to not be clickeable. And no, it’s not a WP 2.7 problem because it works good in it.

Regarding the Archive page, if you don’t insert any thumbnails, then you won’t get the archive page. The template is made to work like that. If you want titles, you’ll have to tweak the Archive template yourself.
NUAGE Feb 8th, 2009

Taly：

my blog “comments” is unable to demonstrate. why？

thanks
Vera Feb 16th, 2009

I’m sorry, I know a lot of people have asked and you’ve answered but I still can’t remove the Previous link feature

But I love the template otherwise and I’m testing it out now: http://digitalmemories.verabear.net

Thanks!
Tom Feb 17th, 2009

Thanks Taly, that helped. I still have some issues with the Archives, but I should be able to sort that out.

Cheers,
Tom
Kelvin Mar 16th, 2009

@Vera:

I think you need to replace

get_var(”SELECT ID FROM $tableposts WHERE post_date post_date’ AND post_status = ‘publish’ ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 1″);
if ($previous) {
$link = get_permalink($previous);
echo ‘‘ . $post->post_content . ‘
‘;
} else {
the_content(’[More Photos]‘);
} ?>

with this one

at least this seems work for me
Surfbird Mar 20th, 2009

you should post a list of all the people sing your theme…
also, i can’t seem to get the comments to work.
thanks
g.
Hannah Apr 21st, 2009

Taly,

I’m trying to widgetize Spotless so I can use it with the WP ecommerce to sell my work. After I add the functions and sidebar php, I keep getting an error message like this one:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/q/w/e/000000/html/wp-content/themes//functions.php:21) in /home/content/q/w/e/000000/html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 850

Any suggestions?
brucez Apr 21st, 2009

Taly,

Nice job but I can’t get this to work:
“Every time I click on the latest picture, it takes me to the previous post. How do i fix that problem?”

Not working on mine either. Took out the space, etc.

Got this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<’, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or ‘{’ or ‘$’ in /home/brucezak/public_html/blogx/wp-content/themes/spotless_modified/index.php on line 10

Thanks,

Bruce
Sureka May 2nd, 2009

Hi Taly,

Thank you for this beautiful theme. Works fantastically for a photoblog. I have an odd error occuring whereby when I log onto my photoblog, the img for the day doesn’t show the title. And then I click to view the ‘previous’ post, the title comes up as ‘Part 2′ and ‘Part 3′ for the previous image and so on.

But when I browse through photos using the ‘next’ link, it shows all title’s properly. Could you please have a look and see what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks again!
kristin May 21st, 2009

hey,
my “thumbnails” show up in archives. only they aren’t thumbnails, they’re original file size. yikes! not sure what to do?
Tom May 30th, 2009

Thanks, I’m still new to this and will try to figure it out. I just love the look.
dnns Jun 17th, 2009

your demo is not working. error establishing database. just letting you know.