Grrr, Wordpress Twenty11 driving me mad

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Trying to add an extra page to Wordpress site and although I can see it in my dashboard and in preview, its not publishing. Any ideas? :thinking:
 
Yv said:
add it in the menus bit, see if that helps.
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Thank you Yv, I have gone into the menu page to try and add it to my custom menu but I can't see a way of doing it, it asks for a custom link for url which I don't have as it doesn't yet exist. I am sure I am missing something easy but what?
 
ok, look at left hand side on the custom menus page, there will be several boxes, one for custom urls, one for pages [you might have to scroll down to see them], another for categories. In the pages one, click the 'all' tab, and make sure your new page shows [if it doesn't, it hasn't published, possibly its just a draft] and tick the box next to it then click 'add to menu' It should appear at the bottom of your custom menu list in r/h pane. You can drag and drop it up and down the menu to appear in whatever place you want it. Dont forget to click 'save menu' once done.
 
Yv said:
ok, look at left hand side on the custom menus page, there will be several boxes, one for custom urls, one for pages [you might have to scroll down to see them], another for categories. In the pages one, click the 'all' tab, and make sure your new page shows [if it doesn't, it hasn't published, possibly its just a draft] and tick the box next to it then click 'add to menu' It should appear at the bottom of your custom menu list in r/h pane. You can drag and drop it up and down the menu to appear in whatever place you want it. Dont forget to click 'save menu' once done.
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OK, I'll give that a go, one query, do I create the page first or populate the menu?
 
Yv, you are a star! I deleted the page and set the menu to how it was, started again and it has appeared, I think I had omitted that last sentence of your post! Thanks again
 
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Treesie said:
Yv, you are a star! I deleted the page and set the menu to how it was, started again and it has appeared, I think I had omitted that last sentence of your post! Thanks again
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However I have another issue now! I have created and upload a gallery of images but they are coming in one below the other in a vertical line, how do I rearrange these?
 
Anyone have any ideas? Don't think I can stand another sleepless night with images scanning through my brain :shake:
 
Treesie said:
Anyone have any ideas? Don't think I can stand another sleepless night with images scanning through my brain :shake:
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I think a link would help Teresa, it's most likely a css fix but it could be anything.
 
It's probably fixable through the dashboard.

I can't see anything on the gallery page, did you take it down?
 
Assuming you used the wordpress built-in gallery option, what did you set the number of columns to?
 
Rob L said:
Assuming you used the wordpress built-in gallery option, what did you set the number of columns to?
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Yes, I took the images down, as it's live I thought rather the page be empty than a hash. Thanks, I will take a look at the columns......

Update, It seems if I want to add columns I need to do this in the Twenty11 theme I am using which will change all the pages, I only want the gallery page to take the images in columns.
 
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Still no luck in getting this sorted. All I want to do is set my images horizontally in 2 rows on the gallery page. :-(
 
Would be easier to diagnose the problem if you put the images back up :)
 
Treesie said:
Yes, I took the images down, as it's live I thought rather the page be empty than a hash. Thanks, I will take a look at the columns......

Update, It seems if I want to add columns I need to do this in the Twenty11 theme I am using which will change all the pages, I only want the gallery page to take the images in columns.
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You set the number of columns on a per gallery basis, it should be independent of the layout of the rest of the site...
 
Jez2011 said:
You set the number of columns on a per gallery basis, it should be independent of the layout of the rest of the site...
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Thanks Jez, thats where the problem lies. If I insert a gallery through wordpress, the only option I can see is if I want it centered, left or right. Which ever I choose the images are still placed one to a row, vertically. I will put a couple of samples up now.

Update
I have uploaded 2 images by clicking pages - add media, I selected the 2 images, click centre and insert into page. I have also downloaded the Nexgen plug in but can't find anything there to alter the layout either.
 
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Ok. Sounds and looks like the gallery is not actually set up. On the post/page containing the gallery, can you click on the 'text' tab and tell me if you see something like this in the code:

[gallery ids="6,5,9,11"]

Just seen your update. Looks like you're definitely not using the gallery, but just the standard insert media Wordpress functionality. Follow the steps here and you should be laughing:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/

To double-check it's worked look for the [gallery] shortcode in the text view of the page editor
 
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Thanks Jez, I'll look at that now, I should mention I am using wordpress.org and not wordpress.com?

You are right, I was using the 'insert media' option straight onto the page. I have downloaded Easy Media gallery but thats straight forward either. Looking through some forums the gallery side of things seems to have been an issue.
 
Didn't notice that was a guide for wordpress.com tbh! Don't think it matters though as the functionality seems to be identical for wordpress.org sites.

edit - just checked, the wordpress.org gallery guide is virtually identical to the .com one:

http://codex.wordpress.org/The_WordPress_Gallery
 
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Jez2011 said:
Didn't notice that was a guide for wordpress.com tbh! Don't think it matters though as the functionality seems to be identical for wordpress.org sites.

edit - just checked, the wordpress.org gallery guide is virtually identical to the .com one:

http://codex.wordpress.org/The_WordPress_Gallery
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I have to say there isn't much I let beat me but this has won, no matter what I do it doesn't work out and the page looks a mess. I'll have a break and come back in the morning or I may be up turn into a monster ;):shake::thinking:
 
I recommend deactivating all the 3rd party gallery plugins and focus on getting the built in one working :)
 
Will do that Jez as its turning into a nightmare, thanks.
 
This is what you should see when you use the "add media" button to add a default wordpress gallery to your page:


gallery_example

The top image "edit gallery", shows the screen you go to after you've chosen the images you want to include, it has a few options for styling the gallery including setting the number of columns.
 
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Thanks for the comments. Problem fixed, thank your time and help Nick :-)
 
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