I NEED HELP! and my php needs some correcting too.

General PHP Help
#1

Hi there,

I am new to this forum, and new to editing PHP files for my wordpress sites.

I am having a problem with one of my sites and have no clue how to fix it:

there are date tabs to the left hand side of my homepage for every post.

they are stair-stepping to the right every time i add a new post.

check this out and let me know if you can help:

http://www.karmaloopdiscountcodes.net

thanks,

eric

#2

looks like you’ve got nested divs using post class within parent div’s simply fix can you post your code for that pages theme.

will be in wp-content/themes/your-theme/index.php

#3

This theme has a weird index.php, but i’ll paste what I think you’re looking for and you can let me know if it is. thanks a ton for the help.

[b]here is the index.php

[/b]<?php if (get_option('artsee_format') == 'Blog Style') { ?>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/blogstyle.php'); ?> <?php } else { include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/default.php'); } ?>

[b]here is the default.php

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php $thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail', $single = true); ?> 
        <div style="float: left; margin-left: -71px;" class="ie6float">
            
            <div class="date"> <span class="month">
                <?php the_time('M') ?>
                </span> <span class="day">
                <?php the_time('j') ?>
                </span> </div>
                
            <div style="float: left; width: 570px; clear: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 10px;  margin-left: 5px;" class="iehack">
                <h2 class="h1-link"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
                    <?php the_title(); ?>
                    </a></h2>
                
                <div style="clear: both;"></div>
            </div>
            
        </div>
        
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        <div class="post">
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <p class="pagination">
        <?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?>
        <?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?>
    </p>
    <?php else : ?>
    <h1>No Results Found</h1>
    <p>The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.</p>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?>

here is the blogstyle.php

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php $thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail', $single = true); ?> 
    <div class="post-wrapper">
        <div style="float: left; margin-left: -71px; position: relative;" class="ie6float2">
            <div class="date"> <span class="month">
                <?php the_time('M') ?>
                </span> <span class="day">
                <?php the_time('j') ?>
                </span> </div>
            <div style="float: left; width: 570px; clear: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 10px;  margin-left: 5px;" class="iehack">
                <h2 class="h1-link"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
                    <?php the_title(); ?>
                    </a></h2>
                <div class="articleinfo">Posted by
                    <?php the_author() ?>
                    in
                    <?php the_category(', ') ?>
                    on
                    <?php the_time('m jS, Y') ?>
                    |
                    <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?>
                </div>
                <div style="clear: both;"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        <div class="post">

                <?php the_content(); ?>

        </div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <p class="pagination">
        <?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?>
        <?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?>
    </p>
    <?php else : ?>
    <h1>No Results Found</h1>
    <p>The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.</p>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?>

here is the header.php just in case

> <?php if (is_home()) : ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> - <?php bloginfo('description'); ?> <?php else : ?> <?php wp_title('', 'false'); ?> - <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php global $options; foreach ($options as $value) { if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } } ?> <?php if ( is_singular() ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); ?> <?php wp_head(); ?>
logo
facebook follow twitter follow rrs feed
  • Home
    • <?php wp_list_pages("sort_order=$artsee_order_page&depth=1&exclude=$artsee_exclude_page&title_li="); ?>

[/b]

#4

looks like the closing div for post is missing in default.php:

[php]



<?php endwhile; ?>[/php][b]

Should be:

[/b][php]


<?php endwhile; ?>[/php]
#5

Thanks for seeing that. I corrected it and still seeing the same stair-stepping problem.

anything else it could be?

#6

yeah you’ve got 3 divs inside the loop but only close 2 of them and miss the 3rd

the three divs:

[php]

        <div style="float: left; margin-left: -71px;" class="ie6float">
           
            <div class="date"> <span class="month">
                <?php the_time('M') ?>
                </span> <span class="day">
                <?php the_time('j') ?>
                </span> 
             </div>
               
            <div style="float: left; width: 570px; clear: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 10px;  margin-left: 5px;" class="iehack">[/php]

the end of the loop:

[php]


        </div>
       
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        <div class="post">
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>[/php]

should be:

[php]




        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        <div class="post">
        <div style="clear: both;"></div>
         </div>[/php]

You probably don’t need all the extra divs but look at them later:

[php]



[/php]
#7

dude you are awesome, totally fixed the problem.

I’m an SEO so let me know if you need any SEO tips or help.

thanks,

Eric
ericwilliamrea at gmail dot com

#8

happy to help :smiley: I’m always trying to learn all I can with SEO so if you know of any good resource I’d be grateful.

#9

do you have any sites that you’d like me to audit?

maybe we could trade, you help me with php/html stuff, i help you with seo?

let me know because i think that could work out for both of us.

#10

that sounds good you could take a look at my site http://www.daveismyname.com I’ve recently updated it waiting for Google to reindex it.

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