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OurLocality is a Free East Lothian Publishing Platform

Fun behind the scenes

If your website is looking tired, it is quite fashionable to go mad with your background. Clever stuff can be done if you can work out the exact size and let parts of the image creep out from behind. But … Continue reading

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Monumental Graffiti

Monumental graffiti, a set on Flickr. Testing the XML-RPC facility

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How do I get this post to look different?

A bit of css and the sticky attribute. To permanently stick it above all the posts you’ll need to either update the date of your entry each time you add a sticky or use a handy plugin to handle it.

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Getting sticky with css

If you have just discovered that by making your post sticky you can make it float to the top of your list of posts, you may not like the black border or the default blue in the basic theme. You … Continue reading

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I want the menu bar on the left!

Well this is easier than you would think, when you know how (or as in my case lazy, I found one answer here): NB: You’ll need the Safe css plugin to apply these changes. Move the primary and secondary widget … Continue reading

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Ever wondered how to improve the look of the default template?

Here’s how you can change it. 1) Pay someone a bucket of money to do it for you 2) Buy a ready made template, with dozens of features and front page management options (and spend hours configuring it) 3) DIY … Continue reading

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