Goal: Add Featured Image to PlatformPro theme to use The Cart Press: List products in your home page in grid format WordPress: v3.2.1 Parent theme: PlatformPro, v1.5.2 Child Theme: PlatformBase, v1.4.1 Shopping Cart: The Cart Press, v1.1.3 File: root > wp-content > themes > platformbase > functions.php Add to the end of the file: // [...]
Continue Reading →Problem: PlatformPro WordPress theme is overriding SlideDeck’s font style, making all of SlideDeck’s text italic. (shakes fist). Solution: Add reset CSS to the PlatformPro child theme’s stylesheet to allow SlideDeck’s text to function normally. Add the following CSS to the style.css file in PlatformBase (PlatformPro’s child theme): More styling options: How to Create Beautiful Content Slider [...]
Continue Reading →PlatformPro – Second Navigation Secondary Menu (video) Create new file: PlatformBase > sections > section.globalnav.php Edit existing file: add lines of code to: PlatformBase > functions.php file WordPress back-end: PlatformPro settings: Template setup > Site Header > (drag-n-drop) “GlobalNav Section” to active area
Continue Reading →PlatformPro’s WordPress framework comes standard with flush-left navigation. We wanted the menu to be centered. We’re working with PlatformPro’s child theme, PlatformBase. WordPress version: 3.1.2 PlatformPro version: 1.3.5 PlatformBase version: 1.3.2 Add the following CSS to PlatformBase’s “base.css” file: #nav_row ul{padding-bottom:10px !important;float:none !important;text-align:center;} #primary-nav li{float:none !important;display:inline !important;} #primary-nav a{float:none !important;display:inline !important;} http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic/5906 (must be logged [...]
Continue Reading →WordPress version: 3.1.1 Theme: PlatformPro 1.3.5 Child Theme: PlatformBase 1.3.2 Plugin: Advanced Most Recent Posts Mod 1.6.2 by Kailey Lampert Problem: the text lines up at the bottom of the image instead of “along side” the image. Solution: Add the following CSS to PlatformBase child theme’s base.css file: Original source: http://trepmal.com/plugins/advanced-most-recent-posts-mod/comment-page-1/#comment-764
Continue Reading →Change Primary Nav text color from its default grey (#777777) to Black. Add the follow CSS to the PlatformBase Child Theme: /* Change Primary Nav text to black. */ #primary-nav a { color:#000000; } File: root/wp-content/themes/platformbase/base.css
Continue Reading →Watching PageLines “PlatformPro” WordPress Drag & Drop theme framework video tutorials. I’ve been designing & building Websites for 12 yrs, CSS for 6 yrs and WordPress for 3.5 yrs… and this is Bitchin-Camero cool! http://www.youtube.com/user/pagelines#p/u/2/f7maqSTtaGI
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