I thought of something else I could do, but I’m not sure it’s possible. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to maybe add another sidebar (on the left) and then I could put my menu vertical in the sidebar; rather than the way it is now, horizontal at the top? It’s probably a long, drawn out process, but I just figured I’d toss it out there to get kicked around.
If you want to see how an extra column is added then look at bp-columns, which is a child of bp-default with just an added column…
To find out what needs to be changed to just move the menu bar, one can experiment with the firefox addon from http://getfirebug.com/ ( for developer tools in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 & 9 – press F12. )
From that can be seen that all the following should individually move the menu bar out of the way….
`
#header {
padding-top: 80px;
}
#header #search-bar {
margin-top: 60px;
}
#header #search-bar .padder {
padding-top: 65px;
}
#navigation {
padding-top: 55px;
}
`
When placed (only 1) in the child theme’s style.css
Ok good buddy…….I downloaded and installed BP-column, but here’s the strange thing………After the install, BP-column appears in my database, but not in my wordpress dashboard with my other themes. Likewise, bp-default appears in my wordpress dashboard with the rest of my themes, but not in my database.
I tried doing a custom.php, but I must be doing it wrong because it’s not working either. I used the plugin “hide pages,” which took the pages off the top and cleared the view of my custom header (except for a weird link labeled “home” at the end~ no idea why it’s there or where it came from). Anyway, the problem with the “hide pages” plugin is that it hides the pages from EVERYWHERE, not just the top.
I figure I can just add the left sidebar and put my pages in there…….or another thought that I had was to figure out a way to remove the “author box” (with my name and all that) and put my pages in where that is instead.
I’m not sure what would look better, or be the easiest way to go about it……..I’m gladly open to any suggestions you may have……..all I ask is that you take a “for dummies” approach…….lol
I got bp-columns up and it gave me my left sidebar……BUT NOW………it cut off the end of my customer header (logo) and changed my footer back to white!!!!! If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all Aces!!!! I put the style.css into it’s own directory folder, like we talked about before, but this time it’s not showing up in my wordpress dashboard (themes) for me to activate it……..
I’m not sure what the question is but it seems to be about one or more different new topics that are not specific to buddypress…
lol…….I am a book of questions……but you’re right, this particular issue (I believe) is on the WordPress side, so I’m heading over to the WordPress forums to see if I can bang that one out……..
