Cutline 3-Column Theme Now Available

1 Neil McIntyre // Jul 2, 2007 at 2:14 pm

Do we have online demos yet?

2 Scott Johnson // Jul 2, 2007 at 2:48 pm

A demo or even a screenshot would be nice. I’m very curious to see just how Cutline translates into 3 columns.

3 vivek // Jul 2, 2007 at 3:19 pm

There is a bug. I’m using WP 2.1 (Cutline 3-Column Split) and each individual posts displays previous posts.

4 Sacred West // Jul 2, 2007 at 3:23 pm

I downloaded them both to try, and they slip right in without any fuss - however the widgets won’t drag, or rather they’ll drag but not drop: they just scoot back on their rubber band

5 Kanwal // Jul 2, 2007 at 3:39 pm

Looks like the screenshots included arent correct either

6 OMSH // Jul 2, 2007 at 3:49 pm

yea, I’d like to see them first!

7 Internet Marketing Mexico // Jul 2, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Hello,
I Agree with you.
An some technical info pls. Does it work with wordpress 2.2.1?

8 Cutline for Wordpress releases three-column version | 901am // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:29 am

[…] Theme for Wordpress today announced the release of its three-column version by Brian gardner. Cutline, originally designed by Chris Pearson, is one of the most popular […]

9 Jason Simon // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:04 pm

Great theme!!! Can widgets be dropped into both sidebars?

10 Three-Column Cutline Theme For WordPress Released : The Blog Herald // Jul 3, 2007 at 2:51 pm

[…] is for official support and development of the theme. So Splashpress is announcing the launch of a new variant to the Cutline theme for WordPress, which comes in three columns, with the main content column to the left, and two sidebars to the […]

11 Martin // Jul 3, 2007 at 5:00 pm

Great theme can not wait for 3-Column Split to be fixed, any timeframe for the bug fixes?

12 Carrie // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:40 pm

Hi

Glad to see changes are in the works. I noticed that the widget options for the two sidebars doesn’t seem to be working.

I’d like to be able to see the two sidebars and add widgets as I choose.

Any chance you could do this?

Also is there any way to format the flickr pictobrowser as the header? I know this is probably a stretch, but it would make life easy.

Thanks

13 Anthony // Jul 4, 2007 at 12:09 am

You guys having a problem with the sidebar widgets…….I found a small coding error in the “functions.php” file that fixed the problem for me.

The line:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') ) register_sidebar(2);

should be:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') ) register_sidebars(2);

The word sidebar should be plural since there are two sidebars.

14 Brian Gardner // Jul 4, 2007 at 6:34 am

Anthony, thanks a bunch - I knew it was something minor, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. The zip file has been updated, widgets should work now!

15 Leah // Jul 4, 2007 at 7:43 pm

Thanks Anthony for the heads-up! It worked a treat.

16 Carrie // Jul 4, 2007 at 8:40 pm

Super, I noticed the fixed function php file is now in the download.

Fixes the widgets.

17 Vern // Jul 4, 2007 at 8:56 pm

Hi - any idea when the 3 column split will be available? And, the 3 column right has been around - I think that’s the standard one, yes? I have it on mine and love it. I think I might like the split version even better. Hope you can get it up and running without errors! Thanks, Vern

18 Keith // Jul 5, 2007 at 3:10 am

Love the split theme. I’d love to do a mod of this for the WP community. Are there any restrictions on using Cutline-Split as a basis for a new theme?

19 Nikhil // Jul 5, 2007 at 2:10 pm

Hello,

Thanks for the great fix Anthony. Has anyone noticed that horizontal spaces for images embedded into posts aren’t working properly?

I usually add an image in my posts and I like to add between 10 and 20 pixels of space. With Cutline 3 Column Right 1.1 the text surrrounding the images stick to the borders which take away from the nice and clean layout.

20 Rick McLaughlin // Jul 6, 2007 at 10:46 am

This rocks. Looks fantastic, works great. So clean. Man, thanks.
I have read what I’m supposed to read and done what I was supposed to do and searched the site and comments, and for some stupid reason I still can’t get the archive page to work properly. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Rick

21 Rick McLaughlin // Jul 6, 2007 at 11:12 am

You know, now that I look at it, About isn’t working properly either. ..

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23 Carrie // Jul 7, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Hi Brian,

Got the new 3 - column split up, and reset the menu titles. I am so pleased with the new formating. … But for some reason the pictures aren’t working.

Now I have reformatted the header sizing to 970 x 140 and reloaded, so I was hoping that perhaps you or someone else could tell me why my headers are still cutting off.

Thanks very much

24 Sam // Jul 7, 2007 at 9:26 pm

Thank you for the 3-col split - it’s great, exactly what I was looking for. But I need some help because this is my first blog outside of Wordpress.com, where there was a button to change the header image and new pages were added automatically to the top nav. Is there documentation on how to do that in this version? Sorry if I’m asking in the wrong place - this is my first blog, and I didn’t find an answer at Wordpress.org.

25 Sam // Jul 7, 2007 at 10:26 pm

I found tubetorial! I’d left out the slug name. Great documentation - other pages appear in the header now.

26 stanmoong // Jul 8, 2007 at 2:46 am

I’ve edit header.php so that it displays the list of pages.

php code:
wp_list_pages(’title_li=&depth=1&’.$page_sort.’&’.$pages_to_exclude)

27 Nikhil // Jul 8, 2007 at 7:28 am

I have setup my Blogroll links to open in a new window (target blank). Does not happen in C3C R 1.1 but works just fine in C3CSplit.

I’ve had the same problems as others with the Archives, About and Sitemap pages. Adding the stub doesn’t help. Maybe it’s because my blog is in a sub domain?? I’ve just gone ahead and coded the page URLs into the header and footer.

I also found the prev and next links counter intuitive so I switched them around.

In the style.css I switched positions of the prev and next links (maybe this should go into custom.css);

.navigation { width: 500px; font-size: 1.4em; float: left; }


	.previous { padding: 0 20px 0 0; float: right; }

.next { float: left; }

Then in navigation.php I reversed the direction of the arrows:

28 Nikhil // Jul 8, 2007 at 7:30 am

Oops. Messy comment up there. Still learning how to comment with code in Wordpress.

29 Carrie // Jul 8, 2007 at 11:12 am

Solved it. When using the random header code from cutline two column earlier version, failed to change the 770 to 970 width.

30 Robert Richard // Jul 8, 2007 at 1:10 pm

Hello,

Been using Cutline for several months. Just upgraded to Cutline 1.1-3 Column Split. Need to get random headers Cutline plugin working again. Any tips on how to do this? Notice that default is header.php script.

I can’t do programming to modify header.php, but I can modify header.php information if advise: delete, add, etc.

Thanks for replying.

31 Carrie // Jul 8, 2007 at 2:52 pm

If the random header was working in your earlier version of cutline, just delete the section starting and paste in the same section from your old version of cutline.

And make sure you change the size of the images to a width of 970.

Also don’t forget to do change your image folder files.

The same cutting and pasting works for the navigation bar.

32 Robert Richard // Jul 8, 2007 at 3:13 pm

A+ Thanks a million Carrie. All ok now.

33 Robert Richard // Jul 8, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Hi,

In the Cutline_3Column_Split.zip, what is the purpose of _vti_cnf files? Are they needed?

Thanks for all replies.

34 Robert Richard // Jul 8, 2007 at 3:32 pm

Hi,

I need to translate Cutline_3Column_Split.zip to French language (hard), as I had done with version 1.1. What should I leave untouched, no translation needed, reason kept for programming? For example, should all «No comments» be changed to French «Aucun commentaire»? I just need the rule of thumb.

Thanks for your patience.

35 Roman // Jul 9, 2007 at 7:22 am

That’s something I would like to use Aesthetic and practical.

36 Carrie // Jul 9, 2007 at 8:19 pm

Wordpress has a french version http://xavier.borderie.net/wp-fr/

On their blog page you can pick up a lot of the french phrases you need - the correct terminology.

If you go through the sidebar, header, footer php files and look for titles within, example Title , you can find most of the words that you will need to change.

Not sure if this is what you wanted, but incase it is, good luck.

37 Jason Simon // Jul 10, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Hello,

Is it possible to add a logo to the header? Thank you.

38 Susan // Jul 11, 2007 at 1:53 pm

Anyone having and issue with the Previous and Next pages working? They work fine in Archives, Categories, etc. but when I click on “previous page” from my Front page, I get “page/2/” in the address bar but the content stays the same. Also, it only happens when the permalinks are set to anything other than “Default”.

39 kuanhoong // Jul 11, 2007 at 11:12 pm

Hi,

I have one question. I am using Wordpress 2.1.3, even though I created a new page, it is not displayed on the main page. What could be the problem and solution to this?

40 Dennis Bjørn Petersen // Jul 12, 2007 at 9:53 am

Where can I get support for the Cutline 1.1?

I’m experiencing several problems. I’m using WP 2.2.1 and Cutline 1.1. The widgets doesn’t update. I need to switch themes in order for the widgets to update.

If I want to edit the sidebar manually how should I do that? Is it possible?

41 reba // Jul 13, 2007 at 4:25 pm

I tried to activate the archives and got a 404 error….anyone know how to fix this. other wise LOVE the theme

42 db // Jul 13, 2007 at 11:02 pm

Looks like my theme search has ended. Three column cutline looks like it will be great.

43 David // Jul 14, 2007 at 6:26 am

been waiting for 3 col versions for some time now, pleased to see they’re released. Uploaded “split” version, today to trial, for some reason it did not update “pages” across top navigation. Pages & child pages listed in my Breukie’s Pages Widget in sidebar, no prob… but did not show in Page nav on top of page, as said…. any clarity/help on this??

44 Rob Grayson // Jul 14, 2007 at 10:44 am

Hi Brian,

Just installed the 2 column Cutline theme on my very first WP site. We’re Christians from the UK living and ministering in France, and I have in mind to create a site a little like the one you showcase at http://2007.billandtamara.com/.

Do you have some other support mechanism, other than the comments on this site? I fear my questions may be too long for you to answer here.

So far I’ve done nothing but install the theme “out of the box” onto a fresh WP install. Here are my issues/questions:

1. The automatically generated menu bar links for “archives” and “about” don’t go anywhere - I just get an error page.

2. As well as static pages which appear in the menu bar, one or two of these need to have static sub-pages. These don’t need to show in the menu bar, but I need ti have some way of showing how to navigate to/from them.

3. The site will include a blog, but I want this to appear on one of the static pages other than the home page. BUT I would like to be able to include a short “recent posts” section in the front page sidebar which shows the titles of the last few posts from the blog. Is there an easy way to do this?

4. Ideally I’d like to be able to have different sidebar options on each page - for example, I might want links to other blogs to appear on the blog page or when reading individual posts, but not on any of the other static pages. Any tips on how to achieve this?

Apologies again for the length of this, and I’m happy to pick these points up elsewhere if this is not the right place. I’m hoping these questions, which appear quite complex to me, are pretty easy for an experienced user!

Thanks in advance,

Rob Grayson
Normandy, France

N.B. Love your other work too (have visited your business and personal sites).

45 David // Jul 15, 2007 at 5:56 am

To Rob Grayson…
You’ll need to “mage” pages in the Admin of your blog… select existing and edit, then selct correct “template”… or delete what you don’t need…
As for “child” or sub-pages… in “presentation/widgets” place the “pages” widget in the sidebar, and it will be seen in page/blog view… with Pages and subpages listed… only “parent pages” will show across top navigation… trust that gives you enough to work it from there… you also can create a “page” named “Sitemap” and then use “sitemap” template (if available)… then save… regards…

46 Steve // Jul 15, 2007 at 7:57 am

“The automatically generated menu bar links for “archives” and “about” don’t go anywhere - I just get an error page.”

I experienced the same problem and finally figured out a fix:

If you hold your mouse over the page link in the sidebar and look at the address bar at the bottom of your screen you should see your url followed by something like /?page-id=490.

Write that number down. Now go to header edit page and just above the block of code at the bottom that pertains to the 5 header images you should find the three lines that control the “front page”, “archives”, and “about” links. The fix for the dead archives and about links is the same, just insert the appropriate page number that you identified earlier.

Look for ?>/archives/”>archives and replace /archives/ with ?page_id=# (don’t actually use the # symbol - insert the actual page number you found earlier. Update file and it should be fixed.

Repeat for “about” using the appropriate page number.

47 Tony // Jul 16, 2007 at 11:48 am

Love the theme… one improvement I’d like to see, hopefully simple. I’d like to align the theme on my site to the left, with no white space on the left. Suppose a small change in the style or header files would do this?

48 Tony // Jul 16, 2007 at 2:05 pm

UPDATE: I kept tinkering and discovered how to align the them to the left. For anyone else wanting to customize Cutline in this way, I changed

#container { width: 770px; margin: 15px auto 0 auto; }

to

#container { width: 770px; margin: 15px auto 0 25px; }

I had to tweak it a bit from there to make it just as I wanted, but that throws the theme to the left instead of centering it.

49 chris // Jul 16, 2007 at 3:45 pm

David,
I am having the same problem as some of the last posters. I am using the 3-column split version cutline theme in wordpress. The new pages I create don’t show up in the NAV section. I think the answer is in your last response to Rob Grayson but I don’t know what “mag” means. Also what menu do I use to “select existing and edit then select “Template” “? Thanks so much

You’ll need to “mage” pages in the Admin of your blog… select existing and edit, then selct correct “template”… or delete what you don’t need…

50 Nikhil // Jul 17, 2007 at 12:30 am

Tony,

Sounds like you would like to remove the left side bar? In which case you may want to try Cutline 3 Col Right.

The Split version has left and right columns but the C3CR has both sidebars on the right.

51 Anthony // Jul 17, 2007 at 1:05 am

If you guys will go to the top of this page and click “sitemap”, there’s an article listed called “Why Don’t my “Archives” and “About” Links Work?. This tells you the proper way to fix this through the permalink structure.

52 Respiro Media // Jul 18, 2007 at 1:45 am

I love the simplicity of this WP theme!

53 Todor // Jul 18, 2007 at 12:19 pm

Hi Chris and Brian,

Our blog is using Cutline for 1,5 years and we are extremely pleased with it.

Yesterday I tried Cultine 3 column in another blog of mine, bot split and right sided option, but there is one strange problem - in IE the header image is going out of the black borders. No signs for this problem in FF and Opera.

Can you please just check http://www.alabala.org to see the problem and to reccomend a possible solution for it?

Thanks! And thank you for the great theme!

54 My new WPMU Site » Blog Archive » Three-Column Cutline Theme For WordPress Released // Jul 18, 2007 at 3:28 pm

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55 Mark // Jul 19, 2007 at 3:21 am

I’m just adding a blog to my site and am having the same problem Steve (comment 46) mentioned - About and Archive in the header area go to 404 error pages.
You can see the blog (no link yet on site) at .
The link as explained by Steve, to Archive & About pages do not associate with numbers (e.g., /?page-id=490). The link is see is http://pjeye.com/pjblog/about/ for the About link, and similar for the Archive link (with archive subbing for about).
My final question is what program(s) can I use to make any modifications to coding that might be suggested to me - A simple text editor, something like Dreamweaver or GoLive, or do I need a PHP editing program (I’m a Mac user)?
THANK YOU!!
Otherwise, I really love the look of the theme and am extremely excited about getting this addition to my site online.

56 Mark // Jul 19, 2007 at 3:28 am

Sorry, the screwed up paragraph above should read:
The links, as observed by Steve, to Archive & About pages do not associate with numbers (e.g., /?page-id=490) because of the WordPress options I’ve chosen. The link I see is http://pjeye.com/pjblog/about/ for the About link, and similar for the Archive link (with archive subbing for about).

57 Mark // Jul 19, 2007 at 3:33 am

Am I right that the “About” link should bring up the content in WordPress’s page entitled “About”?
Ok, I’m going to bed now.

58 Presell // Jul 21, 2007 at 10:09 am

Good one.
I’m just about making for the first time wordpress theme and I’m gonna to make a big joke about this: I’LL PUT LAYOUT IN TABLES

What do you think about this ?

Cheers - Matt.

59 fred1st // Jul 23, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Newbie naivete: I shoulda copied the unaltered sidebar script before messing with it.

Can somebody help me get the script for the left sidebar? I’m totally unfamiliar with php.

I got the learning curve blues.

60 Marie Holzer // Jul 25, 2007 at 5:04 pm

I’m absolutely loving this Cutline Split… my only problem has been customizing the text header into an image… I’m confused and need some guidance. Suggestions, please?

61 felipe // Jul 26, 2007 at 9:08 am

Hi Chris,

I’m new to WP and just completed an installation of v.2.2.1
I dig the Cutline theme, and went with the 3 column right version. I’m stoked to get it running. Once I completed the installation, I came across this error across the top of the admin page, as well as at the top of every public page:

“Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in /home/{[XYZserverpath]}/redefiningpolitics.com/wp-includes/widgets.php on line 53″

I opened up the widgets.php file to see if I could spot anything amiss, but being a noob, could not spot the problem. AFAIK, here is the portion of referenced code:

}

function register_sidebar($args = array()) {
global $wp_registered_sidebars;

if ( is_string($args) )
parse_str($args, $args);

$i = count($wp_registered_sidebars) + 1;

$defaults = array(
‘name’ => sprintf(__(’Sidebar %d’), $i ),
‘id’ => “sidebar-$i”,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => “\n”,
‘before_title’ => ”,
‘after_title’ => “\n”,
);
//CHRIS -> this is line 53:
$sidebar = array_merge($defaults, $args);

$wp_registered_sidebars[$sidebar[’id’]] = $sidebar;

return $sidebar[’id’];
}

I am not the first to have this problem, Gustavo reported it here (1st comment, July 3rd):
http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/3-columns/4217/cutline-3-column-right-11/#comment-211096

If nothing else, I might try deleting the installation and the theme, and reinstalling. Every once in a while that kind of approach works…

Thanks for your efforts, and kudos again on a great visual!

thanks,

felipe

62 felipe // Jul 26, 2007 at 9:13 am

Fred - what file specifically do you need? I’m on WP 2.2.1 and using the 3 column right theme, how ’bout you?

-f

63 David Christiansen // Jul 27, 2007 at 7:15 am

Does anyone now how to get this theme to work with the feedburner stats package?

Thanks!

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65 Annie // Jul 31, 2007 at 3:21 pm

This is a gorgeous theme & does everything I’ve been trying to do manually for ages now.

I did have a question that I could not find the answer to on your site. (And I’m not a programmer, just an end user with enough knowledge to be dangerous.)

I would like to change the color of my unclicked links. Could you point me to the right section of the theme editor?

Thank you!

66 Rob Grayson // Aug 2, 2007 at 3:02 pm

Hi,

OK, after previous posts (thanks to those who responded) I’ve got the “about” and “archives” links working on my new 2-column installation. I’ve also included the “Pages” widget in the sidebar, and created a number of static pages, one of which has some sub-pages. The site is at www.graysonsinfrance.net/wordpress.

My next set of questions is as follows:

1. Even though I’ve created a number of “top level” pages (main page/no parent), they don’t show in the horizontal menu bar. How can I change this?

2. I want to replace the default “Front page” with the page called “Home” that I’ve created. How can I do this?

3. The “pages widget” is indeed listing all the pages and sub-pages I’ve created - but I need to change the order they’re listed in. I assumed they would be listed according to the “Page order” property specified in each page, but they’re not. How do I change the order?

4. I want to create a separate “blog” page and have all new posts appear on that page. Can anyone tell me how?

Thanks in advance for anyone kind and knowledgeable enough to help me out!

Rob

67 Jodi // Aug 2, 2007 at 4:31 pm

hi

what do i do if i deleted some of the coding in the (header) file and it was wrong. i cant get into my site now.

Jodi

68 Luke // Aug 5, 2007 at 10:56 am

Hi! I like your 3-column Cutline design very much but the archive pages don’t work.

I read your post about that, and my permalink structure is correct. But posts on my archive, category, and search pages show up without images and proper HTML, etc. Why are they broken on archive pages?

My site can be viewed at lukeprog.com

Many thanks! Great theme!

69 Diane // Aug 5, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Since making the switch from the 3 column Cutline theme edited by GPS Gazette to this theme, my blog’s description appears in my browser address, (the small space at the very top of the webpage).

Can someone tell me how to edit this out?

70 Diane // Aug 5, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Forget my question…I figured it out. Thanks for the terrific theme.

71 Luke // Aug 8, 2007 at 2:34 pm

Another question. Is there any easy way to replace the header images for my Cutline implementation with a Google Adsense leaderboard? Perhaps by editing a PHP file? Many thanks.

72 Kim // Aug 9, 2007 at 11:55 am

Is there a support forum for Cutline? I’m looking for guidance on something but can’t find a place to post my question for other Cutline users.

73 Matt // Aug 11, 2007 at 1:03 pm

Thanks for the awesome theme. I’m new to Wordpress but this inspires me to create one of my own.

74 K.G. Schneider // Aug 11, 2007 at 8:26 pm

Just wanted to say thanks for a terrific theme… I’m using it for a church website ( www.uctonline.org ) and appreciate this theme’s clean, tidy lines. I was getting a little desperate looking for a decent three-column widget-ready theme that was readable, visually balanced, and left room for a nice header image (five of them!). I’m already getting praise for the way the site looks. *Bravo you!*

75 Frank // Aug 13, 2007 at 1:21 am

Anyone know if there’s a way to add an edit button next to posts in Cutline while you’re logged in as Admin?

Seems like most other themes have this, and Cutline doesn’t for some reason…

76 paola // Aug 13, 2007 at 8:51 am

Internationalization of the theme: do you have a pot file for it? or suggestions on how to create one?

77 Kevin // Aug 13, 2007 at 10:48 am

I am trying to upgrade to the 3 column right version (glad it’s out) but it will not display any previously made comments on any of the posts.

Any ideas why?

78 Kevin // Aug 13, 2007 at 11:01 am

Please disregard..fixed it. Well not that it needed fixing, more like a stupid user

79 Katherine Misegades // Aug 13, 2007 at 12:56 pm

I’ve spent the morning setting up a new blog using your Cutline design. Your design is excellent. I chose it because of its adaptability and clean basic layout. Its CSS is so clearly coded that this has been a joy. I have just one question. How would I change the words “Front Page” to “Home”?

80 Robert Richard // Aug 13, 2007 at 8:27 pm

Hello,

How do you get an image with text inside the sidebar panel such as your ad/sponsor (webhost)?

Thanks for taking time to reply.

81 Bas // Aug 15, 2007 at 7:59 am

Hi all,
I’d like to (see and try to) have my title (’name’ in masthead) on top of the headerimage (’header1.jpg’ in header_img). Now the one is above the other, which uses to much space and I’d like to have them in one div (with the name over the image of course).
Any ideas?

82 Annie // Aug 16, 2007 at 7:42 am

Hi there–love the theme.

One of my readers reported that there are some issues with my site in Internet Explorer. He says, “The page just seems to be broken up with hard black lines that run completely across the page. Most aren’t problems at all except for aesthetics, but occasionally some of them strike out lines of text.”

I am on a Mac & can’t check this. It works fine in Firefox & Safari, and I have only done basic modifications to the theme. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

83 K.G. Schneider // Aug 16, 2007 at 9:51 am

Annie, I haven’t seen that problem with the theme (running on uctonline.org ). I’ve viewed it via IE on several PCs.

84 Katherine Misegades // Aug 16, 2007 at 9:56 am

Annie, the only browser that gives me problems is IE 5.2 for the Mac — the page elements all line up in a tall column at the left. It looks fine in newer IE versions on a PC though.

85 Annie // Aug 16, 2007 at 10:28 am

I can’t actually tell if my site has a problem b/c I’m on a Mac. Can anyone tell me if they can see a problem here:

http://superfastreader.com

Thanks in advance–

86 Kevin // Aug 16, 2007 at 10:44 am

Annie, Here is how it looks in IE7 on Vista. It is all messed up:

http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/26085/2002411289119951555_rs.jpg

87 Annie // Aug 16, 2007 at 10:49 am

Wow. Thanks for that screenshot.

Any idea how I can fix this? I haven’t touched the IE template at all, and have only made cosmetic changes to the templates I have used.

Thanks so much–

88 Katherine Misegades // Aug 16, 2007 at 10:54 am

And here is how it looks on IE 5.2 on a Mac. The two side columns are at the bottom below the posts.

http://atimetoknit.com/kmm_blog_images/reading.jpg

89 K.G. Schneider // Aug 16, 2007 at 11:03 am

So I got interested and dropped a post from Annie’s site into the W3C validator… it gave me 162 errors. A post from my site, uctonline.org, gave me 2 errors. Looking at the source code, without being an expert I’d say take out the widgets one by one and keep revalidating the page until you see the bulk of these errors disappear… and I bet the problem would go away. (I’ve seen Flickr introduce piles of errors into a formerly validating page.)

Obviously, some browsers and operating systems are more error-tolerant, but it’s an interesting perspective on how you can have a site that validates and then mess it up with third-party tools that are noncompliant.

90 Annie // Aug 16, 2007 at 12:03 pm

I removed all the scripts I had running in my sidebar, plus cleaned up a few little extraneous bits of code, and I’m down to only 16 errors (that are basically only 3 errors).

I’m wondering if my scripts were breaking IE. Could one of you give me another screenshot?

If they are, do you think I should run the scripts anyway? I feel like they add value to my site and I hate to let them go. Any advice?

The other errors it came up with I just couldn’t understand, if anybody feels like helping

1) It doesn’t like:
li id=”links” class=”widget widget_links”>Favorite Aut…
It has this as an error for all of the subcategories in my blogroll.

2) It doesn’t like that I used the php call for the Category widget in r_sidebar.php. I copied & pasted it exactly from somewhere else in the template, I can’t remember where.

3) It’s got a bunch of problems with closing tags, but I can’t figure out where the error is. I’ve scrubbed through the templates I’ve modified: Main Index Template, Single Post, Page Template, and r_sidebar and can’t find anything. And I haven’t touched the Footer.

91 Kevin // Aug 16, 2007 at 12:22 pm

I just checked your site and it looks good noe in IE7 (just as it does in Firefox).

92 Anthony // Aug 16, 2007 at 1:47 pm

This site needs a forum.

93 David // Aug 16, 2007 at 10:16 pm

This site needs more than a Forum… it needs some respect and response from its owners/authors.
Ever since Chris “sold” this theme to “Splashpress Media” and under the “care” of Brian G, I have noticed little to no response to Cutline users comments and issues…. since the delayed release of updated Cutline, and especially the 3 column Versions, the lack of input from the “owners” is even less! If you read back over these comments from the time Chris left “Cutline”, you should notice an increase in complaints and problems and a decrease in direct response and reply from the owners.
If you were a Cutline user with Chris at the helm, you will recall how prompt, courteous, and committed he was to Cutline and its users. This can not be said for the new regime.
The number of problems reported since the release of this update is ridiculous, indicating a beta version if at all, and the amount of users trying to help each other out with code issues and things “no longer working” has sent me to other themes… Cutline may be professional and clean and “wonderful” but under current circumstance, not worth the headache to ordinary users who just want to get on and blog, and who are not coders as such, and nor should they be.
No personal disrespect to Brian G, just stating it how I read it. If one takes on the responsibility, then one needs to be willing and able-to-respond, appropriately. Thx, and have a great day not “fixing” Cutline.

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96 Dennis Bjørn Petersen // Aug 19, 2007 at 5:04 am

I’m afraid I have to agree with David here.

There hasn’t been any responses by Brian G in a long time.

I think I have to start looking for a new theme :-/

97 K.G. Schneider // Aug 19, 2007 at 6:54 am

You get what you pay for. I’m using *this* theme because I escaped from another WordPress theme that was orphaned by its owner. Well, hello, life moves on and people have to make a living.

Right now this theme is working for me (even with several widgets enabled, the main page validates 100%). It looks good and it does what I want it to do. But this lack of support is pretty typical for free WordPress themes. Basically, I’m prepared to put in some sweat equity, and if that doesn’t work, move on, no harm no foul.

If anyone knows of a suite of themes that can be licensed with support, I’d be happy to look into them. I don’t mind paying for service.

Dennis, I ran into the widget-switching issue with another theme. You might try updating WordPress to 2.2… though with another theme I found it also depended on which widget I started with. Regarding editing the theme, the files are in the WordPress theme editor. I have made some minor edits to this theme for one blog I maintain, and it worked out fine. I’m not a CSS expert so it took some background reading about WordPress and some experimentation. I usually have a blog set up just to play with so I don’t hose an existing installation.

98 vince // Aug 19, 2007 at 10:58 am

Hello,

So typical of cyber “golly gee everyone is a marketer” world, the initial promises and squishy first hugs, turn into “I’ll seeya when I seeya.”

K.G: Disagree. People didn’t come here to be coders, they were enticed here by promises of a purportedly easy system, that maintained connection with its users. The right thing to do was be straight up and state that any support would end upon chris’s departure. Therefore no expectations or misrepresentation. That has not happened.

This guy Brian has a forum for his other blogs, let’s see when he includes this corp appointed blog he is apparently responsible to maintain, but has neglected.

http://support.briangardner.com/

99 Kristie // Aug 20, 2007 at 12:20 am

I am pretty new at all this stuff (FYI). And I love your theme. I downloaded the 3 colum one and was wondering how to get it to be 2 column like yours. Is there alot of editing involved? Because I am not so good at that stuff. Can you help me?

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101 Steffen // Aug 21, 2007 at 5:20 am

Here is another example of the 3-Column Theme. I changed the custom css and some parts of the code i.e. moved the sidebar to the left…but everything off course is still on going…
http://www.soap-box-derby.de
Fell free to leave a comment!

102 K.G. Schneider // Aug 22, 2007 at 5:25 am

Vince, a lot of folks came to this theme because it was attractive… and free. It’s got some glitches, and there clearly isn’t any support, but it’s still free. I suspect that the original author hoped that the company who bought it would take care of its users, but I’ve been in that boat… you gotta move on.

Meanwhile, it’s not bad as a freebie. I just can’t get worked up about a “product” I didn’t pay for.

103 Heather // Aug 22, 2007 at 8:30 am

Hi, I’m having trouble with my images… no matter what I do, they stack on top of each other instead of showing up side by side. Can anyone point me to a fix for this? I’m sure there’s one line somewhere that I’m just overlooking! Thanks so much!

104 Riy // Aug 22, 2007 at 6:30 pm

hi,
Great work!!
How can I add adsense code, I am new so help please.

105 Neil // Aug 23, 2007 at 3:19 am

I have to work in an room where the computer/display equipment is limited to an 800×600 display - how do I modify the theme to suit this? Changing the header image to 770 from 970 in the header.php only changes the image size sop that it comes 3/4 of the way across the screen from the left hand side. Any help appreciated.

106 VagabondoDigitale // Aug 29, 2007 at 4:08 am

Good Template… thx !

107 vince // Aug 29, 2007 at 11:22 pm

Kristie,

go to cutline homepage and download version 1.3 and you should be good.

V

108 Bryan // Sep 12, 2007 at 10:50 am

The theme is really nice and it would be great if there was a defined split between the 3 areas. It’s rather difficult on my eyes to read a post with writing to either side and no defined split or color difference… just a thought…

Bryan

109 Adrian // Sep 28, 2007 at 12:09 am

Great theme but some funkyness happens when i move Recent Posts from the right sidebar to the left sidebar. When I do this, Comments refuse to display on the Single Post page. I’m trying not to use widgets and just copying Recent Posts from the right to the left sidebar. Anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Thanks!

110 LiveMtl // Oct 29, 2007 at 12:47 pm

I also have all kinds of problems with validation and with Internet explorer, not totally sure which versions as I’m on a mac and have had conflicting feedback. I don’t know what to do to fix it, and have modified this theme’s css enough I really don’t want to abandon my current site. Please come up with a fix for internet explorer.

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113 Steve // Nov 22, 2007 at 6:53 pm

Hey, is there any way to easily make the center column wider? Great theme, but I’m used to using a fluid one. I’d give this a try if I could make the center wider.

114 Webmaster Bellas Venezolanas // Nov 29, 2007 at 7:56 am

Hi !! I have two websites with Cutline 3 Columns. In one, it´s working great. In the other, don´t know what happens with the archives in the left and right column.

Besides, I would like to know how to make the Sitemap and the top menu work…

Thanks…

Is there any e-mail for specific questions?

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117 Phil // Jan 29, 2008 at 3:33 pm

I LOVE the 3column split version of cutline, currently in use on my website. However, I had a little problem: my left sidebar was “off”, not aligned with the header.
I found the reason in the style.css file:

/*—:[ core layout elements ]:—*/
[…]
#sidebar { width: 210px; padding: 0 0 0 15px; float: right; }

#l_sidebar { width: 210px; padding: 0 0 0 15px; float: left; }

The values for the the l_sidebar should be:
padding: 0 15 0 0px
If you correct that, the left sidebar is aligned with the header.
Thanks so much for the theme, Chris!

118 moserw // Mar 13, 2008 at 12:46 pm

Love this template. Much appreciated. Thanks.

http://www.nela.in/

119 Jenny // Apr 17, 2008 at 10:21 pm

I am trying to get a space (margin) on the left side of my site. I have totally customized the theme and love the way it looks except for this one thing. I have searched other forums, and keep ending up back here. I have combed through every padding, margin px/em in the css that I can tinker with and am at my wits end. I’m sure it’s because I am tired and have been hacking all day! I just want a little space on the left and right sides so you can see the brown background. Any suggestions? Advice? Help? I’ll even take ridicule at this point!

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