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archer
03-28-2008, 06:29 PM
for those using blogs organizer, a question:
how does wordpress theme(off the shelf or pro) coding work with blogs organizer?
is it difficult to adapt the standard wp format to blogs organizer?
Nicedreams
03-28-2008, 06:50 PM
BO templates are very basic and easy, not separated and complicated like wp templates are setup.
A BO template consists of:
- post template, the html coding for 1 post entry.
- link trades template
- the main template, which is the entire page with placeholders for the posts, calendar, link trades, categories
- and an optional template for break posts, html content between posts
To make it even easier, its all on 1 page in the admin to edit.
So if you can separate the code for 1 individual post from the main html, its cake to do.
Jimmy
archer
03-29-2008, 09:43 AM
gotcha nice dreams....
but this is where i get confused.... i look at a wordpress template and there's a page for everything.... sidebars, headers, footers, archives... style sheets... all with php calls etc (i'm completely clueless about php)....
it certainly doesn't look easy to convert to BO's one page format....
Gaystoryman
03-29-2008, 10:10 AM
gotcha nice dreams....
but this is where i get confused.... i look at a wordpress template and there's a page for everything.... sidebars, headers, footers, archives... style sheets... all with php calls etc (i'm completely clueless about php)....
it certainly doesn't look easy to convert to BO's one page format....
That's when you holler HELP & Start Pulling out the hair lol
Not sure but from the very limited reading of BO, you simply use their template, get one designed, or make your own html template which BO will populate for you, I think, and you just write in the info in their admin panel.. I don't think it will let you use a wp theme.. but ask Bec or Luke as well as Nicedreams, who all seem to use it.:bang:
Nicedreams
03-29-2008, 10:15 AM
Well, if you are worried about all the ifs, whiles, endifs gets, etc, don't be cuz they aren't used. There is just 1 simple placeholder whereever there is a call to a function.
I think the simpliest way to create the template would be to view your blog's source code after you pull up it up in a browser. Then take out all the code for the post entries block. Put the post entry placeholder where that code was. Take that code you took out, cut it down to 1 post entry, and thats your code to use for the post template portion. Repeat that for link trades portion if you have a link trades section. A few other placeholders where you want categories, next/previous links, etc. Done.
Jimmy
Ok, if I'm reading this right, you bought the Blog Organizer (and didn't use my link):whip: ... and want to setup blogs you already have online that are wordpress based. ANY BLOG already online gets incorporated into BO as a REMOTE blog. ANY BLOG hosted on one of the free adult blog host sites is also setup as a REMOTE BLOG.
ALL NEW BLOGS get built using the BO program.
As a remote blog, your already established blogs can be posted to using blog organizer, and you can assign and manage any and all RSS feeds you want used on the blog. I haven't attempted it yet, but I think the snippet feature is also available. You aren't needing to redesign an existing blog. You DO have to continue upgrading it, as it wasn't built using BO.
Does that answer the question?
Um, no it didn't whistle LOL
Ok, I had a sip of coffee ... you want to try and use a wordpress template to create your BO template. I don't think that's going to work.
Easiest is to create the new blog ... pick any of his basic templates initially. Now highlite and copy the HTML you see for the design and take it into something like dreamweaver and just add the design features you want. Add headers, use CSS to control colors, whatever. Then replace his HTML with yours. Just be sure to keep the tag codes intact for various functions.
archer
03-29-2008, 12:03 PM
hi bec! :cool:
u back in the saddle?
no, i don't have BO yet... at least in the sense of the blogs organizer - so i haven't used your link.
i wasn't thinking of using a wordpress theme in BO so much as adapting an existing WP theme to BO.... that's when my head started to hurt as i looked at all the php calls etc
after playing around with wordpress(for the first time!) and actually installing it and various plugins etc on one domain(Chosen Men (http://www.chosenmen.com).... i can see why wordpress is so popular..
but if you want to write more than one blog on any regualar basis it seems that blog organizer is the way to go....
I'm not up to speed just yet, but feeling better as the days slide on by.
All the php calls you see in a WP theme are designed to function within the WP SCRIPT. Those same php calls (tags) aren't going to function within BO. BO is it's own script with tags written to work within it.
Almost without exception, theme designs in WP are controlled via the CSS style sheet. What you don't have by just copying over a CSS style sheet and referencing it in your new header, is all of the CSS naming conventions throughout the design template.
I suppose you could open up dreamweaver and copy in a wp header, then the main index, and then the sidebars and footer code to create a single page of html. Then replace the WP php calls for different items with the BO ones. But I gotta say, that really sounds like a LOT of work for something that probably isn't going to function the way you're hoping it will.
Regarding wether or not to install the Blogs Organizer (http://www.cheapestadultscripts.com/affiliates/click.php?ref=demonduck&page=http://bo.cheapestwebsoftware.com/): If you're just running a couple of blogs, then by all means, use the wordpress and all the cool plugins. And just keep up on the upgrades, especially if it says it's a security upgrade.
I just got done dealing with one WP blog I had up that wasn't upgraded and some ass managed to exploit a breach and install a line into the footer that installed a nasty trojan. Avast saw it, supposedly took care of it, but it became obvious pretty quickly that it didn't remove it, so I spent most of Friday afternoon getting the fucking thing off my computer. Fun fun. Not.
If you plan on running a small empire of blogs, some that get hand written posts, others that use feeds, maybe some that are hosted on the free blog sites (Thumblogger, etc)... unless you want to spend the rest of your natural life running around and upgrading 100 plus sites everytime Wordpress upgrades, or a plugin upgrades ... then yea, get the Blogs Organizer (http://www.cheapestadultscripts.com/affiliates/click.php?ref=demonduck&page=http://bo.cheapestwebsoftware.com/).
Nicedreams
03-29-2008, 04:12 PM
unless you want to spend the rest of your natural life running around and upgrading 100 plus sites everytime Wordpress upgrades, or a plugin upgrades ...
That's not true if all your blogs are on the same server. There is a simple way to setup a virtual wp install. All your blogs use the same wp files and plugin files, but each has their own database tables and wp settings. So whenever there is an update, I just update 1 set of files for all my blogs at once. :D
Jimmy
Is this virtual wp something that can be done once existing domains are established, and does it work on virtual hosting or only if you have a dedicated server?
Nicedreams
03-30-2008, 03:16 PM
Is this virtual wp something that can be done once existing domains are established, and does it work on virtual hosting or only if you have a dedicated server?
I don't see why not. You would setup a new wp install and import your old one over like you would if you were moving them.
I'm not sure about vh accounts. If you can setup symbolic links from the blog to the main wp install dir, then it should be able to work fine.
Jimmy