Categories for links don't appear on my homepage

  • Unknown's avatar
    gonzo66 · Member ·

    I am trying to link an additional category to several already on my hoe page. I created a new category on the links tab, “My Blog Bookstore”. I then added a new link on “new Links” and saved it all. I checked off “none” for target (default). No matter what I do, the new category doesn’t show up on my site.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • eurello · Staff ·

    Hi there – for the other two link categories that you have showing in your sidebar, you’ve added a Links widget and selected that link category. You now need to add one for the new link category so those links display in your sidebar as well:
    https://gonzo66.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    Thanks. Is it possible to change the text in my “My Blogs” sidebar to bold for the heading words and sentences? Maybe change the color too?

    Thanks in advance,

  • eurello · Staff ·

    Because you have the Custom Design upgrade, you can do that with CSS. Try the following code: 

    #sidebar .widget h2.title, #sidebar2 .widget h2.title {
font-weight: bold;
color: #8b8b89;
}

    The color code I’ve entered there is the one currently there. You’d replace that six-digit code with the color of your choice: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp

    You will want to paste this code in the editor in Customize->CSS.

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp does ot open. times out.

    What’s the code for the same color dark blue as my title on the home page.

    Thanks in advance.

  • Unknown's avatar
    gonzo66 · Member ·

    Thanks for your time and energy, I am slowly figuring this out. Next is to change the color for the Link Name (one would be The CODES”). It is currently a bland grey, same color as the description. I am trying to figure out the CSS but it’s complex and I’m not the sharpest tack in the box.

    I now have quite a few blogs and more people are actually reading them. I have had several people suggest I might make my site more efficient but I am not terribly conversant with the mechanics of doing that. Is there anyone I can talk to about someone that can look at my site and suggest how to make it “better” (and spoon feed me on how to do it). I am a busy doctor and I don’t have a ton of time to put into this.

    Again, thanks in advance.

  • eurello · Staff ·

    Hi there – sure thing, you might want to look into Tweaky, which is a WordPress customization service we partner with. They do exactly what you mention, and you can fill out this form to get a quote from them here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/customize-my-site/request-theme-customization/

    For the widget links, try: 

    .widget.widget_links ul li a {
    color: #0000FF; 
}

    Again, replace that color code with whatever color you prefer. :)

  • Unknown's avatar
    gonzo66 · Member ·

    Perfect. Will check it out.

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    I sent them a note, thanks.

    I now notice that I screwed something up and can’t get back to it. Apparently the format for my home page was in the writing in the CSS page and I inadvertently deleted it to put the new stuff you gave me in. Now the headings are all just fine but the original page I had is gone. Any chance of getting it back?

    Thanks in advance.

  • eurello · Staff ·

    Hi there – you can see your earlier CSS revisions by clicking the “CSS Revisions” link in the corner of the Customizer:
    https://gonzo66.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=editcss

    That said, i’m not sure what’s been deleted? I see you changed the headings from that blue color to black in your CSS, but that looks intentional. Can you provide more detail about what’s not appearing properly?

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    It’s all screwed up. The homepage I had started with “Ramblings of a life observer” and the page was formatted differently. Now it starts on a plain white page with “About me”. I tried to restore the revision of 18 April, 2011 which is I think the correct one, but it doesn’t change the home-age. The color change for the headings on the right side are correct (I fixed them).

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    I’ve been working on it and now hopelessly screwing it up. Wold like to get the homepage back to where it was a year ago preserving the new heading and HTML link colors if possible.

  • eurello · Staff ·

    You had the ‘static front page’ option selected in Settings->Reading, but you hadn’t selected a page.

    I’ve now saved your “Reflections of a…” page as your static front page. Is this what you had?

    The CSS only controls how various aspects of your theme display – fonts, colors, etc.

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    gonzo66 · Member ·

    Thanks

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