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Shelma, I shortened the “Exclusive Images” link. When you get a chance, please check the layout again on your iPad.

Thanks!

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@redneck wrote:

Your site took over a minute to load with the slideshow still not visible. Thought you might know about it.

Yes, I do need to know that. Not sure why unless the slide show overwhelms my server. Those images were all “saved for web & devices” on Photoshop, so they shouldn’t be too big. But I’ll check it out.

Shelma, Quail Run and others… did you find a slow load time too? Please let me know if you do/did!

Thanks, Redneck!

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@shelma1 wrote:

Hi Martha,

Love the slideshow. One minor suggestion I would make is shortening the header categories a bit so they all fit on one line. On my iPad, at least, that would move your slideshow up a bit so it’s “above the fold.” Right now I have to scroll down or your photography is cut off.

Great job!

Thanks, Shelma, for the thumbs up and the good tip!

I can eliminate the Exclusive Images category, which will shorten the menu bar. I’ll do it!

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@leo wrote:

Its looking awesome! The layout is looking very good.

Thanks, Leo. You’ve made my day!

This is one awesome SYS product you’ve created, buddy. And it just gets better and better. How much better can it get now? I dunno. Sky’s the limit.

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Woohoo, Leo! You’ve made a lot of us SYSers very happy with this news.

Can I upgrade from 2.8.2 to 2.8.9 without wiping out my beautiful new (and just finished) slideshow??? 🙂

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Thanks, Tim and Shelma, for the advice. I really appreciate it!

And yes, I also was wondering how Tim got that nice sliding text. I’d seen that before on his site and thought it was great. Think I’ll investigate LayerSlider WP before spending any more time on the project. I’m not very savvy about adding text over photos on Photoshop, so I don’t mind paying $15 if that makes text easier to add and change as needed. Plus that cool sliding-text feature!

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If anybody goes with this “minimalist” approach, please let the rest of us know. I’d like to see how pages look if done that way.

Thanks in advance!

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MinkyMoo,

I had 5 main categories and 2 layers of subcategories under each of those (ie: Places > Arizona > Grand Canyon) and thought that was how my site would logically lay out.

But then… pouff! WordPress shut them all down. They literally disappeared. Everything. Categories and subcategories alike. Apparently, I had too many of the latter and WP didn’t like it. There’s some magic line that you don’t know exists until you cross it and your entire organization vanishes in a second.

So, yes, you should be able to have categories and subcats, and if you keep them to 2-3 dozen (or whatever the magic number actually is) you should be fine. But venture too far over that limit and you may watch your work vanish before your eyes.

Word to the wise. 🙂

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I’m one whom Leo helped upgrade to 2.8.2 AND maintain my Clean Theme look. It may not be the same look others want, but I like it.

At some point, I’ll switch to a showy “header” slide with text overlays, but not now. Still got too many images to upload yet.

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@christine wrote:

That solid bar was why I did not like it, and why I have adapted it a bit. My css editing code is somewhat scrappy but if you want a go at it doing the same as me I can send it to you.

I looked at yours again, Christine, and yes it is nicer. At least it fits with your color scheme.

When you have a bit of time (and not a minute sooner!!!) I’d love to give your css fix a try. I’m not very experienced with css, but I do understand how it works and have occasionally in the past done some trial-and-error manipulations that ultimately gave me the look I wanted. So, yes, I’ll take you up on your offer. But only when you have time. It’s not urgent for me.

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@quailrunphotos wrote:

@christine wrote:

Thank you, I have compromised a bit still trying to get text back to purple

Love the new look. Excellent use of colors and images.

So do I. Really great look for your site, Christine!

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@christine wrote:

Martha – if you go into Appearance, Customise, Nav Menus

select Basic
for Search/Account Menu Fill

Thanks for your help, Christine. I appreciate it!

Unfortunately I’m not finding that “Search/Account Menu Fill” option in my upgraded setup, revamped Clean Theme. It’s not a big problem for me now. I’ll figure it out later.

Now it’s back to uploading, Yoasting, etc, after a temporary delay for style changes. 🙂

ADDED: Christine sent me a PM to say it’s in the Nav Menus section, and I did find it there. But the alternate option is a solid white panel that slides down my site as one scrolls. I tried it a bit and decided I prefer the text-over-text version to the white-bar-covering-everything version. So… back to where it was. I’ll deal with this later. Thanks anyway, Christine. You’re a dear to want to help!

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@ajt wrote:

@leo wrote:

my production computer has finally died.

You can use it to build something like this: 😀

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiupK8RB5m0

AMAZING!!!!!

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@Semmick Photo wrote:

I think it is something that is annoying. You link to your homepage, not anywhere else on your site. So people clicking on your homepage which you are spreading across the world wide web see this. Even if you think its not an issue, it looks really bad. Its a cosmetic detail and you are a photographer. Giving a good first impression is important and now you give the idea that you also might lack eye for detail in your photos. I am not saying this is the case, I just want to share my thoughts on this. Its critique on your site, not on your photos and not you as a person 🙂 I apologise if what I say is offending.

I agree. It’s terribly annoying. I’ve got the same problem, and I don’t know how to get rid of it.

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@marthamarks wrote:

@jorodrigues wrote:

A major point to make is that you must assign a background colour to your top menu even if just white or slight grey. It is distracting and illegible when you scroll and get text over text.

Jo, thanks for pointing that out about Christine’s site. I have the same problem and don’t like it, but didn’t have a clue what to do about it.

Now, thanks to you, I know. Gonna go fix that right now.

Thanks!

Well, I just tried to do that and can’t figure out where the control is. I’m using Leo’s adaptation of Clean Theme, not one of the Dragonfly themes, so my controls may be different. I’ve been in the “Customize” section. But don’t see any way to change that top “floating” menu bar.

If anybody has an idea how to do this, please advise. I’ll be grateful!

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