[scenicoregonParticipant]

Oh, I forgot this bit-
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[scenicoregonParticipant]

I tried deleting Cascoly and adding back. Moved the order around. So far, all of my partners are appearing but Cascoly, even though I know I’m searching for terms he has as keywords, though I don’t know if he’s promoted them or not. For example, if I search Yaquina, I get his results, but only in the Symbiostock Global, not separated as just his. He does show up when I go to my author page and list my network partners.

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[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, I’m stuck on this one. For the author-bio container, I want to either change the text color to a darker color through a CSS edit (I don’t want to affect any of my other text colors), or to change the background color within the container to black like the rest of the site. I can’t figure out the right class and other info to change– I’ve tried about half a dozen classes, but no luck.
Here’s a screen shot showing the Inspect Element– can anyone suggest one that’ll work?
Thanks

[scenicoregonParticipant]

This brings up the things I don’t know about promoted keywords, namely, how many forms of words do I need to include.

For example, can you have compound words (like “Crater Lake”, “Mount Hood”, “Oregon Caves”, “Mount Saint Helens”), and if so, does it treat each compound word as one word or multiple, or do you have to separate the words out (like “Crater, Lake, Mount, Hood, Oregon, Caves”)? Similarly, if I have “Oregon Caves”, and someone searches for just “caves”, will my keyword be excluded from the search?

Does it treat a capitalized form of the word as a separate entity from the lower-case form of the word? For example, would “Cave” (capitalized) show up in a search for “cave” lower case, and vice versa?

How about plural forms– does it know those, or do I have to include them (example: beach, beaches, butterfly, butterflies, landscape, landscapes)?

I know you get only 40 words, they run out fast when you have to include all the multiple forms.

Anyone know?

[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, I’m a bit confused, I think, about the networking, now. If I use the search window, I’m expecting to see results from my site, then results from each of the people I’ve added links for, and then the global search (added a link for that, too).

However, even though I’ve added Cascoly, I can’t seem to get any separated results to show from Cascoly (I tried the search terms Oregon and beach and heron, all separate searches), and I do sometimes get separated results from CrackerClips, who I have not yet added (but who may have added me– I sent a request but haven’t got a confirmation email yet).

So, those separated results you get from the search window– are they from sites you’ve added, or those who have added you?

Confused.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

Hmmmm, interesting. When Cascoly used the url method to add me, I got a notification. When you did, I didn’t (and you didn’t for me). I agree, the notifications are helpful. I wonder why it works sometimes and not others.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, I have now found that when a partner adds you via the url method, you still receive the notification– you don’t have to use the Symbiocard method in order for that to happen. Good to know.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, OK, I’m getting it now. Sort of like in VB script, you have to call the class. If the class isn’t already in the right pane, then you pull it from the left. Here’s what I’ve figured out in the last 15 minutes or so:

/*This changes the numbers for number of images on the category page*/
.cat-item {
font-family: “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #888888;
}

/*This changes the font for the image desciptions on the image page*/
.entry-content, .entry-summary {
color: #cecece;
}

/*This changes the color of the text in the author head and image# head on the image page*/
.panel-default > .panel-heading {
color: #888888;
}

[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, I can use the Inspect Element, and I can get the text to change on the page I’m viewing, but transferring it to the CSS page is where I’m having trouble. For example, for the heads that are too dark, I found in the Inspect Element right panel this code:

media=”all”
.panel-default > .panel-heading {
color: #333333;
}

I pasted this into the CSS (Appearance>Edit CSS), saved it, and then reloaded the page (and tried other pages also), but there was no change. I guess I don’t really understand what I need to copy and paste into the CSS editor, how much from that right panel in the Inspect Element I need. How do I figure this out?

[scenicoregonParticipant]

I’m seeing some problems in 2.9.4 that I’m hoping some CSS edits will clear up. Here are the problems I’m seeing, and if someone knows the CSS in the child theme to fix this issue, please enlighten me:

Text in the following locations, in all three browsers (IE 10, Firefox, Chrome), shows as a very dark grey, not a color that I have selected anywhere in the customizer. It is hard to see on my dark background and dark heads. Problem locations, image page: Image description (below the picture), head of author section, head that shows image#. Again, if anyone knows the CSS to add in the child theme to fix these, please let me know.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

Well, I went ahead and got the child theme up and running (glad I went to the trouble), and installed the “2.8.9” download from Symbiostock.com, which when it installed actually turned out to be 2.9.4– the download link was mislabeled. So, I think I’m all current.

2.9.4 fixed some of the issues I’d reported earlier, but introduced some new ones (perhaps). Here are the problems I’m seeing, and if someone knows the CSS in the child theme to fix these issues, please enlighten me:

1. The Categories page has changed quiet bit, now is simple blue links. I’m assuming that was intentional. It is much more compact, and I think easier to read.
2. Color gradations in heads still show as white in IE (IE 10, to be specific). Gradations OK in Firefox and Chrome.
3. Text in the following locations, in all three browsers, still shows as a very dark grey, not a color that I have selected anywhere. It is hard to see on my dark background and dark heads. Problem locations, image page: Image description (below the picture), head of author section, head that shows image#. Again, if anyone knows the CSS to add in the child theme to fix these, please let me know.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

Out of curiosity-
You mention latest version is 2.9.4, but Symbiostock.com has it at 2.8.9 (and I just downloaded 2.8.2 about a week ago from the same site, which was latest then on that site).

So, it seems to me that the theme is in a constant state of change, and some people (like you) have access to pre-releases or betas.

If I spend all of my time updating to the newest thing, and have to go through all again and adjust each time, I’ll never have time to SEO, network, etc.

So, it seems best for me to update to a theme that works for me, tweak it as needed, and then stick with it for a while.

So, is 2.8.9 (which is currently the latest I can download from Symbiostock.com) going to offer real benefits to me to be worth the trouble? And this in addition– it seems the child theme updates along with the main theme, so say I do all my adjustments in the child theme, won’t I just have to do them all again when I update? If so, then what benefit is there to using the child theme? I know it is supposed to be safer, because you can edit the CSS without fear of breaking something irreversibly, but other than that?

[scenicoregonParticipant]

OK, so doesn’t go both ways. This is the first I’ve heard about “slots filled up”, how many partners can we have? Also, anyone out there know if I use the URL method, does the partner still get a notifying email?

[scenicoregonParticipant]

Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. I, too, am frustrated by the text, and I’ll continue to work on it, but I am working within some limitations. First, I blundered recently when I updated from 2.5.5 to a more modern version, and never got my child theme activated. Since I’m working in the main theme, I don’t want to change the CSS, and that limits me to what is available in the customizer. The real problem is that the site appears so differently in different browsers: In Firefox and Chrome, there is a shadow on the text that does not appear in IE. In IE, the text for the picture description is much darker than it is in Firefox and Chrome. In Firefox and Chrome, I have a dark gradation for title bars, which appears white in IE. And so on… It makes editing pretty frustrating. I may have to go for a middle-tone grey text that’ll be visible whether the background is light or dark.

[scenicoregonParticipant]

If I use the URL method, does the partner still receive an email? I’m thinking that it is to my benefit if they also add me, and are more likely to do so if they are notified that I’ve added them. Or does it link both ways once one person creates the partnership?

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