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WordPress 3.0 update – How to keep using Branford

Jun 29th, 2010 | By Ais | Category: News

If you’d like to keep using one of the classic, stable versions of Branford Magazine WordPress theme, here’s what to do if you’d already upgraded to WordPress 3.0:* 1. Backup your current WordPress website files. To do that, go to Tools > Export. Save the file to your hard drive. 2. Backup your current WordPress [...]



The 2.6 Branford Magazine theme

Jan 4th, 2009 | By Ais | Category: News

In the strongest possible terms, I advise NOT installing Branford Magazine 2.6+ IF you’re using any previous version of that theme. I tried the new Branford Magazine theme on one of my lesser-used websites, and the results were awful. The good news is, you can revert to the earlier, fun versions of Branford Magazine.  I [...]



Lead article CSS changes for dark backgrounds

Oct 13th, 2008 | By Ais | Category: News

Does your Branford Magazine website use a dark background?  Are you using a light font color on a black or dark page?  If so, you may have puzzled over necessary Lead Article fixes. You can try a font color that looks dark enough on the Lead Article section, and light enough on the areas with [...]



Image spacing in Firefox

Mar 30th, 2008 | By Sites that Soar / Ais | Category: News

In Firefox, there’s been a problem with horizontal and vertical spacing around post images. In IE, illustrations in posts generally look okay. In Firefox, the text appears to butt up against the image. Here’s the solution that I’m using with WordPress 2.3, thanks to the WordPress Support forum: I’ve added something like this to my [...]



The 2:20 website design

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By Sites that Soar / Ais | Category: News

You’re looking at the basic website that I set up, from scratch, in less than three hours. At the end of that time, the website was installed, with graphics.  Everything was here except the text of the articles. Creating this website was part of my experiment for my book, Sites that Soar! I wanted to [...]