[SOLVED] Need help differentiating virtual and physical templates
Is there a 'Montezuma For Dummies' type idiot guide somewhere I could read? I don't seem to be getting this concept of physical and virtual templates.
Have given up trying to create a child theme ... just got too confusing, so I'm 'cheating' with a couple of plugins that add custom css and functions over the basic theme's. However physical main and sub templates I'm creating don't seem to get used, but if I copy them to 'virtual' templates I'm using php which isn't in the 60+ 'allowed', so isn't getting recognised / acted on. I'm determined to get it working because I love the theme, but I'm struggling on what should be a relatively simple site - which I'm using as a 'learning opportunity' - and though I could compromise, I know I won't be able to when I try to apply the theme to more complex ones. Any help | guidance | suggestions gratefully accepted (except unplug the computer and take it back - you're too stupid to use one) :o |
I'd like a copy of that dummies book also please :)
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I need to use php that isn't in the 'approved' list, so I think I have to do this offline .. or at least not through the MONTEZUMA virtual templates.
First challenge I'm having is with the index.php file ... so not one that a custom one can be specified through post or page entry. I guess I could set up a lot of category and tag templates etc. ... I'll probably do that anyway in the end but sussing out index.php as a starting point seems the logical thing to do. I've seen you mention the 'Laziest Style Sheet' plugin before. That might even be what gave me the idea! I'll take a look before I get too used to the separate CSS and function plugins I've just started using. Thanks for the tip! ;) I guess the 'child' thing is to do with being worried about what might happen when MONTEZUMA is updated. As a newcomer to the theme I don't know what I might lose, and I'll probably be doing quite a bit of customising. Don't want to have to redo it all if / when I update the theme. |
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I'll mark this thread as 'closed'. Still wouldn't mind a 'MONTEZUMA for DUMMIES' guide though. ;) |
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