Hi, like everyone else here I'm using the "political" template and am having several issues. I've created several wordpress sites before, but I'm having a few unique problems with this template.
1. I feel ridiculous for asking this, but how do I change the banner image? I cannot find the info anywhere. I know there's a logical fix, just can't figure it out.
The banner image is located at "images/Shape5_Political_logo.png". Unfortunately, the earlier releases didn't have an alternative method for changing the image; you'll have to replace it through FTP. I recommend editing the original, so you can keep the dimensions.
2. My menu has an extra "home" tab. I can't figure out how to delete it and it really needs to go away.
You will need to edit "/TTS_func/TTS_WP_FUNC.php" and change any instances of "'show_home' => 'yes'" to "'show_home' => 'no'".
You may also need to change line 225 from
if ($tags['show_home'] == ('yes'||'true'||'1')){
to
if ($tags['show_home'] == 'yes'||$tags['show_home'] == 'true'||$tags['show_home'] == '1'){
if just changing the other settings doesn't work.
3. Like several other people here, I need to remove the "comments" sections at the bottom of each page. I've tried all the solutions listed here and am not having any luck at all.
You should be able to edit "loop.php" and remove or comment out any sections regarding the comments area. Specifically, lines 94 and 160 both have a "span" (comments-link) that you'll want to hide/remove. You will also want to remove the "comments_template" function call from line 165.
That should take care of it.
4. Can you list the exact widgets you used for the demo page? Specifically, I'd like the banner widget and the name of the full-sized image gallery.
The banner widget is just a text widget. In the demo, the large image at the top of the page is also just a text widget, but if you're referring to the slideshow on the Joomla demo, you should be able to almost duplicate that with Image Slide, Frontpage Display, or one of the other slider widgets that uses widget positions.
Thanks for your help - I wish I could call in and get help, but hopefully this will work.
Phone support would be extremely inefficient; trying to tell someone how to make code edits over the phone is a nightmare.