Catching Elephant Theme: Archive

Hi, I've looked through the posts but can't find anything that addresses why album art from mp3s don't show for me when I upload? I just installed the theme last week so I believe I have the latest version. The mp3s show album art in iTunes. Any ideas why it isn't working? Thanks.

Nope, sorry. If the mp3 has album art in iTunes, it should be automatically displayed below the player. Check your custom html to make sure you haven’t deleted this:

{block:AlbumArt}
<img class=”albumart” src=”{AlbumArtURL}” />
{/block:AlbumArt}

Jun 22, 2010

Sorry, I mistyped, I meant: "What font did you use for the quotation marks? For the quotation box?"

Sauna by Underware

Jun 21, 2010

Hi Andy, My question is simple and I di not find any answer on the theme blog. How can I have an image above the title of a post, just like on your blog ? Thx ! Francis

You need to set that title manually. So at the top of the description of the photo you need to hit the html button and wrap a title in heading 2 tags. like: <h2>title here</h2>

Jun 20, 2010

Hi. I'm not sure if this question has already been answered but after a very long search through them, I think it's safe to assume that it wasn't (unless I have overlooked it and in that case I'm very sorry!) I have changed the background to an image, but it doesn't look too good because the colour of my control bar and the general column where the posts show up are all grey. Is there some way to change the colour of it? In the html of the theme there was this: // Set colours in control bar to match page background var oldOpts = /rel=0/g; Does this have anything to do with it? Thanks for you help and for the amazing theme! I absolutely love it!

Nah, that’s part of changing the YouTube embeds.

If you want to change that grey it’s going to take a lot of work. There are many, many slightly different shades of grey (and relating images) you would need to change.

Although, I think it looks nice with your custom background.

Jun 20, 2010

I know you've covered how to change the blue highlight color, but what about the highlight around a question? It's currently black. Is there a possible way to change that too?

There is, but it looks a bit strange when you do. It’s supposed to just look like a shadow, not a highlight. Also, the little triangle indicator is an image. So for it to match you woud need to change that too.

But, the class is question. So you could add this to your custom css:

.question {
box-shadow: whateverhere;
}

Jun 20, 2010

hey! :) I loooove your theme . but can I ask you a question ? How could I change the BG ? Thanks and God bless!

Yep, see this.

Jun 10, 2010

Hello :) I really love this theme! I love the shadowing/glow under posts, and its sleek, minimalistic design. But I have a question: can you make a one-column version of it? I would be most greatful and if the answer is "no", then maybe we can talk about a sum of donation... I even made a rough sketch of it: http://www.upload.ee/image/626812/soncept.jpg I believe, it would be popular amongst photobloggers on Tumblr.

Hey,
Nope, sorry I’m not going to do that. But it looks like you’re already most of the way there. Just grab a photo post, repeat it at the top and make the changes you suggested to it.

Jun 10, 2010

Yo. I'm getting exactly the same issue as http://www.catchingelephant.com/post/655507636/hi-this-is-an-awesome-theme-thanks-for-this-i-have on Disqus comments. They don't work on my blog which I've tweaked a little (http://thommyc.tumblr.com) and a test account which I haven't touched other than to add disqus username (http://thomcummings.tumblr.com). Any help appreciated. Obligatory complement about the sweetness of the theme. Cheers, Thom

Sorry I don’t really know. Disqus seems to cause problems for some people and not for others. I’m pretty sure it’s an issue with disqus, not the theme though. Does it work if you switch to another theme with the test account?

Jun 9, 2010

Thanks again for answering my question but I'm sorry to ask another thing again. Uhmm, how about the pictures that I am posting on my Tumblr site or the Album cover? How will it be like in transparent then it goes back to 100 percent opacity when I hovered it using mouse? Sorry for too much asking, it only proves that I am so hooked with your theme and DEFINITELY LOVING it. Kudos sir!

Same as last time dude. Except .albumart instead of .portrait.

.albumart {
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80)
}

.albumart:hover {
opacity:1.0;
filter:alpha(opacity=100)
}

Jun 3, 2010

hi!<br> fisrt of all: thanks for the theme. i really like and i am glad to see you are still improving it. i am wondering though why the latest update does not work for me. see youtube embed here: http://alexbecherer.tumblr.com/post/653804701/big-nuz-feat-dj-tira-umlilo <br> i have tried to install the theme multiple times and i do not use any custom html. do you have any idea? is the html for the theme available so maybe i can install it manually?<br> best regards<br> Alex

It seems like you’ve turned off the YouTube player customisation somehow. But aside from that, it looks absolutely fine on my end. Could you send me a screenshot if you’re still having problems.

Jun 3, 2010

Hi, i have the twitter username thing at the side. but i cant get it to display my recent posts. is there anything i need to do for that to happen?

You should just need to put your Twitter username into the appropriate section under Advanced in Customise.

Jun 3, 2010

Hi! This is an awesome theme! Thanks for this. I have one question though, I can't seem to get the disqus to show properly on one of my mock tumblr blogs, as it should (please see http://personage.tumblr.com/post/115092085/last-night#disqus_thread as a sample) All I did was just install directly then put in my disqus username via the appearance tab. Should there be another step for this? Thank you in advance.

There shouldn’t be another step.

Have you customised the theme at all? I checked a few other blogs using the theme without any customisation and disqus displays fine.

Jun 2, 2010

Good day sir! Thanks for answering my question and it seems a lot more work to do there. Another thing sir, is there any chance that my picture on the left side will be in transparent then it goes back to 100 percent opacity when I hovered it using mouse? I do really love anything transparent sir. :)

Yeah adding this to your Custom CSS will do that. But it looks strange with the hover glow as well.

.portrait {
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80)
}

.portrait:hover {
opacity:1.0;
filter:alpha(opacity=100)
}

Jun 1, 20101 note

just wondering, does it work on blogger? or at least, you have a seperate code that exactly looks like your theme but would be for blogger?

Nope. Blogger started it, but they ain’t finishing it.

Jun 1, 2010

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