Catching Elephant Theme

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August 2010

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Is there a way to change the colour of highlighted text and the glow around the boxes?

Shadow/glow here

Highlighted text:

::-moz-selection {
background: rgb(0,235,0);
}

::selection {
background: rgb(0,235,0);
}

code::-moz-selection {
background: rgb(0,235,0);
}

code::selection {
background: rgb(0,235,0);
}

Aug 29, 20102 notes
Just informing: the high-res 'zoom' isn't working anymore.

I just did a test and it’s working fine. Remember the feature will only be available if there is actually a high res version. And you need to click on the magnifying glass, not just the photo.

Or you may have broken it with all the customisation you’ve done.

Aug 28, 20101 note
Aug 28, 2010
I was wondering... can you have the sidebar with the portrait picture/home/ask/submit/etc scroll down simultaneously with the rest of the blog? I've been trying to play around with it on your theme, but I'm not sure if it's possible. aha. Thanks in advance!

I’m not sure what you mean.

Aug 26, 2010
Are you ok with users tweaking your theme? I ask this because i've kind of revamped your theme to fit my style. In retrospect I probably should've asked first.

Yeah, it’s fine.

Aug 26, 2010
Hi. Thank you for sharing such a great theme. I am just wondering if there is a way to put my 'Likes' on the side bar.

Not currently. And honestly, probably not ever.

Aug 26, 2010
Small theme update

A few people noticed a problem with the Tumblr iFrame (Like, Reblog, Dashboard links) not appearing on permalink (individual post) pages. Mike Davis worked out that it was only happening if Disqus was enabled.

This was only happening on the latest version of the theme that Tumblr Staff had updated for multiple language support. Not sure what happened but I replaced the Disqus embed code and the Tumblr iFrame appeared again.

The theme has now been updated. If you’ve used custom html recently and it isn’t appearing please re-install the theme.

Aug 23, 20101 note
I asked this on your other tumblr -- sorry! I have a question - I've noticed when I look at an individual post on my tumblr that none of the tumblr icons show up on the upper right corner of the screen (reblog, dashboard, etc.). I haven't made any modifications to the HTML -- I'm not that smart! :) -- but I'm wondering if maybe a customization setting is interfering with it. Has anyone else experienced this? On the full-page view, the tumblr icons show up just fine. I appreciate your time, and thank you.

Someone else noticed that this was only an issue when Disqus was enabled. Something must have happened when Tumblr edited my theme for multiple languages.

I’ve reverted back to the old disqus embed code and it has fixed the problem. An update has been submitted so hopefully it wont’ take too long to go live.

Aug 21, 2010
Hello, Your theme is great, I think you should make another one and keep it premium LOL. 9 dollars would be ok for everybody I think. Anyway... I wonder if we can change the color of light blue glow around the tables when hovered. Thanks.

Yep, with custom css. Google RGBA colours and change all three below.

.shadow:hover {
box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px rgba(0,235,255,0.8);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px rgba(0,235,255,0.8);
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px rgba(0,235,255,0.8);
}

Aug 21, 20103 notes
I've been trying to update my usage of this amazing theme for use with infinite scroll or auto paging but cannot seem to figure it out. Any chance that could see a future update?

Honestly, I’ve tried in the past and the methods I’ve tried haven’t worked. Dunno why.

Aug 21, 2010
I'm very much enjoying this theme. I apologize if this question is redundant, but with few comments in the code I thought it prudent to ask. What size can of worms do I open attempting to widen the post to 520px? The motivation is simply to have a 20px margin to the right of embedded YouTube clips. Please advise, thank you.

A pretty big can. Widening it will cause far more problems than it’s worth. Why do you want to have a 20px margin to the right of videos?

Aug 21, 2010
Hey! how do I enable "ask me anything" and "submit?" Thanks!

Through Customise > Community.

Aug 21, 2010
Hi Andy, I'm having a hellish time trying to change my background image. Whichever image I choose, it fails to touch the bottom of the window, leaving a grey bar behind. Also, most large images I use are for some reason made smaller after I pop the link into the HTML... I'm being a little vague but can you help? Is there a particular image hosting site you know to work for background images for this theme? I've been using Photobucket, I'm sure if that's at fault.

Try tinypic.

Aug 21, 2010
Is it possible to make the post bar (.grid_7) wider? I tried it, but then it is positioned below the side bar because it is probably too wide for the theme. Is it possible to make the overall theme (side+postbar combined) wider, so that more of the screen is used? Is there maybe any "body-with" custom css or so, or is this a general limitation of tumbler? Thanks for the answer! Great theme!!

You could make it wider. But you’d have to fix a whole load of other things in the process. Tumblr’s largest image size is 500px, unless you pull in the high res images (not recommended). So then you’re going to be stretching all images. Video’s also come in at 500px. The quote and link background images would need re-doing. That’s just the stuff I can think of right now.

Basically, it’ll break stuff for no real benefit.

Aug 21, 2010
Hey Andy, thanks for your quick reply. It's awesome that you provide support for your theme, so thank you. A quick update regarding the size issue: I noticed it has to do with image height, rather than width. The dashboard can only display images up to 700px in height, regardless of the original. The theme seems to display the dashboard version, rather than the original as well, stretching the picture in order to fill the gap. It's easily visible using very long infographics like this one: http://mac.appstorm.net/general/2001-2010-a-mac-odyssey/ The only way to prevent the issue is to post as text, and then insert the picture via HMTL. Another issue I've been battling with: It seems that there is a major delay (up to an hour or so) between the time I post something and the time in appears on the blog. Probably a Tumblr issue, but I thought I'd let you know. One last request: Is it possible to fix the menu+300px portrait and only scroll the blogged content? I know this must be custom HTML, but I would be grateful if you could point me in the right direction. Oh, and if there's an elegant way of enabling custom scrolling, let me know. Thanks again Andy. I look forward to seeing your future creations. Your talent is amazing.

No worries. I’m happy to try and give good answers to good questions.

Yep, you can fix the side bar. Although I wouldn’t recommend it. Because it’s quite long it will go off the screen on smaller monitors. The custom css below should do it, but I haven’t cross browser tested it:

.grid_4 {position:fixed;}
.grid_7 {margin-left:300px;}

The image thing: yes, if a particular image is much taller than it is wide then Tumblr will make it smaller than 500px wide. There isn’t much you can do about it. You could pull in all high res images, but that would be horrible for page load times, just for one of two really tall images every so often.

The delay is Tumblr. I’ve noticed that too, but usually only a few minutes, not an hour.

Aug 21, 20101 note
Hi, I've searched but haven't found the solution to the following: Under my profile picture above home, how do I add link buttons to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Gmail etc like this blog http://www.indieandyy.com/ ? Thanks! LOVE your theme ;)

To put them there you’d put the custom embed code in your description.

Aug 21, 2010
I don't have the theme yet because I'm wondering if you have to sign in to twitter for it to show up on the left or do you just give your username?

You just give your username. Although it won’t work if your Twitter account is private.

Aug 21, 2010
Thanks for the great theme! My fiancee love it so much. We want to use it for our wedding blog. I hope my question is a simple one, but here we go... how can I use custom HTML to center the box with the title of the blog and make it wider.? I would like it to span across both the column with the description and link as well as the column with all the posts. I hope this is possible. Again thanks for all your hard work on this theme.

Yes, you could do that with custom html. But sorry, it’s a fair bit of effort to do it.

Aug 21, 2010
You have a picture of yourself on the theme itself, how do I change the picture?

Customise > Appearance. Upload a 300px wide image.

Aug 21, 2010
I'd like to be able to fit 6 pictures instead of 5 below the searchbar, how can I do this? Also, my news page is kinda weird, I might have done something wrong. Thanks alot!

Sorry, can’t help you with your customisation. But if you want to fit more pictures in an certain amount of space my suggestion would be to make them smaller.

Aug 21, 20101 note
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