Gridlock-K2 1.0

Dude the zip file you are making available for download doesnt extract correctly. There are errors - can you check the archive? There appears to be a missing image too: I dont have an “about” image?

Just me?

! C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\My Documents\gridlockk2_10.zip: Cannot create Gridlock-K2 1.0\Icon

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
! C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\My Documents\gridlockk2_10.zip: Cannot create __MACOSX\Gridlock-K2 1.0\._Icon

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Thats what I get with winzip ..

It does appear to extract everything required to work good, just errors ..

Must just be winzip. I stole the missing About image from the Gridlock 1.4 archive. Sorted.

the theme is great. i love it. the only problem i have is that i can’t change the header. how can I do that?

yeah, i want to use an image as header, i know how to change only the text.

Hi. Great theme. But I’m having a lot of trouble installing it. I get the same error as cjgavin when extracting and when when I upload the theme to my server, the WordPress system lists it as a broken template due to a missing style sheet…Can you tell me where I went wrong?

Thanks

Hey Eston,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, now it works and I installed the new nightly builds because I had trouble with the live search on the original download. Now it works like a charm! I used it here

And, yes, I am using WinZip to extract the files…I don’t why errors keep showing up.

Thanks for this great theme and all your help.

The Un-zipping problem…WinRar gave me some interesting errors but WinZip did not. I think it has something to do with the Mac files that are included, since I’m using a PC I don’t think WinRar liked the mac files (ie .store files). Just a thought.

The theme looks great in Safari, but the main content forces the sidebar down in firefox since its too wide.

Scrap that, it was my own dumb fault! Great theme, it looks amazing.

hi there,

the extract has an error. i can’t install it. it has a missing file.

hey eston,
i’m using gridlock-k2 and it works fine (and i love it), but since i have no clue of neither css nor php, i can’t figure out how to allow comments on static pages (the ones that are placed along the horicontal header menu).
i tried to get some simple kind of guestbook by using a static page and let people leave comments. but it doesn`t work ;-(

and is it possible to place images in the header? don’t know how, the K2-option doesn’t work…

thank you dude.

Eston-
Can you point me in the right direction to getting an image as my header? Thanks.

By the way, I forgot to mention. Those who will play around with the CSS file note that an attribute that has a ” _ ” before it is relevant only to Internet Explorer.

like here:
_margin: … ;

Caner

Possible Solution to the HEADER problem

I think I have an answer to the K2 Custom Header Option not working with Gridlock. See this post for a how to:

http://whitespace.uguz.net/index.php/2007/02/14/k2-header/

Thank you for this wonderful theme Eston. I am so happy with it and it looks so professional.

I also have trouble while unzipping, 7zip on win XP here:

can not open output file (local drive)\Gridlock-K2 1.0\Icon
can not open output file (local drive)\_MACOSX\Gridlock-K2 1.0\._Icon

There seems to be a funny character at the end of “Icon ” and “._Icon ” that unzippers don’t know how to handle. Not a biggie but it would be nice if you could go over it once more. Thanks, great work!

Hello. I’m using and loving your theme! But want to know something? Theres a solution out there to trick the header with an image? The solution linked by Caner seems not to function anymore… I’m really starving to change the image header (more like to put an image in the header…)

Yes I was wondering how to change the header image as well. That site up there that Caner posted doesn’t have the page anymore. I go into Presentation > K2 Options and down on the bottom it has the ‘custom header’ but I cant click the browse button to upload an image to use as the new header. If anyone can help on changing header image that would be appreciated.

This theme is different with the other ones. You need to download k2 at http://getk2.com/download/ first, then upload the gridlock-k2 folder into the styles folder in your K2 directory. Once uploaded, log in to your WordPress administration page, navigate to the Appearance tab, and select the K2 Options tab. Choose gridlock-k2/gridlock.css from the K2 Scheme drop-down menu and click Update Options.

I am using this theme and have been playing on the layout and design. One question where do I change the about blurp content on the side bar.

Hey Eston, Lovely theme! Thanks! Just one question, is it possible to customize the theme on the homepage to display more than 3 posts. We are looking at having one large featured post at the top (like the one that currently exists in ur theme) followed by 6 posts in the bottom column. (the current theme allows only 2 posts). Cheers,

Hi Sidharth Rao, I think you are talking about the other Gridlock theme, not for K2, but I remember that it was possible to change the theme to obtain what you want in the Main Index Template page by changing some numbers (Presentation > Theme Editor).

For those who are trying to replace the Gridlock K2 header, I have done it by changing the Gridlock.css a bit. First I have uploaded my header in the Gridlock K2 image folder and then in the #header line, I changed to something like this :

#header {
background: #fff url(images/nameofyourheader.jpg) top;
height: XXXpx;
margin-left: 80px !important;
margin-right: 81px !important;
}

Where XXXpx is the height of your header picture + the height of the menu (32 or 33 pixel). For example, Ihave “height:212px;”.

Hope it’ll help…
Julien

K2 CUSTOM HEADER UPDATED

I figured out a workaround to make the K2 Custom Header work on the latest K2 stable release. Check it here:

http://www.uguz.net/index.php/how-to-make-the-k2-header-option-work-with-gridlock-k2/

Hi,I very like the Gridlock k2 for K2,But when I upgraded to the latest K2 Beta Two,the sidebar comed down,it’s not the same hight with post page.
please have a look at my site help to solve this problem.
Thanks!

i love your theme. gridlock is fantastic. thanks. i´ll start customizing today… hope that i dont forget to report bugs.
btw: your header has got scrollbars in firefox 2. wish you best. keep on coding.

hi. can you tell me how i upgrade to the new version of gridlock? i uploaded it into my themes folder but for some reason it doesnt show up as a theme in wp. i am sure it is a simple solution.

the problem with the zip file (at least for us pc people) is that there is a box character in the title of the icon file. delete the character and everything unzips fine. it took me a few tries to figure this out.

Most likely a beginner question. But I cannot seem to get the “about” graphic/description to appear on the sidebar? Any suggestions? Love the theme btw.

Still getting the following error message on the site:

WordPress database error: [Not unique table/alias: 'wp_post2cat']
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts LEFT JOIN wp_post2cat ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_post2cat.post_id) LEFT JOIN wp_post2cat ON ( wp_posts.ID = wp_post2cat.post_id) WHERE 1=1 AND wp_post2cat.category_id IN (1) AND (post_type = ‘post’ AND (post_status = ‘publish’ OR post_status = ‘private’)) AND category_id NOT IN (21,1,25) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 1

“Most likely a beginner question. But I cannot seem to get the “about” graphic/description to appear on the sidebar? Any suggestions? Love the theme btw.”

If you are using the other version of the theme I just figured this out, you need to go to the presentation page then click on the “Gridlock Options” link to the right of the “Link Editor” link.

Now you will need to fill in the fields that apply to the “about” section, You put in some text in one field, a post slug, which is meant to link to an about page on your site.

That should do it for you.

Same problem as Akuii - with the new version of K2, Gridlok moves the sidebar down to below the last entry. Not found a solution yet, as I’m crap with CSS.

FIXED; Delete the “.secondary” section completely from gridlock.css and your sidebar will be back at the top, and correctly integrated into the K2 theme again. Now, I already admitted I am crap with CSS and have NO IDEA what I just broke - but I can’t find anything broken so for some of us, this will work. If you know what I broke, leave a message and/or fix ;)

Well, the ajax search is completely broken, but it’s also broken while the sidebar is in the wrong place, I think we’re screwed until a new Gridlok version is made =/

Nice theme, but the sidebar is displaces (as stated above), but the ajax search works fone.

Ok, I got it to work now. Open “gridlock.css” and search for “.secondary” (without the quotes).

Now, where it say “margin: 0 0 20px 637px !important;” change it to “margin: -170 0 20px 637px !important;” (without the quotes).’

This will move the side bar 170 pixels up on the pages.

yeh i dont get this wtf. how can somebody reply and say this; margin: 0 0 20px 637px !important;” change it to “margin: -170 0 20px 637px !important wp_posts LEFT JOIN wp_post2cat ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_post2cat.post_id)