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I am trying to change the styles for the wiki theme I am using, but any changes I make to the theme php file refuse to show up on the page. I’m trying to add a custom class for floating images, but the changes just won’t go through. I’ve even deleted the entire theme file and saved it, but no matter what I do, I can’t seem to edit the dang file and have it stick. Is there some setting somewhere that needs to be changed? I duplicated the default theme folder and renamed it, and I’ve confirmed that the wiki is actually using that theme. Still no luck. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Also, is there a simple way to do things like float an image in the wiki? I tried using the textile syntax, but that didn’t work either. With MediaWiki, there is a simple way to set floats for images, but EE wiki doesn’t seem to have this functionality, so all images inserted into an article are styled as inline by default, which looks quite ugly. I’d appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Mod Edit: Moved to the Technical Support forum]

srosenow,

What version and build of EE are you using?

when you say the changes wont go through do you mean any css you add to the theme wont actually appear when you view the source or the CSS change is having no effect?

Have you got a link to the Wiki?

Have you got an example of what you are using to float the images?

I haven’t gotten around to updating yet, so I’m running EE 1.6.2. The CSS is not showing up in the source…it’s like changes I make to the file don’t even exist. When I open the php file in TextMate, I can see the added CSS:

.floatleft {
    float: left;
    border: 1px solid red;
}

But when I view the source for the actual rendered page, that line of CSS is not there. The code I’m using in the wiki is:

[style=floatleft][[Image:flaehelm.jpg]][/style]

The source code does reflect that added class:

<span class="floatleft"><a href="http://website.com/index.php/image">http://website.com/index.php/image</a></span>

But of course with no corresponding style, that does nothing. Again, if there is a better way to achieve an image float, I’d love to hear it.

Hmmm… I manually added the style to my wiki template, and it shows and works just fine. So I suspect that something else is going on.

Can you update to 1.6.8?

I just updated…still no good. I tried adding a link tag in the theme header to reference an external stylesheet, but that edit won’t show up either. Nothing I do seems to save. Very frustrating. What program did you use to edit your theme?

I use a text editor, either UltraEdit in Windows or TextWrangler on my Mac. You are FTPing the file you’re editing back up to the server, right?

Yep. I’m using TextMate to edit, and Transmit to stick it back up there.

srosenow,

Have you got a link to your Wiki page?

And I have to ask, you are editing the correct theme file out of the 2 supplied right?