Awesome, glad we're making progress...

Have you tried publishing a new post? Another thing you could try is inserting the images individually into the post and then add something like the following to your custom CSS...

.entry img {display:none !important;}

Beyond that there isn't anything I can think of that an untouched default theme doesn't do.

Chris

Aha! I finally looked in the "Text" view and saw the additional markup.

THAT worked -- so yay! Thank you!

I'm still not seeing any images in my RSS feed, though. Any suggestions for how to hook that up?

Thanks,
Melissa

Oh I see the problem... the code you copied includes additional markup created by this forum. Here is the CSS code without the additional markup...

.entry .gallery {display: none !important;}

Let me know if that makes the images disappear from the post.

Chris

Hi Chris,

No problem! I appreciate how much work must have gone into designing the theme, and I knew I was buying a generic template, not something custom-designed for me. It just didn't occur to me that the images wouldn't appear, so I didn't even think to ask!

I also really appreciate your willingness to help me try to make it work for my needs! That's awesome. :)

I tried your steps above, and the image is showing up as a thumbnail in the narrow post box.

You can see an example here:
http://melissadinwiddieart.com/inspiration-comes-to-those-who-go-after-it/

It's an improvement over having a full-sized image in the narrow post box, at least. ;)

Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

And really, thanks a lot for responding!

-Melissa

Hi there,

Thanks for understanding :-)

They changed the upload/gallery feature, so I'm not totally familiar with it all yet. Try this...

1. Click "add media".
2. On the left click "Create Gallery".
3. Select the images you want to show in the gallery (they should be the same images that appear in the "image wall" for that post).
4. Click "crate new gallery".
5. On the next window, make sure the drop down on the right says "media file".
6. Click "insert gallery".
7. You'll see the gallery added to your post content box. If you're using the "text" view of the box, the gallery code will look something like this...
   

   [gallery link="file" ids="481,482,483,484,485"]

8. Add the following to your custom CSS panel...
   

   .entry .gallery {display: none !important;}

If that doesn't work, please provide a link to your site and I'll check it out.

Thanks!

Chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks for getting back to me! I do understand that of course you can't anticipate everyone's needs. :) This is just such an awesome theme, and since I paid for it I'd really love to be able to use it if I can! But if I can't send images to my subscribers, I'll have to look elsewhere. :(

I've added the custom CSS in the theme options panel, but I'm still getting an image appearing in the post box. I don't see an "insert gallery into post" or anything similar. No gallery option appears when I click on the "add media" icon -- there is a gallery *tab*, but that merely shows the images that have already been uploaded to the post. The only way to insert them is as an image, not as a gallery.

I hope this makes sense! Am I missing something..?

Thanks so much!
Melissa

Hi there,

Thanks for using the forums :-)

RSS grabs the post content that is entered in the content box on post/page edit screens in WordPress, but as you mentioned, does not grab other elements of the page (i.e. sidebar content, footer/header content, etc.).

With the way this theme is designed/developed, the "image wall" has to be separate from this content in order to use advanced effects and display the way it does.

Unfortunately I can't anticipate every buyers intended use for my themes, so I can't list everything this theme does or doesn't do. The demo site is intended to address that limitation as you can easily test the RSS features of the demo site to verify if it works the way you intend to use it.

That said, let's think of a solution...

One thing you could do is use the "insert gallery into post" (or something like that) feature of the WordPress gallery so that the images appear in the post content as well as on the "image wall". If you do that, you'll want to add the following to your custom CSS in the theme options panel...

.entry .gallery {display: none !important;}

Let me know if that works better for you.

Thanks!

Chris

I submitted a customization request already, but was told to contact Chris directly. So I tweeted, and was told to come to the support forum. So I'm here.

After an exhaustive search for a masonry gallery theme to showcase, sell, and send images of my work to my blog subscribers, I recently purchased Brick + Mason. GREAT theme!

Unfortunately, I didn't realize it lacked a really important feature for me: I'm an artist, and the whole purpose of the site I'm building is to showcase and sell my art, AND allow me to send each new image I post directly into my subscribers' inboxes via RSS (using the "Blog Broadcast" feature with my AWeber list).

I wish the lack of this functionality had been clearer on your sales page. If it had been clear that Brick + Mason does not support sending post images to my subscribers, I would have sadly moved on to other themes.

Instead, I purchased Brick + Mason, fell in love with it, only to find that, alas, it poses a really huge problem for me. My subscribers sign up solely to get the new images (and accompanying description) delivered to their inbox on a regular basis.

Before I chalk up my $45 as an expensive learning experience, is there a way to modify the code so that my images will be delivered to my subscribers? I would *really* love to keep using this theme if I can get it to work for my needs!

Thanks,
Melissa