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I know this problem, because the pagination feature is not longer possible with columnization. As you can see, i try a more complete onpage editing and i will think about something link fixing and repeating those layouts into artifical paged pages. This could be in your case exact 6 sections in header/footer column layout and then paging the next 6 sections.
But this will take some time, i write such plugins in my rare spare time, so it can’t be available soon, i’m afraid.
Thanks for this hints, they are wellcome everytime.

Having this for posts it’s much more difficult, because the pagination have to be handled more deeply at WP core code doing so.
Reason: Feeds doesn’t publish pages, so i need not care about what happend with pagination. But i have to manipulate the feed generation too, if it would be available for posts to prevent feed output shown several single pages of your post.
May be, as long term task this could be handled, but the expense is much too high for my available time at the moment.

Could you provide a link to a page to be shown in that way? You can also mail me that information.
I need to inspect the produced output for such a page.

Get the visual assistent at preview requires 3 steps:

1.) tick the checkbox at page editor Page Columnist Box to get i activated for preview.
2.) press the button preview, don’t use middle mouse button to get a new tab, this doesn’t work (WP issue).
3.) click on the upper middle yellow Page Columnist Tab to slide it down.

That should work, i think you are forcing in preview in a new Browser tab, but this doesn’t work since WP 2.6 any more, it looses the preview information. If you press the button directly (yes i know, your get a new window) the assistent should be available.

Ok, mail follows soon

27.01.2009 - update: The issue was driven by serval plugins, that doesn’t handle their script initialization well. Contact Form 7 as example does not handles a potential error during initialization and blocks all other jQuery related scripts from initializing. I have informed the author (all the others too) and they will provide as soon as possible an update of their plugins to make such scenarios less harmful.

I’m sorry, it is currently only available for WP 2.7 version. But my ToDo List still contains a mark, that i will try to backport it downto WP 2.6 versions. This may follow, as so as the next update has been released (afterwards).
Next update introduces multi purpose and customizable virtual pagination. This includes the ordinary page number bar like WP does, a compressed paging like google search page bar, a ul list based display of sub pages, where the title of link is not a number but the first h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6 that occures at the virtual sub page. Last mode brings an extension of TinyMCE, you can put in your own subpage title into content (like nextpage) and they will be used to build the list menu of subpages but will not occure inside the content itself by serving the page.

If you wan’t , i will inform you about occuring 2.6 compatible version, please let me know, i would put you on my reminder list.

Thanks for congratulations and also for sended translation file. As i wrote at last comment thread, the next update (comming this week) will contain customizable pagination, and surprise: SEO conform next page links without numbers but rewrite permalinks (if permalinks are enabled).
So if WordPress currently the 2nd page would present as /my-new-page/2 the new introduced naming (and sanitizing of names) comes up with permalinks like /my-new-page/overview as example (and full customizable).
Some issues (related to sitemap generators only) have to be analyse now, but it works perfect now with SEO conform links instead of numbers (if you want or need it).
I will package for now the translation you sended at next update, please feel free to send again a new translation with the upcomming new texts. I would be happy about.

I don’t understand what you name an “extra tag”. The plugin produces additional

The theme isn’t the problem after i’ve inspected the page. There are indeed closing paragraphs </p> inside the produced container at the end. This looks like a new one problem of wpautop function, which tries automatically paragraph detection and did it sometimes wrong. This WordPress build in feature is the most common reason for invalid outputs.
If you can, please keep this test page online, i will spend later on a complete testcase based on your content to search the reason for. I spend many hours in this horrible wpautop function to avoid this, but it’s seems, that some cases still remain. Did you deactivate wpautop by TinyMCE Advanced as example ?

I know this problem, but it is not always possible to get automatic equalized heights of columns because of images could be contained. Currently i left it to the user to find the correct place inside the content to separate it into columns. But i currently also test some additional css styling at the moment to get it handled in a way, that the largest column will define the height of all other ones. But could also require javascript, not sure yet.
But i will try to get something ready for next update, currently i have to coordinate my work after the german WordCamp where i did show my localization slides and talked to Matt approx. 1h about WP’s localization capabilities for the future.

Sound link an interesting idea. This will need a more deeply analysis at core files, how this can be achieved without patching a core file. But in general this may be indeed a more intuitive way to edit separate pages and would make it also easier to give each page a SEO based title and link instead of currently only the number.
I will put it on my big TODO list and will inspect it as soon as possible.

Feel free to send me suggestions or code changes. I will try to combine this with the current local extended version that supports rewrite rules for sub-pages with SEO qualified slugs now (not yet available but soon).

There is a problem having this on posts. The page part doesn’t consist of categories so it’s easier to detect and rewrite the rule of pages. In terms of posts it is not always possible to make a decision between parts of URL are TAG / CATEGORY or TITLE itself. I haven’t found a suitable solution for pages yet. Hopefully the next WP version with new capabilities gives me more assistance therefore.

Sorry for my delay, i had some trouble forced my to temporary shutdown any WP actions. As written to your initial comment i have currently no solution for post. I’m still thinking about but now i have to check a lot against WP 2.8 upcomming because some strange changes will be included.

It’s a little bit tricky. There is currently no support for futher splitting columns again in subcolumns. But the try could be:
- choose a layout with header part and 6 equal columns
- ensure the float left and correct picture sizes inside the header part (simulates 3 columns)
- fill your text into the 6 columns as needed
2 columns should be the same size as the picture above so it should look like 3 colums splitted again for the text. On fluid layouts the header may a bot more tricky, 2 float left and one float right may be.
I hope this word arround may help, currently i have no other solution.

Yes, i have analyzed WP 2.8 and the core team has changed the point of time some hooks will be called. In WP 2.8 it’s to early now and the correct work of plugin will be trashed by code executed after the hook now.
In WP 2.7 this core code where located in front of the hook
I will update the plugin within next 24h to meet WP 2.8 too.

A new version 1.3.0 has been released and will work with WP 2.7 (as before) and now also with WP 2.8

Can you explain, how you have confirgured you single post home page ?
I’m interested, what you have defined in Backend settings for the front page and also based on what template your frontpage is created of. May be, that the plugin doesn’t detect a frontpage that’s why i would need more information to reproduced this in my local test environment.

Just for a testing case, at line 760 of the plugin’s php file you should find this line:

if (is_page() || is_single()) {

could you please modify it to

if (is_page() || is_single() || is_front_page()) {

I think, this should activate it on you front page too. Any reponse is welcome, dependend on your feedback i will attach this to the normal plugin code at wordpress.org.
Currently i have no testing environment to check it by myself

You didn’t name the WP version you are using.
Did you update to 2.8.2 and this happens now or did it disappear from one day to another ?

Since latest version the posts can be columnized too. Only one restriction is currently in place: the category base view (a collection of posts) won’t show the columnization.
This may cause only a problem, if your category view shows the full content as well as the single post view will do.
This is subject of further development because of WP2.7/WP2.8 changes of processing post loops internally.

If the page you did address is yours, than you should be able to understand german tutorials. How to get a custom front page is shown by texto.de Homeseite gestalten.
Because this may become your frontpage, you will need also the patch shown in comments above to get columnization working on frontpage too.

Instead of using space line i would suggest to use css in your style.css and addressing a margin at this both container:

#cspc-trans-header-wrap { margin-bottom: 25px; }
#cspc-trans-footer-wrap { margin-top: 25px; }

This margins are more reliable formatting as space (line breaks) would do. Adjust the values as you need it.

After inspectation of inove theme i would suggest to place it at the end of your style.css after the comment /* thread twitter END */ (should be arround line 1200)
After apply this to your stylesheet file and reload, this should take effect.

Did you insert nextpage pagedbreaks into the text you wrote ?
The content missing only occurs, if you do not have enough nextpage breaks at your written content.
As example a page with 3 columns only will need at least 2 such nextpage breaks to create content for 3 columns.
There is a button at the visual editor and also HTML editor for easy insertion.