I wanted to thank you for your support. The reason I chose Newspaper was because of the active support forum. It makes all the difference. I was able to integrate “Rate my Post” plug in.
The solution is to add a line to wp-content/plugins/td-cloud-library/modules/tdb-module_loop.
Unfortunately this cannot be done with a child theme. I will try to show you the code in the next post. I seem to have trouble uploading code.

If you don’t see the code, and want the solution feel free to contact me.

Thanks, again

Thanks to your guidance I was able to find the module I need to change. It is in
wp-content/plugins/td-cloud-library/modules/tdb-module_loop.php. I am having difficulty getting the child theme to execute this. The directories in the child theme tutorial have all changed. (v8 compared to v11)

I have tried a path of modules/tdb_module_loop.php
td-cloud-library/modules/tdb_module_loop.php
plugins/td-cloud-library/modules/tdb_module_loop.php
wp-content/plugins/td-cloud-library/modules/tdb_module_loop.php

Any guidance on the correct path?

Thank you, I now see how the standard rating system works in wordpress and it is not good enough. I need users to input ratings.

So, I tried rate-my-post plug in. And it works great on individual posts. But the ratings do not show up on a category listing like this:

https://www.screencast.com/t/8sSWinpEOV67

After trying a lot of things, I think I need to actually create a child theme and call a function that the plug in provides [rmp_get_visual_rating]. I read your tutorial on creating a child theme, however, I have a couple questions:

Can the child theme be edited in the standard word press theme editor?

What file do you think I need to change to get the stars to show up on the category loop?

No matter what I do, I do not see the impact of my changes. (I have even tried to temporary modify the parent theme, Like change the “-” after author to some other code and it does not show that change either!). This leads me to believe I am either changing the wrong code, or the code I am changing is not getting executed. Help?

When I click on EditPost I see this.

https://www.screencast.com/t/jjP7uGIM4v9

Scrolling to the bottom I see this.

https://www.screencast.com/t/plO7SIsG

I see nothing to activate ratings.

Thank you, I would recommend that the two boxes (one for title and one for rollover title) have borders around them, so you can actually see that there are two boxes. Indeed I was making a stupid mistake, I am sorry to have bothered you.

Let me try this again with screenshots you can see.

There are two instances:

1) I am modifying the category-template and want to have the Author name be white. But it stays black. Perhaps I need to modify it somewhere else? See screen shot.

https://www.screencast.com/t/S99W838P

2) I am modifying the element on the home page (flex block 1) to make the Title white and the Author white. But it stays black. So same basic question, where do I correctly modify this? See screen shot.

https://www.screencast.com/t/AQRGL0WQT

Thank you, I was able to add the Tag Cloud. However, not able to control the color of the Text in the tag cloud. It is currently black, and I want it white.
I think I have played with all the options on the theme panel. Is this something I need to go into the back end files?

I am also not in love with Tag Cloud, it really doesn’t support multiple tag criteria, like Mens and Boots. Perhaps I should use a different search widget. Any suggestions?

I found the problem. I am such a newbie to this, I didn’t realize that there was spot farther down on the screen that specified full, medium etc.