display items in grid? - css

Question

i'm trying to display my portfolio items in a gird, but can't quite figure it out. ideally, i'd like the thumbnails to display 3 or 4 across(with the rest forming a second and/or third line) and once the thumbnails are clicked on, i'd like it to go to my normal post page.
css-
/* Portfolio */
#content {
width: 603px;
}
#portfolio-item {
display: inline;
float: left;
margin: 0 0 0 60px;
width: 280px;
}
#portfolio-item h1 {
font-size: 16px;
margin: 20px 0 5px 0;
}
#portfolio-item img {
height: 50%;
width: 50%;
}
portfolio.php:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Portfolio
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="portfolio">
<?php
$loop = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'portfolio', 'posts_per_page' => 10));
?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<?php
$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
$screenshot_url = $custom["screenshot_url"][0];
$website_url = $custom["website_url"][0];
?>
<div id="portfolio-item">
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
functions.php:
<?php // sidebar functions
if(function_exists('register_sidebar'))
{
register_sidebar();
}
// portfolio functions
add_action('init', 'create_portfolio');
function create_portfolio() {
$portfolio_args = array(
'label' => __('Portfolio'),
'singular_label' => __('Portfolio'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => false,
'rewrite' => true,
'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail')
);
register_post_type('portfolio',$portfolio_args);
}
// custom input- portfolio backend
add_action("admin_init", "add_portfolio");
add_action('save_post', 'update_website_url');
function add_portfolio(){
add_meta_box("portfolio_details", "Portfolio Options", "portfolio_options", "portfolio", "normal", "low");
}
function portfolio_options(){
global $post;
$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
$website_url = $custom["website_url"][0];
}
function update_website_url(){
global $post;
update_post_meta($post->ID, "website_url", $_POST["website_url"]);
}
// detail columns- portfolio backend
add_filter("manage_edit-portfolio_columns", "portfolio_edit_columns");
add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", "portfolio_columns_display");
function portfolio_edit_columns($portfolio_columns){
$portfolio_columns = array(
"cb" => "<input type=\"checkbox\" />",
"title" => "Project Title",
"description" => "Description",
);
return $portfolio_columns;
}
function portfolio_columns_display($portfolio_columns){
switch ($portfolio_columns)
{
case "description":
the_excerpt();
break;
}
}
// add thumbnail support
add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
// disable autoformat with raw
function my_formatter($content) {
$new_content = '';
$pattern_full = '{(\[raw\].*?\[/raw\])}is';
$pattern_contents = '{\[raw\](.*?)\[/raw\]}is';
$pieces = preg_split($pattern_full, $content, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
foreach ($pieces as $piece) {
if (preg_match($pattern_contents, $piece, $matches)) {
$new_content .= $matches[1];
} else {
$new_content .= wptexturize(wpautop($piece));
}
}
return $new_content;
}
remove_filter('the_content', 'wpautop');
remove_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize');
add_filter('the_content', 'my_formatter', 99);
?>

Answer 1

http://www.cssbakery.com/2010/07/image-grid-using-css-floats_6950.html
This should be what you're looking for.
You can hardcode it was well with PHP if you'd like using a table if you can't get that CSS working, but that's not good coding technically.