I haven’t yet got any response to my plea for help in the Elgg ‘Getting Started’ forum but after 30 minutes or so of browsing through earlier posts I think I have fixed the formatting, lack of css, problem. I found this referred to in an earlier post in this forum: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/General_Troubleshooting. I turned the ‘simple cache’ off in site administration and immediately the formatting was fine! Turning the cache back on again immediately trashed the layout again. So I suppose I need to leave it off even though it says “Use simple cache (recommended)”
So all is well. I have registered a new user and the blogs work OK. Lots to learn about plugins and widgets and alternative layouts but looks very promising so far and will probably be worth the effort.
I am ready to bang my head on the desk after dealing with Elgg. I am in the middle of installation and my problem is ” cache set to nothing”. It’s like a monster I have to conquer. I have debated just deleting it all and using a different cms. I just have not found any that give the functions I need which elgg seems to have. I feel like not even bothering but something in my head says KEEP TRYING. so I do. I wish you luck and if you want to bang heads together.. lol mail me. hazesdaze@msn.com