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Wordpress – How to Create an Archives Page
March 18th, 2010
To create an Archives Page. You will need to Add a New Page in Wordpress and select to use a template which should be located in your Theme Folder.
Right Click the following file and save as archives.php
archives.php
Upload the archives.php file to your Theme Folder normally located /wp-content/themes/the_folder/archives.php
Once you upload the file, create a New Page and on the Right [more...]
Wordpress – Get Custom Field Inside and Outside The Loop
March 18th, 2010
Getting custom fields in Wordpress.
In the Loop: (Results for Posts within the Loop)
get_post_meta($post->ID, 'key name', true); //single result returned in a string
get_post_meta($post->ID, 'key name', flase); //all results returned in an array
Outside the Loop: (Result for Identified Post anywhere outside the loop ie. sidebar, header, footer)
global $wp_query;
$postid = $wp_query->post->ID;
echo get_post_meta($postid, 'customField', true);
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Wordpress MU – Installation in a Sub Directory
November 17th, 2009
Details of the errors
If you are installing Wordpress MU in a sub directory and have an installation of Wordpress running in the root of you Domain. You may run into a number of errors:
"There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started."
And a button for Create Configuration File, if clicked nothing happens.
If you [more...]
Wordpress – How to Get the Post ID
October 24th, 2009
There are various locations throughout your theme where you might need to get the post ID. For instance you may have a widget in the sidebar that needs the ID or some place in the Header or the Footer that needs the ID. The following is a list of different ways to get the ID.
Inside the loop:
This is a Wordpress [more...]