wordpress-theming

Is possible to remove the bottom links in a WP theme?

I am new to Wordpress, I am installing my first wp blog http://www.harobmxbikes.net/nanoc3/?p=1 , Is possible to remove the bottom links in a WP theme? Thanks in advance! ...

Creating dynamic region content in wordpress as in drupal

hi! I've been using Drupal to create websites for about 2 months. I find it pretty easy to create a view or a block which could hold my dynamic content like latest photos, comments and all. Now, i've started using Wordpress and it puzzles me how to do those things. Like, how to create a site like this: http://theklaxon.com Should i cr...

Filtering Search Results with Wordpress

Hi, I'm trying to setup a Search Results page with two columns. First column will present results from all categories except one (Galleries), and the Second column will present only the Galleries category. query_posts() simply resets my results. This is what I got so far. Broken: <?php $s = get_query_var('s'); ...

Stripping images from post teasers/excerpts in Wordpress

In my theme I'm trying to display the excerpts or teasers of child pages, yet I do not want to display any images, I want image tags stripped out. Once I've gotten the teaser in all its html glory in a php variable, how do I strip out the img tags prior to using echo? ...

Change widget's CSS class names for different category pages in WordPress

I want to change the class names of the sidebar widgets on every different category page of WordPress and I figured the best way to do this would be to make a function in functions.php with all the conditions and return the required class name. I then called the function in the list tags of the register_sidebar function. if (function_ex...

Why does my wordpress 404 page appear blank?

I have built a few themes and noticed that the 404 pages, once uploaded to my server. never appear. They always do on my localhost setup, and even themes for others have worked. I see no reason for it not to work, I have mod_rewrite enabled for the pretty permalinks but the 404 redirection seems not to want to work. Is this a known iss...

wordpress date formatting

Is there any way to individually style each part of the date that wordpress puts in its post loop? In other words, when I use the php code: <?php the_time('M j, Y') ?> it comes out as "Feb 12, 2010". Is there a way I can style each word of the date differently? Like have the font-size for the word "Feb" be small and the font-size for...

Is there an easier way to add menu items to a wordpress navigation menu?

I'm new to Wordpress or CMS's for that matter but I'm used to the way Joomla's menus work. I have downloaded this Wordpress theme that had a navigation menu with 4 pages. So I thought I'd create a new page and select the main page as the parent. But after I go to the site the navigation doesn't show the link to the page. So I took a lo...

Where is the template file for the password protected page in wordpress?

Hi guys, I'm trying to edit the template page which is used when a page or post is password protected. I can't seem to have much luck locating it. do you know where it is? ...

WordPress: Is it possible to make one particular post always on TOP on blog.wordpress.com?

I have a blog on something.wordpress.com , I simply want one post to ALWAYS remain on top. Other posts should go in their regular order. Can someone suggest how to do that OR a theme which makes this possible/? ...

How can I retrieve a list of a Wordpress page's sibling pages?

I am trying to create a list of sibling pages (not posts) in WordPress to populate a page's sidebar. The code I've written successfully returns a page's parent's title. <?php $parent_title = get_the_title($post->post_parent); echo $parent_title; ?> As I understand it, you need a page's id (rather than title) to retrieve a page's si...

Which "Wordpress theme framework" is prefered to make custom themes without knowing much PHP

I know XHTML CSS but PHP knowledge is not much and i want to get familiar with one framework to make wordpress themes quickly for clients Available Frameworks * Atahualpa * The Buffet Framework * Carrington * Hybrid * Sandbox * Thematic * WP Framework * Thesis ...

"wordpress theme framework" vs "Blank themes" vs free theme similar to my design?

I got the design (PSD) from client. Which should i choose to make custom Wordpress themes. I should use any Wordpress theme Framework? or Any WordpressBlank theme? or I should find similar free theme to my design then edit to it ...

Wordpress Offline Documentation for Theme development

Hi, I have just started with wordpress and want to start developing my own themes. I dont have reliable access to the internet so I want to make the wordpress documentation offline. What is the easiest way to do this? I cant seem to find any downloadable documentation. Is there a quick and easy way to make large parts of a website availa...

Generic Category Sidebar in Carrington Wordpress Theme Framework

I have a site with a bunch of categories. On each category archive page, I'd like to show the category description in the sidebar. I know I can create a sidebar for each category in sidebar/: cat-category1.php cat-category2.php But that seems to be a bit overkill. Is there a way to have a 'generic category archive sidebar,' -- on...

page redirection in wordpress

what I have: a google search form (displayed on all pages) a wordpress page to display search results what I want to do: when a search is performed, redirect to the page containing the search results how do I do this? the search results page is a wordpress-created page with a permalink domain.com/search-results ...

How to include the post-count of a category to link-item when listing categories?

Hello! How could I include the count of posts under a category into the a-tag when listing categories. This has been a problem for me many times but now I decided to find out. <li><a href="#" title="asd">php</a> (1)</li> to <li><a href="#" title="asd">php (1)</a></li> Is you propably assumed, I'm using wp_list_categories to make t...

How can I add a set of custom image inputs to wordpress posts via my theme installer?

My custom WordPress theme loads 4 images from the uploads directory to the top of the page. However, its always the same 4. I want to give the user the option to specify 4 custom images for each post they create (which would override my default 4). I'm just not certain how to add the input fields to the post editor so that they show up ...

WordPress development?

What's the most effective way to streamline WordPress theme development when moving from a dev to a production environment? ...

Adding custom tags in Wordpress

Hello, I'm creating a new WP theme and I would like to allow the user to insert a divider in between paragraphs or images he/she is entering, for a post/page. I want the output to be something like: <div class="divider"></div> But I don't want the user to have to enter HTML in the WYSIWYG editor. Is it possible to ask them to enter ...