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wordpress wp_list_categories() help

any ideas on how this can be formatted to print out extra attributes in the wp_list_categories function? at the moment, this functions returns the following values <ul class="projects"> <li class="wp-post"><a href="category/projects">Projects</a></li> </ul> How can I change this function to out put 'id' and 'title' tags ...

CGI-PHP error and Redirection Issue Wordpress MU

Hi, I installed wordpress Mu at http://www.optimalthinking.com/community/wp-admin/install.php But when I visit http://www.optimalthinking.com/community/ I get Security Alert! The PHP CGI cannot be accessed directly. This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This means that a page will only be ser...

MySQL: Get a certain row

I have this table on MySQL. I want to query the port number for user_ids 1 and 2. umeta_id user_id meta_key meta_value ------------------------------------------ 1 1 nickname admin 8 1 userDir D 9 1 port 8080 10 1 paymentopt bankin 13 2 po...

wordpress get_categories() issue

I have created the function below which is intended to list the sub categories of the parent with the id of 3. The function should also return meta data from the first post in each sub category. This works (kinda) but instead of just getting one set of data, it returns 3 sets with different outcomes. Any ideas why? global $cat; ...

Trying to create a class for relating images in Wordpress

EDIT: I have managed to get this class working and I have updated the correct code. I would love not to use the [0] at the end of the value. Any way I can improve this code? This class retrieves all custom keys for a specific post. Currently I use it for relating images and I have defined thre keys in my post: 'related_image', 'related_...

Can I use a wordpress theme in new php pages?

I'm putting together a web site that needed to include some signup and blogging capability. Wordpress seems to be a perfect fit for that portion of the app, so I've started experimenting with it. I see plenty of tutorials on creating custom themes so I don't expect that to be a problem. What I'm not able to figure out is what to do wi...

Debugging Wordpress with E_STRICT error reporting

Hi, I have set error reporting in my development environment to E_STRICT by adding to the top of my wp-config.php file: ini_set( 'error_reporting', E_STRICT ); This shows many places where return values are passed by reference, eg $wp_the_query = &new WP_Query(); throws the error Strict standards: Assigning the return value of new by r...

How do i get parameters when permalink enabled in wordpress?

Hi, i've been googling for these information two days now but i haven't founud a complete solution. Hope some of you could give me some help, a good api or an example would be great. I'm building a plugin for wordpress with a widget that displays some tags. So i need to create a custom get parameter, let's call it 'mypar' and i'm able ...

Related Posts in WordPress

I'm interested in modifying a template in a wordpress install to show related posts ... in my case, I think I'd be fine with just showing the latest 5 posts in the current post's category. How would one do that without installing a plugin? I would rather modify the template in this instance I've poked around on google trying to find...

How do i make custom query with wordpress?

Hi, i need to make a query in a wordpress plugin but i couldn't find a wordpress function and i'm not sure is right to use mysql_query the functions i've found enable ordering and grouping but i need to use also join and in (list) is there a way? thank you ...

How can I change an URL inside a field in MySQL?

I have a table called "wp-posts" with a field "post-content". This field contains the text for a blog posts. I'd like to change all records to replace an URL for another one. Imagine that I can have things like: This is a test and somewhere there's something like <img src="http://oldurl.com/wp-content/somimg.jpg"&gt; and something l...

How can I force links to automatically open in a new window?

Normally, if I want to force a link to open in a new tab (or window) when posting to my blog, I have to either use the link GUI and select "open in new window", or, since I use the HTML view by default, after inserting a link, manually add the "target=" portion of the tag: <a href="http://link.to/something.great" target="_blank">link te...

Create a Flash frontend for WordPress?

My buddy wants to create a WordPress blog, but because he's picky about the design (specifically the fonts), he wants to use Flash for the frontend -- display, content creation, user interface, etc. He's looking for a plug-in that will take the user input from the Flash interface and convert it into the appropriate PHP for WordPress. I...

Wordpress and RTL

WordPress is so powerful.. but yet it is so weak with RTL Languages like Arabic and Hebrew... I need to have the Front-End in Arabic and Admin area to stay in English and of course LTR.. If I use the Arabic version of wordpress.. Every thing including admin area will be in Arabic and RTL.. which will not be suitable at all.. In the same ...

Looping Through Set Number of Posts in Wordpress, Then running same loop again on next set, etc.

I have looked and looked and tried to find an answer for what I've been looking for, but I have yet to see an answer for this: I am trying to generate a Wordpress loop that takes all the posts from a single category and displays them three at a time inside <li></li> tags. Output should look like this: <li>My post title | Another Title...

Images not displaying in certain browsers

having just completed first wordpress theme uploaded and working fine in FF, testing has revealed that the images in the following page do not display in safari and chrome. http://www.isabelarbelaez.com/category/projects/so_it_goes Anyone any ideas why? I cannot see why at all. The images on the page display in FF, IE and Opera, just ...

Why Can't I Include A Blog?

I commonly run into a scenario where "the powers that be" want an exact copy of a page in multiple places on a website. Rather than actually duplicate the content, all I do is override the section in the nav that is highlighted, and then include the page. The final page looks something like this: <?php $top_nav_item_id = 'teen'; ...

MySQL Group by Multiple Columns on Joined Tables (WordPress)

I have this problem joining across multiple tables and grouping by columns on those tables. I spent a few hours at work today with no success, I think I have a misunderstanding of joins or multiple column grouping. I have included an SQL dump at the end of this post so you can see the database for yourself - it'll probably explain bette...

consecutive <li> classes

I have trouble finding an expression to automatically generate a new 'class' like the following: <ul> <li class="img1">link</li> <li class="img2">link</li> <li class="img3">link etc...</li> </ul> This is nested in 2 tabs for 'most read' / 'latest comments'. The different classes are so that I can make a different bullet (number) usin...

Wordpress database backup

does anyone know of a good way to automatically backup databases used for wordpress blogs? Preferably a way of getting the backup emailed as a .zip file to the admin user so they can be stored remotely? ...