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No PHP variable or include work when it is defined or called from header.php (Wordpress + Starkers Theme)

Every time I tried to define a variable or include a file in header.php nothing happens in the final output index.php. For instance, I defined a $test variable in the header.php (the last line): <?php /** * The Header for our theme. * * Displays all of the <head> section and everything up till <div id="main"> * * @package WordPre...

Can't source image from Wordpress (and Starkers Theme) index.php file?

I'm trying to put an image (logo.png which is in the very same folder as index.php) in index.php (line 23): <?php /** * The main template file. * * This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme * and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css). * It is used to display a page when nothing more...

Is WordPress any good (from a .NET developer perspective)?

I've been looking for a good ASP.NET MVC blog engine (I believe many others have too). I'm keen not to use the standard ASP.NET blog engines as I want to keep away from viewstate. There isn't really much out there to hang one's hat on in the MS space, and in the back of my mind I keep thikning I should be looking outside of the Microsof...

Need a wordpress plugin for Google analytics, favicon!

Hi, I am using wordpress for my site. My site needs to add google analytics, favicon, meta keywords, meta descriptions. I searched plugin for this. I found different plugins for each. Can anyone suggest me a plugin which can add google analytis, favicon, metakeywords and meta description? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advanc...

How do I create and link Pages in Wordpress? (not the Pages that can be created inside the Wordpress Admin)

I would like to create a fully functional page within my WordPress application (which will have jQuery and other stuff). The problem is that when I create a file within my theme/starkers (I'm using the Starkers Theme) directory let say about.php the following links (in my index.php) don't work: <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('template_dire...

How to export WordPress posts?

How to export WordPress posts to XML or CSV? I am looking for a neat way to do it with the help of PHP. Note: I don't want to do it via the admin panel because I want to automate it. ...

Querying Wordpress thumbnails

Hi, I am trying to get the thumbnail meta data for the posts in my wordpress blog together with their category and some other data. The thumbnail data is serialized and I will unserialize it later. Here is the query I have: SELECT wpostmeta.meta_value AS url, wposts.post_content, wposts.post_title, wposts.post_status, wposts.p...

Wordpress for Intranet portal?

I need a intranet portal for a Repair factory in which 100 Technician worked. The main purpose of this portal is "sharing technical information (like technical bulletins etc)". I also create a simple website/portal with HTML,Javascript. Which is running sucessfully. But Now we need a Blog like site in which Technician can share own e...

WordPress - any good Forum options?

Hi Is there any good forum plugin out there for WP 3.0 ? I've checked out WP Forum but it's full of bugs... bbpress also pretty much sucks, very hard to integrate with wp and is missing a lot of stuff that a generic forum has... ...

Seeing strange character for apostrophe on wordpress based page, but only in Internet Explorer

I'm gettign this strange character instead of an apostrophe on a page that's powered by Wordpress, but only in Internet Explorer. Other browsers (chrome, firefox) display as the actual apostrophe. ’ Can somebody tell me what the problem is? Here's the instance in question: http://cure.org/about/management-team/ You'll see under Dal...

Post pagination broken after query_post modification (1 post)

Here is the scenario: 1) I have a homepage.php that I use as a static page for my Front page. 2) I have a blog page that use the Default Template(index.php) as my static page for my Posts page. I used two categories in my homepage.php that I want to exclude from blog page. So, I did this: $catIDs = get_cat_ID( $cat_name='Featured' ); ...

Wordpress checkbox for specific item (image or text) to be displayed on a post instead of custom field

we have about 10 things that need to be optional for each post and will be the same for the posts. They just need to be easily implemented on each post. Checkboxes would be ideal so the user can just select which items are displayed for that post. ...

I want a simple CRM in wordpress, any suggestions as how to do? which plugins to use??

I want a simple CRM in wordpress, any suggestions as how to do? which plugins to use?? ...

How to change the value WPLANG in Wordpress by clicking a link (switch language)?

I successfully made files for localization using Gettext (called es.po and es.mo). So far as I know I can change the language by defining the value of WPLANG in wp-config.php (in this case define ('WPLANG', 'es');) I would like the user to change his/her preferred language by clicking a link. What's the best way of doing this? ...

If i use captcha will i be able to stop the spam completely in my blog?

Hi, i have a blog and the only user input is the commenting system, now i want to avoid the spam totally, which method will be wise to adopt? akismet way or captcha method.. my client doesnt mind his user entering few verification string to post comment, if i adopt it will i be able to completely control the spam if yes then could yo...

how to make wordpress pages redirect to a totally different place

I have a website , installed in it wordpress blog , there is a menu in the header with pages inside the blog that i made ,,, anyway what if i needed to totally change where the user go when he clicks on that page (menu item) ?? permalink only allow you to edit the rest of the link not the whole link !! ...

Linux Hosting for Wordpress and Drupal websites

We are currently looking for a second hosting company. The company should offer Linux based hosting and support WordPress and Drupal based websites. Besides good pricing and technical support, the hosting company should have the latest stable versions of MySQL/PHP, and offer modern management/support tools (i.e. cPanel, Fantastico). ...

What's the easiest way of making links to select a language which takes multilingual text from gettext, po, mo files (Wordpress)?

I've been playing with po and mo files and they are working fine so far. But I want to make links for the user to select the languages. What's the easiest and most efficient way of doing this? Or is there any other way of doing this besides using gettext? (it will be OK too) (I swear I've looked for that for days on Google and never f...

Does a WordPress plugin exist that allows you to protect certain pages via a username/login?

I have 10 pages, 4 of which should be accessible by logged in users. Is there a plugin that exists to password protect these pages? Ideally, you can login once and then subsequently view all these protected pages. I have Googled a bit, but haven't been able to find something that lets you protect individual pages, only the entire WordP...

using wordpress for portfolio and posts

hi i started playing wordpress few months a go and a created a blog http://aurelkurtula.co.uk/blog/?page_id=2 currently there are no posts, but it will look similar to the link above.anyway, now i started to develop a portfolio theme using word-press, (i can only post one link) the two themes are similar, so i was wondering if you co...