[wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]

[joseph harris]

Christina,

You mean have I made it easy for myself? ;-) The answer to that is no!

And as ususal a simple operation has been jinxed! for some reason I cannot utilise the host's link to Wordpress and so getting the theme into place has been delayed. I  still haven't heard from the host engineers.

Anyway, here http://smilepoet.com/wordpress/ is what I plan to be the home page. On the right is the box, or set of tabbed boxes. I have renamed "about" to 'This Day' and it is on this box I want to put the event and other change of the day.

Posts would move into the archive, and I don't want that with these snippets.

Two further questions; how do I bring the wordpress index [home page] to be the site home page?.

And I want to put colour in - either in the name, or in the blog titles, maybe both. Where would I find the css [I assume].

Within my overall and some parts of detail thinking Typograph Theme works well. But it is too colourless and needs a lot of personalisation. Easier than some of the things I had expected  to have to do ;-).

Joseph 

From: "Christina Lannen" 
> Are you adding the "daily fact" as a post?  If yes, you can schedule them.
> I would add a specific category for the facts.
> 
> One example of code would be:
> 
> <ul>
> <?php query_posts('cat=5&showposts=3'); ?> // the category is 5 and pull in
> 3 posts
> <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Read
> More"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
> <?php endwhile; ?>
> <?php endif; ?>
> </ul>
> 
> 
> The WordPress codex can be your best friend.
> 
> Chris
> http://www.lannendesigns.com/ 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk
> [mailto:wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> smile-poetry
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:45 AM
> To: Web development and beer
> Subject: [wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]
> 
> Okay, I've settled on Wordpress because it is the simplest option
> technically - and well supported. I have also gone for a rather clunky theme
> - Typograph.
> 
> I want to add a daily fact and there is a convenient tabbed box on the
> right, and I am adapting the 'about' tab. Below is the script for that.
> 
> I will need to have a script to pick up the day's info from tables - that
> much I remember! But I have no easy recall of how to get from here to what
> I'm aiming for.
> 
> I plan a second part to it to pick up a saying or one liner from a table
> too, possibly randomly.
> 
> I'm not sure if there might be a chron way to this, or whether I'd need a
> chron set up anyway! All advice welcome.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> 
> Here is the script:
> 
> </div>
>   <div id="categories" class="content">
>    <ul>
>     <?php list_cats(); ?>
>    </ul>
>   </div>
>   <div id="about" class="content">
>    <h4>today is Typograph wpTheme</h4>
>    <p><a
> href="http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/free-wordpress-themes/typograph/"
> title="Typograph theme home">Typograph</a> is a standards compliant theme
> with a JQuery powered tabbed sidebar box and an ad under the first post on
> the index page. This theme has no images and is purely based on CSS elements
> and typography. Ideal for future customization. Typograph was styled "from
> the ground up" on a highly customized version of the <a
> href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sandbox#post-35">Sandbox
> theme</a>.</p>
>       <p>Designed by Morten Rand-Hendriksen - designer, information
> philosopher and author based out of Burnaby, BC.</p> 
>    <p>And presumable take in thought for th dayYou can change the contents
> of the tabbed box by editing the tabbedBox.php file located in the Typograph
> theme directory.</p>
>   </div>
>   <div id="rss" class="content">
>    <h1><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/rss" title="Subscribe to the
> <?php bloginfo('name') ?> RSS Feed" rel="rss">Subscribe to my feed</a></h1>
> 
>   </div>
>   <div id="search" class="content">
> 
> And here the change to the box name ['Cats' is a shortening to stop the tabs
> turning]:
> 
> <div id="tabContainer">
>  <div id="tabMenu">
>   <ul>
>    <li><a href="menu" class="active">Menu</a></li>
>    <li><a href="categories">Cats</a></li>
>    <li><a href="about">This Day</a></li>
>    <li><a href="rss">RSS</a></li>
>    <li><a href="search">Search</a></li>
>   </ul>
>  </div>
> 
> 
> [soon I'll need to understand RSS! and other feeds]
> 
> Joseph Harris 
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