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

Fri Feb 26 02:04:23 GMT 2010

1.  You need to upgrade WordPress.  Seriously it needs to be done.  
2.  CSS file is in the specific theme folder, e.g., typograph
3.  Categories can be excluded from the Archives
4.  Under Settings, Reading for setting the "home" page
5.  Is the entire site eventually going to be just "http://smilepoet.com" as
in moving the site to the root?

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 joseph
harris
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:15 PM
To: Web development and beer; New home for the wdvltalk community
Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] timed content php [also to dev-talk]

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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