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

Fri Feb 26 03:09:09 GMT 2010

From: "Christina Lannen" 

Thanks for the reply and help.

> 1.  You need to upgrade WordPress.  Seriously it needs to be done.  

Because of the package I can't use their auto system. Any advice on how to do it [yes, I would have expected them to keep scripts updated].

> 2.  CSS file is in the specific theme folder, e.g., typograph

OK, thanks. Still remembering what I knew and getting used to doing this again.

> 3.  Categories can be excluded from the Archives

If you take a look you will see how I've solved it.

> 4.  Under Settings, Reading for setting the "home" page

OOps - that mucked it up ;-). I changed the url and now the browser can't find its way home. Offhand which file has that information to put the address in correctly [as it was!]. - Ease of use is not always helpful!

> 5.  Is the entire site eventually going to be just "http://smilepoet.com" as
> in moving the site to the root?

Yes. There will be subdomains for various things, but initially everything will work from here, and the Smile Poet material will all be there. -Joseph

> 
> 
> Chris
> http://www.lannendesigns.com/ 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [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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