I have one specific template which drupal_set_message() does nothing on. The $messages are printed out in a header include which also exists on this template. I've triple checked that it's using the template I think it is, etc.
The only difference I can tell between this and any other page template I'm using is that this is a node-specific template. Specifically page-node-170.tpl.php.
Anyone have any ideas?
Make sure that the custom template (page-node-170.tpl.php) has the following lines somewhere visible:
<?php if ($show_messages && $messages): print $messages; endif; ?>
<?php print $help; ?>
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I'm tuning up a website made with Wordpress and I'm facing a small inconvenient:
I want to use a custom template for the posts in a specific category, so I have a single-4.php file that gets me a custom php file for any post in cat.id 4. That works great, now for the problem...
PROBLEM -->
I want to display a custom sidebar as well, so at the end of the single-4.php I add:
<?php get_sidebar( $evento ); ?>
As instructed in the Wordpress Codex, expecting to get my sidebar-evento.php file used istead of the default sidebar.php. But it doesn't work, instead it will just use the default behaviour instead. I have also tried "'single-evento'" instead. I know that the code line is being used because if I remove it, the sidebar area breaks ( dissapears and the page breaks).
My suspicion is that the Custom Sidebars plug-in is catching up right after I call for any sidebar and regardless of which one I'm requesting, it gets replaced. But it doesn't make much sense really. Because as you can see in my sidebar-evento.php:
<div id="right">
<h3>LINE TO CHECK IF SIDEBAR-EVENTO.PHP IS SHOWN</h3>
<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) : ?>
<?php endif; // end sidebar widget area ?>
<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-3' ) ) : ?>
<?php endif; // end sidebar widget area ?>
</div></div>
Both things should happen: A) I get my custom text, then B) I get the other custom thingies as determined by the plug-in.
I hope I've been clear about what my problem is. Please bear in mind for your response that I have no PHP knowledge, I only do HTML and this is a sort of -charity- project, so I try to learn as I go. Meaning: step-by-step might be necessary! heh. Sorry!
Thank you very much in advance.
Try:
<?php get_sidebar( 'evento' ); ?>
This should pull in sidebar-evento.php
I want to create a page template that has a pre-fixed css. Lets say I name it page-sevencol.php then I know that the content will have a fixed width and a specific style and so on. My pages have different layouts thats why I need to create these kind of templates.
Is it possible? if so how? Ive looked in the wp codex and it does not seem to have the answer. Please take a minute to help me.
Thank you!
you seem to need just a limited set of templates. The question is: do you want to apply them automatically? Basically, there are two techniques to apply a template to a page (or post or custom post, etc.) in WordPress.
First method: using the template naming convention to get the template automatically applied to a page (or post) with the same name.
In this case, you create a page page-mynewpage.php and this template will automatically get applied to your page named /mynewpage/.
Second method: you create a template by creating a page (let's say : template1.php) and declaring it as a template with a comment at the top of the page:
/**
* Template Name: Template1
*
*/
This template will now be selectable inside the admin of WordPress to be applied to any page:
So if A) you only need a limited set of templates & B) are ok to select them on a per-page basis in the admin, this is your solution. You would just need to create as many pages as you need templates, not forgetting to include the comments that declare them as templates and using a different name each time.
If you need your templates to be applied dynamically, then we need more info about the logic to use for select each template...
EDIT : That is it, Abel (just read your comment). Your page is mainly generated with 4 elements: header.php, sidebar.php, footer.php and another page to produce the content, but this page is different depending on where you are in the site. If you are on a page, it will be, by default, page.php. If you are reading a post, WordPress will by default use single.php.
To apply all your different templates, just go and open page.php in your theme folder. Save it under another name, like page-template7cols.php. Insert a comment like I just explained above, so this template will show in your admin next time you create a new page. Adapt it the way you want (changing the HTML / PHP and therefore adapting the way the content of the page will be displayed). Do the same for your other 9 templates.
Then, everytime you create a new page, just start by selecting the proper template in your dropdown (see previous screen capture). And whenever you will make a change to page-template7cols.php, for example, the changes will be reflected on all pages for which you have selected this template.
/**
Template Name: Template1
*/
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="content-wrap sevencol clearfix">
<div class="row clearfix">
<div class="content">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
I am struggling with something that appears to be easy, page templates. I have read plently posts on this, people seem to forget to put the comment at the top of the page and can't get it to show up in the drop down menu on pages. I can do this, my problem is the next stage.
I have written the most basic template (custom-page.php):
<?php
/*
Template Name: Test template
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<h1>Teams!</h1>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
It shows up and I can select it on the new page sidebar. However when I visit that new page it seems to have defaulted the archive page using the content template include.
Thanks in advance.
If you put the following in your footer, you should be able to grok some further information about how your template is being selected (and know exactly what might be happening).
<?php global $template;
echo(basename($template)); ?>
Then look for the template name in your footer. It's possible (like #adomnom said) that you have a slug conflict. There are a handful of other strange scenarios that could be caused by plugins, custom functions, or other factors as well.
By the sounds of things, it could be conflicting with another template.
For example, if your page has the slug 'category' and is set to use the custom template 'custom-template.php', it would conflict with (and be overridden by) category.php, which is the default template for showing posts for a specific category.
I recommend changing the slug to see if that's the problem.
I want to check in loop.php file from which code it is called
Like i call it as <?php get_template_part('loop','index'); ?>
and secondly i call it as <?php get_template_part('loop', 'category'); ?>
i want to give different <div> structure & style according to differentiation.
like if loop.php is called from category.php page then font-color of title should be red otherwise blue.
Any IDEA...?
If you wish to make this yourself by modifying code, then I think you are looking for the
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] variable in order to be able to figure out if loop.php is called from category.php or index.php
I'd like to implement a custom post retrieval page in wordpress. Basically, I'm using AJAX to call this page that will be passed a post ID and retrieve certain data from that post.
Note: please don't mistake this as a template question. I do not want a template for one single page -- I am looking to make this page query multiple different posts based on postID and return certain data from that post.
So I tried creating a page
<?php
$args=array(
'p'=>'77'
);
$friends = new WP_Query($args);
?>
<?php if ($friends->have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php else: ?>
<p>Sorry, no posts are available.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
But this does not work since it is not loading in the wp functions to handle the query.
Thanks in advance for any help!
You have to include the wp-blog-header.php file. If the page you are creating is in your theme's folder then you would put something like this at the top of your code
<?php require_once ('../../../wp-blog-header.php');?>
I think I guess what you are trying to do, and it sounds like you are going about it the wrong way. Do not make a 'new page' in the admin interface. What you want to do is serve up a file (JSON, XHTML fragment, whatever) to your Javascript and include in it WP data, right? I know that problem, having used it in some of my plugins.
There are two techniques:
(1) This is what you need to do: make a new plugin (just a loose php file in wp-plugins with the same format header as the other plugins in there). Write your function along these lines:
function mydatapage(){
if (...$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == the one I am using ...) {
$args=array(
'p'=>'77'
);
$friends = new WP_Query($args);
if ($friends->have_posts()) :
the_post();
the_title();
the_content();
else:>?
<p>Sorry, no posts are available.</p>
<?php endif;
die();
} //else do nothing and leave WP to serve the page normally
}
//Crucially:
add_action('init', 'mydatapage');
What that does is do a lookup when pages are loaded to see if the url matches the one you want to hijack and use to send your custom data. If it is, you send the data/file/whatever you feel like and exit (die).
Give a shout if you want more detailed syntax. It is a bit messy, but works well.
(2) Directly call your plugin file. WP will only handle files that do not already exist, and leave the rest to Apache. That means you can make a plugin file and call that directly using the .../wp-plugin/myfile.php url. You would need to include some of the WP core files to get things like WP_Query to work. It is marginally more fragile a method.