posts and cms and posts again
I would suggest making a ‘recording’ post type and leave posts for the blog section. The “blog as category” approach would work too, but it’s rather messy, I think.
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Is there a template tag/function for getting the URL (or slug or name or ID) of the blog page when using a “static” front page
<?php $blog_link = get_page_link( get_option( ‘page_for_posts’ ) ); ?>
How to create a blogs category page with Blog-Types Plugin
It looks like the original poster has not been around for awhile, but I am working on this same plugin trying to figure out a way to make it usable. The developers have been saying for over a year that they are going to get around to up-dating this plugin, but for now you have … Read more
How can I set a vote on the comments?
If your blog is self-hosted, the easiest way to add a comment voting system is to install a plugin (e.g. Comment Rating). If your blog is on WordPress.com, then you’d need to go through the options the options on WordPress.com to see where you could enable that functionality.
Customizing SERP content for WordPress Blog
Let me start off by saying you can’t edit or control what Google displays in its SERPs. They control the format as well as what gets displayed and will determine when they should or should not display a listing a certain way. Having said that you can do your best to influence what they display. … Read more
Blog & Portfolio setup
You can set up your blog & portfolio with one WordPress installation only. Fist check this codex article: http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page for portfolio it would be best if you’ll create Custom Post Type, then all you portfolio stuff will have permalinks like example.com/portfolio/some-great-project, but post permalinks would be the same – example.com/2011/07/14/hello-world/, maybe with some WP Rewrite … Read more
Add posts from other WordPress blog to the current one
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Direct some posts to only appear on a specific page
Your Home Page is displayed with index.php or front-page.php in WordPress. PLAN B: First of all, you have to create a category for Technical Notes page (i.e.: Category Name = “Technical Notes”). Now the plan is, all the posts, by default will be displayed on the homepage by default (as it is doing now), excluding … Read more
Looking up WordPress account information from Host or php files
You want to create your own admin username/password. This way, you leave their logins untouched and you’ll have your own account, tied to your own email address. To do this, you’ll need to add 3 records in the database. The three entries you make are: A row in the wp_users table, which will be the … Read more
Can I make a parent page of the blog and have it display a paragraph/thumbnail of certain entries?
If you’re wanting to display some posts but not have it function like the blog (with the prev/next links) then this should do the trick. <?php global $post; $args = array( ‘numberposts’ => 10, ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ); $myposts = get_posts( $args ); foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?> [act like it’s the … Read more