same custom field for single posts
you need to add the same code for displaying “custom title” into your single.php like this $custom_title = get_post_meta($post->ID,’custom fields name’,true); echo $custom_title;
blog
Thumbnails not showing in blog
The loop term in WP refers to concept of iterating over post objects and (typically) filling global variables with data of current one. It can be identified by one of: the_post() function calls (main loop) $some_variable->the_post() method calls (secondary loops using WP_Query object) setup_postdata( $post ) (more raw version, working with array of post objects) … Read more
Not showing up on WordPress Reader
Not showing up on WordPress Reader
Link to Authors blog posts
the_author_ID() says in Codex: It displays the unique numeric user ID for the author of a post; the ID is assigned by WordPress when a user account is created. This tag must be used within The Loop. So, it won’t work. Try using the following code* within a loop: <li class=”author vcard”> <a class=”url fn … Read more
Sidebar does not display on blog page, but fine with static pages
<!– Obsolete You have to create the file named single.php for your single post template. If you use custom post types, name the file like single-my_custom_post_type.php, where my_custom_post_type part is your registered custom post type. Otherwise index.php is used by default. –> Edited: You have to change the file name from page_blog.php to page-blog.php. Notice … Read more
How do I make just one of my pages a Blog Page?
welcome here… and to WordPress. To have a blog page, you have to set a page in your dashboard, in Settings -> Readings and select a page for stati Home Page a page for Blog Page. Here more info. In general, reading this page is a good read for a WP newbie. How blog index … Read more
Pages, Categories, and working with someone else’s code
Perhaps the previous dev added the posts to the category to achieve a /blog/slug URL? I don’t know of any better way of doing the redesign, if you are wanting to keep the pages the design they currently are. Are there any other posts other than the ones under ‘blog’? If not, you can change … Read more
URL of blog when using index.php as blog and front-page.php as homepage
Follow instruction for Creating a Static Front Page in Codex. The URL of your blog posts index will be derived from a page you use for “posts page”.
Inserting A Feed and Sidebar into an HTML Page
The typical definition of static page is plain text file, typed by hand or generated by software either. By definition static pages cannot have back-end powered dynamic functionality. There are quite a few approaches to integrating WP (or anything really) with static page, typical being: convert static page to dynamic completely – turn it into … Read more
Posts page drop down is not selecting the selected page
That sounds strange. Could you see the title of the page before you selected it and pressed save? Also, what version of WordPress are you using?