1. how do you get rid of the post menu on the admin ui? Simple, just un-register the post post type. There isn’t a default function to do this, but one of the core developers (Nacin) posted some sample code on a WP Trac ticket showing how it can be done: if ( ! function_exists( … Read more
I think a good starting point is to read through the answer to this question: Implementing a CrunchBase.com clone using WordPress? That does not cover all the problems you need help with but it’s a start.
The thing about WordPress, while it doesn’t have a neat routing system in principle it does same operation. It takes the URL input and matches it to a set of query variables. The not–neat thing about it is that it uses regular expressions for these not–quite–routes and a lot of them. The total number of … Read more
My answer adds a class to the <body> element via the body_class filter. This is probably the easiest way to apply extra formatting to any element on the page. The added classes are wpse14430_products, wpse14430_services or wpse14430_contact (based on the slugs of the top pages in your example). Using wp_nav_menu() If you use wp_nav_menu() to … Read more
Strictly, you don’t need to use a loop in a page template, but it doesn’t hurt, the content of the page will still load, the loop will simply only run once as there is only one post/page. Many themes include a loop in page templates, I guess for some compability issue. If you are building … Read more
You could create a network-of-networks, using the WP Multi Network Plugin. The primary network would be a subdomain network, and the subsidiary networks would be subdirectory networks. Alternately, you could simply set up a subdomain network, and then use a static front page in each of the network sites, with the blog posts index set … Read more
I would suggest inserting your tours as posts (or custom posts) and using a custom reference table with the id matching the post id of the Tour post. You could use WordPress’s built in meta box functions to be able to edit each Tour in the edit posts page. You could update your reference table … Read more
This scenario seems like an ideal opportunity to create a custom taxonomy for the magazine’s Issues: e.g. Taxonomy = issue, and Terms = August 2011, September 2011, etc. You could even create a hierarchical taxonomy of Volume and Issue, with terms e.g. 2011 and August, respectively. Then, you have archive pages for each issue, and … Read more
Hide Update reminder – this hides update messages for all non-admin users
Yes there are lot of ways you can achieve this by using plugin or pragmatically This Plugin will create custom content types as well as custom fields for specific content type: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wck-custom-fields-and-custom-post-types-creator/ However you can also do this via pragmatically: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/a-guide-to-wordpress-custom-post-types-creation-display-and-meta-boxes–wp-27645 You can also check these functions from WordPress Codex which can be helpfull for … Read more