I know I can do a bunch of if statements and just make sure I cover every scenario, but that seems messy, surely there’s a cleaner and more future proof option? Nope! It is a bit messy. Unfortunately there’s no single function for outputting a title for all page types. There’s essentially 4 ‘types’ of … Read more
When you register/enqueue your other scripts, simply pass jQuery as the third parameter and it will be loaded first and only once, from the local WordPress files: wp_register_script( ‘theme-js’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/js/theme.js’, array( ‘jquery’) ); If you only need the jQuery, simply use: wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’); You can find a list here about the javascript libraries that … Read more
You are missing the Template: definition in your stylesheet header. This is the folder name of the parent theme For instance, a child theme of the bundled theme will have the Template: defined as Template: twentyfifteen
It depends on the theme itself. A theme may store some data in the database. For example, a theme may have an option called “Social Accounts” section in settings page and a field “Facebook Page URL” in it. If you fill the field and save settings, it will store this value to database. But, as … Read more
It turns out that the ThemeWoot Emulate theme registers and enqueues a common.css file with the key of common in it’s themewoot.php (which is being included in functions.php). This key is apparently conflicting with a wp-admin script being registered with the same common key, and so, instead of including Emulate’s common.css, it’s enqueuing and injecting … Read more
You are trying to translate a string with a context but in your po file your string doesn’t declare a context To declare a context in your po file you need to use msgctxt msgctxt “permalink title” msgid “%1$s by %2$s” msgstr “%1$s von %2$s” You can find more documentation on how to format your … Read more
In addition to having the same name, I think it checks the folder name first for updates. You should also change your folder name if you are planning to distribute publicly, or if this is private, you can exclude it from update checks: http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/excluding-your-plugin-or-theme-from-update-checks/. It would still probably be better to make the names in … Read more
Functions – under the hood While is_user_logged_in() can be used to determine the difference between a guest and a logged in (and therefore registered) user, switch_theme( $stylesheet ) alters actual database entries in the {$wpdb->options} table: update_option( ‘template’, $template ); update_option( ‘stylesheet’, $stylesheet ); update_option( ‘current_theme’, $new_name ); if ( count( $wp_theme_directories ) > 1 … Read more
TEMPLATEPATH is a directory path, not a url. You’ll need to use get_template_directory_uri().
@Ben, If you look at line 132 of loop.php in Twentyten you will find the conditional statement that is telling WordPress to only display the_excerpt on category archives. Right below that after <?php else : ?> is how all posts that are not on an archive page, in the asides category or in the gallery … Read more