Changing the word count on the home page is easy: if( is_home() ) add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, create_function( ”, ‘return 300;’ ) ); Just replicate that code and change the conditional check to add this to other pages. The other option is to just insert the code on the template page (home.php, tag.php, etc.), so you know … Read more
the id of the posts page is: $posts_page_id = get_option( ‘page_for_posts’ ); the conditional tag for the posts page would be: is_home() edit: the id of the static front page is: $front_page_id = get_option( ‘page_on_front’ );
I’m guessing the terminology is different but here are a few links to look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page Basically – save your custom page as custom-page-template.php in your theme folder – create a new page from WordPress Menu – choose your custom-page from the template drop down on the add new page page – Save and View … Read more
To change the site Front Page to be a static Page: Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading Change Front page displays from Your latest posts to A static page In the dropdown beneath this option, select the static Page to use as your Front Page. If you want to display your blog Posts somewhere, … Read more
Just name the landing page file index.html and place it (and any assets) in the root directory, then add this to your .htaccess (assuming you’re using Apache): DirectoryIndex index.html index.php When accessing http://example.com, Apache will serve index.html. WordPress will scoop up all other requests with it’s rewrite rules.
You have the WordPress function is_front_page() that you need to invert with “!” . if(!is_front_page() && in_category( array(10,11,12,13,14,15,18,19,20) ))
I strongly advise you to heed the advice already given. If your PHP is well structured and you take advantage of caching methods, it won’t have a significant increase on your page load time. We’ve got pages with extremely complex queries that are hardly optimized, but using some clever caching methods, we’re able to get … Read more
WordPress does have a way of doing what you want. Make them all top level pages. Unless you have a good reason not to.
With get_post_thumbnail() you have the ability to insert a featured image in your theme. the_post_thumbnail( $size, $attr ); holds to parameter 1. The size of your image and the ID. If you would like to have 2 image sizes of featured images on your home page you could do it like this: if(is_front_page(){ // only … Read more
I think you can set your post to private to view it privately on the homepage. Once you change the visibility to private, the post or page status changes to “Privately Published” as shown. Private posts are automatically published but not visible to anyone but those with the appropriate permission levels (Editor or Administrator). See … Read more