The get_posts() function only returns one post type at a time. So if you query for ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, by default you won’t get any Pages returned. This should work: <?php $wpse53292_posts = get_posts( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘exclude’ => array( 3, 5 ) ) ); ?>
You can get the source of WordPress at http://wordpress.org for playing along. I think at the root of your question is a misunderstanding in how WordPress works. Pages should not show the latest blog posts by default (which is what you are calling using the code sample above). By default the latest blog posts should … Read more
There are quite a few ways to do this, here are a couple: Use a plugin to control which Widgets display on which Pages/Sections. This is a plugin I’ve used which works well. It adds a “hide/show on….” checklist to each widget where you can select where the widget will display. Works great, but if … Read more
More information about your specific plans might help improve answers you’ll get on this thread. But in general RE: conflicting file names: if you install WordPress in a subdirectory (for example, “/blog/”), it doesn’t matter what you name the rest of your files so long as they’re not in the WP dir. This is what … Read more
One way to do it is use WordPress › Custom Post Limits « WordPress Plugins. That plugin gives options for individual categories, first page and pages, archives and search results without needing custom loops in template files.
Whats the loop look like on your search.php page? That’s the search results template, and that’s where the different output – either the_excerpt or the_content – is determined. See Template Tags/the_content « WordPress Codex and Template Tags/the excerpt « WordPress Codex.
In your example.php file add this line at the top, this will enable all wordpress functions such as $wpdb, get_header(); etc. <?php require_once(‘LINK-TO-DIRECTORY/wp-blog-header.php’); ?> Recommended reading – Codex – Integrating WordPress with Your Website
Umm .. are you sure you are using WordPress 🙂 A standard search url for WordPress uses the URL parameter ?s or /search/ so you can have any URL’s you like such as example.com/?s=current or example.com/search/current Others you can try are /tag/current search for all posts with the Tags current /category/current will search for all … Read more
The easiest way would be to create a page template. You would assign all 50 pages to your page template, giving each page it’s own title. Any content you want to be different on each page could be put into the page itself. Anything that you want duplicated on all of the pages, keep in … Read more
I’ve never used the theme, but the code seems to show that there is an option to hide the title. Line 23 of https://github.com/simplethemes/skeleton_wp/blob/master/skeleton/loop-page.php shows post meta for hidetitle. Look for a checkbox on the edit page maybe?