The WordPress template hierarchy accommodates this out of the box. WP will only use author.php if it cannot find author-{nicename}.php or author-{id}.php. See the codex.
displaying child pages in columns when on a parent page
Can’t select a page using is_page()
Dynamic content in pages
If you’re trying to do this just for anchor links within your current WP page, a table of contents style plugin will likely suffice; for example, see: http://wordpress.org/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/ This specific example auto-generates the table of contents and anchors based on the headers in your document/page, so it is fairly low fuss on you as the … Read more
Doesn’t seem like you are using an if-statement for showing the sub-pages? If you are not, I guess you can do it with jQuery. var sub = $(“div.subpages”); if (sub.length > 0) { $(“#secondary”).hide(); // replace “secondary” with the ID of the sidebar }
The database hasn’t been queried yet on init, there is no $post or $wp_query. See the Action Reference for the order actions are executed. Try moving your code to the template_redirect action.
I think your idea is good: create a function that hook ‘show_user_profile’ and ‘edit_user_profile’ action. In this function use a conditional to show a textarea only for admins and the content of this textarea (saved as user meta) to the owner of the profile. Something like (very rough and untested): function custom_profile_content ( $user ) … Read more
Get ID of the page where shortcode is included
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