Honestly I have not used wp-nav-menu much other than just using it for a menu. I am thinking in your case it might be more semantic to create a custom-post-type for “Projects” and then list those (rather than using the wp-menu as a Project sorter) . You can use the plugin “Post Types Order” to … Read more
WordPress does not have such an option by default; you will have to create the functionality for per-post background images – which is entirely possible. Your best bet might be to use post custom meta to link/upload per-post background images, and then enqueue a dynamic stylesheet that applies that image as the background for the … Read more
See the documentation on Integrating WordPress with Your Website.
You have to pass the parent page id to the wp_list_pages function instead of the global $post->ID in your subpages. function wpse33151_getSubpages() { global $post; $parents = get_post_ancestors($post->post_id); krsort($parents); $parents = array_merge(array(), $parents); if (is_home() || is_single()) { $id = get_option(‘page_for_posts’); $parent = get_post_ancestors($id); $id = $parent[0]; } elseif($parents) { $id = $parents[0]; } else … Read more
You could create a page called Matthew, then have a category called Matthew and have a plugin or something pull all posts form that Category? That would quickly give you a solution without having to code anything.
Twenty Eleven uses wp_nav_menu() and supports one Primary Menu. If you haven’t defined one, it falls back to wp_page_menu(), which displays all pages. You can create your own custom menu in the admin area under Appearance > Menus. Select that menu to be the Primary Menu in the upper left Theme Locations box and you’re … Read more
I’m assuming ‘Archive Page’ is a custom template and not either of the WP archive pages (category/date/author/tag/taxonomy). Try using this: <?php add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘trim_content’); function trim_content($content) { if(is_archive()) { //use your own trick to get the first 50 words. I’m getting the first 100 characters just to show an example. $content = (strlen($content) <= 100)? $content … Read more
It’s stored in post meta under the key _wp_page_template.
If you go to appearance->Menus, you should be able to fully customize your menu, assuming your theme is even decent.
I am not entirely sure what you’re asking, so I’m going to stake a wild stab in the dark until you can provide more information provided I don’t tell you exactly what you wanted to know. If by public you mean; pages with a certain tag lets say for this example the tag is ‘public’ … Read more