require_once ‘wordpress/wp-load.php’; wp_footer(); Maybe you have to remove some things from the footer-file (e.g. Powered By WordPress). With var_dump( $wp_actions ); you can see which actions was executed (a list of action hooks). And with var_dump( $wp_filter[‘wp_footer’] ); you can see which actions are registred for the specific hook (here wp_footer).
I would recommend that you have your theme require the wordpress.org version of the wpaudioplayer plugin. There is a great article about having themes check for and require plugins. As is well-argued on this WPSE answer, it’s not a great idea to take code from a plugin and include it in your theme because you … Read more
I think the plugin you mention is the one I wrote so if you’re looking for answer on how to do it take a look at the code. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dropdown-menus/ Essentially all I did was create a custom menu walker class so I could output the menus created in the backend as a dropdown. If it … Read more
The general concept on dynamic sidebars Basically WP loops through the global $wp_registered_widgets and builds the widget depending on it’s arguments. You can intercept them easily: Use a filter You can use the dynamic_sidebar_params to add a class to target specific widgets: // SHOW the params for better insights function wpse44903_dump_sidebar_params( $params ) { echo … Read more
You won’t be calling stuff directly from the functions.php file by URL reference. The functions.php is loaded in with the WordPress theme and it makes functions available to you from within the theme template files. Most of your code can be ported directly into the functions.php but you will have to wrap some sort of … Read more
If the theme is a relatively modern one, find this line of code in the functions.php file and remove it: add_theme_support( ‘automatic-feed-links’ ); If it’s an older theme, then look in the header.php file for the code that adds those.
I would like to see dynamically expanding detail boxes, so you can provide optionally more details on specific areas of experience (such as a code snippet, or more complicated project information) should the interested party wish for more. That way you keep it simple and clean yet show them there is more under the hood … Read more
Rather than editing and hard coding into your templates, you should use a plugin such as http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/ which will give you the option to edit meta tags for each of your pages including the home page.
Here’s an alternative way to load a popular script like jquery-ui (using google api’s) <?php // first, check to see if jquery-ui is already loaded if( !wp_script_is(‘jquery-ui’) ) { // you don’t have to use googleapi’s, but I think it helps. It saves the user’s browser from loading the same script again if it has … Read more
You should analyze the path of the language file, is it correct? Helpful plugins for this job: Debug Objects debug-mo-translations You should check the function to get the path. The function get_template_directory get the path to the parent theme, not a child theme. If you will use your translation file of an child theme, then … Read more