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quick wordpress theme develop guide
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The beginning: CSS-file (theme details)
/*
Theme Name: Twenty Ten
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/
Description: The 2010 default theme for WordPress.
Author: wordpressdotorg
Author URI: http://wordpress.org/
Version: 1.0
Tags: black, blue, white, two-columns, fixed-width, custom-header, custom-background, threaded-comments, sticky-post, translation-ready, microformats, rtl-language-support, editor-style, custom-menu (optional)
License:
License URI:
General comments (optional).
*/
//get the catagory name
<?php
global $post1;
$postcat = get_the_category( $post1->ID );
// try print_r($postcat) ;
?>
<span class="text-uppercase margin-l-20"><?php if ( ! empty( $postcat ) ) {
echo esc_html( $postcat[0]->name );
} ?></span>
Base for index.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
<title><?php wp_title(); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_uri(); ?>" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); ?>/custom-styles.css" />
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
<?php if(is_singular() && get_option('thread_comments')) wp_enqueue_script('comment-reply'); ?>
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>
<body>
<!-- ... -->
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>
Post loop
<?php if(have_posts()): while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class(); ?>>
<?php
//Post thumbnails need this in functions.php: `add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');`
if(has_post_thumbnail()) the_post_thumbnail(array(100,100));
?>
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Permanent link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</h2>
<div class="post-metadata">
<p>Posted on <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?> in <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>
<p><?php edit_post_link('Edit','','|'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &raquo;', '1 Comment &raquo;', '% Comments &raquo;'); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="post-content">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
<?php /* the_excerpt(); */ ?>
</div>
<div class="post-tags">
<?php the_tags(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="post-navigation">
<div><?php posts_nav_link('', 'Next Entries &raquo;', ''); ?></div>
<div><?php posts_nav_link('', '', '&laquo; Previous Entries'); ?></div>
</div>
<?php else: ?>
<!-- No posts found -->
<?php endif; ?>
Loading jQuery, etc.
<?php
/* Call this before `wp_head` */
wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
?>
<!-- Add custom JavaScript from theme directory -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/custom-javascript.js"></script>
Adding custom sidebars
<?php
if(function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Left Sidebar',
'id' => 'left-sidebar',
'description' => 'This is a widgetized area.'
));
}
?>
<?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('left-sidebar')): else: ?>
<!-- Show default sidebar -->
<?php endif; ?>
Adding custom menus
<?php
//Not needed, but in case: add_theme_support('menus');
add_action('init', 'register_custom_menus');
function register_custom_menus() {
register_nav_menus(array(
'footer-links' => 'Footer Links'
));
}
/* Only <li>'s */
wp_nav_menu(array(
'theme_location' => 'footer-links',
'container' => '',
'items_wrap' => '%3$s'
));
?>
A basic comments template
<?php if('comments.php'==basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])) die('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!'); ?>
<?php if(!empty($post->post_password) && $_COOKIE['wp-postpass_'.COOKIEHASH]!=$post->post_password): ?>
<!-- Comments are password-protected -->
<?php else: ?>
<?php if(have_comments()): ?>
<h1><?php comments_number('No comments', 'One comment', '% comments'); ?></h1>
<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment&callback=custom_comment_callback'); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
function custom_comment_callback($comment, $args, $depth) {
$GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
$GLOBALS['comment_depth'] = $depth;
?>
<?php $author_comment = ''; if($comment->user_id == 1) $author_comment = 'author-comment'; } ?>
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class($author_comment); ?>>
<?php echo get_avatar($comment->comment_author_email, '96', 'path_to_default'); ?>
<div class="comment-metadata">
<span class="comment-author"><?php comment_author_link(); ?></span>
<span class="comment-date"><?php comment_date(); ?></span>
</div>
<?php if($comment->comment_approved == '0'): ?>
<div class="unapproved">
Your comment is awaiting moderation
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="comment-content">
<?php comment_text(); ?>
</div>
<?php
comment_reply_link(array_merge($args, array(
'reply_text' => 'Reply',
'login_text' => 'Log in to reply',
'depth' => $depth
)));
?>
</li>
<?php
}
?>
Post author info box
<div class="post-author">
<?php echo get_avatar(get_the_author_email(), '96', 'path_to_default'); ?>
<div class="post-author-name"><?php the_author_meta('display_name'); ?></div>
<div class="post-author-description"><?php the_author_meta('user_description'); ?></div>
</div>
Custom page templates
<?php
/*
Template Name: Kitten Template
*/
//...
?>
Custom fields
<?php
/* Return an array */
echo '<ul>';
foreach(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'sources', false) as $source) {
echo '<li><a href="'.$source.'">'.$source.'</a></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
/* Return a string */
echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'copyrights', true);
//Check "Custom form fields" below for adding custom fields to edit-page
?>
Custom post types
<?php
/* A minimal example, in which a post type "Movie" is created. */
add_action('init', 'register_movie_post_type');
function register_movie_post_type() {
register_post_type('movie',array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => _x('Movies', 'post type general name'),
'singular_name' => _x('Movie', 'post type singular name')
),
'public' => true,
'menu_icon' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'img/movie_icon.png'
));
register_taxonomy('genres', array('movie'), array(
'label' => 'Genres',
'singular_label' => 'Genre',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => true
));
}
//Check "Custom form fields" below for adding custom fields to edit-page
Custom form inputs while editing post
<?php
/* This code adds a custom input to WP admin, when adding/editing a post */
add_action('admin_init', 'register_copyrights_field');
function register_copyrights_field() {
add_meta_box('copyrights_meta', 'Post Copyrights', 'copyrights_callback', '[post_type]', 'normal', 'low');
}
function copyrights_callback() {
global $post;
$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
$old_value = $custom['copyrights'][0];
echo '<label>Post Copyrights:</label> <input name="post_copyrights" value="'.$old_value.'" />';
}
add_action('save_post', 'save_copyrights_meta');
function save_copyrights_meta() {
global $post;
update_post_meta($post->ID, 'copyrights', $_POST['post_copyrights']);
}
?>
List pages, categories, archives, etc.
<?php
/* Only list-items (no wrapping <ul>) */
wp_list_pages('title_li=');
wp_list_categories('title_li=');
wp_get_archives('type=monthly');
?>
Custom search form
<?php /* This is the the very barebones version of WordPress search form */ ?>
<form method="get" action="<?php echo home_url('/'); ?>">
<input type="text" name="s" />
</form>
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