Hi All,
This might be an advanced question but I'd like to connect to database on my site that generates lists. Used to use it on my site before I switched to WP.
I tried to use some code inside the code tags in a new page I made but the page showed my code rather than running the code. My old pages were a body tag, include my header, run my script for my list, include my footer, close body.
Can someone point me to reference here? Been searching but a lot of the topics get complicated fast. Thanks for any help.
Why not just add your code to a Page template? There's some good info on templates at the Pages page in the codex that could get you rolling.
I made this work, kinda. Made a template with:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Template_php
*/
?>
Then I cut and paste my database call. saved and uploaded the file into themes default. Loaded the page and it worked! Pretty ugly though.
I added the code from the index so my template has:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Template_php
*/
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>
No change. Figure this would call the header and us the theme stuff.
On the right track but not quite right...
Actually thought I had made a template. Going back to read more from the link you gave. thx
Edit: I think I should have modified page.php and put my code inside <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
</div>
