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1. CShadowRun
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'm reading the tutorial on http://www.wpdesigner.com about theme design, and tbh starting to regret it, most of his examples are incorrect. I've managed to correct most of his code apart from this.

   <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>

   For some reason, TEMPLATEPATH returns
   C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress/wp-content/themes/PimpinYourPCRed

   God knows why, maybe its a design flaw.

   I've been trying to put <?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?> inside the include, and asked on the IRC channel for the past few days now, this is getting frustrating :(

2. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Don't know about your TEMPLATEPATH issues, but <?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?> should be <?php get_bloginfo('template_directory'); ?> if it's inside an include().

3. CShadowRun
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   <?php include (<?php get_bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>); ?>

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\PimpinYourPCRed\index.php on line 55

   Also tried

   <?php include(<?php get_bloginfo('template_directory'); ?> . '/searchform.php'); ?>

   Nope, that doesn't seem to fix it either. :(

4. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't say this to be rude, but sincerely: If you plan to tinker much with WP's code, you may want to google for an introductory PHP tutorial just so you are familiar with the syntax.

   <?php include ( get_bloginfo('template_directory') ); ?>

5. CShadowRun
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks, your probably right. I am trying to dive into it way too fast than usual. But thats how i learn things :D

   I learned to swim like that too, i jumped in at the deep end...i didn't drown though :D

6. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   WP is great code for learning. I didn't know much PHP when I started, but between tinkering with themes, spending lots of time at php.net and codex.wordpress.org, and eventually writing a few plugins, I got pretty handy at the code stuff, so enjoy.

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