For easy control over the sidebar, either edit sidebar.php or install the plugin sidebar widgets.
I just made my first static home page. To create a static home page, create a text file that contains this, name it home.php and upload it to your theme’s directory in wp-content/themes/:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content">YOUR CONTENT HERE</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Re-load hour home page. If it looks funky, <div id="content"></div> may not be exactly what’s used in your theme.
Check to see what styles and divs are used in your current page’s layout. For a quick copy of what would mirror the structure used elsewhere on the site, I started with copying the source from a short post that was already published. Look for what’s in between the end of the header and the start of the sidebar.
I already succeeded in removing the blogroll and I created a menu with 3 hierarchical levels. My Problem is, that the pages aren´t sorted according to their ID / importance, but it seems somewhat random.
Can anyone tell me, how I can put the pages in the correct order?
Codex has all you need to know 🙂
“Codex has all you need to know :)”
If everything was as easy… I already put the pages in the correct order – according to the list pages tool.
However, wordpress seems to arrange the pages in alphabetical order. That´s not what I want…
So what I found out is that I need to change it according to the instructions given here:
[url]http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages/url]
[b]Still, I wonder whether there is an option to change the IDs of the pages in general?[/b]
As I removed some pages, there are gaps in the order. E.g. I´d like to assign the ID1 to my starting page.
Do Ihave to assign the pages manually in the code, is there a plugin or does anyone know, how to treat this?
However, wordpress seems to arrange the pages in alphabetical order. That´s not what I want…
If everything was as easy… I already put the pages in the correct order – according to the list pages tool.
Actually, it *is* that easy. wp_list_pages *defaults* to alpahbetical. You can change it with sort_column.
<?php wp_list_page("sort_column=ID'); ?>
That’ll list the pages by ID number. *Why* you’d want to change the ID number already assigned, I don’t know. If it’s just because it bothers you that it goes from 1 to 3, with no 2 (because you deleted it) – that’s because it remains in your database. The number is taken. It has no effect on how it’s displayed, though. But if it *really* bothers you that “2” is no longer available, then you can go into your database through phpMyAdmin and change the ID number.
“Pages,” as opposed to “posts” will be in chronological order unless you assign a page order. Open the “Page” you want to move, and look for the little box called page order. Pages with lower numbers will show up online at the top or the left, depending on the layout of your list.
You can arrange pages alphabetically by title, by date, or by page order. Look for Presentation > theme options to see if your theme has a built in way to control this. In Misty Look, the theme I’m using as a base right now, there are three radio buttons at the bottom of that panel.
If you have set two pages with the same order, WP will try to work out contradictions by defaulting to alphabetical.
thanks for the insightful advice – I managed to get everything in order and , yes, I wanted to change the IDs just because some perfectionism…
As I wrote, the page should be used as a cms for my sports club. Would you suggest using only static pages and arrange them according to teams etc. or would you prefer using the wordpress categories?
Hawthorne, my intuition is that if your content is time sensitive the blog post category route would be best. If you’re going to have a mix between newsy new content that eventually ages out and content that stays current, maybe you could use both WP “Pages” and blog “posts.”
Good luck!
@eable and all others,
I managed to build the site the following way:
MY Project
As you can see, the navigation is setup with pages and categories.
The sites for the different teams (ladies and mens) are arranged in categories, the rest is designed to be static pages.
If you navigate through my site, you´ll find some errors and problems with hierarchy and / or logic, I guess.
– How can I correct the mistakes?
– what would you recommend?
Thanks for all your help in advance.
Hawthorne, I would like to look at your site but your link goes to an admin page so it seems private….
