Removal of blog post header – on per post basis?

Thanks Jrawle.

I’ll try and explain…..

Firstly, I want sections of this site to have more of a ‘store’ feel, so on certain posts I want to remove the blog header, so the post looks more like a product listing (I’ll be adding my affiliate links).

It’s not that I want to remove the header only when comments are disabled… I want to be able to remove that header completely on certain posts ( to achieve the above).

So, I guess as you say, I need more precise control, but not sure where to start with modifying my (fluidity) theme. I was kind of hoping there would be a plug-in to achieve this.

Thanks again.

Patrick

Hi Jrawle… in the index page of my theme ( fluidity) I’ve found the following code:

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<div class=”post-header”>
<h3 class=”timr”>
<?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>

I’m guessing ‘ <div class=”post-header”> ‘ is where your code needs to be placed…. could you show me how insert it into the above?

Cheers,
Patrick

Hi all… I still haven’t resolved this. Any more advice would be greatly appreciated. Below is the code of my theme index page:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”left”>
<div id=”content”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<div class=”post-header”>
<h3 class=”timr”>
<?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>
</h3>
<h2><i>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</i></h2>
<p class=”postmetadata”>
<!– from <?php the_author() ?> –>
Category
<span class=”catr”>
<?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?>
</span> :
<?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ‘<span class=”editr”>’, ‘ : </span>’); ?>
<span class=”commr”>
<?php comments_popup_link(‘no comments »’, ‘1 comment »’, ‘% comments »’); ?>
</span></p>
</div>
<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘read the rest of this entry… »’); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div style=”clear: both; height: 15px;”></div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”>
<?php next_posts_link(‘← next posts’) ?>
</div>
<div class=”alignright”>
<?php previous_posts_link(‘previous posts →’) ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class=”center”>Not found</h2>
<p class=”center”>There is nothing.</p>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Can anyone show me exactly how and where to place the code as kindly suggested by ‘jrawle’… or if there is an alternative?

Thanks,
Patrick

Ok, some success. I’ve managed to update the ‘single.php’ file, so the single post shows without the post-meta-data (helps when you know the right terminology;-).

Here’s where I placed your code – after some trial and error I got the result I was looking for:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”post”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?><?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”post-meta” id=”main-post”>
<h1 class=”post-title”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php $show_meta=get_post_custom_values(‘show_meta’);
if(trim($show_meta[0])!=”no”) { ?>
<div class=”postedby”>
<div class=”post-status”>
<?php _e(‘Posted by’); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> in <?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>  <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ”); ?>
</div>
<div class=”comment-stats”><?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comment Yet’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?></div>
</div>
<div class=”fileunder”>
<div class=”atgcat”><?php _e(‘Posted in’); ?>: <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?>     <?php if(function_exists(“UTW_ShowTagsForCurrentPost”)) : ?><?php UTW_ShowTagsForCurrentPost(“commalist”, array(‘last’=>’ and %taglink%’, ‘first’=>’Tags in: %taglink%’,)) ?><?php else : ?><?php if(function_exists(“the_tags”)) : ?><?php the_tags() ?><?php endif; ?><?php endif; ?> </div>
</div>

<?php if(file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/social.php’)): ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/social.php’); ?>
<?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

<div class=”post-content”>
<?php the_content(“Read more…”); ?>

<h3>You Should Also Check Out This Post:</h3>

<?php gte_random_posts(); ?>

Note: I’ve since changed my theme since the original post

Issue is now getting the same thing accomplished on the homepage. My index file looks fairly sparse, complete code is:

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/options/options.php’); ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<!–[if !IE]>INTI GLOBAL POSTPAGE FUNCTIONS<![endif]–>

<?php if(($tn_mz_blog_style == ‘list’) || ($tn_mz_blog_style == ‘blog’)){ ?>
<div id=”post-index”>
<?php } else { ?>
<div id=”post”>
<?php } ?>

<?php if($tn_mz_blog_style == TRUE){ ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/layouts/’ .$tn_mz_blog_style. ‘.php’); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘layouts/blog.php’); ?>
<?php } ?>

<div class=”clear-fix”></div>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I’ve also found the same block of code in ‘page.php’ & ‘category.php’ and updated the files with no effect on the homepage. Actually, I’ve been through all the php files and only found the ‘post-meta’ in the above mentioned files. So…. stuck on fixing the homepage.

Anyhow… it’s no biggie really, would be nice to have the same function on the homepage but if it can only be fixed on the ‘single’ post page, I’m ok with that.

Thanks very much JRawle… I have another question coming shortly….haha