One possibility is the plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/template-tag-shortcodes/ along with the shortcode:
[wp_list_pages]
Or you would need to use the template tag, wp_list_pages() in a Page template.
In either case you will use the child_of=x argument.
uck plugins for this 🙂
Get your hands dirty …
use this code in your theme file…
<div id="submenu">
<ul>
<?php
if($post->post_parent)
$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0");
else
$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
if ($children) { ?>
<?php echo $children; ?>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</div>
scotchegg78,
The solution you’ve provided works perfectly except for the fact that it only displays subpages titles as link to them. How to modify above code to have actually displayed title and lead (part of each page before pressing “Insert read more tag) – text that in post is displayed before “Read more” link?
Look at using Function_Reference/get_pages <—there’s examples in that article.
@michaelh:
I’d love to use that plugin, but this short code: [wp_list_pages] lists all pages, not only the subpages of the current page…
@trejder: Hallo, did you find a solution at the end? I’m struggling with the same issue…
put this function in your functions.php:
function my_page_exerpts($parentID = false, $limit) {
if($parentID) {
$pages = get_pages('child_of='.$parentID);
$limit = ($limit == '') ? 40 : $limit;
$html = '';
if(!empty($pages)) {
foreach($pages as $page) {
$mycontent = $page->post_content;
$mycontent = strip_shortcodes($mycontent);
$mycontent = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $mycontent);
$mycontent = strip_tags($mycontent);
$contentTemp = explode(' ', $mycontent);
if (count($contentTemp) > $limit) {
$mycontent = implode(' ', array_slice($contentTemp, 0, $limit));
}
$html .= '<h2><a href="' .get_page_link($page->ID) . '" title="';
$html .= $page->post_title . '">' .$page->post_title . '</a></h2>';
$html .= '<p>' . $mycontent . '</p>';
$html .= '<a href="' . get_page_link($page->ID) . '" ';
$html .= 'title="read more about: ' . $page->post_title . '" >';
$html .= 'Read More</a>';
}
}
}
return $html;
}
And call this function in your page.php template file:
<?php
if($post->post_parent == 0){
echo my_page_exerpts($post->ID, 20);
}
?>
The second value (20) is how long your excerpt is going to be. In the example it is 20 words long
