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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [2 or 3 column categories in sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/page/3/#post-935000)
 * Thanks for your help t31os_. It seems this new block of code has the same problem
   as the previous. It offsets the columns even when there is an even number in 
   both (10 list items spread over two columns is formatted as 6 and 4 rather than
   5 and 5). It has something to do with the rounding up function, because when 
   I remove it, the columns are distributed properly. Is it necessary we include
   Ceil()? It works without it just fine.
 * I’m going to keep tinkering and see what happens. Thanks again!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [2 or 3 column categories in sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/page/3/#post-934998)
 * Okay, it appears as though I have found a solution. Whether it’s correct – I 
   don’t know (my php skills are somewhat underdeveloped). It does work however.
   The one downside is that a 3rd empty unordered list is being spit out after the
   two that are actually requested. That and the rouge closing li tag is still there.
 * To solve my problem with the uneven columns I simply changed this:
 *     ```
       // How many pages to show per list (round up total divided by 2)
       $pages_per_list = ceil($results_total / 2);
       ```
   
 * To this:
 *     ```
       // How many pages to show per list (round up total divided by 2)
       $pages_per_list = $results_total / 2;
       ```
   
 * If what I’m doing is very bad, or if anyone can tell me how to eliminate the 
   rogue unordered list and closing list item tag I’d appreciate it.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [2 or 3 column categories in sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-or-3-column-categories-in-sidebar/page/3/#post-934997)
 * First off I want to thank you t31os_ for providing this code. It has been of 
   huge assistance to me in achieving the desired formatting on my current project.
   I’ve appropriated your code to work with the wp_list_pages tag. It works wonderfully,
   the only snag I’ve encountered is that the columns won’t balance out when there
   are an equal number of items in the lists.
 * For example, I have two columns displaying a total of 10 list items. For some
   odd reason, instead of balancing out with 5 and 5, it displays as 6 and 4. I’ve
   played with the code to try and fix the problem to no avail. When looking in 
   the output source code I noticed that there is an extra /li before the final /
   ul closing tag. I suspect this may be causing the problem, but can’t figure out
   how to remove that unnecessary closing /li tag.
 * Here is my code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       			// Grab the pages
       			$get_pages = wp_list_pages( 'echo=0&title_li=&child_of=28&sort_column=post_title' );
   
       			// Split into array items
       			$pages_array = explode('</li>',$get_pages);
   
       			// Amount of page items (count of items in array)
       			$results_total = count($pages_array);
   
       			// How many pages to show per list (round up total divided by 3)
       			$pages_per_list = ceil($results_total / 2);
   
       			// Counter number for tagging onto each list
       			$list_number = 1;
   
       			// Set the pages result counter to zero
       			$result_number = 0;
       			?>
   
       			<ul id="cat-col-<?php echo $list_number; ?>">
       			<?php
       			foreach($pages_array as $pages) {
       				$result_number++;
   
       			if($result_number % $pages_per_list == 0) {
       				$list_number++;
       				echo $pages.'</li>
       			</ul>
       			<ul id="cat-col-'.$list_number.'">';
       			}
       			else {
       			echo $pages.'</li>';
       			}
       			}
       			?>
       			</ul>
       ```
   
 * Here is what the output looks like for the second column (the column displaying
   4 items) when I view source:
 *     ```
       <ul id="cat-col-2">
       <li class="page_item page-item-14"><a href="http://localhost:8888/harris/advertising/music/test-advertising-1/" title="G – Test">G – Test</a></li>
       <li class="page_item page-item-55"><a href="http://localhost:8888/harris/advertising/music/h-test/" title="H – Test">H – Test</a></li>
       <li class="page_item page-item-57"><a href="http://localhost:8888/harris/advertising/music/i-test/" title="I – Test">I – Test</a></li>
       <li class="page_item page-item-59"><a href="http://localhost:8888/harris/advertising/music/j-test/" title="J – Test">J – Test</a></li>
       </li>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * Any help is greatly appreciated.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Excluding Multiple Pages with (exclude_tree)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-multiple-pages-with-exclude_tree/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-multiple-pages-with-exclude_tree/#post-1186017)
 * jtimar,
 * All you have to do is include Tim’s block of code in your template the same way
   you would the regular `<?php wp_list_pages();?>` tag.
 * It would look like this:
 *     ```
       <?php $parent_pages_to_exclude = array(31,33,18,74);
       foreach($parent_pages_to_exclude as $parent_page_to_exclude) {
       if ($page_exclusions) { $page_exclusions .= ',' . $parent_page_to_exclude; }
         else { $page_exclusions = $parent_page_to_exclude; }
         $descendants = get_pages('child_of=' . $parent_page_to_exclude);
         foreach($descendants as $descendant) {
           $page_exclusions .= ',' . $descendant->ID;
         }
       }
       wp_list_pages('title_li=&sort_column=menu_order&exclude=' . $page_exclusions); ?>
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress 2.7 wp_list_pages Exclude Broken?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-27-wp_list_pages-exclude-broken/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-27-wp_list_pages-exclude-broken/#post-961470)
 * Hi Rafff. I tried your code but it doesn’t seem to register all the arguments
   in my exclude_tree. For example here is my code:
 * `<?php wp_list_pages('exclude_tree=3,7,9,2&title_li='); ?>`
 * It’s only removing 3, while 7,9 and 2 are still visible. This is important functionality–
   does anyone know if the folks at WordPress are working on an official fix?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: WP Post Thumnail]](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-post-thumnail/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-post-thumnail/page/2/#post-918707)
 * Does anyone know if there is a way to stop the plugin from optimizing the images?
   I’d love to use this (nice and simple for clients) but even when I set the jpeg
   quality parameter to 100 the final images quality is still compromised.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: WP-Menu] Feature Requests / Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-menu-feature-requests-support-1/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-menu-feature-requests-support-1/#post-1044632)
 * Hi Scott,
 * I’m trying to implement some of the options made available in the plugin, namely
   adding a link to my homepage.
 * I’ve tried variations on the show_home and home_path with no success. What’s 
   throwing me are the arguments. For instance, if I was to us show_home it would
   be like:
 * `show_home=1&home_path=???’
 * First off, is 1 like a boolean value of true or false? Then with the home_path,
   is that to be the name of my page used for the homepage, or should it be the 
   complete url to my homepage? Is home_link required?
 * Apologies for the green questions. I think your plugin is great. Perhaps including
   a couple of examples in your readme will better explain these implementation 
   issues.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to highlight current post?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-highlight-cuurnet-post/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-highlight-cuurnet-post/#post-896060)
 * Found a solution. See this thread: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/212323?replies=8#post-1130031](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/212323?replies=8#post-1130031)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Highlighting current post title in get_posts list](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highlighting-current-post-title-in-get_posts-list/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highlighting-current-post-title-in-get_posts-list/#post-886177)
 * Brilliant! Thanks for the code. You saved my ass.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [how to highlight current post?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-highlight-cuurnet-post/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-highlight-cuurnet-post/#post-896059)
 * I’ve also been digging around for a solution to this problem. Found tons of tutorials
   on how to do this with a page menu you generate yourself, but nothing helpful
   for setting a class for current posts. Any help is appreciated.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: WP-Menu] Feature Requests / Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-menu-feature-requests-support-1/)
 *  [eggnog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eggnog/)
 * (@eggnog)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-menu-feature-requests-support-1/#post-1044628)
 * This plugin is _amazing_. Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Where can I donate
   some cash for your efforts?

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