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# geddeth

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: Broken Link Checker] Error: Plugins Tables Not Up To Date](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-broken-link-checker-error-plugins-tables-not-up-to-date/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-broken-link-checker-error-plugins-tables-not-up-to-date/#post-1627972)
 * Same here, did you ever figure this out?
 *   Forum: [Your WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/your-wordpress/)
   
   In reply to: [New Theme!: Drag n Drop Layout, Three columns, Flexible](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-theme-drag-n-drop-layout-three-columns-flexible/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-theme-drag-n-drop-layout-three-columns-flexible/page/3/#post-270162)
 * What’s the status on this? I can’t figure it out …
 *   Forum: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/)
    In 
   reply to: [Using WP framework outside WP dir](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-framework-outside-wp-dir/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-framework-outside-wp-dir/#post-292644)
 * Thanks for your replies, I had sort of come to those conclusions myself. But 
   it’s nice to have them confirmed.
 * FWIW, I have decided on the method with the custom template and am redirecting
   from / to /blog/portalpage which is a bit ugly, but gets the job done. I can 
   then mess with the template and not worry about whether the WP framework is initialized
   properly.
 * On a sidenote: once upon a time (I believe pre-1.5) it was possible to set your
   page slug to anything you liked. Now I can’t even set it to / or some random 
   address. That kind of sucks, since I (also) use the links of pages for navigation,
   and that would allow me to link to stuff outside of WP. The actual page content
   would never be viewed of course, only the page slug would be important. Huh.
 *   Forum: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/)
    In 
   reply to: [Using WP framework outside WP dir](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-framework-outside-wp-dir/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-framework-outside-wp-dir/#post-292630)
 * No tips on this one? Is it even feasible?
 * In short, I just want to show most of my theme, a few post headers, do some custom
   PHP things, display some stats and so on. I don’t mind initializing the WP core
   to do this, as long as I can call regular template tags and pick things out that
   way.
 * Anyone have a take on this? Easy/difficult?
 * Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments link problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-link-problem/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-link-problem/#post-193908)
 * Well, can you be more specific about what happens when you click on links without
   the index.php part? Does it work if you manually insert the index.php into the
   url and visit that page?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments link problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-link-problem/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-link-problem/#post-193642)
 * I think this is intentional. Omitting the index.php just tells the webserver 
   to use the default IndexPage, which ought to be index.php anyway. It saves space
   in the URI.
 * Why do you want to fix it?
 * G.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Gallery 2 and WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/#post-151261)
 * Well, if you mean a demo setup that you can play with, I’m not quite sure. But
   there are some sample galleries here:
    [http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=21047](http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=21047)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Gallery 2 and WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/#post-151259)
 * Well … I’ve not come very far. No matter how I attempt to get access to WP’s 
   API, I keep bumping into the same error:
 * `Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/test/www/wp-
   includes/functions.php on line 1068`
 * In this case, I used the Smarty function [include_php](http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.include.php.php)
   to include **wp-blog-header.php** from within Gallery’s **global.tpl**.
 * I believe the problem lies in how the **$wpdb** class is instantiated and then
   globalized in **wp-includes/wp-db.php** but I haven’t been able to figure out
   how to get around this.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Gallery integration question for WP1.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-integration-question-for-wp15/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-integration-question-for-wp15/#post-134655)
 * Anyone have this going for Gallery 1.5+ and WP1.5 ?
 * I’m trying to find the cleanest approach, but am having trouble getting WP to
   load from a Gallery template. The trouble seems to be that WP can’t load when
   I include wp-blog-header.php from the Gallery template. I get a weird “Call to
   non-member function”-error from PHP.
 * Basically, I’d like to include the WP header before the G2 header in gallery/
   html_wrap/gallery.header and vice versa in gallery.footer.
 * But it seems there must be more to it than this (not counting CSS modifications,
   of course).
 * Any thoughts?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Problems with UTF-8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-utf-8/)
 *  [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-utf-8/#post-151127)
 * Samme issue here with Debian Sarge, Apache 2, MySQL 4.1 and WP1.5.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Gallery 2 and WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-2-and-wordpress/#post-151115)
 * Hi JuneBleeds, thanks for your reply.
    Unfortunately, since I’m only a peripheral
   developer and have no impact or influence on the work on the official part of
   G2, I can give no such guarantees.
 * However, I can tell you that G2 is nothing like G1 in that respect. It uses a
   top-layer database API which allows, say, plugin devs to use an abstract syntax
   for direct database access to G2 (I assume that is what you mean) which doesn’t
   change, regardless of how the actual table structure looks. I’m fairly confident
   that the API interface to the G2 database will stick to it’s current form, so
   this shouldn’t be an issue.
 * I understand how alpha releases of software can seem intimidating, but Gallery
   2 in it’s current form is quite usable and is nothing like more traditional alpha-
   phase software, in my opinion.
 * In short, G2 is not G1, it’s much more flexible. It’s theming and template system
   can be a bit of a mouthful, though, and that’s why I’ve asked around here before
   I attempt to do this from scratch, on my own. I’d be happy to collaborate on 
   this little project, though. 😉
 * Cheers,
    G.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Running WP from two directories?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-wp-from-two-directories/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-wp-from-two-directories/#post-133972)
 * .. of course, clicking on category links or titles always sends you to the `/
   news` page … hmm. Must think more.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Running WP from two directories?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-wp-from-two-directories/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-wp-from-two-directories/#post-133966)
 * Well, seems I solved the problem in a completely different manner: I carry a 
   global PHP variable that indicates which section of the site is loaded a the 
   moment, and can leave out the sidebar and change the list_cats() parameters according
   to whether I’m in News or Articles. I did this in the custom template, and it
   seems to work.
 * It’s not very clean as it sets WP aside somewhat, but at least it stays in one
   template and I don’t have to hack (much). Now for some sleep. 😉
 * Cheers,
    G.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Using WP for article management?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-for-article-management/)
 *  Thread Starter [geddeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geddeth/)
 * (@geddeth)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wp-for-article-management/#post-133962)
 * Thanks, Lorelle, for that information.
 * I’ve used the GET parameter `category_name` and the `list_cats()` function to
   divide my content into two main categories, Weblog and Articles. Now I’m trying
   to figure out how to have these two shown from different directories (`http://
   site.com/news/` and `http://site.com/articles`).
 * I should say that I’m using WP from CVS, so I’ve moved that part of the discussion
   to the [beta forums](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=21440).

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