nickaster

Okay thanks very much! This is helping me understand things a lot better.

So… In other words, the plugin changes the behavior of “the_content()” to slap in that ad code at the “more” spot.

So… regardless of how you construct the single.php page, as long as that plugin is active, it’s going to insert the code?

Why would single.php have originally included this?

<?php $single = sdac_triple_p_ad_code('single');?>
<?php the_content(''. $single.''); ?>

And again, why wouldn’t removing/editing that stop the plugin from affecting posts?

And finally, what’s the purpose of the HTML here?

<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this entry »</p>’); ?>

That’ll never show up because you’re already on the single page right? Why is there anything there? Does it have a purpose? I could just make it:

<?php the_content(‘WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS’); ?>

And it wouldn’t make any difference?

Thanks!

Check this page out:

http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/09/rosabeth-moss-kanter-speaks-about-valuecorp/

It’s obviously got smart quotes in the headline (you can see it in the source). The thing is, I wrote that headline myself and didn’t go anywhere near MS Word or any other editor. I just typed those quotes directly into the title field.

How in the world did that happen? Is it the browser? (Chrome and FF both show fancy quotes to me on PC)

Here’s another quick question… this code you suggested:

<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>'); ?>

What is the HTML in there supposed to do? I assume “the_content” is just whatever is in the body of the post, with whatever HTML and everything else is in that body field. But what happens if I type “yankee doodle” in there between the quotes? Does that stuff just go between the first and second part of the body, if “<!– more –>” is present? Since this is the single.php page, why would anyuthing show? Maybe that’s why nothing’s showing now?

If it makes any difference, deactivating the plugin nukes the entire site, so this clown I hired really buried it in there some place!

Thaks! Yeah, there’s only one, and it’s associated with comments somehow. Pasted below:

I assume that something about that widget/plugin is sneaking into whatever code generates the post body and slapping the ad code into it right at the point where the “<!– more –>” tag would sit. It’s just totally blowing my mind as to how/where it is coming from. I think I want to totaly recode it and get rid of this madnesss, but understanding it a little better would help!

// Comments
if (function_exists('wp_list_comments')) {
	// comment count
	add_filter('get_comments_number', 'comment_count', 0);
	function comment_count( $commentcount ) {
		global $id;
		$_commnets = get_comments('status=approve&post_id=' . $id);
		$comments_by_type = &separate_comments($_commnets);
		return count($comments_by_type['comment']);
	}
}

function sdac_comment($comment, $args, $depth) {
   $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
   ?>
   <li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
     <div id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="completeComment">
     		<div class="gravatar">
			<?php if (function_exists('get_avatar') && get_option('show_avatars')) { echo get_avatar($comment, 32); } ?>
			</div>
			<div class="commentBox">
				<p class="commentMeta"><?php comment_time('F d, Y');?> at <?php comment_time('G:i a T');?> | <?php comment_author_link();?> writes:</p>
				<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
         		<p><?php _e('Your comment is awaiting moderation.') ?></p>
      			<?php endif; ?>
				<?php comment_text(); ?>
				<p class="reply"> <?php comment_reply_link(array_merge( $args, array('depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth']))) ?> <?php edit_comment_link();?></p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</li>
<?php
        }

?>

Okay, I give up on understanding that code.

I can create what appears to be a second sidebar, but is it possible to have the same widget on two sidebars? If I drag on to a new sidebar, it’s unavailable to be on the earlier one. WTF? I can’t believe how hard it is to do ANYTHING with WP without knowing php….ugh…

Okay wow. I didn’t know that was possible! very cool

SO… I just created a copy of “sidebar.php” and called it “sidebar-inner.php”

But… now what? If I use the following php on the single.php pages, for example:

<?php
if( is_home() || is_front_page() ) get_sidebar();
else get_sidebar(‘inner’);
?>;

1) How does it know that ‘inner’ means “sidebar-inner.php” ?
2) How do I get side-bar inner to show up on the widget page where I can drag and drop?

okay… thanks a lot. One wee problem. My sidebar seems to be entirely generated by widgets. The only code of relevance in sidebar.php is:

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

What does this mean? Where is dynamic sidebar coming from? I can’t find it anywhere, but I know that it’s a vertical row of widgets.

Really, the only thing I’m trying to do is add a certain feature between two of the widgets – ie, a special widget, that only appears on inside pages.

Maybe there’s a better way to do this? Is is possible to author a widget that ONLY appears on inside pages? Do you know how to go about doing that?

Thanks!