SkyWayne

Thanks, Andi. You are a lifesaver! I have seen your website. I have a few projects coming up, and you are on the top of my list . . . .

One last question and I will be out of your hair: To get the search to display excerpts, you said to modify the template page and change “the_content()” to “the_excerpt()”

Which template page? I assume you mean page.php (which is below). Is that correct?

<?php get_header() ?>

<div class="row">

	<!-- content -->
	<div id="content" class="column ninecol">

		<?php switch_breadcrumbs(); ?>

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

			<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
				<header>
					<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
				</header>
				<div class="entry-content">
					<?php the_content(); ?>
					<?php wp_link_pages(array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><span>' . __( 'Pages:', 'switch' ) . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
				</div>
			</article>

		<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

		<?php switch_content_nav(); ?>

	</div>
	<!-- /content -->

	<?php get_template_part('sidebar', 'page'); ?>

</div><!-- /row -->	

<?php get_footer() ?>

Thank you so much, Andi. I’m very excited now . . . just two more things:

How do I edit the files so that pages are not included in search results?

I have no idea how to do that! 🙂

On the excerpt issue, which template page? My theme has the following .php files:

404 Template
Main Index Template
Page Template (page.php)
Full Width Page Template
Homepage Template
Snippets Page Template
Testimonials Page Template

Page.php has this code (and I assume you would want me to change the first instance of the_content (), is that correct?:

<?php get_header() ?>

<div class="row">

	<!-- content -->
	<div id="content" class="column ninecol">

		<?php switch_breadcrumbs(); ?>

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

			<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
				<header>
					<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
				</header>
				<div class="entry-content">
					<?php the_content(); ?>
					<?php wp_link_pages(array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><span>' . __( 'Pages:', 'switch' ) . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
				</div>
			</article>

		<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

		<?php switch_content_nav(); ?>

	</div>
	<!-- /content -->

	<?php get_template_part('sidebar', 'page'); ?>

</div><!-- /row -->	

<?php get_footer() ?>

Is there any way for me to standardize the code that’s in my theme so that it conforms and has the missing class of “post” that you mentioned?

Here is the code from Search.php (I can also provide the code from Searchform.php if needed):

<?php get_header() ?>
<div class="row">
	<!-- content -->
	<div id="content" class="column ninecol">
		<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
			<?php switch_breadcrumbs(); ?>
			<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
				<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
				 <?php
			        $format = get_post_format();
			        if (false === $format) $format = 'standard';
		        ?>
				<?php get_template_part('content', $format); ?>
				</article>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			<?php switch_content_nav(); ?>
		<?php else : ?>
			<article id="post-0" <?php post_class() ?>>
				<header>
					<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e('Nothing Found', 'switch'); ?></h1>
				</header>
				<div class="entry-content">
					<p><?php _e('Sorry, but no entries matched your search criteria. Please make sure all words are spelled correctly or try again with some different keywords.', 'switch' ); ?></p>
				</div>
			</article>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</div>
	<!-- /content -->
	<?php get_sidebar() ?>
</div><!-- /row -->
<?php get_footer() ?>

Here is the code that is in the header:

<div id="mainmenu">
			<div class="container">
				<div id="togglemenu"><a href="#">Browse or search website</a></div>
				<nav>
					<?php
						if (has_nav_menu('main-menu')) {
							wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location' => 'main-menu', 'container' => '', 'menu_class' => 'sf-menu'));
						} else {
					?>
					<ul class="sf-menu">
						<?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
					</ul>
					<?php } ?>
                                          <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
				</nav>
			</div>
		</div>
	</header>

It’s still okay . . .

What do you suggest?

Thank you SO much for your reply.

There isn’t any way for me to contact the person who built my site. I paid to have the site built. The guy did a horrible job and then disappeared. I’ve basically been trying to fix the broken pieces and have been learning as I go. It’s been a painfully slow process.

Not sure what I can do at this point. Any suggestions on where and how I can put the required <div> elements in place?

I ended up using a php enabled widget up in that area, just because it’s easier to style the background, etc.

Both of those worked well in terms of getting the page title to the right place, but the styling is way off. The page title is now just as big as the site title . . . .

How can I now style the output? Preferably using code in the same widgetized area.

Thanks, I really appreciate!

Just copied and pasted the code from your link above in child theme functions.php (between the last “}” and the “endif.” Worked beautifully! Thank you so much!