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</style> </style>
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<body> <body>
<p style="text-align: center"><img alt="WordPress" src="http://wordpress.org/images/wordpress.gif" /> <br /> <p style="text-align: center"><img alt="WordPress" src="http://wordpress.org/images/wordpress.gif" /> <br />
0.72</p> 1.0</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Weblog / News Publishing Tool</p> <p style="text-align: center">Weblog / News Publishing Tool</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a> - <a href="#installation">Installation</a> - <a href="#templates">Template(s)</a> - <a href="#usage">Query String Usage</a> - <a href="#xmlrpc">XML-RPC (Blogging APIs)</a> - <a href="#postviaemail">Post Via Email</a> - <a href="#notes">Notes</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a> - <a href="#installation">Installation</a> - <a href="#templates">Template(s)</a> - <a href="#usage">Query String Usage</a> - <a href="#xmlrpc">XML-RPC (Blogging APIs)</a> - <a href="#postviaemail">Post Via Email</a> - <a href="#notes">Notes</a></p>
<h1 id="requirements">Requirements:</h1> <h1 id="requirements">Requirements:</h1>
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</ul> </ul>
<p>The link will help promote <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> and is its only mean of promotion. </p> <p>The link will help promote <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a> and is its only mean of promotion. </p>
<p>WordPress is built from b2, which comes from Michel V. We wouldn't be here without him, so why don't you grab him something from his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/registry-address-select-done/1XKLC38KDUPXR/103-8901342-4908609">wishlist</a>? You can also support the <a href="http://wordpress.org/about/">WordPress developers</a>. </p> <p>WordPress is built from b2, which comes from Michel V. We wouldn't be here without him, so why don't you grab him something from his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/registry-address-select-done/1XKLC38KDUPXR/103-8901342-4908609">wishlist</a>? You can also support the <a href="http://wordpress.org/about/">WordPress developers</a>. </p>
<p>This document is currently <em>beta</em> stage, we'll be updating it extensively as WordPress matures. There is also <a href="http://wordpress.org/docs/">online documentation</a> under development. </p> <p>This document is currently <em>beta</em> stage, we'll be updating it extensively as WordPress matures. There is also <a href="http://wordpress.org/docs/">online documentation</a> under development, as well as a <a href="http://wiki.wordpress.org">wiki</a>.</p>
<h1 id="installation">Installation:</h1> <h1 id="installation">Installation:</h1>
<h2>New users: 5-minute install.</h2> <h2>New users: 5-minute install.</h2>
<ol> <ol>
<li>Unzip the package in an empty directory.</li> <li>Unzip the package in an empty directory.</li>
<li>Copy wp-config.sample.php to wp-config.php. Open wp-config.php in a text editor and modify the variables as explained in the comments. Comments are lines that start with <code>/*</code> or <code>//</code></li> <li>Open <span class="file">wp-config-sample.php</span> in a text editor and insert your database name, username, password, and host name as indicated in the comments. (Comments are lines that start with <code>/*</code> or <code>//</code>.) Save this file as <span class="file">wp-config.php</span>.</li>
<li>Upload everything. This release is designed to sit in your root folder, IE the folder where your WordPress-powered page will reside.</li> <li>Upload everything. This release is designed to sit in your root folder; i.e, the folder where your WordPress-powered page will reside.</li>
<li>The weblogs.com cache file needs to be writable by the web server. <a href="http://www.evolt.org/article/A_quick_and_dirty_chmod_Tutorial/18/541/">CHMOD 666</a> the <code>weblogs.com.changes.cache</code> file. </li> <li>The weblogs.com cache file needs to be writable by the web server. <a href="http://www.evolt.org/article/A_quick_and_dirty_chmod_Tutorial/18/541/">CHMOD 666</a> the <span class="file"><code>weblogs.com.changes.cache</code></span> file. </li>
<li> Launch <a href="wp-admin/install.php">wp-admin/install.php</a> in your browser. This should setup the MySQL database for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a> and make a post with all the information about the failure (error messages, etc), and your setup (the PHP and MySQL versions on your server, and the browser you were using). <strong>Note the password given to you.</strong></li> <li> Launch <span class="file">/wpfolder/wp-admin/install.php</a></span> in your browser. This should setup the MySQL database for your blog. <strong>Note the password given to you.</strong> If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a> and make a post with all the information about the failure (error messages, etc), and your setup (the PHP and MySQL versions on your server, and the browser you were using). </li>
<li> Go to <a href="wp-login.php">wp-login.php</a> and sign in with the login "admin" and the password given to you by the install script. Then click on the menu 'My Profile', and change the password. Note: you need javascript enabled to launch the profile popup window.</li> <li> During step 2 of the installation, make sure you enter a fully-qualified domain name for your blog url. For example: <span class="file">http://www.yoursite.com/wordpress</span> . Make sure there is no trailing slash at the end of the url.</li>
<li> The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username "admin" and the password generated during the installation. Then click on the item 'My Profile', and change the password. The login page may also be accessed by going to <span class="file">/wpfolder/wp-login.php</span>. Note: you need javascript enabled to launch the profile popup window.</li>
</ol> </ol>
<h2>Some notes:</h2> <h2>Some notes:</h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Whenever you want to post something, just open a browser and go to wp-login.php to log in and post.</li> <li>Whenever you want to post something, just open a browser and go to <span class="file">wp-login.php</span> to log in and post.</li>
<li>You can also use a bookmarklet and/or a sidebar (IE5+/NS6+) to post.</li> <li>You can also use a bookmarklet and/or a sidebar (IE5+/NS6+) to post.</li>
<li> You can also post through the Blogger, MetaWeblog, and MovableType APIs, <a href="#xmlrpc">click here</a> for more info.</li> <li> You can also post through the Blogger, MetaWeblog, and MovableType APIs, <a href="#xmlrpc">click here</a> for more info.</li>
<li> Your site's blog is on wp.php (simple template) and index.php (CSS template), you can rename this file to index.php or any other name you fancy (provided it bears the php extension or is interpreted as a php file by your server).</li> <li> By default, your site's blog is located at <span class="file">index.php</span>, which is an elaborate .CSS-based template. There is a non-.CSS template you can also use, called <span class="file">wp.php</span>. You can rename either of these files as any other name you fancy (provided it bears the php extension or is interpreted as a php file by your server).</li>
<li> You can also copy wp.php into a new file and modify that new file, it will work too ;)</li>
</ul> </ul>
<h2>Upgrading from b2 v0.6.1 to WordPress v0.7:</h2>
<h2>Preface for all upgrades:</h2>
<ul><li><strong>Back up</strong> your database before you do anything. </li>
<li>If you haven't already, we strongly suggest that you <strong>BACK UP</strong> your database.</li>
<li>Have you <strong>BACKED UP</strong> your database? Yeah? GREAT!</li>
<li>If you don't know how to do this, <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/10/1384">this script</a> can help.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Upgrading from WordPress v0.7x to v1.0:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Backup your database.</strong> Yes, you. Right now.</li>
<li>Point your browser to <span class="file">/wp-admin/upgrade.php.</span></li>
<li>You wanted more, perhaps? That's it!</li>
</ul>
<h2>Note on upgrading to v1.0:</h2>
<ul>
<li>It is <strong>strongly</strong> recommended that you use the new <span class="file"> index.php</span> for your templates, rather than simply upgrading your old one. Sure, it'll take a little time, but you'll be much happier with the results when you do!</li>
<h2>Upgrading from b2 v0.6.1/v0.6.2.2 to WordPress v1.0:</h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li>All you <em>really</em> have to do is replace all the files with newer versions and run <a href="wp-admin/import-b2.php">wp-admin/import-b2.php</a> and you should be ready to go.</li> <li><strong>Back up</strong> your database before you do anything. Yes, you. Right now.</li>
<li>You <em>must</em> configure <span class="file"><code>wp-config.php</code></span> as indicated in the "5-minute install" section.</li>
<li>All you <em>really</em> have to do is replace all the files with newer versions and run <span class="file">wp-admin/upgrade.php</span> and you should be ready to go.</li>
<li>There is also an import script at <span class="file">wp-admin/import-b2.php</span>.</li>
<li>If you're using an older version of b2, it's probably a good idea to upgrade to at least .6.1 before making the leap to WordPress.</li> <li>If you're using an older version of b2, it's probably a good idea to upgrade to at least .6.1 before making the leap to WordPress.</li>
<li>The templates are better and structured slightly differently, so it might be worth it to start from scratch and work back to your design.</li> <li>The templates are better and structured slightly differently, so it might be worth it to start from scratch and work back to your design.</li>
<li>You <em>must</em> update <code>wp-config.php</code>.</li>
<li>WordPress issues should be discussed in our <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>.</li> <li>WordPress issues should be discussed in our <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Back up</strong> your database before you do anything. Yes, you. Right now.</li>
</ul> </ul>
<h2>Upgrading to WordPress v1.0 from Textpattern, GreyMatter, & Blogger</h2>
<ul>
<li>Did we mention <strong>BACKING UP</strong> your database first?</li>
<li>Each of these tools has an import script available. They are all located in the wp-admin directory, and must first be configured with your database information before they are executed.
<li>Detailed importing instructions are given during the execution of the import script.
<li>Textpattern: run <span class="file">wp-admin/import-textpattern.php</span>.</li>
<li>GreyMatter: run <span class="file">wp-admin/import-greymatter.php</span>.</li>
<li>Blogger: run <span class="file">wp-admin/import-blogger.php</span>.</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="templates">Templates:</h1> <h1 id="templates">Templates:</h1>
<h2>First notes:</h2> <h2>First notes:</h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Enclosed is an example of a template, in the file wp.php. You can rename this file to "index.php"or something else (recent WordPress versions have a default index.php, which is an elaborate CSS-based template).</li> <li>Enclosed is an example of a template, in the file <span class="file">wp.php</span>. You can rename this file to "index.php"or something else (WordPress 1.0 has a default index.php, which is an elaborate CSS-based template).</li>
<li>You can have any number of template files, since all they do is extract the posts from the database.</li> <li>You can have any number of template files, since all they do is extract the posts from the database.</li>
<li>Pseudo-template for the comments is in wp-comments.php. You needn't rename this file, but you can edit it.</li> <li>The pseudo-template for the comments is in wp-comments.php. You needn't rename this file, but you can edit it.</li>
<li>The only thing to remember is that it's not actually a template, but a PHP file that you're manipulating. So when you see "don't delete this line", you know you mustn't, unless you want to have a broken page.</li> <li>The only thing to remember is that it's not actually a template, but a PHP file that you're manipulating. So when you see "don't delete this line", you know you mustn't, unless you want to have a broken page.</li>
<li>Required lines are: the first lines that call wp-blog-header.php, the lines with the "while" statement, and the ones with just "}" (it ends the while loop).</li> <li>Required lines are: the first lines that call wp-blog-header.php, the lines with the "while" statement, and the ones with just "}" (it ends the while loop).</li>
<li>Between the "while" line and the "}", is the template for your posts.</li> <li>Between the "while" line and the "}", is the template for your posts.</li>
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Example: <code>&lt;?php my_tag("first param", "second param"); ?&gt;</code></li> Example: <code>&lt;?php my_tag("first param", "second param"); ?&gt;</code></li>
<li>The order of parameters is important. If a function accepts 2 parameters and you only want to set the second one, you still have to provide the first one, and so on for any number of parameters.<br /> <li>The order of parameters is important. If a function accepts 2 parameters and you only want to set the second one, you still have to provide the first one, and so on for any number of parameters.<br />
Example: <code>&lt;?php my_tag("", "second param"); ?&gt;</code></li> Example: <code>&lt;?php my_tag("", "second param"); ?&gt;</code></li>
<li>Some template tags, like the_date(), display something only if in some conditions. They generally accept parameters to display something before and after them only when they display something.<br /> <li>Some template tags, like the_date(), display something only in certain conditions. They generally accept parameters to display something before and after them only when they display something.<br />
Example: <code>&lt;?php the_title("&lt;h1&gt;", "&lt;/h1&gt;"); ?&gt;</code> would display &lt;h1&gt;title of the post&lt;/h1&gt; only if the post has a title </li> Example: <code>&lt;?php the_title("&lt;h1&gt;", "&lt;/h1&gt;"); ?&gt;</code> would display &lt;h1&gt;title of the post&lt;/h1&gt; only if the post has a title </li>
</ol> </ol>
<h1>Template tags:</h1> <h1>Template tags:</h1>
<strong>&lt;?php the_date() ?&gt;</strong> <br />
the date of the post. example: 03.07.01 (default is dd.mm.yy).<br />
the date is displayed only on new days. for example if you got 10 posts on the same day, the date for this day is displayed only once.<br /> <ul><h2>Blog data tag:</h2>
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php bloginfo() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /> </li>
This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs info about your weblog.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>string: can be 'name' to display the name of your weblog (you set it in the options page), 'url', 'description', 'admin_email', 'rss_url' to display the URL of your wp-rss2.php file, 'pingback_url' to display the URL of your xmlrpc.php file<br />
(default string is 'name')</li>
</ul>
</div>
</ul>
<ul><h2> Date and Time tags: </h2>
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_date() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
The date of the post. example: 03.07.01 (default is dd.mm.yy).<br />
The date is displayed only on new days. For example, if you write 10 posts on the same day, the date is displayed only once.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>format string (default: "d.m.y")</li> <li>format string (default: "d.m.y")</li>
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<li>string to display after the date (default is blank)</li> <li>string to display after the date (default is blank)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<strong>Note about the_date():</strong> If you want all your posts to bear the date, you'll have to use the_time() instead, with a date format string. For example, to have all your posts show as "25.12.2001 @ 8:04:50 AM" you'll have the_time("d.m.Y @ g:i:s A"). You can also repeat this template tag 2 times with 2 different formats: the_time("d.m.Y") for the date, and then later the_time("g:i:s A") for the time of the day.<br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_time() ?&gt;</strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_time() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /> </li>
the time of the post. example: 18:37:00 (default is hh:mm:ss)<br /> The time of the post. Example: 18:37:00 (default is hh:mm:ss)<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>format string (default: "H:i:s")</li> <li>format string (default: "H:i:s")</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>Note:</strong> you can change the way the date &amp; time are displayed in the Options page.<br /> <strong>Note:</strong> You can change the way the date &amp; time are displayed in the Options page.<br />
once you understand the format strings for the date &amp; time (explained in the Options page), you can change the display right on the template: for example, <strong>the_date(</strong><em>"d.m.Y"</em><strong>)</strong> to have dates like 25.12.2001, <strong>the_time(</strong><em>"B"</em><strong>)</strong> to have Swatch Internet Time.<br /> Once you understand the format strings for the date &amp; time (explained in the Options page), you can change the display right on the template: for example, you can change <strong>the_date(</strong><em>"d.m.Y"</em><strong>)</strong> to have dates like 25.12.2001, or <strong>the_time(</strong><em>"B"</em><strong>)</strong> to have Swatch Internet Time.<br />
If you change the display of the date on the template, changing it from the options page won't have any effect.br /&gt; <br /> If you change the display of the date on the template, changing it from the options page won't have any effect. <br />
<strong>Note about the_date():</strong> if you want all your posts to bear the date, you'll have to use the_time() instead, with a date format string. for example, to have all your posts show like "25.12.2001 @ 8:04:50 AM" you'll have the_time("d.m.Y @ g:i:s A"). you can also repeat this template tag 2 times with 2 different formats: the_time("d.m.Y") for the date, and then later the_time("g:i:s A") for the time of the day.<br /> </ul>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_weekday() ?&gt;</strong><br /> <h2>Deprecated date/time tags:</h2>
<ul>
<li><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_weekday() ?&gt;</span><br /> </li>
This displays the day of the week when the post was made. It works like the_time(), in that it would appear at every post. Weekdays can be obtained with a custom date format string in the_time() or the_date(), but for non-english weekdays you have to edit day-month-trans.php<br /> This displays the day of the week when the post was made. It works like the_time(), in that it would appear at every post. Weekdays can be obtained with a custom date format string in the_time() or the_date(), but for non-english weekdays you have to edit day-month-trans.php<br />
<strong>Note: this tag is OBSOLETE, the_time() and the_date() now use weekdays/months from day-month-trans.php</strong><br /> <strong>Note: this tag is OBSOLETE, as the_time() and the_date() now use weekdays/months from day-month-trans.php</strong><br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_weekday_date() ?&gt;</strong> <br /> <li><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_weekday_date() ?&gt;</span> <br /> </li>
Like the_weekday(), but works like the_date(), in that it would appear only on new days.<br /> Like the_weekday(), but works like the_date(), in that it will appear only on new days.<br />
<strong>Note: this tag is OBSOLETE, the_time() and the_date() now use weekdays/months from day-month-trans.php</strong><br /> <strong>Note: this tag is OBSOLETE, the_time() and the_date() now use weekdays/months from day-month-trans.php</strong><br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
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<li>string to display after the weekday_date (default is blank)</li> <li>string to display after the weekday_date (default is blank)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
</ul>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_ID() ?&gt;<br /> <ul><h2>Post/Content tags:</h2>
</strong>the ID (number) of the post.<br />
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_ID() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
The ID (number) of the post. <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_title() ?&gt;<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_title() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /> </li>
</strong>The title of the post.<br /> The title of the post.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>string to display before the title (default is blank)</li> <li>string to display before the title (default is blank)</li>
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</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_content() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_content() ?&gt; </span></strong><br /></li>
</strong>The text of the post.<br /> The text of the post.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>text to display for the link to the complete entry (default is <em>'(more...)'</em>)</li> <li>text to display for the link to the complete entry (default is <em>'(more...)'.</em>)</li>
<li>0 or 1, whether you want to show the teaser message or not, when showing the complete text (default is 1)</li> <li>0 or 1, indicating whether you want to show the teaser message when showing the complete text (default is 1).</li>
<li>a filename of another template, if you want the 'more' link to link to a different template for the complete text of the extended entry (default is the current template)</li> <li>a filename of another template, if you want the 'more' link to link to a different template for the complete text of the extended entry (default is the current template).</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
For example <em>&lt;?php the_content("read more","0","blah.php") ?&gt;</em> would display a link to <em>blah.php</em>, with the link text <em>read more</em>, and won't display the teaser message.<br /> For example <em>&lt;?php the_content("read more","0","blah.php") ?&gt;</em> would display a link to <em>blah.php</em>, with the link text <em>read more</em>, and won't display the teaser message.<br />
<br /> <br />
To enter an extended entry, just type <em>&lt;!--more--&gt;</em> in your entry. The part before that comment is the teaser, the part after it is the extended entry. To force the extended entry not to show the teaser message, type <em>&lt;!--noteaser--&gt;</em> somewhere in your entry.<br /> To enter an extended entry, just type <em>&lt;!--more--&gt;</em> in your entry. The part before that comment is the teaser, the part after it is the extended entry. To force the extended entry to not to show the teaser message, type <em>&lt;!--noteaser--&gt;</em> somewhere in your entry.<br />
<br /> <br />
To enter an entry with several pages, just type <em>&lt;!--nextpage--&gt;</em> in your entry to start a new page.<br /> To enter an entry with several pages, just type <em>&lt;!--nextpage--&gt;</em> in your entry to start a new page.<br />
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php next_post() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php single_post_title() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>Displays a link to the next post(s). (Generally you might want to use that tag only in single-post templates)<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs the title of the post when you load the page with ?p= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?p=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_post_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>prefix string that will appear before the post's title (default is ' :: ')</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php next_post() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
Displays a link to the next post(s). (Generally you might want to use this only in single-post templates)<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>format string for the link (default is "%", where % is replaced with the title of the next post)</li> <li>format string for the link (default is "%", where % is replaced with the title of the next post)</li>
<li>text to display to announce the link (default is "next post: ")</li> <li>text to display to announce the link (default is "next post: ")</li>
<li>"yes" or "no": display the title of the post, or no (default is "yes")</li> <li>"yes" or "no": display the title of the post, or no (default is "yes")</li>
<li>"yes" or "no": display a link to the next post only if the next post is in the same category (default is "no")</li> <li>"yes" or "no": display a link to the next post only if the next post is in the same category (default is "no")</li>
<li>number: which next post ? if you make it '2', the 2nd next post is linked instead of the 1st next one (default is "1", which means first next post)</li> <li>number: which next post ? If you make it '2', the 2nd next post is linked instead of the 1st next one (default is "1", which means first next post)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php previous_post() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php single_month_title() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /><li>
</strong>Displays a link to the previous post(s). (Generally you might want to use that tag only in single-post templates)<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs the name of the month when you load the page with ?m= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?m=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_month_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>prefix string that will appear before the month's name (default is ' :: ')</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php previous_post() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
Displays a link to the previous post(s). (Generally you might want to use this only in single-post templates)<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>format string for the link (default is "%", where % is replaced with the title of the previous post)</li> <li>format string for the link (default is "%", where % is replaced with the title of the previous post)</li>
<li>text to display to announce the link (default is "previous post: ")</li> <li>text to display to announce the link (default is "previous post: ")</li>
<li>"yes" or "no": display the title of the post, or no (default is "yes")</li> <li>"yes" or "no": display the title of the post, or no (default is "yes")</li>
<li>"yes" or "no": display a link to the next post only if the previous post is in the same category (default is "no")</li> <li>"yes" or "no": display a link to the next post only if the previous post is in the same category (default is "no")</li>
<li>number: which previous post ? if you make it '2', the 2nd previous post is linked instead of the 1st previous post (default is "1", which means first previous post)</li> <li>number: which previous post ? If you make it '2', the 2nd previous post is linked instead of the 1st previous post (default is "1", which means first previous post)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php next_posts() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php next_posts() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>Display the URL portion of a link to the next set of posts. <br /> Display the URL portion of a link to the next set of posts. <br />
Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the next "set" of posts when the "Show Options" settings for the site is set to "posts paged". The displayed string can be used to construct a link. When the site options are not set to 'posts paged", the next and previous functions will display nothing.<br /> Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the next "set" of posts when the "Show Options" settings for the site is set to "posts paged". The displayed string can be used to construct a link. When the site options are not set to 'posts paged", the next_posts() and previous_posts() functions will display nothing.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>Max page number to use. Default "0"; no limit</li> <li>Max page number to use. Default "0"; no limit</li>
@ -210,8 +306,8 @@ Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the next "set" of post
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php next_posts_link() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php next_posts_link() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong> Displays a full link to the next "set" of posts only if show options set to "posts paged" and only if there is another page or partial page of data.<br /> Displays a full link to the next "set" of posts only if show options set to "posts paged" and only if there is another page or partial page of data.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>A user supplied string. Default "Next Page &gt;&gt;"</li> <li>A user supplied string. Default "Next Page &gt;&gt;"</li>
@ -219,9 +315,9 @@ Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the next "set" of post
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php previous_posts() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php previous_posts() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>Displays the URL portion of a link to the previous posts.<br /> Displays the URL portion of a link to the previous posts.<br />
Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the previous "set" of posts when the "Show Options" settings for the site is set to "posts paged". The displayed string can then be used to construct a link. When the site options are not set to 'posts paged", the next and previous functions will display nothing.<br /> Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the previous "set" of posts when the "Show Options" settings for the site is set to "posts paged". The displayed string can then be used to construct a link. When the site options are not set to 'posts paged", the next_posts() and previous_posts() functions will display nothing.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>No parameters.</li> <li>No parameters.</li>
@ -229,8 +325,8 @@ Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the previous "set" of
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php previous_posts_link() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php previous_posts_link() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
</strong> Displays a full link to the previous "set" of posts only if show options set to "posts paged" and if there is a previous set, otherwise nothing is displayed.<br /> Displays a full link to the previous "set" of posts only if show options set to "posts paged" and if there is a previous set, otherwise nothing is displayed.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>A user supplied string. Default "&lt;&lt; Previous Page"</li> <li>A user supplied string. Default "&lt;&lt; Previous Page"</li>
@ -238,8 +334,8 @@ Generally you would use this in a template to navigate to the previous "set" of
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php posts_nav_link() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php posts_nav_link() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>The function displays a complete navigation set of links including a user definable "separator" with the ability to supply a the text string to be used for the "previous" and "next" links.<br /> The function displays a complete navigation set of links including a user definable "separator" with the ability to supply the text string to be used for the "previous" and "next" links.<br />
The default result will produce the following string:<br /> The default result will produce the following string:<br />
<p style="text-align: center">&lt;&lt; Previous Page :: Next Page &gt;&gt;</p> <p style="text-align: center">&lt;&lt; Previous Page :: Next Page &gt;&gt;</p>
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
@ -251,8 +347,8 @@ The default result will produce the following string:<br />
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php link_pages() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php link_pages() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>Displays links to the pages of the post if it's a multiple pages post.<br /> Displays links to the pages of the post if it's a multiple pages post.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>string to display before the tag (default is "&lt;br /&gt;", a newline)</li> <li>string to display before the tag (default is "&lt;br /&gt;", a newline)</li>
@ -264,33 +360,48 @@ The default result will produce the following string:<br />
<li>file name, in case you want to load the posts with multiple pages in a different template (default is the current template)</li> <li>file name, in case you want to load the posts with multiple pages in a different template (default is the current template)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
</ul>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author() ?&gt;</strong><br />
<ul><h2>Author tags:</h2>
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author() ?&gt;<span></strong><br /></li>
The author of the post.<br /> The author of the post.<br />
Depending on the user's profile settings, it can display whether their nickname, login name, first name, last name, both first&amp; last name, or last &amp; first name. look below for more author-related template tags. <br /> Depending on the user's profile settings, it can display whether their nickname, login name, first name, last name, both first&amp; last name, or last &amp; first name. See below for more author-related template tags. <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_category() ?&gt;<br /> <strong>Want more</strong> about the author of the post? Here goes:<br />
</strong>the name of the category the post belongs to. you can as an admin add categories, and rename them if needed. default category is 'General', you can rename it too.<br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_category_ID() ?&gt;<br /> <strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_email() ?&gt;</span>- </strong> the author's email.<br />
</strong>The ID (number) of the category the post belongs to. This is static data thatyou can use, for example to associate a category to an image, or a css style.<br /> <strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_url() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's url.<br />
<strong<span class="tag">>&lt;?php the_author_icq() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's ICQ number.<br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_aim() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's AIM handle.<br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_yim() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's Yahoo Messenger handle.<br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_msn() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's MSN Messenger handle.<br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_posts() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's post count.<br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_login() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's login name in WordPress. If you want some static data about the author, this is what you're searching for. You can, for example, associate a picture with an author, like this: <em>&lt;img src="pictures/&lt;?php the_author_login() ?&gt;.jpg" border="0"&gt;</em><br />
<strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_author_ID() ?&gt;</span></strong> - the author's ID number in WordPress. This number is automatically set when the user registers: to see the ID of an user, go to the Team page. This is static data too, so you can use it like the_author_login() in associating stuff with authors.<br />
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<ul><h2>Category tags:</h2>
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_category() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
The name of the category the post belongs to. You can add categories, and rename them if needed. The default category is 'General'; you can rename it too.<br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php trackback_rdf() ?&gt; </strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php the_category_ID() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
This will include the RDF data that can be used by some weblog tools to locate your posts' trackback URLs.<br /> The ID (number) of the category the post belongs to. This is static data that you can use; for example, to associate a category to an image, or a css style.<br />
You should put this tag after the &lt;?php the_content() ?&gt; tag in your template, or just before the end of the loop.<br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php get_links_list() ?&gt;<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php get_links_list() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
</strong>This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br /> </strong>This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It will output a list of all links defined in the Links Manager, listed by category, with category headings, using the settings in the Links Manager to control the display and sorting of links within the categories, and output it as a nested HTML unordered list. That sounds more complicated that it really is.&nbsp; It will output a list of all links defined in the Links Manager, listed by category, with category headings, using the settings in the Links Manager to control the display and sorting of links within the categories. It outputs this data as a nested HTML unordered list. That sounds more complicated that it really is.&nbsp;
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>a string to determine category sort order (e.g. 'name', 'updated', 'id')</li> <li>a string to determine category sort order (e.g. 'name', 'updated', 'id')</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php dropdown_cats() ?&gt;<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php dropdown_cats() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
</strong>This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It will display a list of &lt;option name="<em>x</em>"&gt;<em>category-name</em>&lt;/option&gt;, where <em>x</em> is the number of the category and <em>category-name</em> is the name of it.<br /> It will display a list of &lt;option name="<em>x</em>"&gt;<em>category-name</em>&lt;/option&gt;, where <em>x</em> is the number of the category and <em>category-name</em> is the name of it.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
@ -298,57 +409,40 @@ It will display a list of &lt;option name="<em>x</em>"&gt;<em>category-name</em>
<li>text to display for the option to show all categories (default is "All")</li> <li>text to display for the option to show all categories (default is "All")</li>
<li>sort by: possible values are 'name' and 'ID' (default is 'ID')</li> <li>sort by: possible values are 'name' and 'ID' (default is 'ID')</li>
<li>sorting order: possible values are 'asc' for ascending or 'desc' for descending (default is 'asc')</li> <li>sorting order: possible values are 'asc' for ascending or 'desc' for descending (default is 'asc')</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to display the date of the last post in each category (default is 0)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means display the date of the last post in each category (default is 0)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to display a count of posts in each category (default is 0)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means display a count of posts in each category (default is 0)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to hide empty categories (default is 1)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means hide empty categories (default is 1)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
you can use it like this: <br /> You can use it like this: <br />
<br /> <br />
<code>&lt;form action="&lt;?php echo $PHP_SELF ?&gt;" method="get"&gt;<br /> <code>&lt;form action="&lt;?php echo $PHP_SELF ?&gt;" method="get"&gt;<br />
&lt;?php dropdown_cats() ?&gt;<br /> &lt;?php dropdown_cats() ?&gt;<br />
&lt;input type="submit" name="submit" value="view" /&gt;<br /> &lt;input type="submit" name="submit" value="view" /&gt;<br />
&lt;/form&gt;</code> <br /> &lt;/form&gt;</code> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php list_cats() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php list_cats() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It will display a list of the categories, with links to them. It will display a list of the categories, with links to them.
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to display all an extra 'all' category (default is 1)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means display an extra 'all' category (default is 1)</li>
<li>text to display for the option to show all categories (default is 'All')</li> <li>text to display for the option to show all categories (default is 'All')</li>
<li>sort by: possible values are 'name' and 'ID' (default is 'ID')</li> <li>sort by: possible values are 'name' and 'ID' (default is 'ID')</li>
<li>sorting order: possible values are 'asc' for ascending or 'desc' for descending (default is 'asc')</li> <li>sorting order: possible values are 'asc' for ascending or 'desc' for descending (default is 'asc')</li>
<li>filename, in case you want to display the categories' posts in another template (default is current template)</li> <li>filename, in case you want to display the categories' posts in another template (default is current template)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to generate the items inside &lt;li&gt; tags, to build an HTML list. 0 means to just follow each link with a &lt;br /&gt; tag. (default is 1)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means generate the items inside &lt;li&gt; tags, to build an HTML list. 0 means to just follow each link with a &lt;br /&gt; tag. (default is 1)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to display the date of the last post in each category (default is 0)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means display the date of the last post in each category (default is 0)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to display a count of posts in each category (default is 0)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means display a count of posts in each category (default is 0)</li>
<li>0 or 1. 1 means to hide empty categories (default is 1)</li> <li>0 or 1. 1 means hide empty categories (default is 1)</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
</ul>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php bloginfo() ?&gt;</strong> <br />
This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs info about your weblog.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>string: can be 'name' to display the name of your weblog (you set it in the options page), 'url', 'description', 'admin_email', 'rss_url' to display the URL of your wp-rss2.php file, 'pingback_url' to display the URL of your xmlrpc.php file<br />
(default string is 'name')</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php single_post_title() ?&gt;</strong> <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php single_cat_title() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs the title of the post when you load the page with ?p= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?p=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_post_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>prefix string that will appear before the post's title (default is ' :: ')</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<strong>&lt;?php single_cat_title() ?&gt;</strong> <br />
This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs the title of the category when you load the page with ?cat= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?cat=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br /> It outputs the title of the category when you load the page with ?cat= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?cat=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_cat_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_cat_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
@ -357,40 +451,15 @@ It outputs the title of the category when you load the page with ?cat= (see 'Usa
<li>prefix string that will appear before the category's title (default is ' :: ')</li> <li>prefix string that will appear before the category's title (default is ' :: ')</li>
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php single_month_title() ?&gt;</strong> <br />
This tag is out of the WordPress loop.<br />
It outputs the name of the month when you load the page with ?m= (see 'Usage' section for explanation). When the weblog page is loaded without ?m=, this tag doesn't display anything. Generally, you could use it like this:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_month_title() ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br />
<div class="params">Parameters:
<ul>
<li>prefix string that will appear before the month's name (default is ' :: ')</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>Note:</strong> The above three functions can be used together to produce the Title of the page:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;title&gt;&lt;?php bloginfo('name') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_post_title(' :: ') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_cat_title(' :: ') ?&gt;&lt;?php single_month_title(' :: ') ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;<br /> <ul><h2>Permalink tags:</h2>
Only one, if any, of these functions will produce output, thus the page Title can be customize to the task being done. <br />
<br /> <br />
<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php permalink_anchor() ?&gt;</span> </strong><br /></li>
<strong>More about the author</strong> of the post ? Here goes:<br /> This will display &lt;a name="..."&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, replacing "..." with the ID or the title of the post in the database.<br />
<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_email() ?&gt; - </strong> the author's email.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_url() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's url.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_email() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's number of posts.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_icq() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's ICQ number.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_aim() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's AIM handle.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_yim() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's Yahoo Messenger handle.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_msn() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's MSN Messenger handle.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_posts() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's post count.<br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_login() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's login name in WordPress. If you want some static data about the author, this is what you're searching for. You can, for example, associate a picture with an author, like this: <em>&lt;img src="pictures/&lt;?php the_author_login() ?&gt;.jpg" border="0"&gt;</em><br />
<strong>&lt;?php the_author_ID() ?&gt;</strong> - the author's ID number in WordPress. This number is automatically set when the user registers: to see the ID of an user, go to the Team page. This is static data too, so you can use it like the_author_login() in associating stuff with authors.<br />
<br />
<strong><br />
Tags for permalinks</strong> are:<br />
<br />
<strong>&lt;?php permalink_anchor() ?&gt; </strong><br />
this will display &lt;a name="..."&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, replacing "..." with the ID or the title of the post in the database.<br />
<br /> <br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
@ -398,9 +467,9 @@ this will display &lt;a name="..."&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, replacing "..." with the ID or
</ul> </ul>
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php permalink_link() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php permalink_link() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
</strong>this will display the name of the file followed by #ID to link to the post, in the month archive if archive-mode is "monthly".<br /> This will display the name of the file followed by #ID to link to the post, in the month archive if archive-mode is "monthly".<br />
note: this tag does not display the link, for this you've got to type &lt;a href="&lt;?php permalink_link() ?&gt;"&gt;text of the link&lt;/a&gt;.<br /> Note: This tag does not display the link. For that, you've got to type &lt;a href="&lt;?php permalink_link() ?&gt;"&gt;text of the link&lt;/a&gt;.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>file name, in case you want to link the archive to a different template (default is the current template)</li> <li>file name, in case you want to link the archive to a different template (default is the current template)</li>
@ -409,20 +478,21 @@ note: this tag does not display the link, for this you've got to type &lt;a href
</div> </div>
<br /> <br />
<br /> <br />
<strong>&lt;?php permalink_single() ?&gt; <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php permalink_single() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
</strong>this will display the name of the file followed by #ID to link to the entire post (the linked page will also show the extended text on that post if it is an extended entry, and the comments).<br /> This will display the name of the file followed by #ID to link to the entire post (the linked page will also show the extended text on that post if it is an extended entry, and the comments).<br />
note: this tag does not display the link, for this you've got to type &lt;a href="&lt;?php permalink_single() ?&gt;"&gt;text of the link&lt;/a&gt;.<br /> Note: This tag does not display the link. For this you've got to type &lt;a href="&lt;?php permalink_single() ?&gt;"&gt;text of the link&lt;/a&gt;.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
<li>file name, in case you want to use a different template for single posts (default is the current template)</li> <li>file name, in case you want to use a different template for single posts (default is the current template)</li>
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<strong>Tags for comments, trackback, and pingback</strong> are:<br /> <ul><h2>Comments, Trackback, and Pingback tags:</h2>
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<strong>&lt;?php comments_popup_script() ?&gt; </strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comments_popup_script() ?&gt;</span> </strong><br /> </li>
This will include the javascript that is required to open comments, trackback and pingback in popup windows.<br /> This will include the javascript that is required to open comments, trackback and pingback in popup windows.<br />
You should put this tag before the &lt;/head&gt; tag in your template.<br /> You should put this tag before the &lt;/head&gt; tag in your template.<br />
<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
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<strong>&lt;?php comments_popup_link() ?&gt;</strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comments_popup_link() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
This will display the link to open comments in a popup window, with the number of comments.<br /> This will display the link to open comments in a popup window, with the number of comments.<br />
To edit the popup window's template, edit the file wp-comments-popup.php (it's the default one for comments popup).<br /> To edit the popup window's template, edit the file <span class="file">wp-comments-popup.php</span>. (It's the default one for comments popup).<br />
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<strong>&lt;?php comments_link() ?&gt;<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comments_link() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
</strong> This is a bit like permalink_link, it will display an URL to the comments page, but again you'll have to create the link tag.<br /> This is a bit like permalink_link. It will display an URL to the comments page, but again you'll have to create the link tag.<br />
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Note:<br /> Note:<br />
The same tags exist for TrackBack and Pingback, respectively named '<b>trackback_link()</b>' and '<b>pingback_link()</b>'. They take the same parameters.<br /> The same tags exist for TrackBack and Pingback, respectively named '<span class="tag">trackback_link()</span>' and '<span class="tag">pingback_link()</span>'. They take the same parameters.<br />
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<div class="params">Parameters: <div class="params">Parameters:
<ul> <ul>
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<strong>&lt;?php comments_number() ?&gt;</strong> <br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comments_number() ?&gt;</span></strong> <br /></li>
This displays the number of comments that have been posted on this post. Example: "5 comments".<br /> This displays the number of comments that have been posted on this post. Example: "5 comments".<br />
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<strong>Tags that go in wp-comments.php:</strong> (these are easy too)<br /> <strong>Tags that go in wp-comments.php:</strong> (these are easy too)<br />
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<strong>&lt;?php comment_author() ?&gt;</strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>
<strong>&lt;?php comment_author_email() ?&gt; </strong> - displays the e-mail address, but not the link<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author_email() ?&gt;</span> </strong></li> - displays the e-mail address, but not the link<br />
<strong>&lt;?php comment_author_url() ?&gt; </strong>- displays the url, but not the link<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author_url() ?&gt;</span> </strong></li>- displays the url, but not the link<br />
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<strong>&lt;?php comment_author_email_link() ?&gt; </strong> - displays a link to the comment's author's e-mail<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author_email_link() ?&gt;</span> </strong></li> - displays a link to the comment's author's e-mail<br />
<strong>&lt;?php comment_author_url_link() ?&gt; </strong> - displays a link to the comment's author's website<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author_url_link() ?&gt;</span> </strong></li> - displays a link to the comment's author's website<br />
<div class="params">Parameters for <strong>comment_author_email_link()</strong> and <strong>comment_author_url_link()</strong>: <div class="params">Parameters for <strong>comment_author_email_link()</strong> and <strong>comment_author_url_link()</strong>:
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<li>string for the link (default: "email"/"url" depending on the tag)</li> <li>string for the link (default: "email"/"url" depending on the tag)</li>
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<strong>&lt;?php comment_author_IP() ?&gt;</strong> - displays the IP of the comment's author<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_author_IP() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li> - displays the IP of the comment's author<br />
<strong>&lt;?php comment_text() ?&gt;<br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_text() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /><li> - the content of the comment.
&lt;?php comment_date() ?&gt; </strong>- unlike the_date(), this tag appears on every comment<strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_date() ?&gt;</span> </strong><br /></li>- unlike the_date(), this tag appears on every comment<br />
&lt;?php comment_time() ?&gt;</strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php comment_time() ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li> -
Time the comment was posted.
<div class="params">Parameters for <strong>comment_date()</strong> and <strong>comment_time()</strong>: <div class="params">Parameters for <strong>comment_date()</strong> and <strong>comment_time()</strong>:
<ul> <ul>
<li>format string (default is "d.m.y"/"H:i:s" depending on the tag)</li> <li>format string (default is "d.m.y"/"H:i:s" depending on the tag)</li>
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<strong>&lt;?php trackback_url() ?&gt; </strong><br /> <li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php trackback_rdf() ?&gt; </span></strong><br /></li>
This will include the RDF data that can be used by some weblog tools to locate your posts' trackback URLs.<br />
You should put this tag after the &lt;?php the_content() ?&gt; tag in your template, or just before the end of the loop.<br />
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<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php trackback_url() ?&gt;</span> </strong><br /></li>
This tag is out of the WordPress TrackBacks loop.<br /> This tag is out of the WordPress TrackBacks loop.<br />
It will output the URL to TrackBack the post, that other people can copy and use in WordPress's posting interface to trackback this post.<br /> It will output the URL to TrackBack the post that other people can copy and use in WordPress's posting interface to trackback this post.<br />
<p> In wp-comments.php, like in the main template file, please keep the first PHP lines, the "while" lines, and the "}" lines.</p> <p> In wp-comments.php, like in the main template file, please keep the first PHP lines, the "while" lines, and the "}" lines.</p>
<p>You can modify the form, but do not remove "&lt;?php echo ... ?&gt;" and all the name="..." attributes.</p> <p>You can modify the form, but do not remove "&lt;?php echo ... ?&gt;" and all the name="..." attributes.</p>
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<p><strong>To include your archives:</strong></p> <ul><h2>Archives tag:</h2>
<p><strong>&lt;?php get_archives() ?&gt;</strong></p> <br />
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php get_archives() ?&gt;</span></strong></li> This will include your archived posts.
<div class="params">Parameters for <strong>get_archives()</strong>: <div class="params">Parameters for <strong>get_archives()</strong>:
<ul> <ul>
<li>archivetype: 'postbypost', 'daily', 'weekly', or 'monthly' (default is to use the archive_mode setting from the admin interface)</li> <li>archivetype: 'postbypost', 'daily', 'weekly', or 'monthly' (default is to use the archive_mode setting from the admin interface)</li>
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<li>0 or 1: 1 means to display link counts</li> <li>0 or 1: 1 means to display link counts</li>
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<ul><h2>Calendar tag:</h2>
<li><strong><span class="tag">&lt;?php get_calendar(); ?&gt;</span></strong><br /></li>This will display the calendar.
<h1 id="usage">Query String Usage:</h1> <h1 id="usage">Query String Usage:</h1>
<p>WordPress relies a lot on the query string, these variables passed with the URL (note: to pass variables in the querystring, preceed the first variable name with a '?' question mark and every other variables with a '&amp;' sign.)</p> <p>WordPress relies a lot on the query string. These variables passed with the URL (note: to pass variables in the querystring, preceed the first variable name with a '?' question mark and every other variables with a '&amp;' sign.)</p>
<p>Most of the time you won't have to do anything about it, but if you want to know how it works, it's here:</p> <p>Most of the time you won't have to do anything about it, but if you want to know how it works, it's here:</p>
<p>How to use the query string:</p> <p>How to use the query string:</p>
<p>index.php<strong>?m=200107</strong> will display the month of July 2001.</p> <p>index.php<strong>?m=200107</strong> will display the month of July 2001.</p>
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blog:the post's title <b>:::</b> login:password <b>:::</b> The content of the post, blah blah blah.___ </div> blog:the post's title <b>:::</b> login:password <b>:::</b> The content of the post, blah blah blah.___ </div>
<h1 id="notes">Notes:</h1> <h1 id="notes">Notes:</h1>
<p>On multi-user:</p> <p>On multi-user:</p>
<p>New users can register with <code>wp-register.php</code>. Then you (as an admin) click the "+" next to their name on the Team page in admin to upgrade their level to 1 or more, so they can post. If you don't want an user to post anymore, just click "-" until their level is 0.</p> <p>New users can register with <span class="file">wp-register.php</span>. Then you (as an admin) click the "+" next to their name on the Team page in admin to upgrade their level to 1 or more, so they can post. If you don't want an user to post anymore, just click "-" until their level is 0.</p>
<p>Note: you can now disable users registration altogether from the config file.</p> <p>Note: you can now disable users registration altogether from the config file.</p>
<p><strong>Levels</strong>:</p> <p><strong>User Levels</strong>:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li>0 - new user: can't post.</li> <li>0 - new user: can't post.</li>
<li>1 - user: can post &amp; edit/delete their own posts.</li> <li>1 - user: can post &amp; edit/delete their own posts.</li>