Wordpress help!!!

[Danny Cutts]

hi warriors,
wordpress seems to annoy me more than it helps at present!!!

What i am try ing do is get a menu on the left hand side bar an i want display a few page links how hard is this proving to be?

In Drupal its easy!!!

Any ideas

Danny

[Istvan Horvath]

The question is way too general because the right answer is always theme-specific.

Showing the list oif your WP Pages in the sidebar (or anywhere else) should be done with the wp_list_pages template tag.

[dmarze]

yes... it is always theme specific. You can always do it with new theme.

[theimdude]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

The question is way too general because the right answer is always theme-specific.

Showing the list oif your WP Pages in the sidebar (or anywhere else) should be done with the wp_list_pages template tag.

Hi Istvan,
I am getting you ebook on wp code as I have just gotten artisteer and it help getting th basic layout I want. Before I use to hack the code but battled sometimes. Altough artisteer has got its value i still resort to hacking the code so I trust I will learn from your knowledge

[Istvan Horvath]

That was the manual method - used way back in time when you guys didn't even heard about WP

In the present widgetized themes you just should drag the Pages widget wherever you want your Pages to appear in a sidebar. What is so complicated?

[Sumit Menon]

It's not hard.. Go To Widgets and drag the 'Links' widget on to the sidebar you wanna put it on.

Now, on the left side, you'll find the Links column.. Click 'Add New' and add a link in a new category (It will ask you to choose a category for the link at the bottom. Just Create new one).

Add all your links into the newly created category (like you added the last one).

Now, go back to Widgets and click the drop down arrow on the widget you added. You can choose which category of links to show... Choose your new one.

It's that simple!

Sumit.

PS. This is assuming there is already a left hand sidebar.

[Istvan Horvath]

Sumit, since there is a default Pages widget why to mess with the Links widget? Can you explain it? It just doesn't make sense, sorry.

[Danny Cutts]

ok thanks for the replies,

doing it sumit way works however i dont want the link to underline....

i would like it to look normal

JJ Plastering

Danny

[Danny Cutts]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

The question is way too general because the right answer is always theme-specific.

Showing the list oif your WP Pages in the sidebar (or anywhere else) should be done with the wp_list_pages template tag.

The pages widget works fine if you want to display every single page I dont I only want to display a few relevent ones!

Danny

[Istvan Horvath]

Originally Posted by Danny Cutts

The pages widget works fine if you want to display every single page I dont I only want to display a few relevent ones!

Then use a plugin that lets you select the displayed Pages.. or do it the manual way:

PHP Code:

<?php wp_list_pages('include=1,3,6,78&sort_column=menu_order&title_li='); ?>

- 1,3,6,78 - Page ID numbers
- sort order: when you write your Pages there is a filed Menu order (give them different number values and they will be shown according to that
- the last piece will hide the "Pages" list title

[srhudson]

Click on the "Widgets" option on the left hand menu under "Appearance".

Once this is done, click on "Add" next to the "Text" option under "Available Widgets". A new text widget will be created and appear on the right hand side as a new menu.

Choose the title you want the menu to have.

Next enter some code in the main part of the menu using HTML format linking to the page you want the link to point to:

<a href="http://yourdomain.com/keyword1">Keyword 1</a>
<br>
<a href="http://yourdomain.com/keyword2">Keyword 2</a>
<br>
etc etc

Notice that you must enter <br> after each link to make sure each link has its own seperate line.

That's how I set up my WP menus, let me know if this helps and is what you are looking for.

Seth

[Danny Cutts]

I am feeling old as I did it the manual way. The site is a static site and I wont be making any updates so it will be just fine!

I Hope

Thanks all

Wordpress is versatile but god it can stress me ourt!!

Danny

[Gnarx]

A quick little hack is to use the widgets and drag over "links" to your sidebar.. then for the pages you wish to display just simply add them as links with whatever title text you want.