Author Archives: babbler

Hide Contactform 7 from editor role

Posted on April 26, 2012 by babbler

In wp-config.php:

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/* limit access to contactform 7 */
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define( 'WPCF7_ADMIN_READ_CAPABILITY', 'manage_options' );
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define( 'WPCF7_ADMIN_READ_WRITE_CAPABILITY', 'manage_options' );

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Jigoshop Sidebar

Posted on April 23, 2012 by babbler
  • Register a custom sidebar called sidebar-shop.php
  • Add widgets
  • Shop pages will load this sidebar in place of default
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Get Post Type

Posted on March 27, 2012 by babbler

Get post type for custom post types etc:

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get_post_type( $post->ID )

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Get ID of Parent Page

Posted on March 27, 2012 by babbler

Test for a parent page and get its ID

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 if($post->post_parent){
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 $parentID = ($post->post_parent);
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}

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Using Custom Field Data in Header

Posted on March 26, 2012 by babbler

For example, if a page has a custom field “Metadescription”, this can  be used in the head to show a custom description meta tag:

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<meta name="description" content="
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 <?php echo get_post_meta($post -> ID, "Metadescription", true); ?>
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 ">

Within the loop inside change $post->ID to get_the_id()

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Custom Field to Define Sidebar

Posted on March 26, 2012 by babbler

Sidebar can be selected according to a custom field on the page:

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<?php
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global $wp_query;
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$postid = $wp_query->post->ID;
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$sidebar = get_post_meta($postid, "sidebar", true);
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get_sidebar($sidebar);
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wp_reset_query();
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?>

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Change URLs of Shopping Cart, Products Page, Account Page and Transactions page

Posted on March 23, 2012 by babbler

Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/options.php and edit the fields for:

  • product_list_url
  • shopping_cart_url
  • transact_url
  • user_account_url
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Edit WordPress Options Table in Admin

Posted on March 23, 2012 by babbler

Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/options.php to view and edit all options in the wp-options table

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Category Shortcode

Posted on March 23, 2012 by babbler

Used to display the products in a given category:

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[wpsc_products category_url_name='gold-jewellery']

Name parameter uses the category slug

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Print Category Description

Posted on March 23, 2012 by babbler

Within the wpsc category loop:

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 <?php wpsc_print_category_description("<div class='catDescription'>", "</div>");   ?>

Parameters are html used to wrap the description

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