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Priscilla Kam
1,086 Pointsquestion about wordpress theme development
hi everybody
i have developed html+css template, then i try to separate it into header.php, footer.php .......index.php as usual, but suddenly i remember that the header.php footer.php 's content need to custom (that means need to be amend , i don't know if it is right to make it into pages/posts), i am little bit confusing in using pages/ posts for content, what method can i take to make those become custom content.Thank you.
3 Answers
John Locke
15,479 PointsPriscilla,
If I understand you correctly, you want to create custom headers and footers for specific Pages or Posts. You will need to do two things.
First, for each custom header or footer, you will need to create a custom Template, and upload it with FTP. The beginning of each of these PHP files must begin with:
<?php
/*
* Template Name: Your Custom Header
*/
?>
Second, create your custom Page templates (if you are doing custom posts, you will have to make sure your theme supports Custom Post Types. Search the WordPress Codex for more info on this) and instead of calling
<?php get header(); ?>
Call your custom header/ footer/ whatever using this:
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/header-custom.php'); ?>
Once you upload everything to your server, you can edit them through the normal WordPress interface.
When you create your new Pages, under the drop-down menu that lets you select the type of Page Template to apply to the page, select your Custom Page that calls your custom header or footer.
Hope this helps.
Priscilla Kam
1,086 Pointsvery nice help , john,thank you so much, btw, do you have skype so that i can ask your professional help when u are free.
John Locke
15,479 PointsI'm on Skype as johnj.locke