Wordpress: Advanced modifications?

RawAlex · 2005-07-25, 10:39 PM

heh-heh... the problem is the gallery pages would be a whole new type of page. I am not sure how to set the triggers to get the galleries to show instead of the blogs. I don't want to add them TO the blogs, I actually want to have them all be seperate (although you are giving me another idea I might try on a different site...)

I see some of the hooks, but I don't want to go in and change hard code... that would be, well, not a pretty way to do things!

Alex

Bill · 2005-07-25, 11:15 PM

Well, I've noticed that the three column theme templates can be pretty versatile - the third column can be filled with almost anything you can imagine - I was putting amazon iframes in one for instance, so you could certainly use an iframe and call a gallery list html page into it....

I think you could probably replace the "entry" command on the mainpage template - I can't remmeber it's name right now, but it's pretty obvious once you find it- with something like an iframe or an include. So that instead of outputting a page with a series of text entries, it would output a page with a series of iframes.

I'm not sure that would work, but if I understand what you are thinking about doing, I would try that at least.

If you are talking about actually modifying the php to turn wordpress into a TGP, into which you enter a series of gallery urls and descriptions, that I have no clue on.

But the templates seem to be able to be modified pretty easily, and as far as I can tell, you can insert snippets of php anywhere, and if it would work on an html page it will of course work on the wordpress output.

I think a lot would depend on the format of your original list of gallerys. Is it html, xml, or text, that kind of thing.

2005-07-25, 10:39 PM	#1
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	heh-heh... the problem is the gallery pages would be a whole new type of page. I am not sure how to set the triggers to get the galleries to show instead of the blogs. I don't want to add them TO the blogs, I actually want to have them all be seperate (although you are giving me another idea I might try on a different site...) I see some of the hooks, but I don't want to go in and change hard code... that would be, well, not a pretty way to do things! Alex

2005-07-25, 11:15 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, I've noticed that the three column theme templates can be pretty versatile - the third column can be filled with almost anything you can imagine - I was putting amazon iframes in one for instance, so you could certainly use an iframe and call a gallery list html page into it.... I think you could probably replace the "entry" command on the mainpage template - I can't remmeber it's name right now, but it's pretty obvious once you find it- with something like an iframe or an include. So that instead of outputting a page with a series of text entries, it would output a page with a series of iframes. I'm not sure that would work, but if I understand what you are thinking about doing, I would try that at least. If you are talking about actually modifying the php to turn wordpress into a TGP, into which you enter a series of gallery urls and descriptions, that I have no clue on. But the templates seem to be able to be modified pretty easily, and as far as I can tell, you can insert snippets of php anywhere, and if it would work on an html page it will of course work on the wordpress output. I think a lot would depend on the format of your original list of gallerys. Is it html, xml, or text, that kind of thing.