It’s true.

First you build a file called something like “sidebar-tabbed.php” or “footer-short.php” (Note: Pay attention to the “-name.php” portion of the file name; you will use this in your php “get” tag).

For an example, let’s stick with “sidebar-tabbed.php”. You would then change the php tag . . .
<?php get_sidebar() ?>
to . . .
<?php get_sidebar('tabbed') ?>
. . . within whatever template file you want to be unique. For example, you could place it in one of the following:

• index.php
• single.php
• page.php

(From there, you would simply style the new sidebar file however you like.)

That’s It! Now you can make “index.php” look different than “page.php” or “single.php”, etc.—either with a different sidebar, footer, or even a different header (why, you could change everything with that). Go Nuts! ~

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What do you do when you want the homepage link to be a link to the posts page, and not a static page? For anyone that has used WordPress before, you know that this is nearly impossible to pull off. No matter what combination of settings you use in the admin “Reading” section, this cannot be done. And trying to do it with the right php tags is just as difficult. Well, WordPress 2.7+ has brought something special to the table. Instead of some creative hacking, you can simply put the right php code in your sidebar (or header) document. Where you would normally place the code:
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li'); ?>

You can now put:
<?php wp_page_menu('show_home=1'); ?>

. . . in its place. This will then create a link called “Home” automatically in your navigation bar, and then list any other pages that you have created, thereafter. The auto-created “Home” link will now take you to the index page, where your posts are listed. Very clever 2.7. Way to go!

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As I did my research, I was surprised to find that the various techniques deployed to activate this feature were very evasive; nothing that you would call native or simple. This perplexed me—I would have expected to find something more built-in.

Well, as I dug deeper, I found that there is something simpler— something much more native and natural. Despite this fact, finding documentation on the technique was surprisingly difficult and almost non-existent. I assume this is because it is new to version 2.7. Read below to see how it’s done . . .

Here’s what you do: simply add the class “.current_page_item a” to your stylesheet (style.css) along with whatever rules you need to style this class, and voila! It’s done.

Example:

.current_page_view a {

background: ('images/active_img.jpg');

Note: In order to change the actual color of the text, you will need to add the rule “!important” to your color property, in order to get it to change. Everything else should behave as normal.

Example:

.current_page_item a {

color: gray !important;

}


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