Currently the plugin includes the following features-

• Add a background image
• Options for vertical & horizontal repeating
• Fade out the bottom edge of your background image
• Choose background colour
• Child pages of a page with a custom background will inherit the parent page background settings.

Download now or visit Background Per Page on wordpress.org.

Total downloads: 1,898.

1. 

   The new meta box that is added to your post/page screens.

2. 

   The menu item to set a default background.

3. 

   The screen to set up your default background.

Tags: background, background image, custom, per page, Post

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.2

*Fixed update bug and added hierarchical backgrounds

Googling “WordPress themes for Politician” brings up a lot of very unhelpful USA based themes. Which are very different to what I would need for a UK based MP. So, here are some themes that I found that I feel are a good starting point for a UK based MP WordPress blog.

http://labs.saurabh-sharma.net/themes/volt/wp/

http://www.momizat.net/theme/goodnews/

http://www.londonthemes.com/themes/londonlive/

http://www.gallyapp.com/tf_themes/?theme=Link

http://freecss.info/npress/

http://www.gallyapp.com/tf_themes/?theme=PIM

http://themetation.com/themes/our-magazine/

The above, although not immediately obvious as political theme, I feel are a decent start for developing a respectible UK politics WordPress theme.

The error was this

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in ***/wp-content/plugins/tubepress/sys/classes/org/tubepress/impl/factory/commands/VimeoFactoryCommand.class.php on line 164

After much digging around it turns out to be a problem with the Vimeo API rather than TubePress and a simple fix will sort you out.

You will need to get your hands dirty until TubePress implement this in to the next plugin update.

Open whatever/wp-content/plugins/tubepress/sys/classes/org/tubepress/impl/factory/commands/VimeoFactoryCommand.class.php and on lines 55 and 60 you will see

$this->_videoArray = something

We basically have to recast as an array because for some strange reason Vimeo API is now returning an object.

So. On line 55 change this-

 $this->_videoArray = $unserialized->video;

to

 $this->_videoArray = (array)$unserialized->video;

And on line 60 change this

$this->_videoArray = $unserialized->videos->video;

to

$this->_videoArray = (array)$unserialized->videos->video;

And you’re done.

Internet Explorer is awful and I hate it.

Unfortunately there are times when I can’t have it all my own way though; sometimes I have to build for IE (6+) and that means finding a way to deal with the lovely feature < IE8 has of deciding not to load JavaScript every now and again for no apparent reason.

Here’s what I do.

Suppose I have a button that triggers a jQuery animate function on another div-

$('#button').click(function(){
$('#anotherDiv').slideToggle();
return false;
}):

Fairly simple. But if IE doesn’t load JavaScript I have a button that looks like it should be clickable but appears to do nothing (in IE). Not good.

For the sake of argument let’s say that I can live without this button for IE users.

In my HTML I would add a class of ‘show_if_js’ -

<a id="button" href="#">Click me</a>

Then in my stylesheet I would do this-

.show_if_js{
display:none;
}

So by default the button is hidden. So I now need to show the button if JavaScript has loaded. Within my document ready function in my js file I’ll put this-

$('.show_if_js').show();

Now, my button will only show if JavaScript has loaded, saving me the headache of IE users asking me what the button is supposed to do.

I only know one person with an eMac and he’s my grandad. He loves his eMac and it suits him just fine. It has 40GB of hard drive space, no CD drive and no USB 2 to hook up an external CD drive. But that’s fine for him. He recognises the limitations of his machine and works within them. Will the latest OS X run on it? Nope. But why not? Why isn’t Apple producing a completely separate version of Snow Leopard that can run on his 10 year old machine?

Well, because that would be ridiculous. My grandad doesn’t expect Apple to do that and neither does anyone else because his machine is 10 years old!

So why then do we as web developers still dedicate a hugely disproportionate amount of time to making websites work in IE6? It is no exaggeration to say that making a website work ( and by work I mean look like and function like it does in a modern browser) in IE6 can take over 100% longer than the time it took to make the same website work in a modern browser. And I bet most of us don’t charge for that time do we?

I know that there is still an argument that corporations are tied to a version of IE and simply can not upgrade. But are they all sitting there using eMac’s? I don’t think so.

So from now on I will no longer be supporting or developing for IE6. I won’t even look at a site in IE6 unless the client has specifically requested it and are paying for the extra time. And even then I will have to be persuaded.

I am also going to start doing my bit to eradicate the world of IE6. I will be adding a browser detection script to all of my plugins and themes that will alert users of archaic browsers that unless they own an eMac and are using dial up Internet they really should update their browser.

If I am starting from scratch with a new WordPress theme or plugin I will work locally (using MAMP) and use GitHub to sync my work across multiple machines and track my progress. Working locally allows me to work much quicker and in a safe environment (where I can break it!). Once I’m happy with the basic functionality I will then put the theme or plugin (or anything else really) up on a development URL where the client can see it and provide feedback. From then on I will tend to work exclusively on the dev URL unless I have to make major adjustments or develop new functionality in which case I will go back to local development for a while.

When it comes to working on a site that is already live I have a few options. I could put the site in to some sort of maintenance mode and edit files on the server. This is fine if the client doesn’t mind and it allows me to test in the actual environment the code will run in. If maintenance mode isn’t an option then I would consider replicating the site locally and working on it there. However sometimes that isn’t very practical if the site is very large or the client wants to view progress as its happening. In which case I would set up a dev subdomain and replicate the site there. As I quite often work with WordPress it’s easy for me to just copy files and still reference the same database which is good for working with live data. If I’m developing a plugin I will quite often work on the live site and write some logic to restrict viewing of the plugin or the plugins output to logged in admins. I suppose I could do this for theme development too but it seems a bit of a long way round.

There is a time where editing live files is permissible. For mega simple HTML updates or CSS tweaks it can be more efficient to just make those changes without faffing about. However I would say that if I have even an inkling of doubt about what I’m doing I should probably find a way of testing my changes before putting them live.

How do you manage your development environment?

Simply add events in an interface you are already used to and display your calendar by adding the shortcode [calendar] to any page of post!

New in 0.2 !

Multiple user calendars! Allow individual users to have their own calendar and display different calendars by specifying a user id in the shortcode. For example [calendar user=2] will display the calendar for the user with an ID of 2.

Built in sharing generates tiny urls that when linked to opens the shared event in a pop up just as if the user had clicked on it.

Google maps integration allows you to add a map of the venue.

Download a pdf user guide from here http://fishcantwhistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wordpress-events-user-guide.pdf

0.9 now uses ajax to load events to save on load time.

Download now or visit WordPress Events on wordpress.org.

Total downloads: 1,869.

1. 

   See all your events

2. 

   Add/Edit an event

3. 

   Your calendar will display within your theme's style. Here with a custom theme

4. 

   And here within 2011

5. 

   The widget!

6. 

   Integrated sharing

7. 

   Upon clicking on an event in the calendar a pop up will display further info.

8. 

   Add an image to the event.

9. 

   The new user role of "Calendar User".

Tags: calendar, display, event, events, gig, gigs, google, maps, multiple, sharing, shortcode, users, widget

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.2

• Major feature upgrades

0.3

*Fixed date format functions for < php 5.3

0.4

*fixed bug causing user id's to not display

0.5

*Fixed bug that was showing blank map on pop up

0.6

*Minor css issues fixed

0.7

*Calendar users now able to view only their own events as well as delete their own events

0.8

*added settings page to display author of events

0.8.1

*Fix svn update error

0.8.2

*damn those fullstops!

0.8.3

*Added option to specify the phrase to prepend the author name

0.8.4

*date field is now populated with current date and time as leaving it blank causes an error

0.9

*MAJOR UPGRADE: Now using ajax to load events rather than inline.

ChimpPress provides an interface for creating and managing your MailChimp campaigns without having to leave your WordPress dashboard.

Current features of ChimpPress

• Create bespoke HTML emails using the intuitive drag and drop editor.
• Add padding and colours to specific cells in your email or to the entire campaign.
• Select from a number of layout templates and then add multiple rows and columns as needed.
• Receive in-depth stats about your campaign.
• Manage your subscribers.

All you need is a MailChimp account and an API key and you can start creating bespoke html emails!

Download now or visit ChimpPress on wordpress.org.

Total downloads: 882.

1. 

   Manage your campaigns

2. 

   Add options and layout preferences

3. 

   More layout options

4. 

   Choose from some basic templates

5. 

   Add some content

6. 

   Add an image

7. 

   Added the image!

8. 

   Apply some colour

9. 

   Preview it!

10. 

    Send it!

11. 

    Get some stats about your campaign

12. 

    The email!

Tags: campaign, drag-and-drop, email, mail chimp, mailout, manage, send, subscribers

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.2

Fixed some security issues and added a feedback page

0.3

Fixed 404 error on js files with some WP installations

0.5

*Fixed error causing editors to show in emails

0.6

*Added functionality that closes editing windows when opening another

Here’s how to do it-

Open wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/wpsc-admin/ajax-and-init.php and find the function wpsc_purchase_log_csv();

Find this-

$headers = ""Purchase ID","Purchase Total","; //capture the headers

And replace it with this-

$headers = "Purchase ID, Item Price, Item Shipping, Item Total,"; //capture the headers

A few lines under that you will find the beginning of the foreach loop, which looks like this-

foreach ( (array)$data as $purchase ) {

Right after that add this-

              $purch_item_price = $purchase['totalprice'];

              $price_wo_shipping = $purch_item_price - (float)preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '', $purchase['base_shipping']);

And then below that should be this-

            $form_headers = '';
            $output .= """ . $purchase['id'] . "","; //Purchase ID
            $output .= """ . $purchase['totalprice'] . "","; //Purchase Total

Replace it with this-

            $form_headers = '';
            $output .= """ . $purchase['id'] . "","; //Purchase ID
            $output .= """ . $price_wo_shipping . "","; //Item w/o shipping
            $output .= """ . $purchase['base_shipping'] . "","; //Shipping
            $output .= """ . $purchase['totalprice'] . "","; //Purchase Total

And you’re done!

Have fun!

To introduce this functionality you do have to hack the plugin files, but there is not another way as I can not see any hooks I could make use of. If I have missed one, please do let me know!

Here is what you need to do-

Open ‘plugins/wp e-commerce/wpsc-admin/display-sales-logs.php’, go to around line 75 and find this-

         if(!isset($_REQUEST['purchaselog_id'])){
            $columns = array(
               'cb' => '<input type="checkbox" />',
               'purchid' => __( 'Order ID', 'wpsc' ),
               'date' => __( 'Date / Time', 'wpsc' ),
               'name' => '',
               'amount' => __( 'Amount', 'wpsc' ),
               'details' => __( 'Details', 'wpsc' ),
               'status' => __( 'Status', 'wpsc' ),
               'delete' => __( 'Delete', 'wpsc' ),
               'track' => __( 'Tracking ID', 'wpsc' )
            );

Change it to this-

         if(!isset($_REQUEST['purchaselog_id'])){
            $columns = array(
               'cb' => '<input type="checkbox" />',
               'purchid' => __( 'Order ID', 'wpsc' ),
               'date' => __( 'Date / Time', 'wpsc' ),
               'name' => '',
               'pricewoshipping' => __( 'Price w/o Shipping', 'wpsc' ),
               'shipping' => __( 'Shipping', 'wpsc' ),
               'amount' => __( 'Total', 'wpsc' ),
               'details' => __( 'Details', 'wpsc' ),
               'status' => __( 'Status', 'wpsc' ),
               'delete' => __( 'Delete', 'wpsc' ),
               'track' => __( 'Tracking ID', 'wpsc' )
            );

I have added in two new columns and also changed the Amount column name to Total. Then go to around line 452. You’re looking for the function called get_purchaselogs_content(). You will see a while statement that starts like this-

   while(wpsc_have_purch_items()) : wpsc_the_purch_item();
   ?>
   <tr>
      <th class="check-column" scope="row"><input type='checkbox' name='purchlogids[]' class='editcheckbox' value='<?php echo wpsc_the_purch_item_id(); ?>' /></th>
      <td><?php echo wpsc_the_purch_item_id(); ?></td><!-- purchase ID -->
      <td><?php echo wpsc_the_purch_item_date(); ?></td> <!--Date -->
      <td><?php echo wpsc_the_purch_item_name(); ?></td> <!--Name/email -->

After the Name/email <td> is where we will put our new column data.

First, we have to calculate the price without shipping. Do that like this-

      <?php

       $purch_item_price = wpsc_the_purch_item_price();

      $price_wo_shipping = $purch_item_price - (float)preg_replace('/[^0-9.]/', '', wpsc_display_purchlog_shipping());

      ?>

Then you can add the table cell to display it-

<td><?php echo wpsc_currency_display( $price_wo_shipping ); ?></td><!-- Price w/o shipping -->

Then add the next custom column-

<td><?php echo wpsc_display_purchlog_shipping(); ?></td><!-- Shipping -->

And finally update the amount column- (you have to do this one because calling wpsc_the_purch_item_price() multiple times will add to your total. Which is not good.)

<td><?php echo wpsc_currency_display( $purch_item_price ); ?></td><!-- Amount -->

And we’re done! Nice and simple and now you/your clients can have a more informative first view of their sales.

It’s always nice to see my plugin on the front page of WordPress plugins. Even if it is only in the recently updated section!

Two massive new features have been introduced in the latest version-

Links per images.
You can now specify a link for each image to link to on click. Great for people using the gallery as a featured content slider. Only thing to watch here is that you don’t have the lightbox option switched on. If you do, the lightbox will take precedence.

Drag and drop order.
Now you can order the images by simply dragging them in to the order you would like in the admin page. Go to Gallery then simply drag ad drop your images!

Please let me know of any bugs or feedback!

Have fun!

Whether you are performing due diligence or just wondering what WordPress can do, the below should be quite useful to you.

Its always best to lead by example right! So here we go!

A whole bunch of sites with massive user bases use WordPress. Here are a few-

http://tutsplus.com/ – A HUUUGE site with thousands of articles, media and users. Alexa rank 591

http://freelanceswitch.com/ – I use this site a lot! Both the site and the jobs board are powered by WordPress. Alexa rank 5,813

http://mac.appstorm.net/ – Another site with a huge following. Alexa rank 5,856

http://wiki.envato.com/ – The wiki for the ginormous envato market place. Alexa rank 4,101

http://workawesome.com/ – A blog but a large blog nonetheless. Alexa rank 31, 945

http://blog.themeforest.net/ – The blog for themeforest, possibly the largest template site on the net. A huge following. Alexa rank 287

With large sites caching is very important. Querying the database as few times as possible and only doing so when cached content is not available is crutial for a large site. Serving users static html rather than server intensive php powered by goodness knows how many DB queries saves a tonne in terms of server resources and site responsiveness. WordPress already has numerous plugins for this. The best two are WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache.

http://codex.wordpress.org/High_Traffic_Tips_For_WordPress is a really good read straight from the WordPress mouth about the capabilities of WordPress. For me, the overriding message from that page is that it is more about the hardware behind the site than the software serving the site.

37 signals (the makers of Basecamp and other very successful web apps) wrote this very honest and wise piece.

http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch04_Scale_Later.php

Basecamp is probably the most successful online project management tool out there and they openly admit that precious time is lost worrying about problems that may never occur. And when they do occur it is optimal to fix them and tweak the set up as they happen.

As they say -

In the beginning, make building a solid core product your priority instead of obsessing over scalability and server farms. Create a great app and then worry about what to do once it’s wildly successful. Otherwise you may waste energy, time, and money fixating on something that never even happens.

Another brilliantly honest article from the same guys-

http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/dont_scale_99999_uptime_is_for_walmart.php

Edublogs is one of the most successful education based blogging platforms and they use WordPress MU (multi-user). Here is an in depth (and quite geeky) article on the set up of that system.

http://wpmu.org/scaling-wordpress-wpmu-buddypress-like-edublogs/

Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress made an interesting response to somebody moving their site to drupal from WordPress after getting to 200,000 hits per day. He offers some sound advice-

http://webdevnews.net/2008/12/mullenweg-scale-wordpress-to-20000000-views-per-day-for-100-pmonth/

“Barry” is the “Chief Systems Wrangler” at automattic (the people behind wordpress, askimet, vaultpress and IntenseDebate) and he wrote this article about hyperDB -

http://barry.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/hyperdb-lag-detection/

Essentially what he is saying is that using hyperDB (found here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hyperdb/) enables huge sites to effectively and sparingly use DB queries to further optimise a high traffic volume and user interaction site. Read more from “Barry” on scaling here http://barry.wordpress.com/category/scaling/

The only other thing I will add is that words like “blog”, “theme” and “plugin” are used a lot with WordPress. Do not be put off by them! WordPress started out life as a blogging platform and it has struggled to shift that association. In truth, WordPress is actually an extremely powerful Content Management System with a highly intuitive and extensive API. Plugins are essentially little (or large) packages that add extra functionality to a WordPress install. Themes define the look of your site. They contain all the client side code and it is in themes that a design of a site is held.

Delete links by clicking the trashcan next to the link.

Supports adding URL, name, target and description.

Download now or visit Add Links to Pages on wordpress.org.
Total downloads: 4,556.

1. 

   The new section that is added to the add/edit page screen.

2. 

   Add at least a url and name and hit "Add link". Your link then shows up at the bottom of this section.

3. 

   Multiple links are no problem and the handy trash icon allows you to quickly delete a link.

4. 

   Choose the widget titled "Add links to page".

5. 

   The widget! Add a title of your choosing.

6. 

   The widget will render in style with your site perfectly.

Tags: add, link, links, page, pages, specific, widget

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.2

*Added option to add links to posts as well as pages

It allows users to upload their FLV files directly through the Tiny MCE button rather than having to copy and paste a URL.

It also adds a new meta box to posts and pages which allows the user to save the same data but as post meta. This can then be called from within a theme from a simple function.

*** You must have the Hana FLV Player plugin installed and activated for this plugin to work. ***

Download now or visit Hana FLV Extension on wordpress.org.
Total downloads: 2,459.

1. 

   The metabox that is added to all post and page write screens.

2. 

   The new upload buttons added to the original Hana FLV plugin.

Tags: extension, flv, hana, hana flv, integration, media library, upload

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.2

*Added fix for 500 error on js file

The front end gallery can be configured in the following ways-

• Height and width of your gallery.
• Transition effect.
• Transition time.
• Optional lightbox effect to original image.
• Choose whether or not to display a "pager" which can contain nothing (just empty squares), numbers or thumbnails. Thumbnail sizes are configurable.
• Order the images by dragging them.

Uploading images is done through a simple interface that allows you to upload multiple images at once (only limited by your server's execution time and maximum file size). You can then edit the image to adjust crop, scale and rotation. Any changes you make to an image can be easily reverted back to the original image at any time.

If you have an Amazon S3 account your images will be uploaded there saving bandwidth and storage costs.

Download now or visit WordPress Gallery on wordpress.org.
Total downloads: 18,219.

1. 

   The main admin page which shows options to add a new image and view and edit images currently in the gallery.

2. 

   Edit any image in your gallery at any time.

3. 

   Upload multiple images.

4. 

   The new menu item is conveniently placed below your current Media menu item.

5. 

   The main settings page.

6. 

   A plethora of options are available for the transitions between images.

7. 

   Choose the type of pager and how it is displayed.

8. 

   The gallery using thumbnails in the pager.

9. 

   The gallery using numbers in the pager.

10. 

    The gallery using the "nothing" option for the pager.

Tags: amazon, galleries, gallery, image, jquery, s3, slideshow

Changelog-

0.1

• First release

0.4

• Fixed links menu being hidden.

0.41

• Added an extra shortcode as there is a conflict with the default gallery short code. Users can now use [wp-gallery] as well as [gallery] :-)

0.5

• WordPress Gallery now supports the pager effect and can be configured to show blank shapes, numbers or thumbnails.

0.5.1

• Added helpful info buttons. :-)

0.6

• Added ability to drag the images to define the front end dispel order.

0.6.1

Fixed bug with update_order.php working

Hi All,

Another fix ive had to implement whilst working with WP E-Commerce. This time to add functionality so that when thumbnails (from gold cart gallery) are hovered over, the main image preview changes. This also will update the main preview image so that when clicked the correct large image pops up.

You must add this code AFTER the thumbnails have been generated. For me that was at the very bottom of wpsc-single_product.php after

</div><!--close single_product_page_container-->

Here’s the code to add-

<script> jQuery(".attachment-gold-thumbnails").each(function () { jQuery(this).css("cursor", "pointer"); var large_preview = jQuery(this).parent().attr("rev"); var even_larger_preview = jQuery(this).parent().attr("href"); var preview_title = jQuery(this).parent().attr("rel"); jQuery(this).hover( jQuery(this).mouseover(function() { jQuery(".product_image").attr("src", large_preview); jQuery(".product_image").parent().attr("href", even_larger_preview); jQuery(".product_image").parent().attr("rel", preview_title); }) ); }); </script>

It also takes the magnifying glass cursor off the thumbnails and replaces it with pointer. You can change it to whatever you like really.

NB: I have only tested this with the thickbox image pop up script within WPEC. This is due to it being the only one that works natively within the plugin for me…

There are a number of supposed solutions out there but with the recent change to use wordpress tables rather than wpsc custom tables, at lot of those fixes no longer work.

So my solution has been to just use the already existing WordPress function “wp_list_categories”.

Like this

<?php
 $args = array('taxonomy' => 'wpsc_product_category', 'orderby' => 'ID', 'order' => 'ASC', 'style' => 'none', 'child_of' => 15);
 wp_list_categories( $args );
 ?>

Just put that in your sidebar or wherever else you want to display categories. Forget the widget for category listings, it doesnt allow you enough control. Using the above code will allow you to have control over the following (from http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories)

<?php $args = array(
 'show_option_all'    => ,
 'orderby'            => 'name',
 'order'              => 'ASC',
 'show_last_update'   => 0,
 'style'              => 'list',
 'show_count'         => 0,
 'hide_empty'         => 1,
 'use_desc_for_title' => 1,
 'child_of'           => 0,
 'feed'               => ,
 'feed_type'          => ,
 'feed_image'         => ,
 'exclude'            => ,
 'exclude_tree'       => ,
 'include'            => ,
 'hierarchical'       => true,
 'title_li'           => __( 'Categories' ),
 'show_option_none'   => __('No categories'),
 'number'             => NULL,
 'echo'               => 1,
 'depth'              => 0,
 'current_category'   => 0,
 'pad_counts'         => 0,
 'taxonomy'           => 'category',
 'walker'             => 'Walker_Category' ); ?>

I was using three category widgets but now am simply using this in my sidebar-

<h2>SHOP BY AGE</h2>    

 <?php
 $args = array('taxonomy' => 'wpsc_product_category', 'orderby' => 'ID', 'order' => 'ASC', 'style' => 'none', 'child_of' => 15);
 wp_list_categories( $args );
 ?>    

 <h2>SHOP BY ARTIST</h2>    

 <?php
 $args = array('taxonomy' => 'wpsc_product_category', 'orderby' => 'ID', 'order' => 'ASC', 'style' => 'none', 'child_of' => 8);
 wp_list_categories( $args );
 ?>    

 <h2>SHOP BY TYPE</h2>    

 <?php
 $args = array('taxonomy' => 'wpsc_product_category', 'orderby' => 'ID', 'order' => 'ASC', 'style' => 'none', 'child_of' => 11);
 wp_list_categories( $args );
 ?>

Much simpler and allows me absolute control over the order, appearance, depth and exclusions etc.

Its sad the this plugin doesnt have native support for this. maybe because its not needed when we can just use the WordPress functions?…

Step one: Download the “Related Posts” plugin from http://www.microkid.net/wordpress/related-posts/ and install it.

Step two: Set up the plugin and familiarise yourself with the admin panel. Here is a great place to start.

Step three: Insert the following where you want your related products to display (for me this is in the imported wpsc-single_product.php file in my theme folder)-

MRP_show_related_posts()

Step four: Change line 450 in microkids-related-posts.php (now in your wp-content/plugins/microkids-related-posts folder)

FROM

$output .= "<li><a href="".get_permalink( $related_post->ID )."">".$related_post->post_title."</a></li>n";

TO

$output .= "<li><a href="".get_permalink( $related_post->ID ).""><img src="".wpsc_the_product_thumbnail(get_option('product_image_width'),get_option('product_image_height'),$related_post->ID,'single')."" ><br>".$related_post->post_title."</a></li>n";

And you’re done.

Hi everyone,

i hope someone here has an idea how to solve this.

I am using a complex plugin combination related to the search engine in wordpress.

Basically, right now i have a URL like
http://www.test.com/search/key1&key2

Is there any way ( maybe a redirection plugin or htaccess rewrite rules ) that i can use the URL http://www.test.com/s/key1-key2

and show the content from http://www.test.com/search/key1&key2 ?

I dont want the URL to change, so the user should see the initial URL, but the plugins ( or WordPress in generall ) should of course use all informations for the search engine.

Looking forward for your ideas or help.

So I gave it some thought and figured it could be done using the 404.php template file.

For the inpatient among you, here is the code (it’s only the first 37 lines that are really of any relevance…) -

<?php
$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if (substr($url,0, 3) == '/s/'){
 $search=substr($url,3);
 $searchitems = explode('-', $search);
 echo "<title>Search results for ";
 $i=0;
 foreach ($searchitems as $value){
 if($i>0){
 $searchkeys .= " & ";
 }
 $searchkeys .=  $value;
 $i++;
 }
 echo $searchkeys;
 echo "</title>";
 get_header();
 $search_query = new WP_query();
 $search_query->query("s=$searchkeys"); ?>
 <div id="container">
 <div id="content" role="main">
 <?php if ($search_query->have_posts()) : ?>
 <h1><?php echo 'Search results for <span>' . $searchkeys . '</span>'; ?></h1>
 <?php while ($search_query->have_posts()) : $search_query->the_post();?>
 <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();  ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 <div>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 </div>
 <?php endwhile;
 else : ?>
 <h1>Sorry! No posts were found with the term<?php if($i>1){echo 's';} echo '<span> '.$searchkeys.'</span>'; ?></h1>
 <?php endif;
 wp_reset_query();?>
 </div>
 </div>

<?php }else{

/**
 * The template for displaying 404 pages (Not Found).
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Ten
 * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

 <div id="container">
 <div id="content" role="main">

 <div id="post-0">
 <h1><?php _e( 'Not Found', 'twentyten' ); ?></h1>
 <div>
 <p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help.', 'twentyten' ); ?></p>
 <?php get_search_form(); ?>
 </div><!-- .entry-content -->
 </div><!-- #post-0 -->

 </div><!-- #content -->
 </div><!-- #container -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
 // focus on search field after it has loaded
 document.getElementById('s') && document.getElementById('s').focus();
 </script>

<?php }; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

That is the entirety of the 404.php template file.

Lets look at the important bit -

$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if (substr($url,0, 3) == '/s/'){
 $search=substr($url,3);
 $searchitems = explode('-', $search);
 echo "<title>Search results for ";
 $i=0;
 foreach ($searchitems as $value){
 if($i>0){
 $searchkeys .= " & ";
 }
 $searchkeys .=  $value;
 $i++;
 }
 echo $searchkeys;
 echo "</title>";
 get_header();
 $search_query = new WP_query();
 $search_query->query("s=$searchkeys"); ?>
 <div id="container">
 <div id="content" role="main">
 <?php if ($search_query->have_posts()) : ?>
 <h1><?php echo 'Search results for <span>' . $searchkeys . '</span>'; ?></h1>
 <?php while ($search_query->have_posts()) : $search_query->the_post();?>
 <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();  ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 <div>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 </div>
 <?php endwhile;
 else : ?>
 <h1>Sorry! No posts were found with the term<?php if($i>1){echo 's';} echo '<span> '.$searchkeys.'</span>'; ?></h1>
 <?php endif;
 wp_reset_query();?>
 </div>
 </div>

<?php }else{

Quite simply what that does is look to see if the string ‘/s/’ is in the url (as Hamed specified in his question), puts the various keys in to an array, loops the array building the correct argument for the custom query that we then implement using wp_query.

Of course how you get to the url to initialise this code isn’t in here. That will differ for each person depending on how they are using it. However a simple redirect upon submission of the search form adding the keys to the url would probably be what i would do…

The way I did it was with a little bit of javascript. Here it is-

window.onload=function () {
     var objDiv = document.getElementById("digitalbasket");
     objDiv.scrollTop = objDiv.scrollHeight;
}

Have fun!