[okfn-help] website help

Thu Feb 2 14:15:09 UTC 2012

On 2 February 2012 00:15, Adam Green <adam.green at okfn.org> wrote:
> Thanks Daniel, that's got me going on learning the relevant php, and i
> am pretty sure i should have it now, but my php I input is not showing
> up at all when i enter it into the post html.

You can't add php direct to wordpress posts without a special plugin
(since it creates major security risks ...).

> I thought that php could be used within html. could it be that our
> server is not set up for this? might we have to change something in
> the set up?
>
> this forum post here seems to imply it is a possibility:
> http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/8199.htm
>
> i am really starting to get out of my depth here,, so any help is much
> appreciated!!!

My immediate suggestion is to hand-code this but obviously we need
something more automated going forward. We'll need to look into the
template a bit here or ...

General suggestion re more detailed sysadmin help: drop in to sysadmin
evening on Tuesdays if you can ...

Rufus

> thanks
>
> Adam.
>
>
>
> On 1 February 2012 14:53, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Not sure but you could try http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 01.02.2012, at 14:51, Adam Green wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I'm really keen to implement the Wikipedia Citation Generator on The
>>> Public Doman Review website : see for example
>>> http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=207936 (if
>>> you scroll down to the bottom)
>>>
>>> I am struggling to find instructions on how to do this online. I think
>>> it should be pretty easy but I am not sure where to start.
>>>
>>> this is the html from the powerhouse museum example
>>>
>>> </div>Copy and paste this wiki-markup: <br /><br /><div
>>> style="background-color:#ddddcc; border: solid 1px #333333; padding:
>>> 5px; margin-bottom: 1px; font-family: Courier, monospace;
>>> text-align:left;font-size:11px">{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/207936
>>> |title=Australian Six motor car |author=Powerhouse Museum
>>> |accessdate=2 February 2012 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum,
>>> Australia}}</div>
>>>
>>>
>>> i need a way of automatically calling in the post-title, the URL, and
>>> the date. I am guessing this needs to be done in the page php ?
>>>
>>> it would ideally appear at the end of every post.
>>>
>>> any help or pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>>
>>> adam.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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