Printing a post

  • douffle

    (@douffle)


    15 years, 11 months ago

    I have used WordPress to create a recipe site. The recipes are, of course, simply posts in a specific category. What I would like to do is this:

    When a user selects a post in a category, I would like to find a way to allow the user to print out that recipe. I tried using the Javascript window.print() but that prints the entire screen. I only want the recipe (post) printed. Can anyone suggest a way to do this?
    Any help much appreciated.

    Thanks

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  • MathSmath

    (@mathsmath)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    You can specify a separate stylesheet for print, and use it to hide any elements you don’t want to, um, print. The basic trick is this: in addition to your regular stylesheet, link a print-specific stylesheet like so

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="print.css" />

    There is a great primer on print stylesheets over at A List Apart.

    EDIT: This stylesheet will kick in whenever the print function is triggered–whether by window.print, or by a user selecting file->print.

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