Where does body_class go?

  • Resolved chriswarren00

    (@chriswarren00)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Hey guys,

    I’m trying to assign a body class to some pages in order to create ‘current’ states for page links using this: <body <?php body_class( ‘x’ ); ?>

    The only way that inserting this chunk of code DOESN’T disrupt the flow of elements on the page is when I put it before the get_header call, which I seem to remember reading was a big no-no. Is this ‘legit’?

    Thanks.

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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    The <body> tag goes only in header.php, just after the closing head tag, </head>

    It won’t be in a file that includes get_header because it belongs in the header file itself, which is what get_header includes in any template file that contains it.

    That applies to using the bodyclass also.
    You are missing the closing bracket by the way, It should be
    <body <?php body_class( 'x' ); ?>>

    Thread Starter chriswarren00

    (@chriswarren00)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Okay, that makes sense. So do I do that and then view source to see what html it generates and then use that to style page links? Thanks.

    stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    do I do that and then view source to see what html it generates and then use that to style page links?

    yes, exactly

    you can also filter the output if you don’t find in the generated classes what you need

    Thread Starter chriswarren00

    (@chriswarren00)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Awesome. Thanks!

    Alwyn Botha

    (@123milliseconds)

    15 years, 3 months ago

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