Michael Fields

This should be rather easy by defining your own Walker class that extends the built-in Walker class. I would suggest copying the code in Walker_Nav_Menu and then change it to work how you want. Something like:

class MyTheme_Walker_Nav_Menu extends Walker {
  /* Paste code from Walker_Nav_Menu here. */
}

You can then create an object of your custom class and pass it to wp_nav_menu(). Something like the following should work:

$mytheme_walker = new MyTheme_Walker_Nav_Menu();
wp_nav_menu( array(
	'walker' => $mytheme_walker
) );

I’ve ran into similar problems in the past. I think that this happens because (in the first instance) you are using current_user_can() before all appropriate files have been loaded. I’m guessing that the “code in another file” is hooked into WordPress at a later time in script execution. I try to hook everything at wp_loaded or later if possible.

is there a way to change where wordpress looks for things like files and images? what it is doing, is instead of looking in the wordpress directory for files, it looks for http://domain/post-name/file-name… which is really frustrating because it can’t find my images or php files (such as the mailform… kinda important). please help!!!!

it sounds like you are using relative urls. Does your image markup look similar to this:

<img src="my-image.png" />

If so, you should use an absolute url:

<img src="http://example.com/my-image.png" />

if anyone knows how to get it to stop double spacing breaks that would be great too.. i have some lists of things that it’s expanded wayyy beyond the amount of space they should be taking up.

If you are using the visual editor, try to hold down the shift kye before you press enter.

Best wishes,
-Mike

Awesome, Glad to hear it!

I think that it looks pretty great! The only criticism that i have is that I cannot really figure out what the purpose of the site is immediately. The homepage has no in-your-face indicator that you are a web professional.

On a picky note, I would suggest that you kill the outlines on the links that creep up the right hand side of the page (MERLINVICKI, Mani & get in touch ). They stretch all the way across the page in Firefox 3.5.11.

Other than that it’s a really great design. Good work!

I am using wordpress as cms.

I think it’s safe to say that anyone using WordPress is using it as a CMS. That’s what it is 🙂

However, I have to add <?php wp_head(); ?> to make this plugin work fully. That function seems to add some extra code which I think is not necessary.

If you are creating a site for a client, I HIGHLY SUGGEST that you include <?php wp_head(); ?> in header.php. Not doing so will disable your client from taking advantage of the hundreds of plugins that use the ‘wp_head’ action hook.

If I hardcode the meta tags for the 6 pages, I think I would not need a SEO plugin.

I agree.

Is there any necessity for me to use a SEO plugin?

In my opinion, “no”. But other will disagree. I guess it comes down to how many features you want to extend to your client.

Best wishes,
-Mike

crondeau,
Glad you got it all figured out. Please note that that when you are accessing the global $post variable (as you are in the loop for $childpages) that you back it up before hand and then reassign it after you are done using it. Not doing so can have undesired effects throughout your theme.