wordpress question: calling in the_permalink in post content? - GoFuckYourself.com

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 09-17-2009, 07:52 PM

Say I want a link within my content to link to

Code:

<?php the_permalink() ?>

before i know what my actual permalink is, say for template use. What is the proper way to link to the_permalink in my template? i tried a simple

Code:

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">

sort of thing, but it doesn't really work. Any tips?

fris · 09-17-2009, 08:06 PM

dont know why you want too, but you could create a shortcode to do it, or via a plugin.

http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...rdpress-plugin

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 09-17-2009, 08:11 PM

I am working on a script which automates my content creation for certain projects. All the post data is written into an XML file for importing into wordpress after it's creation. In my post template I would like to link an image from the excerpt into the single.php version of the_content. If you follow?

fris · 09-17-2009, 08:18 PM

heres a few others to look at

http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...rdpress-plugin

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rb-internal-links/

or some code to do it via your functions.php file

Code:

function print_link($atts, $content = null) {
        global $post;
        $permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
        return '<a href="'.$permalink.'">'.$content.'</a>';
}

add_shortcode('mypermalink','print_link');

then you would do

Code:

[mypermalink]title you want[/mypermalink]

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 09-17-2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

dont know why you want too, but you could create a shortcode to do it, or via a plugin.

http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...rdpress-plugin

I just tried this one, and it works very well aside from the fact that the shortcodes do not function within "the_excerpt" and only work in "the_content". I'll look through the other couple options you've listed. Thanks Fris...

fris · 09-17-2009, 08:37 PM

you could probably modify it to work with excerpt as well, probably just 1 line of code to add the filter for excerpt as well as the_content

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 09-17-2009, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fris

you could probably modify it to work with excerpt as well, probably just 1 line of code to add the filter for excerpt as well as the_content

Yup, added the following to my functions.php and the shortcodes now execute fine in the_excerpt with the Template Tag Shortcuts plugin...

Code:

add_filter('the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 09-17-2009, 10:04 PM

from one headache to the next. now i'm having trouble gettign the_excerpt to import from my XML file. The post imports fine, but the excerpt is left hanging

Don't suppose you got much experience with creating XMLs for import do ya fris?

09-17-2009, 07:52 PM	#1
Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life (felis madjewicus) Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Mom & Dad's Basement Posts: 20,368	wordpress question: calling in the_permalink in post content? Say I want a link within my content to link to Code: <?php the_permalink() ?> before i know what my actual permalink is, say for template use. What is the proper way to link to the_permalink in my template? i tried a simple Code: <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"> sort of thing, but it doesn't really work. Any tips?

09-17-2009, 08:06 PM	#2
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	dont know why you want too, but you could create a shortcode to do it, or via a plugin. http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...rdpress-plugin __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

09-17-2009, 08:18 PM	#4
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	heres a few others to look at http://justintadlock.com/archives/20...rdpress-plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rb-internal-links/ or some code to do it via your functions.php file Code: function print_link($atts, $content = null) { global $post; $permalink = get_permalink($post->ID); return '<a href="'.$permalink.'">'.$content.'</a>'; } add_shortcode('mypermalink','print_link'); then you would do Code: [mypermalink]title you want[/mypermalink] __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

09-17-2009, 08:37 PM	#6
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	you could probably modify it to work with excerpt as well, probably just 1 line of code to add the filter for excerpt as well as the_content __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

09-17-2009, 08:11 PM	#3
Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life (felis madjewicus) Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Mom & Dad's Basement Posts: 20,368	I am working on a script which automates my content creation for certain projects. All the post data is written into an XML file for importing into wordpress after it's creation. In my post template I would like to link an image from the excerpt into the single.php version of the_content. If you follow?

09-17-2009, 10:04 PM	#8
Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life (felis madjewicus) Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Mom & Dad's Basement Posts: 20,368	from one headache to the next. now i'm having trouble gettign the_excerpt to import from my XML file. The post imports fine, but the excerpt is left hanging Don't suppose you got much experience with creating XMLs for import do ya fris?