Need a page template that lists child pages

  • webnik

    (@noisedude)


    15 years ago

    I’m using the Mystique theme. In the Constructor theme I’ve noticed there is a page template called ‘parent’ that when chosen inserts a list of all its child pages.

    I need to find a way to put this option into Mystique. It’s part of the navigation – if they click on any part of the dropdown/flyout menu, it should load a page that lists the next step of the menu/page hierarchy.

    Ideally it would be a page template that I could choose for these currently empty holding pages.

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    Well the, as page.php in the WordPress Default theme wp-content/themes/default folder works like that:

    <?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

get_header(); ?>

	<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn" role="main">

		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
			<div class="entry">
				<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>

				<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

			</div>
		</div>
		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
<?php
//now display the child pages for this page -- also display custom field cf1
$parent_id = $posts[0]->ID;
$args=array(
  'post_parent' => $parent_id,
  'post_type' => 'page',
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'posts_per_page' => -1,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  echo 'List of Posts';
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
    <?php
    $meta = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'cf1', true);
    if ($meta){
      echo 'customfield1: '. $meta;
    }
  endwhile;
}
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>

	<?php comments_template(); ?>

	</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>
    Thread Starter webnik

    (@noisedude)

    Thanks for that, not really sure how to use it. I guess what I want to do is make a copy of my default page template and add in the code that displays a list of the child pages.

    Here’s the parent page template code from the Constructor theme – how do I pick out just the bits I need to put into my Mystique page?

    I want every other aspect of the page to look the same as my default Mystique pages.

    <?php
/*
Template Name: Parent Page
*/
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Constructor
 */

get_header(); ?>
<div id="wrapper" class="box shadow opacity">
    <div id="container" class="container-sitemap">
        <div id="posts">
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
            <div <?php post_class(); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>">
                <div class="title opacity box">
                    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php printf(__('Permanent Link to %s', 'constructor'), the_title_attribute('echo=0')); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                </div>
                <div class="entry">
                    <?php the_content(__('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;', 'constructor')) ?>
                    <ul>
                        <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&child_of='.$post->ID); ?>
                    </ul>
                    <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p class="pages"><strong>'.__('Pages', 'constructor').':</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
                </div>
                <div class="footer">
                    <div class="links right">
                    <?php if($post->post_parent) : $parent_link = get_permalink($post->post_parent); ?>
                    <a href="<?php echo $parent_link; ?>"><?php _e('Back to Parent Page', 'constructor');?></a> |
                    <?php endif; ?>
                    <?php the_date() ?> |
                    <?php the_tags(__('Tags', 'constructor') . ': ', ', ', '|'); ?>
                    <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'constructor'), '', ' | '); ?>
                    <?php comments_popup_link(__('No Comments »', 'constructor'), __('1 Comment »', 'constructor'), __('% Comments »', 'constructor'), '', __('Comments Closed', 'constructor') ); ?>                    </div>
                    <div class="line clear"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
        </div>

    </div><!-- id='container' -->
    <?php get_constructor_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- id='wrapper' -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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