Kevin

I’m a dope… thanks…

Ok… after searching the internet some more about the error I was getting, I found out that I had to change my php.ini short_open_tag = On located in C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\bin

This allowed me to activate the plugin on my local without a fatal error.

So I consider this issue resolved, and now I will play with this plugin to see what it can do, and give my review accordingly.

Found the answer on this thread here.

.nav-menu li > a:after {
    color: #444;
    content: ' ?';
}

.nav-menu li > a:only-child:after {
    content: '';
}

Thanks for your reply, I’m trying to make this work on my local WAMP, but I will look at your CSS referrals… Thank you so much for your reply. That was very kind of you. Best Regards.

Thanks Austin. That worked.

OY! I still had it commented out. I’m so sorry… what a rookie mistake.

I uncommented it, and still having removed the in_the_loop() and esc_url() in the code you so graciously provided…

NOTE: I also discovered that a backtick isn’t a single quote… ??

It worked like a champ!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I learned so much about WordPress pages and plugins, and I am so grateful and blessed for your help, instruction, time, and patience. I also look forward to reading more of your posts on TPT.

Wow, what a great lesson. First off, thanks so much again for your time. I created a new file and added your code to it. Then I activated it through the plugins manager. I read all of your resource links then tried out the plugin.

First, I removed the original code I had placed in the page.php:

‘<?php $name = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘ExternalUrl’, true);
if( $name ) { ?>
“><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<?php } else {
the_post_thumbnail();
} ?>’

I saved and refreshed my test page, but no featured image was visible.

So I removed the in_the_loop()

FROM THIS:
‘if( is_page() && in_the_loop() )’

TO THIS:
‘if( is_page() )’

I saved and refreshed my test page, but no featured image was visible.

Then I removed the esc_url()

FROM THIS:
‘$html = ‘<a href=”‘ . esc_url( $name ) . ”

TO THIS:
‘$html = ‘<a href=”‘ . ( $name ) . ”

I saved and refreshed my test page, but no featured image was visible.

Since my PHP skills are still somewhat lame, (but vastly improving IMHO) I’m hoping that I removed something that I shouldn’t have or added some space I shouldn’t have. In either case, if you have a moment, would you take a look and tell me what I did wrong? I have already been inspired by your website to dig deeper into all of this. So again, thanks for firing me up on learning more, and trying to improve my skills. Best Wishes.

Is there a simple way in making this a simple plugin?

You are awesome. It worked like a charm. That was exactly the solution I needed. And you delivered it in such a simple way that even I could follow your instruction and your visual demonstration.

Thank you so much again. I truly appreciate your time and WordPress expertise in helping me out with this problem.

I posted this in the wrong area. I’m marking as resolved and moving it to the how-to section. Sorry.