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that worked, thanks! i was putting depth=1 within 1’title_li&child_of=’1

it is, but it brings all sub pages of parent (good) and sub sub pages of parent (not good). Maybe there is something wrong with my page.php file?

here is a copy of my page.php, you will notice i am testing a few codes, so please watch for the commented out parts.

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thanks for your help!

what i meant to say there, is that when i click a parent page, i only want the parent’s 1st level sub pages… not the sub sub pages as well.

what would the code be for that? Thanks!

that is the current code that i am using as stated in most 1st post, but that brings up all sub pages.

parent
-sub
–subsub

when parent clicked, page shows sub
when sub clicked, page shows subsub

can this be put into 1 single template for all 30 parent pages to draw from. each parent page of course has 30 child pages related to that single parent.

well, i have tried my novice programming skills and figured this out. i used: <?php wp_list_pages('child_of=10&sort_column=post_title&title_li=&depth=1') ?>

for the parent page with a depth of 1 and then used the common list child pages code for the 2nd level child pages. I have created a “page template” for each parent and 1st level child page.

also, are the results displays on the www.ads-software.com results page posts? or pages?

on second thought, is it possible to create “categories” for music, dance, theory and then create posts linked to each?

meaning… for category music…
create a post called 70’s music
create a post called 80’s music
create a post called 90’s music

so when someone does a search for “70’s” and selects music, it should put that post up

would this work for what i need?

ok so here’s what i had to do. I had to change the static page to something then change my permalink structure to “Default” then go get the page number. finally go it. now i must change everything back. esmi, thank you, and if you get time, please setup a local server with my setting posted above, and you will see that it wasn’t easy to discover how to get that page ID

when i change the static page to another page, the link then becomes .com/home

thank you for all your help, but i wish i could send you a screenshot to show that there is no page ID or number or anything regarding the home page. I know how to exclude pages, but the home page threw me off since it had no ID, hence posting on the forums

the front page: home
the posts page: blank (chose nothing)

the home page is static through admin > settings > reading settings.
There is no page ID through the admin > pages on hover, only “edit home”. and through the address bar, no page id either. when i go to admin > pages and edit the home page, it simply ends with .com/

Any other thoughts?

don’t forget, my permalink structure is /%category%/%postname%/.html

thank you, but the home has no ID but “home”. does this relate to the fact that the home page is also the static page? when i hover according to the link you sent, it displays “Edit “home””.

thank you, but the home has no ID but “home”. does this relate to the fact that the home page is also the static page? when i hover according to the link you sent, it displays “Edit “home””.

thank you very much, i will give it shot sometime today and post the results.