davidtruog

@supernovia Thanks, that worked. Is there documentation somewhere I could look at to learn more about how to make customizations like these?

@supernovia That did eliminate the WordPress tagline, but it also eliminated the navigation link to the home page. Does this theme not have an option in the settings to just remove the tagline? And if not, is there a simple way to remove only the WordPress tagline while leaving in the link to the home page? Thanks for your help, much appreciated!

I’ve done a lot of coding in everything from Perl to Objective C, but never in PHP. So I’m sure I can learn enough PHP to do this if I take the time but it would be good to know if there’s a quicker way to do it before I take that route. Does that help clarify?

Michael,

Thanks for the recommendation. I haven’t used custom metaboxes before but they look like the solution, or at least more likely to be the solution because the value of Location would typically be unique to each post, so a taxonomy would not be appropriate.

So I just installed CMB2 to try it out but I don’t see how to simply define a new Location metabox for all posts of custom post type Photo. The CPTUI plugin has a Settings panel that lets me define new post types. But in the CMB2 plugin, I don’t see a Settings panel, just an Edit panel. And in that panel, the code specifically states:

You should not edit the code below (or any code in the included files) or things might explode!

So can you give me some guidance about how to use it to add a metabox?

David

Thanks, @apljdi. Actually phpMyAdmin is already available on my hosted server, so I can use that, if that’s what you recommend as the best option where available. I appreciate the suggestion.

@apljdi: I see what you mean. What tool and/or process do you recommend for making a local copy of the content of the database on your server, for such testing purposes?

That sounds like a useful compromise. Since it sounds like there are several, could you point me to one you that recommend, or at least that you’ve heard good things about? I’d appreciate it!

David

@flamenco: I like being able to work on my site when offline (e.g., while traveling) — hence the need for a fully functional local copy.

@michaelh: I had found that thread but those solutions all seem pretty complex compared to everything else about WP so I thought someone must have a simpler solution. If not, I’ll go back to that thread and try to figure out whose proposed solution might be least cumbersome.

@apljdi: You’re talking about having development and production stuff on both your local and your live servers? So four versions of your site? I’m talking about a simpler set-up: production on your live (remote) server, and development on your local server. So I think you’d agree that it would be even more dangerous to be “testing” new content on the live production server, right? Hence the need for what I’m asking about: making chances locally; then uploading that changed content one I’ve verified that it’s solid. Make sense?