t3ch33

t3ch33,

If you don’t have anything important to say (like, quote: I really don’t see why anyone would use WordPress to build their main site)
then stop posting confusing statements.
If you don’t understand the question… no need to answer.

I’m sorry that my comment confused you. I’m sure that the original poster will understand that the first line was asking for clarification. I found that more fitting instead of jumping down his throat and offering no solution at all like other people have.

to remove border from images, try adding this to the image style: border:0px;

I’ve just tested an existing MU blog that is in a subdirectory. I copied/pasted 2 posts that were on the main blog that I’m having trouble getting indexed. The posts from the MU blog are already indexed. Any ideas as to why the blog on the main site are not being indexed (even though at least 11 new, original items have been posted within the last 24 hours)? Does the actual WordPress system use a different pinging method than the MU blogs?

You’re trying to show your last few posts on about.php, index.php, blog.php?

If you’re like me and can’t get this wordpress stuff down and you’re a good coder, you will be better off continuing with your current site-especially if you won’t be blogging too much. If you insist on using wordpress, just use the blog functionality, and use a simple sql statement to display the posts on the site that you already have. I really don’t see why anyone would use WordPress to build their main site (except for an actual blog). It’s a big headache.

This is a copy/paste from another reply that I made:

To show x amount of posts, look on the same page and under Blog Pages>>Show at most:, enter the maximum number of posts that you want displayed.

HandySolo: Okay. I didn’t know why you mentioned images in the posts. But, what I want is to change the $post_id that is created (in the MySQL db, it is “ID”) from auto incremental to a random number (I have a script that will define and check the random number). That post_id will be placed in the url/permalink.

I don’t want to confuse everyone. So, I’m only asking how to change it from auto increment to random. Right now, that’s all that I want to know. Thanks.

Or, if no one has a solution, is it possible to just manually enter a number in a field whenever a new post is being created-and, then have that field become part of the permalink?

Thank you. That’s the type of reply I was looking for. ?? But, I had already found that line and it doesn’t work right. The random id does appear in the url after the post is “created,” but, the post is actually not created. It does not exist in the database. Thanks anyway. I will continue looking for a solution.

The easiest way to accomplish these two things is to go to wp-admin/options-reading.php on the domain that wp is installed.

Under Front Page>>Front page displays:, just click the page you want on your front page. You’ll have to create the page first (blog.php?) in wp.

To show x amount of posts, look on the same page and under Blog Pages>>Show at most:, enter the maximum number of posts that you want displayed.

If you want to assign random post_ids then you need to modify the query responsible for inserting the post into the database.

If you would actually read my question, you will realize that is what I am asking for. I was quite clear, but maybe there’s a language barrier. Don’t bother offering more ‘help,’ because you’re just wasting my time when your only solution is to repeat my question.

I am still looking for a *working* solution. If someone actually knows what they’re doing, please let me know. Thanks.

whooami, if you didn’t know the answer, you didn’t have to respond at all.

HandySolo, I don’t know if you’re replying to the right post, but I am simply trying to find the section/s of code that sets the post_id. I will handle the coding myself.

I know what it is. I’m asking where I would change it. That is all I need to know.

Anyone? I just want to know where $post_id is defined

mildlyhotpepper, thanks, but I don’t want to use the post_id. I want links to have the same format as links that were created before I installed WP. My old blog script that I made checks for duplicates, so the random number is not an issue. Someone who knows what they’re doing should just be able to tell me where the code goes. I’m still looking for a solution. Thanks.

jonlandrum, I’ve posted even more new fresh content, and the posts are still not in google.

jonlandrum, it can’t be seconds. It has to be the random number that I define (certain length, etc). Thanks anyway.