[wp-hackers] Load page instead of including it

[Mika A Epstein]

You can put a browser detect line in the 404 page code, via PHP.  If it's just a non-supported browser hitting a non-existent page, there's no need to reinvent the wheel.

If it's something else, of course, details matter.


On Sep 2, 2011, at 6:04 AM, NewKind <newkind at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it's like a 404 page, but it would be displayed only when user will try to load the page with unsupported browser.
> Thanks, for the hint - i'll take a look at the rewrite rules.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On 2 wrz 2011, at 12:33, Dion Hulse (dd32) wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately that doesn't help me understand it at all.. "unsupported page"
>> sounds like a 404 to me?
>> Failing that, my 2nd suggestion seems to be what you want:
>> 
>>> The next option is to use a custom query var, and/or a a WordPress rewrite
>>> rule, ie. catch $_GET['my-query=var'] on template_redirect, and load your
>>> page directly (ie. don't run get_header()/get_footer() in the template
>> file
>>> you include).
>> 
>> On 2 September 2011 20:29, NewKind <newkind at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well it's just a landing page that would be displayed when user is using an
>>> unsupported page.
>>> There are no loops or any particular content besides the hardcoded one, but
>>> what I'd like to have
>>> on that page is the support for plugins to load theirs stuff, and wp header
>>> with wp footer.
>>> 
>>> So it's a page with hardcoded html code + content, but dynamically
>>> generated headers.
>>> 
>>> The way from integrating external pages with wp would be ideal but just
>>> like I said, there are issues
>>> with including the wp-blog-header.php file on different environments. I
>>> don't want to use pages + page
>>> templates as this strictly depends on users content.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> On 2 wrz 2011, at 12:18, Dion Hulse (dd32) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You're best NOT loading the theme file (or a plugin file for that matter)
>>>> directly.
>>>> The "standard" way is to just use a Page Template and assign that to a
>>> page,
>>>> The next option is to use a custom query var, and/or a a WordPress
>>> rewrite
>>>> rule, ie. catch $_GET['my-query=var'] on template_redirect, and load your
>>>> page directly (ie. don't run get_header()/get_footer() in the template
>>> file
>>>> you include).
>>>> 
>>>> There's a few other options depending on what you're actually doing.. For
>>>> example, Custom RSS feeds can be defined, as well as using admin-ajax.php
>>>> (it has logged in, and not-logged in actions).
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe you could give some details and someone can suggest the best
>>> method?
>>>> 
>>>> On 2 September 2011 20:13, NewKind <newkind at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was wondering if theres something like load_template that would
>>> replace
>>>>> the whole content instead of just including the provided file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm trying to redirect user (on a certain conditions) to a custom php
>>> file
>>>>> located in the theme directory. The issue is that to do that the WP way,
>>>>> i need to use require_once and point it from the theme directory to the
>>> wp
>>>>> directory. The require_once('../../../wp-blog-header.php'); doesn't
>>> work,
>>>>> and since WP isn't initialized - I don't have access to such constants
>>> like
>>>>> ABSPATH.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Maybe one of you knows a better way to do this …
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
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