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1. 

   pyemachine
   Member

   I am having a great time creating a Child theme to my thematic Wordpress site. I am learning a lot quickly. One thing I can't seem to find out about though is how to do image URLs correctly in my functions.

   Currently I am working on a site locally and when I create a function to add some graphic elements to the sidebar / header / footer I have to do a complete path like so
   http://localhost:8888/MySitefolder/wp-content/themes/MySite/images/issy_hero.png
   I cannot seem to use the wordpress code <?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>

   This means when I finally go live with the site i will have to change those URLS to the new host.

   Any help on best practices here would be greatly appreciated.

   Cheers
   Pyemachine

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Hi pyemachine,

   I think the issue here is that bloginfo() is going to echo the output and that wont work inside some of Thematic's core functions. Try get_bloginfo() instead and see if that works for you.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_bloginfo

   -Gene

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. 

   pyemachine
   Member

   mmm i had a look at bloginfo() and it confirms that the URL for the site is directed to the thematic folder. not sure what i can do to change that outcome. so full paths look like the solution. bummer.

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   OK I think I get what we're trying to do... try:

   bloginfo('stylesheet_url')

   the template url will take you to the parent theme directory while the stylesheet url will take you to the child theme directory

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory')?>/images/file.png"/>

   is what I use to display images that I have stored in my theme's images folder.

   Posted 3 years ago #
6. 

   pyemachine
   Member

   Thanks helgatheviking and em hr. My image URLs are working a treat now with <?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory')?>

   cheers

   Posted 3 years ago #

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