For more control over the post's category, use wp_get_post_categories function. It is a simple solution than doing a custom query. It requies passing a post id and arguments. To understand the arguments read about it from wp_get_object_terms. For information see wp_get_object_terms at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_object_terms

Getting the custom field can be fast. Here's an example.

Finding the total post can be grueling. The easiest way is to find the post count from the query. Here's the code:

Read more about the wp_query at http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query.

Reusing the  primary, secondary, or just a menu as part of page, widget, or theme can be complex. With the Gecka submenu, you can pull part of the menu and reuse it somewhere else.

For example, you have the following menu:

• About Us
• Category
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Events
• Contact

You can pull just the submenu of category into the theme, widget, etc. This way you can have a submenu that is insync with your main menu.

I have installed Events Manager Extended and had issues with having the content layout exactly the same as ics file.  After a little research, I found a way to seperate the two contents.

Here's what I've been able to do:

• Reformat the single events theme and layout using php
• Display the events variable from the Events Manager
• The Default single event format  in the admin will be the content format for the ics file

In your theme folder, open up page.php. Insert the following code.