WP Layover Theme: terms(get_query_var('skills')) to show only PARENT skills

[GriffinGraffix]

Hi I'm working with a new  wordpress theme called Layover by TheGoTeam and having trouble getting support for this change.

 

In the main portfolio page there is a sortable "by skills" top list before displaying portfolio items. By default, this theme is calling all skills, including children and because this particular site I am working on has so many children, it is making the top list very messy.

 

I want only PARENT skills to display in this list as well as an ALL. So I would end up with: All, Photo, Video as top skills for selecting view portfolio items by. Both Photo & Video have tons of children that I do not want to display in the top sorting list.

Here's the code in the portfolio page calling for these skills & associated portfolio posts:

<div class="filter clearfix">

	<div class="grid_12">

            <ul class="skills">

              	<?php terms(get_query_var('skills')); ?>

            </ul>

        </div>

</div>

<ul id="portfolio_list">

            <?php $page = get_query_var('paged'); $args = array('post_type' => 'portfolio','skills'=>get_query_var('skills'),'paged'=> $page, 'posts_per_page'=> get_option('posts_per_page'), 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ); query_posts($args);?>

		<?php if (have_posts()):?>

            <?php while (have_posts()): the_post() ?>

			<?php 

				$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);

				$skills = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'skills');

				foreach( $skills as $term ) {

					$skills_as_text .= $term->slug;

					$skills_as_text .= ' ';

				}

				$year_completed = get_post_meta($post->ID, "year_completed", true); 

				$website_url = get_post_meta($post->ID, "website_url", true); 

				$themeteam_video_embed = get_post_meta($post->ID, "themeteam_video_embed", true);

				$full = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'post-thumbnail' , false ); 

			?>

		<li class="<?php echo $skills_as_text; ?>">

			<?php $skills_as_text = ''; ?> 

          	<div class="grid_3" style="padding-bottom:20px;">

            		<?php if($themeteam_video_embed) { ?>

            		<div class="clearfix">

					<div class="thumbnail">

						<a href="<?php echo $themeteam_video_embed; ?>" rel="prettyPhoto">

          						<?php the_post_thumbnail('thumb220'); ?>

                                <span class="frame"><span><span><span><span><span class="empty"><em class="play"> </em></span></span></span></span></span></span>

          					</a>

          				</div>

          			</div>

          			<?php }else if(has_post_thumbnail()){ ?>

          			<div class="clearfix">

          				<div class="thumbnail">

          					<a href="<?php echo esc_attr($full[0]); ?>" rel="prettyPhoto">

          						<?php the_post_thumbnail('thumb220'); ?>

                                <span class="frame"><span><span><span><span><span class="empty"><em class="zoom"> </em></span></span></span></span></span></span>

          					</a>

          				</div>

          			</div>

          			<?php } ?>

          				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h2>

          				<article class="article">

          			</div>

 

pls help and thank you!