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WordPress › Support Topic: [Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Topic: [Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:51 +0000 jaysonbrown on "[Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/276438#post-1289811 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:16:41 +0000 jaysonbrown 1289811@http://wordpress.org/support/ FYI, you can use masterbassie code in category.php, and have a slider preview dynamically for every category! <pre><code><?php function getCurrentCategoryId() { if (is_category()) { global $wp_query; $cat_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object(); return $cat_obj->term_id; } return -1; } $args = array( 'numberposts' => 3, 'category' => getCurrentCategoryId(), 'orderby' => rand ); $lastposts = get_posts($args); foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?> <?php $ID_Array[]=$post->ID; ?> <?php endforeach; ?> <?php d13slideshow(array($ID_Array[0], $ID_Array[1], $ID_Array[2], $ID_Array[3], $ID_Array[4], $ID_Array[5], $ID_Array[6], $ID_Array[7], $ID_Array[8], $ID_Array[9])); ?></code></pre> masterbassie on "[Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/276438#post-1095511 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:36:40 +0000 masterbassie 1095511@http://wordpress.org/support/ In my own impatience i devised a remedy (sort of). Only problem is I couldn't figure out how to print out all the array values parsed by a comma into the d13 php call. So i kinda improvised. Its a very down and dirty 'fix' for anyone who needs it. <?php $args = array( 'numberposts' => 10, 'category' => 8, 'orderby' => rand ); $lastposts = get_posts($args); foreach($lastposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?> <?php $ID_Array[]=$post->ID; ?> <?php endforeach; ?> <?php d13slideshow(array($ID_Array[0], $ID_Array[1], $ID_Array[2], $ID_Array[3], $ID_Array[4], $ID_Array[5], $ID_Array[6], $ID_Array[7], $ID_Array[8], $ID_Array[9])); ?> d13design on "[Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/276438#post-1092735 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:29:10 +0000 d13design 1092735@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hi masterbassie, I'll look into both of these things for you. I'm using some pre-defined WP commands for the category dropdown so will need to read up on what's possible with this. I'll also looking at a "random" selection option and an extension to the 5 / 10 post limit. You can keep up to date on the plugin and updates at <a href="http://www.d13design.co.uk/wordpress/d13slideshow." rel="nofollow">http://www.d13design.co.uk/wordpress/d13slideshow.</a> Dave. masterbassie on "[Plugin: d13slideshow] parent category for post selection" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/276438#post-1091667 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:19:22 +0000 masterbassie 1091667@http://wordpress.org/support/ I have a parent category entitled "Lessons" then under that i have sub categories. It doesn't seem to allow selection of the parent as "category to feature". Is this feasible? Also wondering if there is a way to increase the limit on shown pictures and a way to randomly select images. Such that when someone visits the page it randomly selects the pictures instead of being most recent. thanks for your help in advance. ian