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1. frisco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm running WP 2.3.2. I have 2 questions on this code in my sidebar:

   <?php rewind_posts(); ?>
   
   <?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
   	<?php if (in_category(11)) { ?>
   		<div class="sidenotes">
   		<?php echo $post->post_excerpt ?> <?php the_content(); ?>
   		</div>
   	<?php } ?>
   <?php endforeach; else: ?>
   	<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   I have 1 post in category 11. Today (1/6/08 for me), if the date on that post is 11/29/07, that code displays no post content. If I change the date (and only the date) to 11/30/07, the content displays just fine. I've only noticed this behavior since I upgraded to 2.3.2, but I can't swear to that.

   Why is that code affected by the post date?

   Secondly, with the right date, that code works as expected but only on the home page. I have a number of other pages (say a Videos page). If I surf to the Videos page, that code doesn't output the post content, even though I have rewind_posts() at the top.

   In both the date case and surfing off the home page case, I never get the "Sorry, no posts..." message.

   Is there another problem with my loop that I'm missing?

   Thanks in advance for any pointers.

2. frisco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The solution to both of my problems is in this code:

   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=Sidenotes&showposts=1'); ?>
   
   <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
   	<div class="sidenotes">
   	<?php the_content(); ?>
   	</div>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   In looking over my first post, I replaced the deprecated start_wp() with the the_post() but that didn't make a difference. I'm still at a loss to figure out why the date had an impact on the results. Anyone?

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