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1. gnorb
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   On my blog I'm attempting to run three different areas containing content:

   First, the loop, which I'd like to narrow to one (featured) category. This I've been able to do with the following, placed right before the loop:

   <?php query_posts ($query_string . '&cat=4'); ?>

   The second and third contain similar code, on which queries only items from one category, the other which queries items from all categories but one.

   <ul>
   <?php
    global $post;
    $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=1&category=3');
    foreach($myposts as $post) :
    ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    &nbsp;||&nbsp;<span class="date"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></span>
    <div class="entry"></div><?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
   </ul>

   Everything seems to work fine, except the_excerpt, which displays an excerpt of the one post over and over again. (The post is the latest chronological article that is NOT of the category defined in the query_posts call right before the main loop.) Titles and links display and act just fine.

   So the question: how do I get the_excerpt to display an excerpt of the appropriate story (and not repeat)?

   Thanks in advance for any help.

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   from the codex:

   <?php
    $lastposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
    foreach($lastposts as $post) :
       setup_postdata($post);
    ?>
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    <?php endforeach; ?>

   Try adding the setup_postdata($post); into your code in the corresponding place in the code

3. gnorb
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   It works, thank you! I'd been looking for the answer to this for days.

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