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1. digitalmikey
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hello all, I am trying to get my downloads template to display all posts that are in the downloads category correctly. For some reason I can't get it to work at all and have become stumped completely. Below is my template code:

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Downloads
   */
   ?>
   
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   	<div id="wrapper"><a name="top"></a>
   <div id="mid" class="fix">
   	<div id="mainCol" class="fix"><a name="main"></a>
   
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   	<div id="pageMain">
   
   			<div id="download">
   <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
   </div>
   
   				<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   
   </div>
   </div>
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   	<div class="navigation">
   	<?php posts_nav_link(); ?>
   </div>
   <?php endif; ?>
   
   </div>
   
   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   </div>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   I have my page header <h1> and right below that I would just like the title of each post in the "downloads" category. For some reason I can only get it to either display ALL blog posts or just a blank page. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

   [moderated--mutiple bumps removed. Please, please, please, refrain from bumping as per Forum Rules]

2. brainycat
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Less bump. More google. Try get_category_link()

3. digitalmikey
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Was that hard? lol

4. digitalmikey
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Actually I don't see anything that has to do with get_category_link() to help with my problem...

   Can I get a more in depth response please or ATLEAST tell me somewhere that can...

5. brainycat
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I'm not able to follow your problem description. As near as I can tell, this might have your answer:
   http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+list+posts+in+category&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

6. digitalmikey
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   No, basically I want to show posts only from ONE category in a TEMPLATE I made. Simple as that.

   The above code is my template. I need it to display just the title and permalink of each post that is in ONE category.

7. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Also review Template Hierarchy and Category Templates<--especially since, with WordPress, you don't even need a specifically coded template to display posts in a category.

8. digitalmikey
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Is there not a simple code I could add to just show the posts from a certain category?

9. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Is there not a simple code I could add to just show the posts from a certain category?

   Where do you want to add the posts?

   But here's something:
   

   $posts=get_posts('cat=25');
   if ($posts) {
   foreach($posts as $post) {
   setup_postdata($post);
   ?>
   <p><?php the_time('m.d.y') ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
   <?php the_content(); ?>
   <?php }
   }
   ?>

10. digitalmikey
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    I'd like to add them in div 'pageMain' but for some reason when I add your code it makes my whole screen go white.

11. digitalmikey
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    Any suggestions Michael or whomever?

12. digitalmikey
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    Help please?

13. Zovar
    Member
    Posted 6 months ago #

    Looks like you have to add certain parameters to The Loop.

    If you add query_posts("cat=3"); before if (have_posts()) (+replace '3' with Downloads category ID) it should work fine.

    Or you can use query_posts("category_name=Downloads");

14. weareclouds
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Why don't you just rename the file category-downloads.php ? When you do that it will automagically do all the work you're asking it to do. It's the whole hierarchy ordeal.

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