yes
to display one category of posts on a page:
edit the page.php template in a text editor – not a word processor
/wp-content/themes/{themename}/page.php
find the start of the WordPress loop
( looks something like this- sometimes on one line)
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
add this code before those lines – change the category ID of 12 to whatever category ID you want displayed on this page.
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("cat=12&paged=$paged");
} ?>
You also need to exclude that same category from appearing on your regular posts page.
Before the WordPress loop in theme file index.php add this line of code
<?php if (is_front_page()) {
query_posts("cat=-12");
?>
If there already is a query_posts statement on your index.php page, instead of adding those lines, add this &cat=-12 within the parentheses instead of adding another query_posts line – example query_posts("showposts=5&cat=-12");
Thanks a bunch! I’m looking forward to giving it a shot.
Lane
I’m back! With the above change, index.php generated this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/crsblog/public_html/wp-content/themes/CRS/index.php on line 42
I see there’s an open brace and no close brace; is that it?
I don’t know PHP, although I’m not afraid to mess it up.
Lane
I just set up a new page to receive the special posts, and it generated a similar error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/crsblog/public_html/wp-content/themes/CRS/page.php on line 10
Lane
Hi
yes, sorry should be this
`<?php if (is_front_page()) {
query_posts(“cat=-12”);
} ?>
that is
<?php if (is_front_page()) {
query_posts("cat=-12");
} ?>
I used the close brace I took out of the first snippet. [grin]
Now the changes work perfectly and the special category appears only on the designated page.
Thank you very much for your help.
Lane
