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1. edd_lasthours
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi,

   I'm afraid I can't work out how to solve a problem I'm having. Essentially I want the index.php to run the following query

   if is category 5,8,9, or 10
   get posts with the_content

   else
   get posts with the_excerpt

   At the moment I'm using the following code for the page, but it's returning a PHP error message on the <?php elseif ( ?> but I suspect the error is higher up than that.

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php //$post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>
   
   <?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
   <div class="headline_line"><h2><span><?php echo get_category_parents($cat, FALSE, ' : '); ?></span></h2></div>
   
   <?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
   <div class="headline_line"><h2><span>Entries from <?php the_time('F Y'); ?></span></h2></div>
   
   <?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif (is_tag()) { ?>
   <div class="headline_line"><h2><span><?php single_tag_title('Currently browsing the tag <strong>'); ?></strong>:</span></h2></div>
   
   <?php } ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();  update_post_caches($posts); ?>
   <?php if (is_category (array('5,8,9,10')) ) { ?>
   <div class="content"><h2><a class="title" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <?php the_content(__('Read more...')); ?>
   				</div>
   
   <?php } else { ?>
           <div class="content">
   <h2><a class="title" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>
   
   <?php } ?>
        </div>
   	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php elseif ( ?>
   	<div class="errorbox">
   		<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
   	</div>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/navigation.php'); ?>
   </div></div>
   
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php'); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>
   </div>

   Any help would be really gratefully received!
   many thanks,
   edd

2. alchymyth
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   hope you find this part:
   

   <?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>
   
   <?php } ?>
        </div>
   	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php elseif ( ?>
   	<div class="errorbox">

   change it to this:
   

   <?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>
   </div>
   <?php } ?>
   
   	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php else : ?>
   	<div class="errorbox">

   the closing </div> was in the wrong position;
   and there should be no 'elseif (', just an 'else :'

3. edd_lasthours
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi,

   Thanks alot for the help. That worked perfectly. Though for some reason I had to change the id numbers to the actual category slugs to get it to finally work, though I have no idea why! Anyhow, thanks again!

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