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1. ALTexasGirl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I currently have the list of my four recent posts displayed inside my post, but I only want to show it on the post (single) page. I tried adding a conditional single tag, but I keep getting a parse error. How can I combine the two php tags:

   Here is the code I want displayed:

   
<center><b>Latest News:<i>
<?php get_archives('postbypost',"4",1,"","",""); ?></b></center></i>

   I tried this and I got a parse error:

   
<?php
if (is_single()) { echo '
<center><b>Latest News:<i>
<?php get_archives('postbypost',"4",1,"","",""); ?></b></center></i>
';} ?>

   Thanks!


2. peiqinglong
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Try something like this:

   <?php if (is_single())
{
echo "<center><s t r o n g><e m>Latest News:";
print get_archives('postbypost',"4",1,"","","");
echo "</e m></s t r o n g></center>";
} ?>

   Removing the spaces in the strong and em tags of course.

3. ALTexasGirl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks! That took care of the parse error, but it does not have any line breaks. How can I add that in?

   You can see what I mean here - http://www.onthebaseline.com/2006/06/01/justine-henin-hardenne-scores-birthday-win-at-roland-garros/

   I tried it out with IE, Firefox, and Safari

   Thanks so much!

4. peiqinglong
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What I would do is style it with CSS. So something like this:

   In you CSS file:

   #latestnews {margin: 2px 0; padding: 0; }
   #latestnews h2 {font: 10px bold italic; text-align: center; }

   Then change the code to:

   <?php if (is_single())
   {
   echo "<div id="latestnews"><h2>Latest News:</h2>< p >";
   print get_archives('postbypost',"4",1,"","","");
   echo "< /p ></div>";
   } ?>

   That should do the trick...you may have to alter the CSS code depending on what you want.

5. ALTexasGirl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I tried the div code, but I kept getting an parse error. I did remove the spaces between the < p > codes .

   Right now, I've got it customized using < br / > codes, but I'd like to have the functionability of the div. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

   Thanks a ton!

6. peiqinglong
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Oh I'm sorry, I made a mistake. Try this:

   <?php if (is_single())
   {
   echo "<div id='latestnews'><h2>Latest News:</h2>< p >";
   print get_archives('postbypost',"4",1,"","","");
   echo "< /p ></div>";
   } ?>

   Can't have double double quotes.

7. ALTexasGirl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Not a problem - I appreciate all your help. The DIV works fine now. Thanks so much and God bless!

8. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi ALTexasGirl,
   I really like your theme. Is it yours?

9. ALTexasGirl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks! It is mine - a custom design from EWebscapes - http://elegantwebscapes.com/

10. peiqinglong
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Not a problem, glad to be of assistance =)

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