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1. WendyWeb
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I would like to create a few customized page templates for my Atahualpa page, but am uncertain how to do this since this theme does not seem to have a basic page template or a single page template that I could copy as a basis.

   Essentially all I want to do is display the page contents, followed by a call to display the most recent five items from a specific category. Should I create a new theme to do this, or is there some better way? (Essentially I want a widget type call function for latest category themes to display within the page).

   Thanks for any help you can offer!

2. WendyWeb
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   With a little persistence and a lot of experimentation I think I've found a solution. The code below borrows all the settings for header, sidebars etc, and displays your page content followed by a search form, and then a listing of recent items from your selection of categories...
   There are just two variables you need to fill in - the name of your template, the number of posts to display, and the numbers of the categories from which the posts should be drawn.

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: PUT NAME OF YOUR PAGE TEMPLATE HERE
   */
   ?>
   <?php
   global $options;
   foreach ($options as $value) {
   	if (get_option( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) {
   		$$value['id'] = $value['std'];
   	} else {
   		$$value['id'] = get_option( $value['id'] );
   	}
   	$short_func_name = str_replace("bfa_ata_", "", $value['id']);
   	$bfa_ata[$short_func_name] = $$value['id'];
   }
   if ( is_page() ) { global $wp_query; $current_page_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id(); }
   //figure out sidebars
   global $cols;
   global $left_col;
   global $right_col;
   $cols = 1;
   if ( is_page() ) {
   $current_page_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id();
   	if ($bfa_ata['left_col_pages_exclude'] != "") {
   	$pages_exlude_left = explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", $bfa_ata['left_col_pages_exclude']));
   		if ( $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['page'] AND !in_array($current_page_id, $pages_exlude_left) ) {
   		$cols++; $left_col = "on"; }
   	} else {
   		if ( $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['page'] ) {
   		$cols++; $left_col = "on"; }
   	}
   	if ($bfa_ata['right_col_pages_exclude'] != "") {
   	$pages_exlude_right = explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", $bfa_ata['right_col_pages_exclude']));
   		if ( $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['page'] AND !in_array($current_page_id, $pages_exlude_right) ) {
   		$cols++; $right_col = "on"; }
   	} else {
   		if ( $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['page'] ) {
   		$cols++; $right_col = "on"; }
   	}
   } elseif ( is_category() ) {
   $current_cat_id = get_query_var('cat');
   	if ($bfa_ata['left_col_cats_exclude'] != "") {
   	$cats_exlude_left = explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", $bfa_ata['left_col_cats_exclude']));
   		if ( $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['category'] AND !in_array($current_cat_id, $cats_exlude_left) ) {
   		$cols++; $left_col = "on"; }
   	} else {
   		if ( $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['category'] ) {
   		$cols++; $left_col = "on"; }
   	}
   	if ($bfa_ata['right_col_cats_exclude'] != "") {
   	$cats_exlude_right = explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", $bfa_ata['right_col_cats_exclude']));
   		if ( $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['category'] AND !in_array($current_cat_id, $cats_exlude_right) ) {
   		$cols++; $right_col = "on"; }
   	} else {
   		if ( $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['category'] ) {
   		$cols++; $right_col = "on"; }
   	}
   } else {
   if ( (is_home() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['homepage']) OR
   ( function_exists('is_front_page') ? is_front_page() AND $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['frontpage'] : '') OR
   ( is_single() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['single']) OR ( is_date() AND $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['date']) OR
   ( is_tag() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['tag']) OR ( is_search() AND $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['search']) OR
   ( is_author() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['author']) OR ( is_404() AND $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['404']) OR
   ( is_attachment() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['leftcol_on']['attachment']) ) {
   	$cols++; $left_col = "on";
   	}
   if ( (is_home() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['homepage']) OR
   ( function_exists('is_front_page') ? is_front_page() AND $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['frontpage'] : '') OR
   ( is_single() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['single']) OR ( is_date() AND $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['date']) OR
   ( is_tag() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['tag']) OR ( is_search() AND $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['search']) OR
   ( is_author() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['author']) OR ( is_404() AND $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['404']) OR
   ( is_attachment() &amp;&amp; $bfa_ata['rightcol_on']['attachment']) ) {
   	$cols++; $right_col = "on";
   	}
   }
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
    <div class="post">
     <h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></h2>
     <div class="entrytext">
      <?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>
     </div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   
   <?php query_posts('showposts=5 &amp; cat=1,2,3,4,5'); ?>
   /*-- NOTE: TELL WORDPRESS HOW MANY POSTS TO SHOW, AND USE THE NUMBERS TO SPECIFY THE CATEORIES YOU WANT TO DISPLAY IN THE LINE ABOVE!*/
   <div style="color=#000099; font-size:25px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;
   	font-weight: bold; margin-top:20px">Latest News!</div><br />
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div style="color=#4557A0"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"
         rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
   <?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
   <div style="margin-left:25px; margin-right:20px"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div><br clear="all">
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

3. BrianHolcombe
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Nevermind - question answered.

   Cheers,
   Brian

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