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1. ventilate
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Is there a way to have to have a blog only show a specific post category?

   thanks in advance.

2. Cathy Tibbles
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Yes, you can use a plugin for that. Search theplugin directory - I dont know of one off the top of my head.
   Otherwise, you can edit the blog's loop with an argument like this "&cat=xx" to display only the category you want. First you need to find the loop that the blog is using - using the template hierarchy & a knowledge of your theme. Here's the page explaining the hierarchy: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

   Obviously the easiest solution is a plugin. :)

3. ventilate
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thank you Cathy! ; )

   If I want to show multiple cat's could I use this?

   "&cat=xx01, xx02, xx03"

   cheers,

4. Cathy Tibbles
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Yes - this should give you the info you need. Dont forget to reset the query if you want to use it again. http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters

5. ventilate
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi Cathy, hoping you can help me with this, having a bit of trouble for a non-coder ; ) Where would I put "&cat=xx" in this code?

   <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <div class="entry"><?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
   <img src="http://www.ventilate.ca/images/issue_08/fill.jpg" width="370" height="11">
   "><?php the_author() ?> - <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> - <?php the_time() ?>

   </div>

   <img src="http://www.ventilate.ca/images/issue_08/fill.jpg" width="5" height="5">
   <div align="center"><img src="http://www.ventilate.ca/images/news_horizontal.jpg"></div>
   <img src="http://www.ventilate.ca/images/issue_08/fill.jpg" width="5" height="20"></div>

   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <span class="alignleft">
   <?php next_posts_link('« Older posts') ?>
   <span class="alignright">
   <?php previous_posts_link('Newer posts »') ?>

   Thank you in advance ; )

6. theplastickid
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   put right at the top before the loop starts

   <?php 
   
   query_posts('cat=6');
   
   <!-- Start loop now -->
   
   ?> <!-- end loop -->

7. ventilate
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Thank you so much!!

   How can I tell which categories coincide with the cat numbers?

   I tried using words like query_posts('cat=architecture'); .... but that doesnt work.

   cheers ; )

8. ventilate
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   found it ; )

   wp-admin/categories.php

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