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1. estevancarlos
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's code I've acquired from the new WordPress 2.7 Cookbook:

   <?php
   	query_posts('category_name=News');
   	if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   				<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   			the_excerpt();
   		endwhile; else:
   	endif;
   
   wp_reset_query();
   
   ?>

   Does this need to be placed in something else?

2. estevancarlos
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I had a more obvious error in that code that is now fixed but still not working. Thanks in advance for any assistance. I want to know if this is an error in the book as well or if I'm just doing it wrong.

3. banago
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   There are several unopened and unclosed PHP tags as I can see. Try this revised version:

   <?php query_posts('category_name=News');
   	if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
   	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
   	<?php endif;?>
   
   <?php wp_reset_query();?>

4. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   No it's only missing one opening PHP tag, the others you've added above are optional...

   There should be an opening PHP tag before..
   

   the_excerpt();

   like..
   

   <?php the_excerpt();

   There's no need to switch in and out all the time, but for what it's worth it usually(well sometimes) makes the code easier to read and understand..

5. banago
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yes, I agree, tr10os. Thanks for pointing that out.

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