Thanks ESMI. I was reading that article as I created this thread.
I've only been using WordPress as a CMS for a few months now as a 'developer' (using it to build sites for others), and have just recently started using WordPress as an actual site owner (ie acutally USING WP not just building with it) - so a lot of this I'm just discovering.
So I've got the code from the article above -
<?php
if (is_page() ) {
$category = get_post_meta($posts[0]->ID, 'category', true);
}
if ($category) {
$cat = get_cat_ID($category);
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$post_per_page = 4; // -1 shows all posts
$do_not_show_stickies = 1; // 0 to show stickies
$args=array(
'category__in' => array($cat),
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'paged' => $paged,
'posts_per_page' => $post_per_page,
'caller_get_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies
);
$temp = $wp_query; // assign orginal query to temp variable for later use
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( have_posts() ) :
while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
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...in my custom page template (category-k9forsale.php) and I've got the page in question (http://www.rastaging7.com/index.php/police-k9-training/k9-for-sale-blog-style/) using this template.
I've created a category for these posts (the slug is' k9forsale').
In the php for the page template am I using the category slug name... (getting dazed and confused)...
<?php
if (is_page() ) {
$category = get_post_meta($posts[0]->ID, 'category', true);
And thanks, I honestly have been trying to look this up but keep finding 'tutorials' from over a year+ ago.
Oh wait... wait... does 'pulling in the specific category (posts)' have something to do with Custom Fields for that page... hmmm.
AardvarkGirl
