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1. boldlygo
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have some well-written posts that I would like to appear in the results first when someone clicks on a category. Is there a way to assign a few posts to appear first in a category, and then have the rest of the posts appear in order of date?

   thanks,

2. nicktank
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   There is a way, you would have to do a little work in your theme to add a function to the loop to look for a set group of posts with certain categories first and then fill in the rest.

   (For the important posts. Category #5 is set for top priority)

   <?php query_posts('&cat=5); ?> <!-- Edit the cat= part to the number of the desired category (check the category IDs in your WordPress system), and this will show the 1st of the chosen category -->
   				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   (Then let the rest of the posts come in. Make sure the category in this string is set to -5 to prevent duplication)

   <?php query_posts('&cat=-5'); ?> <!-- Edit the cat= part to the number of the desired category (check the category IDs in your WordPress system), and this will show the 1st of the chosen category -->
   				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

3. boldlygo
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hmm...

   The way my site is setup now I have category/pages at the top of the screen. When someone clicks on a category they see all the posts in that category.

   Could I create a category within a category? So someone clicks on category "science" and it displays "top-science" before displaying the rest of the science posts?

   thanks,

4. nicktank
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'll look into this. I'm on deadline for a project right now but as soon as I get some breathing room I'll give this a shot. I'm curious about it as well.

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