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1. kristinachilds
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   i've got the newest post from each category displaying on the homepage. only there is one category that will always be tagged with two. Category 6 will always be also tagged with cat 12, however cat 12 will not always be tagged with 6.

   on the homepage, the post in category 6/12 shows both category names. i want it to display only the category 6 name.

   anyone know how to do this? here is the current loop

   <!-- LATEST NEWS -->
   	<?php
   		$post_ids = array(0);
   		foreach( array(1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17) as $cat_id ) {
   			if ( $posts = get_posts(array('cat' => $cat_id, 'showposts' => 15)) ) {
   				$first = array_shift($posts);
   				$post_ids[] = $first->ID;
   			}
   		}
   		query_posts(array('post__in' => $post_ids));
   	?>
   	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   	<div class="latest-post-wrap">
           <div class="latest-post">
               <div class="latest-title">
                   <h2><?php the_category(' / ') ?></h2>
               </div>
               <div class="latest-image">
                   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
                       <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', true) ) : ?>
                           <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/mainimagecrop.php?w=162&h=118&f=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', true) ?>" />
                        <?php endif; ?>
                   </a>
               </div>
           </div>
           <div class="latest-content">
               <span style="font-size:14px; color:#5CB7CC;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;"><br /><?php the_title(); ?></span><br />
               <div class="postMeta-front">
                   <span class="date"><?php the_time('F j, Y') ?></span>
                   <span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?></span>
               </div>
               <div class="clear"></div>
               <p>
                   <?php
                   $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
                   echo string_limit_words($excerpt,30);
                   ?>
               </p>
               <p class="moretext"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue Reading...</a></p>
           </div>
       </div>
   
   	<?php endwhile; ?>
       <!-- LATEST NEWS END -->

2. kristinachilds
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   i tried using get_the_category, and that omits the 2nd category name from the homepage display, however it also omits any other post in category 12.

   <?php
   $category = get_the_category();
   if($category[0]){
   echo '<a href="'.get_category_link($category[0]->term_id ).'">'.$category[0]->cat_name.'</a>';
   }
   ?>

   it would be great if there could be something like

   "if category 6 and 12, then only display category name 6"

   i don't know how to write php directly, only hack it using functions already written so need a little help from actual php developers

3. kristinachilds
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   something like this (but that works)
   

   <?php
      $category = get_the_category();
      if ($category[6]) {
         echo '<?php get_category_link( $category_id ); ?>' ;
      } else ($category[0]) {
         echo '<a href="'.get_category_link($category[0]->term_id ).'">'.$category[0]->cat_name.'</a>';
      }
   ?>

4. kristinachilds
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   apparently i need some more coffee because get_the_category actually works. i just neglected to put '12' in the array of categories to loop.

   awesome.

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