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1. Robert
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Hi --
   Just upgraded to 2.0 all is smooth except one little thing.

   In 1.x versions I was organizing my front page like this:

   -----
   Sticky Message
   -----

   Main set of posts

   -----
   Linkspam posts (short entries mostly, er, links)
   -----

   This was achieved with this code:
   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( in_category('21') ) { ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

   <?php rewind_posts(); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( !(in_category('17')) && is_home() ) { ?>
   --
   the posting code chunk
   --
   <h3>LinkSpam</h3>
<?php rewind_posts(); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( in_category('17') ) { ?>
<div class="linky" style="background:pink;border-bottom:2px solid purple;"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

   The first and last sections of this are working fine, pulling out only the category defined. The middle is not excluding the category defined.

   Any thoughts? TIA

   <ignore my template and organization... it's transition time for a lot of things. :)>

2. Berko
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Did you make sure to close your if statement? That was what was tripping me up with a similar problem.

3. Robert
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Yah I did, and found another peculiar situation. If I run query posts nothing changes. If I run this line <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( !(in_category('17')) && is_home() ) { ?> nothing changes but I can create a section below restricting to one category successfully, it's the main body that still comingles the attempted excluded cat.

   Now. If I run this: <?php query_posts("cat=-17"); ?> that category DOES get excluded from the main body of entries ONLY if the post is tagged with cat id#17 only -- but if for instance the post is tagged with three categories, 3, 5, && 17 then it still gets listed.

   Not sure why this is so queer. Thanks in advance. I'll be away for a day or so but happy to answer questions if anyone has them.

4. Robert
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I took out the is_home() check and it works suddenly. Weird, I must have had something out of place.

5. petit
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   rino, you have a contradictory situation here. If you want ( and obviously succeed ) to exclude a category from the main post listing, but keep the others - then you should not let any posts from the excluded category be shared by non excluded categories. Seems like logic, don't you think?

6. Robert
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   petit: I don't know if your question is sincere or if you are trolling. Here is my answer:

   Nope. The logic is strict.
   A simple example with more natural language:

   if post-categories contain category==17
   then do not show post
   else
   show post

   Nothing here is contradictory. It actually depends on what you want to do doesn't it?

   It could be this:
   if post-categories contain category==17 && category==1
   then show post normally
   else
   show post with pink background

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