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1. l r
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have the following on my home page which does all I need -
   Except:
   My sticky posts now fall to the bottom of the loop. Does anyone know the neatest way to regain my stickies at the top of the page.. many thanks
   Thanks!
   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=5');
   $counter=0; while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); $counter++;
   $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
   <div <?php post_class(); id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <?php if ($counter > 1) ?>
   <h2>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <?php
   if ($counter < 1) {
   the_content('');
   } else {
   the_excerpt('');
   }
   ?>

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   In addition to displaying sticky post(s) first, that's the goal here?

   Here's my guess:
   1. Get 5 posts in the category=featured, and the sticky posts.
   2. On the first of those posts display the_content and on the rest display the_excerpt.

   Question:
   When displaying the sticky posts, what displays--the_content or the_excerpt?

3. l r
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi Sorry - I was not very clear.

   Thanks for getting back to me.

   1. Yes I want 5 posts from category=featured, some will be stickies, the stickies should be at the top.

   2. All posts display either
   full content or shortened content via the more tag
   or if excerpt exists show a bespoke excerpt.

   I am hard coding the 'read more of this entry >>'
   It's not ideal but I couldn't get it to link to the full content consistently.
   When the sticky displays - I have the excerpt or the content whichever exists.

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Well you can play with this:
   

   <?php
   $cat=get_cat_ID('featured');
   $posts=get_posts(array('post__in'=>get_option('sticky_posts')));  // get sticky posts
   if ($posts) {
     foreach($posts as $post) {
       setup_postdata($post);
       if ( in_category($cat) ) { // only sticky posts in selected category
         ?>
         <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
         <?php
         the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
       }
     }
   }
   $posts=get_posts(array('post__not_in'=>get_option('sticky_posts'),'cat'=>$cat,'showposts'=>5));  //get posts in our category, exclude sticky posts
   if ($posts) {
     foreach($posts as $post) {
       setup_postdata($post);
       ?>
       <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
       <?php
       the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
     }
   }
   ?>

   Needed two loops, one to process the sticky posts in your category, then another to process the non-sticky posts.

5. l r
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi Michael...
   quick test ..it kind of does it - need to mess around... will get there..
   Thank you..

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