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1. yogidevotee
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hello,
   I have a twenty ten theme, and am trying to have the order of posts in the category archives in reverse-chronological order (earliest posts first)
   I want to do this just for category archives and not globally.

   Any ideas?

   Thanks much!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Do not edit the Twenty Eleven theme. It is the default WordPress 3.2 theme and having access to an unedited version of the theme is vital when dealing with a range of site issues.

   Create a child theme for your customisations. Once your child theme is active, see Category_Templates and query_posts.

3. Digital Raindrops
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Create a child theme for twenty ten, then copy across loop.php to the child theme, rename the copied file loop-category.php

   Open the file and before these lines:
   

   <?php /* If there are no posts to display, such as an empty archive page */ ?>
   <?php if ( ! have_posts() ) : ?>

   Add a line to reverse the sort order!
   <?php query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); ?>

   So you have:
   

   <?php /* Reverse the sort order ascending */ ?>
   <?php query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); ?>
   
   <?php /* If there are no posts to display, such as an empty archive page */ ?>
   <?php if ( ! have_posts() ) : ?>

   Twenty Ten Child Theme:
   If you want to make it better and category specific, or do not want to code it yourself, I have already posted about this and there is a child theme, I use it for a series of posts like, part 1, part 2 etc:

   So if you have no other changes, job done!

   Twenty Eleven Child Theme (Page of Posts):
   This variation uses Custom Fields, and is a template page rather than index.pgp or category.php, and is for twenty eleven.

   HTH

   David

4. yogidevotee
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Thank you both so much!
   I will try that.

   thanks.

5. yogidevotee
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   actually, when I do that, the sort order is reversed successfully, however any category archive page shows ALL posts.
   Was I also supposed to copy across anything else other than style.css and loop.php to the child theme?

   thanks!

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