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1. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm using WP as a CMS where a page is a template and posts are "articles".

   I have a page (template) that displays a list of posts within a specific category. No sweat.

   Now I want to display some general information before the post list. Something like:

   "This is a list over the hottest designers in Norway. If you are not on the list, and you should be, let me know".

   {Then the list starts}

   The page has the following attributes: Title, Page, custom-fields and so on.

   I would like to display the page TITLE and the PAGE information.
   Looking at page.php they use the following code:
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
     	<?php the_content; ?>
     	<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

   This however does not display the information in the Page attribute.

   Any suggestions anyone?

2. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ok, so wp_title('') will get me the name of the page.
   What about the page description? How can I output that?

3. VelvetBlues.com
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Do you mean page excerpt or are you using a custom field and naming it description?

   If you want to retrieve the excerpt, you can just use the_excerpt().

   However, if custom fields, check out this documentation: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields#Advanced_Techniques_for_Custom_Fields

4. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   No, it's not the Excerpt.
   It's the field just below the Title field on a page.

   Getting stuff from the custom fields is easy.

5. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It's the field just below the Title field on a page.

   ... Do you mean the actual post content itself? That would be the_content(). Also, the_title() is probably what you wanted before.

   The empty parentheses matter. Don't put '' in them.

   Read this:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags

6. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I use the following code:
   

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Artist List
   */
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   <div id="content">
   	<div class="spacer20px"></div>
   
     <?php
     		wp_title(''); echo '';
   			the_content(); echo '';
   			the_ID(); echo '';
   	?>
   (...)

7. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I got it working!
   

   <?php
     if (have_posts()): while (have_posts()): the_post();
     	wp_title(''); echo '<br />';
   	the_content(); echo '<br />';
     endwhile; endif;
   ?>

   One of the first things I tried was using The Loop. But it didn't work.
   Does this mean a Page is also considered as a post by the system?

   Well, it works and I'm good to go :-D

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