How To Show Category Posts In Sidebar

  • Mav3000

    (@mav3000)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    I’m struggling with the PHP for a query I’d like to put in my sidebar to show posts with the Category ‘Featured’ based on the current Category.

    This is what I have:

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) { the_post(); rewind_posts(); } ?>

<?php if (is_home()) { ?>
 <!-- no featured posts -->
<?php } else { ?>
 <?php if (in_category('London & Brighton Marathons')) { query_posts('cat=4,5'); } ?>
 <!-- featured posts -->
 <h2>Featured Posts</h2>
 <ul>
  <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
  <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?php endwhile; ?>
 </ul>
<?php endif; ?>

    Internet Explorer tells me I’ve got a parse error, but I can’t see what’s wrong with it. Can anyone else? Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    You can’t if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); twice! Perhaps you need to read up on Multiple Loops?

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I’d like to put in my sidebar to show posts with the Category ‘Featured’ based on the current Category.

    That needs a bit of clarifying…

    Are you displaying a single post, and if that single post has the category London & Brighton Marathons, then display posts from category 4 and 5

    or

    are you displaying a category archive, and if the category displayed is London & Brighton Marathons, then display posts from category 4 and 5

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