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1. particlepat
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   There are many things about WP that have confused the hell out of me, and I've done a pretty good job teaching myself html and css just to understand the language, however the loop still causes me a great deal of trouble for whatever reason. Maybe it's selective learning, but who knows? On this particular template I want to post only my "News" category. Can someone take a look at my code and help me write the proper code?

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Blog Index Template
   */
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   <div id="content" class="inner clearfix">
   <div id="inner">
   
     <h4>Blog</h4>
   
   <?php
   $temp = $wp_query;
   $wp_query= null;
   $wp_query = new WP_Query();
   $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged);
   ?>
   <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
   <?php global $more; $more = 0; ?>
   
   	<!--post title as a link-->
   	<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   
       <!--post meta info-->
   	<div class="meta-top">
           <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- the timestamp -->&bull;
           By: <?php the_author_link(); ?> <!-- The author's name as a link to his archive -->&bull;
           <?php the_category(', ') ?> <!-- list of categories, seperated by commas, linked to corresponding category archives -->
       </div>
   
   	<!--post text with the read more link-->
   	<?php the_content('<div class="post-more">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</div>'); ?>
   
   	<!--post meta info-->
   	<div class="meta-bottom">
           <span class="meta-more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a></span><!-- the permalink -->
           <span class="meta-comments"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>#comments"><?php comments_number('Comments(0)', 'Comments(1)', 'Comments(%)'); ?></a></span> <!-- comment number as link to post comments -->
           <span class="meta-category"><?php the_category(', ') ?></span> <!-- list of categories, seperated by commas, linked to corresponding category archives -->
       </div>
   
   	<?php endwhile; // end of one post ?>
   
       <!-- Previous/Next page navigation -->
       <div class="page-nav">
   	    <div class="nav-previous"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Page') ?></div>
   	    <div class="nav-next"><?php next_posts_link('Next Page &raquo;') ?></div>
       </div>    
   
   <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
   
   </div>
   <!--include sidebar-->
   <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/r_sidebar.php"); ?>
   </div>
   
   <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/tabber.php"); ?>
   
   <!--include footer-->
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged.'&category_name=News');

3. particlepat
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Where exactly would I place that code? What do I replace?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry - in place of $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); in your original code,.

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