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1. Annekee
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I was looking for a way to get the links (bookmarks) on a page in columns under several link categories, but couldn't find it, so I figured it out myself. The idea is:

   Page Title

   Category 1
   LinkCat1 LinkCat1 LinkCat1
   LinkCat1 LinkCat1 LinkCat1, etc.

   Category 2
   LinkCat2 LinkCat2 LinkCat2
   LinkCat2 LinkCat2 LinkCat2, etc.

   Page template:

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Links Page
   */
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   <div id="content">
   	<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   	<div class="entry">
   
   <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
   
   <?php
   $showlinks = '';
   $cols = 3; // set the number of cols
   $taxonomy = 'link_category';
   $args ='';
   $terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
   if ($terms) {
   	foreach($terms as $term) {
   		if ($term->count > 0) {
   			$bookmarks = get_bookmarks( array(
   							'orderby'        => 'name',
   							'order'          => 'ASC',
   							'category_name' => $term->name) );
   			$showlinks .= '<tr><td colspan="' . $cols . '"><h4>' . $term->name . '</h4></td></tr>' . "\n";
   
   			$i = 0; // set counter to zero
   				$showlinks .= '<tr>' . "\n";
   			// loop through our returned bookmarks
   			foreach ($bookmarks as $bm) {
   				$i++; // increment counter
   				$showlinks .= '<td width="33%">';
   			 	$showlinks .= sprintf( '<a class="relatedlink" href="%s">%s</a><br />', $bm->link_url, __($bm->link_name) );
   				$showlinks .= '</td>' . "\n";
   
   				// if counter is dividable by the number of cols, close the row
   				if ( ( $i % $cols ) == 0 ) {
   					$showlinks .= '</tr>' . "\n";
   					$showlinks .= '<tr>' . "\n";
   
   				}
   			}
   			$showlinks .= '</tr>' . "\n"; // close initial (or last) row
   			// space between categories:
   			$showlinks .= '<tr><td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td></tr>' . "\n";
   		}
    	}
   }
   echo $showlinks;
   ?>
   </table>
   	</div>
   </div>
   
   <?php get_sidebar("page"); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   You can adjust the args for get_terms and get_bookmarks to your liking, and of course style the table. Enjoy!

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