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1. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Hi there,

   I've looked through the codex but can't seem to figure this out. I have a page (I link to it using /category/cat-name) listing out posts from a single category - audio. This is the page:

   http://www.crossandthrone.com/category/audio-messages/

   I believe this uses the index.php page to display. The problem is, I have that set to show only 1 post, which is how I want it on the home page. But here, I'd like to show *all* posts in that category.

   What I really want is a link to the single.php page that shows all the posts in that one category. I looked in the codex under the category tag here:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags#Category_tags

   But couldn't quite figure out how to do what I want. Any help is greatly appreciated.

2. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Nobody has any ideas on this?

3. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   What I really want is a link to the single.php page that shows all the posts in that one category

   That's an oxymoron - I hope you realize it ;)
   The easiest way to have different number of posts on different views, use a plugin:
   http://mattread.com/archives/2005/03/custom-query-string-plugin/
   Another solution (involving a bit more work) - to have a category-X.php template (where X = cat ID#) and use a modified Loop with a query_posts.
   See also Category_Templates.

4. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thanks Moshu - yeah you are right about that being an oxymoron! The plugin looks promising, but maybe a category.php page will suffice for me.

   Edit: Ok, I think I get the gist - but I still only get one post and maybe that is what you meant by suggesting the plugin. I am doing this:

   --------
   <?php get_header(); ?>

   <!-- content ................................. -->
   <div id="content" style="width: 725px;">

   Audio listing

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   <div class="entry">
   <p class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>
   <h2 id="<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

   </div>

   <?php endwhile; ?>

   <?php else : ?>

   <h2>Not Found</h2>
   Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

   <?php endif; ?>

   </div> <!-- /content -->

   <?php get_footer(); ?>
   ----------

   I get the category page which is great - is there any way outside the plugin to have this list *ALL* the posts in this category? Then I've got what I need!

5. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Click the query_posts link I gave above.

6. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Ahh thanks Moshu - that is exactly what I needed! For those who want to know what I did - made category-9.php (9 is my audio cat) and have this as code:

   <?php get_header(); ?>

   <!-- content ................................. -->
   <div id="content" style="width: 725px;">

   <h2>Audio Messages</h2>

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php query_posts('showposts=10&cat=9'); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   <div class="entry" style="margin:0;padding:0;">
   <h3 id="<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?> (<?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>)</h3>

   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

   </div>

   <?php endwhile; ?>

   <?php else : ?>

   <h2>Not Found</h2>
   Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

   <?php endif; ?>

   </div> <!-- /content -->

   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   ---------

   Gives me 10 posts in that category (I think the cat=9 is redundant now, since I specify that in the php name of the file.

7. syncbox
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   uh, the cat=9 refers to the category id, not the number of posts, just fyi.

8. Dgold
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   "Gives me 10 posts in that category"

   I thought you said you wanted to display *all* the posts in the category?

9. donmagnus
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Instead of making a new file for each category you could enter this into the archive template:

   <?php query_posts("showposts=10&cat=$_GET[cat]"); ?>

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