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1. juahan
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm puzzled. Idea is that I have different categories of posts and there is a page created for each category. Each page should show one post from its designated category.

   I use the following on the created page.
   

   <?php
   
   //The Query
   query_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat=4');
   
   //The Loop ?>
   
   	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   		...
   
   		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older') ?>
   <?php previous_posts_link('Newer &raquo;') ?>
   
   	<?php else : ?>
   
   	...
   
   	<?php endif; ?>
   
   <?php
   //Reset Query
   wp_reset_query();
   ?>

   It shows properly the first post from category, but then when I click "Older"-link, it displays the same first post again even if the address changes correctly to /wordpress/pagename/page/2 etc.

   Anyone have thoughs of what I'm doing wrong? Is there better way of doing this what I am trying to get done?

   And another question related to the previous one. Is there a code that I could use to echo the available $is_* variables? I mean, in a way like echoing all different "environmental variables" from a given page for debugging purposes.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   try and use:
   

   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $args=array(
      'cat'=>4,
      'posts_per_page'=>1,
      'caller_get_posts'=>1,
      'paged'=>$paged,
      );
   query_posts($args);

   instead of:
   

   query_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat=4');

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

   Try replacing:

   query_posts('posts_per_page=1&cat=4');
   with:
   

   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $args= array(
   	'posts_per_page' =>1,
   	'cat' => 4;
   	'paged' => $paged
   );
   query_posts($args);

4. juahan
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Worked beautifully! Thank you for amazingly quick reply!

5. TommyHoliday
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i have exactly the same problem! but your solution is not working for me. =/

   this is what i have:
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
   		<?php query_posts("category_name=$blog_cat");  ?>
   
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   			<div class="postsingle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   
   				<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
   
   				<p class="postmetadata">by <?php the_author(); ?> on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?>  | <img src="<?php echo get_bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/comments.png" alt="comments"> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | <?php the_tags(); ?> </p>
   
   				<div class="entry">
   					<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
   				</div>
   
   			</div>
   
   		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   		<div class="navigation">
   			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&larr; Older Entries') ?></div>
   			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &rarr;') ?></div>
   		</div>
   
   	<?php else : ?>

   i tryed to replace
   'cat' => 4; with
   with
   'category_name' => $blog_cat

   someone an idea?

6. jbaker071
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   @esmi's solution works great.

   I had no need for the 'caller_get_posts'=>1 variable.

   Where can I find out more about why this works?

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