Patch for enabling per-category random posts:
--- sideblog.php.orig 2009-01-06 15:57:01.000000000 -0600
+++ sideblog.php 2009-01-06 15:57:11.000000000 -0600
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@
$wp_query->set('category__in', array($asideid));
$wp_query->set('posts_per_page', $limit);
$wp_query->set('category__not_in',array());
+
+ // Set random option if set for the category
+ if($sideblog_options['random'][$asideid]) {
+ $wp_query->set('orderby', 'rand');
+ }
+
$sideblog_contents = $wp_query->get_posts();
$patterns[] = "%title%";
$patterns[] = "%content%";
@@ -258,6 +264,11 @@
$excludefromfeeds = "checked='checked'";
}
+ $random = "";
+ if(isset($sideblog_options['random'][$row->id])){
+ $random = "checked='checked'";
+ }
+
$setaside = "";
if(isset($sideblog_options['setaside'][$row->id])){
$setaside = "checked='checked'";
@@ -305,7 +316,8 @@
$catlist .= "<td align='center'><input type=\"text\" name=\"sideblog_options[displayformat][" . $row->id . "]\" value=\"" . $displayformat . "\" style=\"width:90%;\"/></td>\n";
$catlist .= "<td align='center'><select name=\"sideblog_options[numentries][" . $row->id . "]\">" . $numentries . "</select></td>";
$catlist .= "<td align='center'><select name='sideblog_options[order][" . $row->id . "]'>" . $order_options . "</select></td>";
- $catlist .= "<td align='center'><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"sideblog_options[excludefromfeeds][" . $row->id . "]\" value=\"" . $row->id . "\" " . $excludefromfeeds . "/></td>\n</tr>\n";
+ $catlist .= "<td align='center'><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"sideblog_options[excludefromfeeds][" . $row->id . "]\" value=\"" . $row->id . "\" " . $excludefromfeeds . "/></td>\n";
+ $catlist .= "<td align='center'><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"sideblog_options[random][" . $row->id . "]\" value=\"" . $row->id . "\" " . $random . "/></td>\n</tr>\n";
}
}
@@ -331,6 +343,8 @@
</th>
<th width="8%">Exclude from Feeds
</th>
+ <th>Random
+ </th>
</tr>
' . $catlist . '
</table>
