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1. GadgetEffect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ok, so I would like to post content on a fresh and new page. The trick is, I want that Content to be posted along with my new template I made. The template would consist of a static content article with blog posts to a specific category underneath. If anyone could help me figure it out, I would greatly appreciate it. Here's the code.

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Example Template
   */
   ?>
   
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   	<div id="content">
   
                  <?php include('picturearea.php') ?>
   
                <h1>Insert static content header here.</h1>
   
                <div id="entry">
   
                <p>Insert static content here.</p>
   
                </div>
   
                <?php query_posts("category_name=example"); ?>
   
                <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
                  	<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   
   				<div id="entry">
   
   					<?php the_content(); ?>
   
                   </div>
   
                   	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   						<div id="navigation">
   			<div id="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?></div>
   			<div id="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
   				</div>
   
     </div> <!-- content -->
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

2. kymac
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Are you looking for something for your home page? Or is it for a separate page?

   Either way, I think you will want two 'loop's - one for the static (page?) content, and one for the posts in category.

   More information, please.

3. GadgetEffect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'll be doing it for the home page and separate pages. The loop that I have is for blog posts from each category, I need a loop for when I make a new page.

   Just say I go to 'add new' page and then you see the title and the page content area. I want to choose the right template and then I want to add content and a header to that area so that way it will have the content I add through the page creator and then the extra content that I add later through postings (with the category/post loop).

4. kymac
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry, I don't think I can help with that.

5. GadgetEffect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Could you at least tell me what the loop is for posting to a new page through the page creator?

6. kymac
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. My guess is that what you want is a template for your pages. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages, especially the section on 'Page Templates'.

7. GadgetEffect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I think that is what I needed, thank you very much!

8. kymac
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You are welcome.

   One minor point - I wouldn't put any content in the template unless it is absolutely necessary. Put it in a post and retrieve the post in the template with a first loop. Then get the other posts in a second loop.

9. GadgetEffect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ok, maybe you can help me some more. I am trying to use

   <?php query_posts('pagename=example'); ?>

   That is to pull the page content that I mentioned. I didn't know what all pages were called posts too in PHP. So that first loop I can pull, but I don't know how to end the loop and start the second loop without either going in to infinite loops.

   My code is now this

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: example
   */
   ?>
   
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   	<div id="content">
   
                  <?php include('picturearea.php') ?>
   
                  <?php query_posts('pagename=example'); ?>
   
                <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   
                <div id="entry">
   
                <?php the_content(); ?>
   
                </div>
   
                <?php query_posts("category_name=example"); ?>
   
                <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
                  	<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   
   				<div id="entry">
   
   					<?php the_content(); ?>
   
                   </div>
   
                   	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   						<div id="navigation">
   			<div id="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?></div>
   			<div id="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
   				</div>
   
     </div> <!-- content -->
   
   		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
   		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   Think you could help me with starting and stopping each loop successfully?

10. kymac
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Here is a starting point: http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop.

    You should check the WP Codex first for queations, then post here if you can't find an answer.

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