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1. Jbert
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Here is the code I am using for my post.

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=4"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   
   <div class="post">
   <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <div class="postMeta">
   <span class="date"><?php the_time('M.d, Y') ?></span> in
   <span class="filed"><?php the_category(', '); ?></span>
   <span class="commentcount"><?php comments_popup_link('Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
   </div>
   <div class="postContent"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
   </div> <!-- Closes Post -->
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   but if I try to add

   <?php else; ?>

   it throws an error. Where am I going wrong

   Thanks

2. ty
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Not exactly sure what you mean, but I think you want to format it more like a traditional WordPress loop:

   <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=4"); 
   
   if ($recent->have_posts()) :
   
   while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
   
   <div class="post">
   <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <div class="postMeta">
   <span class="date"><?php the_time('M.d, Y') ?></span> in
   <span class="filed"><?php the_category(', '); ?></span>
   <span class="commentcount"><?php comments_popup_link('Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
   </div>
   <div class="postContent"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
   </div> <!-- Closes Post -->
   
   <?php endwhile;
   
   else :
   
   //put your else code here
   
   endif; ?>

   peace~

3. Jbert
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks, I did that first and added the wp-query for the category before the loop and all worked fine. I have another theme that uses this variable type and was trying to include it.

   Thanks

   JIM

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