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1. llizard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have just upgraded from 2.9.2 to 3.0.5

   Everything appears to be in order except the previous post/next post links above each post. These links used to appear only on the expanded post and not on the main page. What do I need to change in the coding so these links will show only on the actual post page?

   Here is the coding I have now:
   

   <!-- start prev/next posts -->
   <div class="pstlnk">
   
   <?php previous_post('<b>&laquo</b> % <b>&laquo</b>  ', '', 'yes'); ?>  <?php next_post('  <b>&raquo</b> % <b>&raquo</b>', '', 'yes'); ?>
   
   </div>
   <!-- end prev/next posts -->

   I hope the question makes sense.

   -EMorris, Firefox 3.6.8, WinXP, WP3.0.5

2. llizard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Just to clarify, I am trying to get the previous post/next post links above each post never to appear on the index page.

   Here is the site: etherwork.net/blog/ «« I have purposely left that unlinked, in an attempt to keep spammers at bay.

   -E

3. llizard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   sigh... please excuse me for replying to myself yet again.

   I just noticed that I was using the now deprecated tags previous_post and next_post (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/previous_post). I have now changed the coding on my index page to read the following - it is within the loop.

   <?php previous_post_link('<b>&laquo</b> %link <b>&laquo</b> &nbsp;'); ?> <?php next_post_link('&nbsp; <b>&raquo</b> %link <b>&raquo</b>'); ?>

   Irritatingly, the links are still showing on the index page.

   Just to reiterate, what must I do to get those links to show ONLY on the post page and not on the main blog page?

   -EMorris, Firefox 3.6.8, WinXP, WP3.0.5

   etherwork.net/blog/ «« I have purposely left this unlinked, in an attempt to keep spammers at bay.

4. llizard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Excuse me for replying to myself yet again. Because I did not receive any replies to my questions, I continued googling and searching. While it might not be the most elegant or perfect solution, I do think it works.

   MichaelH suggested to "edit the single.php" in a reply to the thread Display text on one post and one post only?

   My theme didn't have a single.php file but now it does. I have removed the following coding from my theme index.php and put it onto the newly formed single.php

   <?php previous_post_link('<b>&laquo</b> %link <b>&laquo</b> &nbsp;'); ?> <?php next_post_link('&nbsp; <b>&raquo</b> %link <b>&raquo</b>'); ?>

   This will work well for now. I'll stare at the following to see if there is a tidier way. http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Single_Post_Page

   -E

5. llizard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I looked a little more at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/previous_post_link and have now altered the coding to the following (I remembered to fix the character entities and make sure they ended with semicolons):

   <?php
   previous_post_link('%link', '<b>&laquo;</b> %title <b>&laquo;</b>  ', FALSE, '7');
   next_post_link('%link', '  <b>&raquo;</b> %title <b>&raquo;</b>', FALSE, '7');
   ?>

   And hey presto, the previous/next post links (with the exception of any links to posts in the #7 category) are showing up only on the actual post pages. Yay!

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