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1. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I've been trying to create a "Featured Posts" widget for my homepage. This would use a category (featured-event) and would display some data from a couple of custom fields (featured_event_info and featured_event_title). I get the loop started fine, but none of the custom field values are showing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have some small knowledge of PHP but for the most part I am a designer. Thanks!

   Here's the code I'm using:
   

   query_posts('category_name=featured-event&&showposts=3');
   			while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
               <div class="featured-events-post">
                   <a title="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured_event_title', true); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
                       <div class="featured-events-title"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured_event_title', true); ?></div>
                       <div class="featured-events-shortdata"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured_event_info', true); ?></a>
               </div>
               <?php endwhile; ?>

   And here's a link to my development site:
   http://library.jeffmeggleston.com/

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   You really need to be using get_posts or WP_Query in the widget. query_posts should only be used to modify the main Loop - not create a secondary Loop.

3. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   $the_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=featured-event' );
               while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
               $featured_event_info = get_post_meta($post->ID, "featured_event_info", true);
   			$featured_event_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, "featured_event_title", true); ?>
               <div class="featured-events-post">
               	<a title="<?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
                       <div class="featured-events-title"><?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>This is where the data should be</div>
                       <div class="featured-events-shortdata"><?php echo $featured_event_info; ?>This is where the info should be</a>
               </div>
               <?php endwhile; ?>

   Ok, so i changed it and I'm still not getting any custom field data.

4. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   This is confusing. I can get all of the title and content data to show but none of the custom field data.

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   <a title="<?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">

   Where's the other end of this link supposed to be?

6. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   $the_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=featured-event' );
               while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
               $featured_event_info = get_post_meta($post->ID, "featured_event_info", true);
   			$featured_event_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, "featured_event_title", true); ?>
               <div class="featured-events-post">
               	<a title='<?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>' href='<?php the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark'>
                   <div class="featured-events-title"><?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>This is where the data should be</div>
                   <div class="featured-events-shortdata"><?php echo $featured_event_info; ?>This is where the info should be</div></a>
               </div>
               <?php endwhile; ?>

   I just fixed that.

7. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Here's an example of teh data that would show in this case:

   name: featured_event_info
   value: Saturday, Aug. 21 - 8:00pm

   name: featured_event_title
   value: Fiddler On The Roof

   Not sure if that has any bearing on the situation. That is how the data is written in the "value" fields in WordPress.

8. jeffeggleston
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I apparently needed to type:

   global $post;

   before the rest of my code. Uugghhh... newbishness....

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