bestcssdesigns
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Posted 3 years ago #
In WordPress, I am trying to have content from only a certain category be shown in a certain section of the website.
I am using this code in a certain section of my website. If i want content from a specified category to appear in this area, what do I have to do?
<?php if ($aOptions['column2-id'] != '') { query_posts('p=' . $aOptions['column2-id']); } ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
Hi
Your code appears to be pulling in a post or posts ID, not a category.
The simple syntax for what you want is
query_posts('cat=4');
to use the contents of PHP variables like this
$query= 'cat=' . $categoryvariable. '&orderby=date&order=ASC';
query_posts($query)
If you haven't seen the query_posts codex page it is here
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts
bestcssdesigns
Member
Posted 3 years ago #
That script that i posted above came with the template. But how can I get is to pull from a category instead of using Post ID?
I just gave you the code to do that (above)
Categories have their own category ID codes - that is what is being specified in the query_posts code I posted
bestcssdesigns
Member
Posted 3 years ago #
Sorry. I am very noob with PHP. Can you please tell me exactly what to put in the place of
<?php if ($aOptions['column2-id'] != '') { query_posts('p=' . $aOptions['column2-id']); } ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
Because the code that you posted seems like it needs to be in some brackets or something. It didn't work. :S
bestcssdesigns
Member
Posted 3 years ago #
Just a lil more help please. I am not very good with PHP. :(
bestcssdesigns
Member
Posted 3 years ago #
<?php if ($aOptions['column2-id'] != '') { query_posts('cat=4&p=' . $aOptions['column2-id']); } ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
See this part i just added...
cat=4
Adjust the 4 to the ID of your chosen category...
You can tell which ID your category has by viewing it on your website, the link in the browser should be something like...
http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?cat=1
or
http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?cat=2
or
http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?cat=3
and so on...
bestcssdesigns
Member
Posted 3 years ago #
Hi,
I entered in the following code for the sections at http://www.mountoliveadventist.org
<?php if ($aOptions['column2-id'] != '') { query_posts('cat=3&p=' . $aOptions['column2-id']); } ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
However, nothing is showing. I even got the plugin that reviews the ID's for each category. And I know I chose the right category because if you go to http://mountoliveadventist.org/?cat=3 it will show the content.
Please help. Thanks.
For testing sake, does it work if you change this line..
<?php if ($aOptions['column2-id'] != '') { query_posts('cat=3&p=' . $aOptions['column2-id']); } ?>
To..
<?php query_posts('cat=3');?>
bestcssdesigns
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Posted 3 years ago #
