Hi!
I want to customize the homepage but I'm not sure if what I want to do it's possible within the loop (or within wordpress).
I want to show a number of divs equal to the number of categories: every div will have the title of the category (perhaps the description) and the last post of that category (with minor details).
Is it possible to do this within the loop, or the loop serves only for the post and not for the categories and I have to use another approach like put in some variables information by wp_list_categories-like templates/functions?
Thanks
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories
something like:
<?php $cats = get_categories(); //use parameters if neccessary
foreach ($cats as $cat) :
echo '<div class="category-post">'; //add more details if you need individual css for each category
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 1, // max number of post per category
'cat' => $cat->term_id
);
query_posts($args);
if (have_posts()) :
$num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;
echo '<h2>'.$cat->name.'</h2>';
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); // show whatever you need in the loop, following is example only: ?>
<div <?php post_class(); ?> >
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="entry"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else :
echo '<h2>No Posts for '.$cat->name.' Category</h2>';
endif; //end of loop
wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php
echo '</div> <!--end of div.category-post-->';
endforeach; ?>
Perfect!!! This was very useful! Thank you very very much =)
Rajven
