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1. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   I'm coding a website for a friend who got the layout from an agency that clearly has no concept on how to do webdesign. Now I'm stuck with their layout. Anyway, I need to make the following happen:

   In single post mode, I want to list all the posts (with title, excerpt and read more link)from the same category. This could be achieved with a related category widget plugin. The only problem is that I need the current post to be in the category list and I need to add a class to the title in order to display the post as "active".

   Anyone?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   actually quite simple:

   http://pastebin.com/jusftGJR

3. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hey, thanks!

   How do I add this bit of code to yours?

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php $count = 0; ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php $count++; ?>
   <?php if ($count%3== 0) : ?>
   
   // third post content
   
   <?php else : ?>
   
   // regular content
   
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   I need it in order to add a hr after the first 3 posts.

4. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Fixed it!

   http://pastebin.com/RDVtVG8Z

   [code moderated as per forum rules - if it is different from the above pastebin, please use a further pastebin]

5. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Aw, snap!
   If I use the_excerpt for the category list posts and then click on a single post, the_excerpt in the list post disappears, and only the_content of the single post is visible.

   Suggestions?

6. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Perhaps I could use this?

   <?php echo get_the_excerpt( $post->parent ); ?>

   I tried:
   <?php if($post->ID == $this_post_id) echo get_the_excerpt( $post->parent ); ?>
   with no luck

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   If I use the_excerpt for the category list posts and then click on a single post, the_excerpt in the list post disappears, and only the_content of the single post is visible.

   as i understood, this category list posts is used in single.php anyway (?)

   so, i would think, if you click on a single post, you simply get a new single post with the same or a different list.

   can you post a link to your site to illustrate what you describe?

8. EntarteteMuzak
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Ah, I saw that <?php echo get_the_excerpt( $post->post ); ?> should be <?php echo get_the_excerpt( $post->post_parent ); ?>.

   Anyway, no sorry I haven't got the site online yet.

   To illustrate:
   

   POST1, POST2, POST3,
   POST4, POST5, POST6
   
   Single POST1

   If I click on the permalink for POST1 the excerpt for that post disappears.
   I want the excerpt to stay, even if the content of the post is shown below.

9. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   imho, $post->post_parent only works for hierarchical post types such as pages.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_excerpt
   does not have any parameter.

   to get the code in the full context, can you paste the whole template into a http://pastebin.com/ and post the link to it here?

10. EntarteteMuzak
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    Oh, of course that doesn't work then....

    http://pastebin.com/NTwYAYSh

11. alchymyth
    The Sweeper & Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    If I click on the permalink for POST1 the excerpt for that post disappears.

    i can't reproduce this - in my test setup, the excerpt of the 'active' post in the list stays.

    maybe something to do with your css?

12. EntarteteMuzak
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    Found the problem!
    The WP Columnize plugin causes the excerpt to go away. Wonder why?
    If I disable that plugin even the <?php if($post->ID == $this_post_id) echo get_the_excerpt( $post->post_parent ); ?> works.

13. alchymyth
    The Sweeper & Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    well done -

    even the <?php if($post->ID == $this_post_id) echo get_the_excerpt( $post->post_parent ); ?> works

    yes - get_the_excerpt() would simply ignore anything in the brackets.

    if this is all working now, please mark this thread as 'resolved' - thanks

14. EntarteteMuzak
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    Well yes and no, but I guess it is working sort of.
    It seems that if I use the auto excerpt while using the Columnizer shortcode the excerpt disappears. But if I manually write the excerpt everything works.

15. alchymyth
    The Sweeper & Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    well - look into the code of the 'columnizer' plugin to see if and how (and why) it messes with the excerpt ...

16. EntarteteMuzak
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #
    

    Yes, I think I'll have to look into that.
    Thanks for all help

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