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1. Greg Rickaby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm creating an "emergency/breaking news" section above the fold AND outside The Loop.

   When there is a sticky post, I want to display it (just one) and if there isn't, do nothing. See image example: Sticky! and No Sticky

   The code below displays a Sticky post just fine, I just need to add the conditional tags, therefore I'm lost.

   Thanks

   <?php
   $sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');
   rsort( $sticky );
   $sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 1);
   query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );
   ?>
   <div id="emergency">
       <?php if (have_posts()) ?>
       	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   	   	<?php images('1', '400', '', 'alignleft', true); ?>
          		<h1>BREAKING NEWS</h1>
          		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
          		<p><?php excerpt('50'); ?>...<br /><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo thesis_teaser_link_text(); ?></a></p>
   
     	<?php endwhile; ?>
   </div>

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I just need to add the conditional tags,

   You mean if there are no sticky posts?
   

   <?php
   $sticky = get_option('sticky_possdts');
   if ( ! empty($sticky)) {
   rsort( $sticky );
   $sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 1);
   query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );
   ?>
   <div id="emergency">
       <?php if (have_posts()) ?>
       	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   	   	<?php images('1', '400', '', 'alignleft', true); ?>
          		<h1>BREAKING NEWS</h1>
          		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
          		<p><?php excerpt('50'); ?>...<br /><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo thesis_teaser_link_text(); ?></a></p>
   
     	<?php endwhile; ?>
   </div>
   <?php
   }
   ?>

3. Greg Rickaby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Here is the code (with yours included) inside a function I'm building for a Thesis Skin.

   Here is the process:

   1. I want this sub-loop to check for stickies (and it does)
   2. If there is a sticky, print it
   3. If not, do nothing

   <?php
   function tt_emergency_post_html() {
   global $options;
   foreach ($options as $value) {
       if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); }
   }
   
   $sticky = get_option('sticky_possdts');
   if ( ! empty($sticky)) {
   rsort( $sticky );
   $sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 1);
   query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );
   ?>
   <div id="emergency">
       <?php if (have_posts()) ?>
       	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   	   	<?php images('1', '400', '', 'alignleft', true); ?>
          		<h1>BREAKING NEWS</h1>
          		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
          		<p><?php excerpt('50'); ?>...<br /><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo thesis_teaser_link_text(); ?></a></p>
   
     	<?php endwhile; ?>
   </div>
   <?php
   } }

   With the code above it doesn't do either...

   I was trying (and failing miserably):
   

   <?php
   function tt_emergency_post_html() {
   global $options;
   foreach ($options as $value) {
       if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); }
   }
   
   $sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');
   rsort( $sticky );
   $sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 1);
   query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );?>
   
   	<?php if($sticky >'0') { ?>
   	<div id="emergency">
       		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   	   			<?php images('1', '400', '', 'alignleft', true); ?>
          			<h1>BREAKING NEWS</h1>
          			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
          			<p><?php excerpt('50'); ?>...<br />
           		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo thesis_teaser_link_text(); ?></a></p>
        		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   	</div>
   <?php else:  ?>
   	NO STICKY!
   <?php }?>
   <?php }

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry I messed this up
   

   $sticky = get_option('sticky_possdts');

   should be
   

   $sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');

5. Greg Rickaby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Haha! Been there done that! :)

   Thank you, this worked very well.

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