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1. ThorHammer
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   On my Index.php I want several loops. Each post displayed with title and a custom field related image. Each loop with five posts (title and image) in their own column. Here is the code:

   <div id="cola">
   <h3>News A:</h3>
   <?php
      $cool = new WP_Query('cat=5');
      $cool->query('showposts=5');
   while ($cool->have_posts()) : $cool->the_post();
      $post_image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', $single = true);
      $post_alt = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'alt', $single = true);
   ?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"  rel="bookmark" title="Permanent url to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2><br />
   <?php if($post_image !== '') { ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php if($post_alt !== '') echo $post_alt; else the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $post_image; ?>" alt="<?php if($post_alt !== '') echo $post_alt; else the_title(); ?>" style="width:250px;height:190px; " /></a>
   <?php }
   	else {
   	echo 'missing image';
   	}
   ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   </div>

   But my index.php is just blank. Not the header. Not anything. And each QP Query object is uniqe and have posts. What is wrong?

2. ThorHammer
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   bump? :-(

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   $cool = new WP_Query('cat=5');
      $cool->query('showposts=5');

   i have the feeling (because i don't have any ref links to proof it)
   that these two lines might work better condensed this way:

   $cool = new WP_Query('cat=5&posts_per_page=5');

   leaving the second line away

   (btw: 'posts_per_page' is new for 'showposts')

   further:
   get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', $single = true); and the following line:

   in my understanding, this could be written as:
   get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image', true);

   hope some of it made sense and works ;-)

4. ThorHammer
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you alchymth - again!

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