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  • bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)


    17 years, 2 months 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; ?>
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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    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

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months 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?

    stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    I just gave you the code to do that (above)

    stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    Categories have their own category ID codes – that is what is being specified in the query_posts code I posted

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months 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

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    Just a lil more help please. I am not very good with PHP. 🙁

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    Please help…

    t31os

    (@t31os)

    17 years, 2 months 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…

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months 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.

    t31os

    (@t31os)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    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');?>

    Thread Starter bestcssdesigns

    (@bestcssdesigns)

    17 years, 2 months ago

    Yes. Thanks so much!

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