query_posts & multiple categories

  • Raz88

    (@raz88)


    16 years ago

    Hi, so on the home page of a website I’m currently working on I am trying to display posts in that are in multiple categories on the homepage. I’m trying to display posts in categories 8, 4, 3 and also display posts just in category 6.

    Here is my current query:
    <?php query_posts(array(‘category__and’=>array(8,4,3))); ?>

    It was originally:
    <?php query_posts(array(‘category__and’=>array(8,4,3)&array(6))); ?>

    But that just screwed it up and displayed all categories.

    The reason I’m trying to do this is because I on the website I’m working on http://www.w-lbaseball.org there are posts in categories: Announcements, Games, and Schedule. But there are some posts that are only located in only ‘Games’ & ‘Schedule’, these posts have no content but have custom fields used to display info on the scheduling page and the sidebar. I don’t want them to show up on the homepage unless there in the category ‘Announcements’ also. The news category is a separate category that I want to use strictly to display any current news but not be require to be in any of the three other categories.

    Any assistance with this dilemma is very much appreciated.

    -Raz88

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  • Jeremy Pry

    (@jpry)

    16 years ago

    Based on the information from the query_posts() reference document, it appears that your syntax should be like this:

    query_posts('cat=8,4,3');

    and

    query_posts('cat=6');

    Hope that helps.

    Thread Starter Raz88

    (@raz88)

    15 years, 12 months ago

    Thanks for the response. I’m actually trying to get posts in categories 8, 4, & 3 and posts from category 6 into the same loop. So for refrence sake posts that are in those multiples categories should appear on the front page as well as posts located in that one category.

    -Raz88

    Jeremy Pry

    (@jpry)

    15 years, 12 months ago

    The specifics would depend on how you’re actually trying to display the content. If you want one loop to display all of those categories, then your code would be

    query_posts('cat=8,6,4,3');

    If you want separate categories on separate sections of the page, then your best option will be to use multiple loops instead of just one main loop.

    Thread Starter Raz88

    (@raz88)

    15 years, 11 months ago

    As of right now the only posts that appear on the homepage of http://www.w-lbaseball.org are game summaries. These specific posts are in three categories: Annoucements, Games, and Schedule. So the loop for the main page will only allow a post that is part of those three categories to show up on the main page. What I want to do is still have the game summaries show up on the main page but I would also like any news or updates appear in the same loop. I would like to have any post that belongs to the News category to also appear in the same loop. My only problem is since I limit the loop to only allow posts that belong to the three categories I stated earlier I cannot get any posts to also appear in that same loop. I’m currently looking for some work around that would still allow game summaries to show up as well as news updates.

    -Raz88

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