using multiple template tags

  • Resolved ozpoker

    (@ozpoker)


    18 years, 3 months ago

    Prolly a simple answer but I want to display a set of links from a category.

    I am using this code

    <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=6&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    Now this works fine if all i want to display in the link name is the title.

    But the posts in question are in a category in the form :
    x category >> y sub-cat >> z sub-cat >> post

    I would like the link names to appear in the form:
    “z sub-cat name” “post title”
    not just “post title”

    Does anyone know how to code this properly ?

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  • Thread Starter ozpoker

    (@ozpoker)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    come on – this one would be easy for most of you guys

    please ?

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Patience, etc…

    Here’s one problem on getting an answer:

    “But the posts in question are in a category in the form : x category >> y sub-cat >> z sub-cat >> post“

    Does this mean the post is assigned ONLY to the ‘z sub-cat’ category? Also, do you expect the category text to link to the category, or do you plan to make it just part of the post link?

    Thread Starter ozpoker

    (@ozpoker)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    lol – sorry

    yes post is assigned only to one category but htat category is a child category of a child category of a parent category.

    I just want to blend the category name with the title name to make the link name and that should link to the post only.

    Hope that is a little clearer.

    Thanks for your help.

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Simple way to accomplish this (assuming I have the request down pat) is to collect the category of the post through get_the_category() and print it out. get_the_category() will create an array as there is the possibility more than one category will exist for a post, but we can jump to the initial entry in that array here, as we can assume there’s only one category on the post:

    <?php
$recent = new WP_Query("cat=6&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();
$category = get_the_category();
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo $category[0]->name; ?> <?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    Thread Starter ozpoker

    (@ozpoker)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    yup thats it – Thanks so much

    I was playing with the same commands all day but couldn’t quite get the syntax right (my php sucks – lol )

    Thanks again

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