Calling all experts – need help with link log

  • daisyhead

    (@daisyhead)


    21 years, 2 months ago

    I want to create a link log and then be able to pull that information into my regular WP blog, either as entries or as a seperate list in the sidebar. What’s the best way to do this?

    Do I install a 2nd version of WP for the link log? If so, can I pull info from that blog to show it in my main blog?

    Any other ideas? I tried using Del.icio.us and the Yet Another Daily Del.icio.us script, to pull my Del.icio.us links into my blog, but I can’t get the script to work.

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  • iand

    (@iand)

    21 years, 2 months ago

    A quick outline:
    1. Create a new category and then hide it in the main index (search the codex for ‘the loop’)
    2. Call that category in your sidebar with customisable post listings from coffee2code, with something like
    <?php c2c_get_recent_posts(4,"%post_content%",
    "Your_cat_number_here","date","DESC","0","d F Y",""); ?>

    Plugin is here: http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/#comments

    Thread Starter daisyhead

    (@daisyhead)

    21 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks, I’ll give this a try over the next couple of days.

    Thread Starter daisyhead

    (@daisyhead)

    21 years, 2 months ago

    “1. Create a new category and then hide it in the main index (search the codex for ‘the loop’)”

    ‘Kay, this has me confused. “The Loop?” I must confess that while I am becoming more knowledgable with WP each and every day, I’m still not a complete tech geek. 😉 So I’m sure of what exactly I’m looking for in the Codex.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter daisyhead

    (@daisyhead)

    21 years, 2 months ago

    Ugh. Looks like the Codex is down:

    “Sorry! The wiki is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the database server.
    Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (61)”

    iand

    (@iand)

    21 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like its back up – I had to reload a couple of times before it appeared.
    The loop: http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop
    Look for the section ‘Exclude Posts From Some Category’ the first line you want is
    <?php if ( !(in_category('3')) ) { ?> where 3 is your category number. The other line you need is
    <?php } ?> <!-- Close the if statement. --> Put these where they are used in the codex and with a bit of luck you category will disapear off the index page.

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