I just need the functions in order to display:
- a specific page
- only the latest post
- links for previous/next post
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
My custom template actually has only one page.
On my custom template the first page contains just the latest post. On that page, I need links with previous and next posts. From what I’ve read, next_post_link() and previous_post_link() are to be used only on permalink pages.
Is there a way to do what I want?
Note the difference between next_posts_link and next_post_link.
One of those is plural. The plural version should be used on main index type pages, which normally hold multiple posts. Even if you’ve changed it to only show one post on those.
Yes, I have noticed the difference. The problem is that next_posts_link() generates a link to the next page. What I want is a link to the friendly URL of the next (or previous) post. Can that be done?
It would also be useful if you could show me a template which does just that, so I can modify it.
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Yes, I have noticed the difference. The problem is that next_posts_link() generates a link to the next page. What I want is a link to the friendly URL of the next (or previous) post. Can that be done?
Only if you’re currently looking at the “friendly” URL of the current post.
You’re wanting to combine two different things here, which you can’t really do. Either you’re looking at a) one post or b) multiple posts. In your case, you’ve changed it such that option B only shows one post, but that doesn’t change what you’re looking at.
I see now. Thanks for the clarification.
Since there is no way WP can do what I want, I decided to use it just for the backend. Unfortunately, it seems that although WP displays correctly characters with diacritics from the database, I cannot display them by directly reading the text from the database.
For example, in the table wp_options, there is a row containing the blog’s name (blogname). This is set to “Test şţăîâ”, which is displayed correctly using the default WP template. But when I write some custom code that retrieves that value directly from the database, it’s displayed as “Test ???îâ”. Any idea what that happens?
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