Posts added to pages

  • Resolved neweb

    (@neweb)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    I’m having a real problem getting this to work.

    I want to display select posts at the bottom of my home page.
    I am using the following code to get the posts

    <?php
$type = '';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$temp = $wp_query;  // assign orginal query to temp variable for later use
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
?>

<?php

 get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );?>

    If I leave $type = ''; blank it pulls in 2 posts but not the ones I want.
    If I change type to $type = 'homepage'; or $type = 'yes'; it says posts not found.

    On the posts in question I have added a custom field like so.
    NAME: homepage Value: Yes

    I almost have it working but its killing me trying to get it to filter the posts. Can anyone help with this please!!!!!

    I have checked the codex and its not making any sense to me.

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  • vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    I am guessing that this is what you want:

    <?php
$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
);
    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Hi vtxyzzy

    I just posted your code to the page and its not displaying anything.

    I have one post with the custom details as:
    NAME: homepage Value: Yes

    But nothing is showing on the page.

    This is the code I put in:

    <?php
$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
); ?>

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    As a follow-up, I just noticed that the variable $paged is not set anywhere in the code you posted. If it is not set elsewhere, you should set it before using the code above. Here is code to put after the opening <?php line:

    if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page))) {
      $paged = 1;
   }
}
    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    I put that code in like you said and I just got a blank page.

    I tried it the following ways,

    <?php
if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page))) {
      $paged = 1;
   }
}?>

<?php
$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
); ?>

    Then

    <?php
if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page))) {
      $paged = 1;
   }
}
$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
); ?>

    Online after I took out the new code again did the page display (with no post)

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    My mistake, I left out a couple of quotes. Here is a corrected version:

    if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged'))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page'))) {
      $paged = 1;
   }
}
    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    The page loaded with that code but its not showing the post’s with the custom fields:
    NAME: homepage
    Value: YES

    This is the code I have

    <?php

if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged'))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page'))) {
      $paged = 2;
   }
}

$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
);
?>

    The page is displaying fine. Its just not showing the posts with the above custom fields.

    This is the code for the complete page if this helps.

    <?php /*
	Template Name: First Page
*/
?>

<?php include('homeheader.php'); ?>

		<div id="container">

			<div id="content" role="main">

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
?>

				<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

					<div class="entry-content">

						<?php the_content(); ?>
						<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
						<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?> 

<?php endwhile; ?>			

<?php

if (!($paged = get_query_var('paged'))) {
   if (!($paged = get_query_var('page'))) {
      $paged = 2;
   }
}

$type = 'post';
$args=array(
  'post_type' => $type,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'paged' => $paged,
  'posts_per_page' => 2,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'meta_key' => 'homepage',
  'meta_value' => 'YES'
);
?> 

					</div><!-- .entry-content -->
				</div><!-- #post-## -->

			</div><!-- #content -->
		</div><!-- #container -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Make $paged = 1, not 2!!!!!

    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Did that and still the same result.
    Still not showing the post with the custom field.

    I don’t really want to give up on it because of the effort you have put in and I’m really grateful for the help with this.

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    I don’t know why, but your posts are not showing up when I view the link here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-added-to-pages?replies=5#post-1995639

    I think the problem lies in the way that Twenty Ten and its derivatives are structured. get_template_part(‘loop’, ‘index’) will rerun the loop which used to be index.php. I think you may need to code your own loop, not call that one.

    I need to see the full file where you are inserting the code. Please put the code in a pastebin and post a link to it here.

    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    What files do I need to send over!!!

    Is it loop.php and index.php ????

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Start with the file that you have modified.

    I am still not seeing your replies here. Use the Contact Me form at http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/contact-me/ to send me an email so we can continue this by mail.

    Thread Starter neweb

    (@neweb)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks for sorting this out for me Mac!

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