I’m still trying to solve this issue, any ideas yet?
With WP’s template tag, get the link to previous post, then with css, display the link as a block with defined width and height, and position it so that it covers/overlays the image. How? I’m not telling. 😛
alphaoide, I understand what you’re saying, but I’m still not getting it. I feel like it’s at the tip of my tongue. I tried z-index to overlay the image, but I think it has something to do with the correct syntax of the php code.
I too want the functionality that ashadeofgrey is asking for. The trouble that I’m seeing is that <?php previous_post(); ?> is used for a text link to the previous post and not for an image, such as that on a photoblog. I want the visitor to my photoblog to be able to click on the image to see the previous post – not the text “previous”.
Is the problem the tag or the syntax? I’ve tried the following without success:
<?php previous_post('%','<?php the_content() ?>','no','no'); ?>
Thanks in advance!
try this. http://www.blueblurry.com/navigation-fix/
His #3.. is what you’re looking for
Thanks charbyte, that’s the best example I’ve seen so far. Unfortunately, I still use WordPress1.2 and the php didn’t work. I may have to upgrade to 1.5
I could still use any ideas, if anyone reads this. Thanks!
You could always rip out the permalink-related code in previous_post() and reuse it. The following replaces the_content() in your template:
<?php global $post, $tableposts;
$previous = @$wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $tableposts WHERE post_date < '$post->post_date' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 1");
if ($previous) {
$link = get_permalink($previous);
echo '<a href="' . $link . '">' . $post->post_content . '</a>
';
} else {
the_content();
} ?>
Thanks Kafkaesqui, that did it! Once I read the php code you gave I saw the light. Now I have to tweak the CSS to present it how I had it originally.
Thanks again!
