thnks for the helpful links!!!
so to show the posts using the query tag in the index.php template style , ive to create a new template with the name query.php?
Actually you should read Template Hierarchy to understand what template WordPress uses to display posts in certain conditions.
when i use
http://www.mywebsite.com/&r_orderby=desc
the posts are displayed in the same way as the index.php with excerpts.
but when i use
<?php query_posts($query_string.'&r_orderby=desc') ?>
the template used is different…
why is it so?
http://www.mywebsite.com/&r_orderby=desc
That would cause the Template Hierarchy to be invoked.
<?php query_posts($query_string.’&r_orderby=desc’) ?>
That’s put into a specific template so really doesn’t invoke the Template Hierarchy so in the same template that you put that code you will also use the_content() or the_excerpt().
how can i show that query result in a wordpress page?
I cannot use the php query tag, cause that displays the posts in a different template style with no excerpts and all.
So right now am using a different page template with redirection to
this url – http://www.mywebsite.com/&r_orderby=desc
but this increases the page load time a lot.
pls tell me how to display the post query result in a wordpress page with the index.php template style?
Use the Page of Posts example in the Pages article.
but that will only show posts from a particular category.
Actually i’m using the wp-post ratings plugin, and i want to show the top rated posts in a wordpress page using the index.php template style.
This is the php tag:
<?php query_posts($query_string.'&r_sortby=most_rated&r_orderby=desc') ?>
I made a new page template copying the index.php, but that didnt work, it still displayed the full posts instead of excerpts.
The link : http://www.mywebsite.com/&r_sortby=most_rated&r_orderby=desc is displaying posts in the proper way.
How can i assign the index.php template to that particualr wordpress page?
it still displayed the full posts instead of excerpts.
Use the template tag, the_excerpt(), instead of the_content().
See the first four questions here to help understand:
FAQ_Layout_and_Design#Text_and_Content_Display
Also review
Excerpt
Customizing_the_Read_More
But where am i suppose to put that excerpt tag? ive no idea, which is the template file it is using to display the posts when i use that php tag in a page.
when i use the php template in a page the posts are displayed in a different style, without the author name , just the title and content(not excerpt), there are no such templates in my theme. Do you know which is that template?
You would replace the_content with the_excerpt in your page template (which you copied from your index.php)
it isnt working and also showing posts inside a page is causing a lotta problems for my theme. Anyways thnks a lot for your help!!!
Im gonna stick with the page template redirection method even though it increases the page load time, theres no other option. thnks!
