get_post_meta($post_id, $key, $single);
$key = your custom field name (ie news-image)
$single = true
so for you it should be
$imgSrc = get_post_meta($post_id, 'news-image', true);
if you want to use the get_post_custom_value function, your problem probably (can’t tell without the source) is because you have it outside of the loop
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dannym
(@dannym)
<div id="content" class="widecolumn clearfix">
<div id="left">
<div id="headlines">
<h3>Top Headlines</h3>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- If the post is in the category we want to include it -->
<?php if (!(in_category('3'))) continue;
if($i == 0){
$imgSrc = get_post_meta($post_id, 'news-image', true);
?>
<div class="post">
<img src="<?php echo $imgSrc[0] ?>">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS'); ?> - By <?php the_author(); ?></small>
<hr />
<div class="entry">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>
</div> <!-- closes the first div box -->
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<?php
} else if($i < 3 && $i > 0){ ?>
<h2 class="clearfix"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php }
$i++;
endwhile; else: ?>
<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
...
This doesnt seem to work either. Thank you for your helpp, I’m very gracious!
Try <img src="<?php echo $imgSrc;?>">.
Thread Starter
dannym
(@dannym)
Thanks esmi, unfortunately, that solution didn’t work either. Does it matter that I’m using a WPMU codebase?
sorry I screwed up. should be:
$imgSrc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'news-image', true);
