Nothing strange going on in there either. Can you drop a copy of your header and sidebar into the pastebin?
oh sorry I had connection problems so… here we go,
Sidebar: http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1406317
header: http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1406325
:S
Ok – I’m officially stumped. I can’t see anything wrong in the code snippets that you’ve posted. The only thing left to try is deactivating all plugins in case one is interfering.
🙂 like me… it’s very very interesting / frustrating… I will try ur suggestion and report back.
Hi, sandrodz!
I had the same problem (not really the same). I wanted a single random post before my regular posts.
The problem is that the random post could be seing only when i was logged in, and the post wasn´t a random post (it always displayed the same post)
I reactivated all my plugins, and deleted the ones I was not using. It didnt work… Then I tried this solution from esmi (I just deleted the tag selection).
This worked for me! I hope this can help you… Here is the code I´m using:
<?php
$taggedposts = get_posts('category_name=Humor&showposts=1&orderby=rand');
foreach($taggedposts as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);?>
[ do stuff ]
<?php endforeach; ?>
I had a similar issue where I needed to include the content of custom fields from a random posts in a specific category in my sidebar. In case it helps anyone, here is my hodgepodge of code. — I was rather proud of myself 🙂
<?php query_posts('category_name=bonus_benefits&showposts=1&orderby=rand'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php // check for thumbnail
$thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Sidebar Thumbnail', $single = true);
// check for thumbnail class
$sidebar_text = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Sidebar Text', $single = true);
$thumb_class = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail Class', $single = true);
// check for thumbnail alt text
$thumb_alt = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail Alt', $single = true); ?><?php // if there's a thumbnail
if($thumb !== '') { ?>
<p>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $thumb; ?>"
class="<?php if($thumb_class !== '') { echo $thumb_class; } else { echo "sidebar-thumbnail"; } ?>"
alt="<?php if($thumb_alt !== '') { echo $thumb_alt; } else { echo the_title(); } ?>"
/></a></p><p><h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php echo $sidebar_text; ?>
</p>
<?php } // end if statement
// if there's not a thumbnail
else { echo ''; } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
