Just a follow-up in case anyone has this same problem. I used mdbitz’s second option. I edited single.php to display the single post, then created a new query object for the same category that returned all posts for that category to populate the navigation. Works out swell!
If anyone has a suggestion for plugins to manage AJAX loads, I would appreciate it.
Thanks for the reply! I think I am going to try your second suggestion for this page. In my single.php file, would I add the navigation as a include, or would I just repeat the same query that I used in my page template?
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as I am trying this, I have inserted the query for the navigation into my single.php file, and it works. But I am now getting all of the posts, instead of just the desired single post. Perhaps I am using the wrong methods for my queries. How do I query a category for all posts (to populate the nav) and then do a second query for the single desired post?
Your first example seems like it would be a good solution for another part of the site I am developing. Are there any good plugins for wordpress that manage asynchronous refreshes?
Thank you again.
