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# drweb3110

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 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to wp list categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/#post-2070962)
 * I know category templates aren’t applied like pages. And thank you everyone for
   helping with this.
 * OK I have created a category template fine.
    I now want to put a link using a
   text widget in to my side bar so when viewers click on it they will see the content
   generated by the category template.
 * Hope this now makes sense.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to wp list categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/#post-2070959)
 * Thank you so much again …. what link code do I use to call the category template
   and display the results? [http://mysite.com/](http://mysite.com/)?????.php
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to wp list categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/#post-2070955)
 * Thank you once again – I have created that category template. All I want to do
   is place a link on a page that goes to the category template – I cant work out
   what the link is.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to wp list categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/#post-2070948)
 * Yeh I have a page template with the code in and it does what I want it too. What
   I thought is I could save it as a category template and call it from a link but
   perhaps not?
 * Thank you for your help I’ll take a look at the articles you have posted
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to wp list categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-wp-list-categories/#post-2070888)
 * Hi I didnt think I made myself too clear – sorry. I want to put a html link in
   a menu bar or a page that points to a list of categories and there child categories.
   All I need to understand is what the link would be.
 * In other words I can create the query but dont know how to call address it in
   a link.
 * Thank you for your help though
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [sort post by custom field for current category only](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-post-by-custom-field-for-current-category-only/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-post-by-custom-field-for-current-category-only/#post-1167467)
 * Thanks for that but it will return the same results.
 * I’ll try and describe this better – what I want is one category template (cat
   id 3) that I can then use by altering my functions.php to allow all the children
   to inherit that template – so from the outline below cats 11 and 12 would use
   the cat 3 template
 * Category
    > Counties (Cat id 3) > Devon (Cat id 11) > Cornwall (Cat id 12)
 * This works fine and will display only the posts from the child category using
   the cat 3 template – no problems. and I pull the posts by using the following
   simple piece of code –
 * <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 * No what I’ve been trying to do is sort each of child category posts by town which
   is stored in a custom field by using this piece of code before the loop –
 * <?php query_posts(‘meta_key=Town/City&orderby=meta_value&order=asc’); ?>
 * This works fine for the parent category which shows all posts grouped by town
   alphabetically. However when I click on the child category it again shows all
   the posts from every county listed just like it did when you click the parent
   category.
 * I think what I need is a statement that says if you are not in cat 3 then only
   show the posts from the child category you are in and then sort my custom field
   town.
 * I may be asking too much here because of the inherit function – so I may have
   to bite the bullet and not inherit category templates and have a individual on
   for each child category. Which works how I want it too but I could end up having
   to create a few hundred, if I needed to make a styling change I’d have to then
   change every single child category template.
 * Hope someone can understand and help.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Search blog for post ID](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-blog-for-post-id/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-blog-for-post-id/#post-1078317)
 * Hiya thanks for that – but it doesn’t serve the purpose required. I was looking
   for a way of a reader being able to search for specific post id. The reason being
   is that I use post id’s in the post as a unique identifier however a couple of
   people have stated that they tried to search fo say post 103 in the search function
   but the search didn’t return any results? Seems odd that post id’s can be used
   in the them and in admin but a reader can’t actually use them to search.
 * Would be really useful if someone knew how to make this happen, I’ve tried numerous
   plugins for search but to no avail.
 *   Forum: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/)
    In 
   reply to: [2.7 RC1 Crashes Firefox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-rc1-crashes-firefox/)
 *  [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-rc1-crashes-firefox/#post-920473)
 * Just been through every Firefox add on and I’ve fixed my issue by disabling Google
   Gears. The whole systems works fine. Thought it may help someone
 *   Forum: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/)
    In 
   reply to: [2.7 RC1 Crashes Firefox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-rc1-crashes-firefox/)
 *  [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-rc1-crashes-firefox/#post-920472)
 * I’ve started getting routine crashes when I try and install a plugin or upload
   images it seems to be when the lightbox type effect kicks in, the bit where the
   screen goes opaque just before the window pops up. If you catch my drift. Strange
   I have a number of blogs and only this 2.7.1 does this. But it works fine in 
   IE7???
 * But strangly lightbox2 works fine to view pictures in Firefox 3.0.10 and in IE7
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Template Design on a Live Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/#post-1065295)
 * Update on this – Theme Test Drive is superb does exactly what it says on the 
   tin.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Template Design on a Live Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/#post-1064997)
 * Thanks for your help on this – I’ve found a perfect solution obvious really but
   didn’t know such a thing existed. I’ve started using Theme Test Drive.
 * Looks superb and does exactly what I need.
 * Thanks again
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Template Design on a Live Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/#post-1064977)
 * It really doesn’t work at all – all the paths default back to the original site
   so you can’t even easily login, plus you have to disable the plugins to get it
   to work because of the paths again I figure.
 * Thanks for your help anyway
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Template Design on a Live Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/#post-1064974)
 * Gonna give that a go.
 * But it still would be really useful if you could do it easier than that – dunno
   like a back office sandbox mode or something.
 * Thank you for your help though
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Template Design on a Live Site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [drweb3110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drweb3110/)
 * (@drweb3110)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-design-on-a-live-site/#post-1064971)
 * thanks for that – I need a copy because there’s quite a few plugins on the site
   and about 700 or show different sized pictures.

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