MaddTechWF

@alchymyth – I thought I had it working but evidently not. The loop I have written only shows the most current post. It will not loop through and show them all.

<!-- Reset WordPress Query -->
                            <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
                            <!-- Set Category Name to Portfolio-Item -->
                            <?php query_posts( 'category_name=portfolio' ); ?>
                            <div id="portfolio">
                            	<div class="portfolio_box_container clearfix">
                                <!-- Declare Count for rows -->
                                <?php $count=0; ?>
                                <!-- Start WordPress Loop -->
                                <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
                                	<?php if ($count==0) : ?>
                                    	<div class="portfolio-items">
                            				<div class="cleardiv"></div>
                                	<?php endif; ?>
                                        <div class="portfolio_box">
                                            <div class="image_skin">
                                                <div class="image_inside_border">
                                                    <div class="image_holder">
                                                        <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                                                            <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'post-thumbnail', true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
                                                        </a>
                                                    </div>
                                                </div>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="cleardiv"></div>
                                        </div>
                                        <?php $count++; ?>
                                	<?php if ($count==3 ||$wp_query->found_posts==0) : ?>
                                    	<?php $count=0; ?>
                                        </div>
                                    <?php endif; ?>
                                <?php endwhile; ?>
                                <?php else : ?>
                                    <h3>Sorry but there are no portfolio items.</h3>
                                <?php endif; ?>
                                <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
                            	</div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

I know the code might seem confusing but what I was trying to do is the following. I have a dive wrapped around each row. Which you will find inside the first IF statement inside the loop. Then it will parse the post info out and then check if the count is equal to three to see if it needs to close the div and reset the count to 0 so it will start the next row with the div from the first statement. I also have the second if checking to see if it is at the last post so it will close the row and not leave it open.

I ended up using the following code:

<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=3'); ?>

<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
  <!-- Do special_cat stuff... -->
<?php endwhile; ?>

I found it on http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/multiple-wordpress-loops

Any good reference material you can suggest? I’m really interested in building my own page menu generation function.

I’m currently using this in my header.php:

<?php wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'Custom Menu' , 'menu_class' => 'level-1 black')); ?>

Jomsky,
When I use the above code, it leaves a white border around the top, left, and right sides of the images used for the background.

It’s not live. I’m coding it on my local server.

What I Want…
What It’s Doing…

Found it. Forgot the $ between the . and the b.