MichaelH

See if this works:

<?php
$cat_id = get_cat_ID('preparation');
$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'portfolio', 'cat' => $cat_id ) );
?>

You’d probably best us a Page Template with something like:

<?php
//get all terms (e.g. categories or post tags), then display 5 posts in each term
$taxonomy = 'post_tag';//  e.g. post_tag, category
$param_type = 'tag__in'; //  e.g. tag__in, category__in
$term_args=array(
  'include' => '1,2,3',
  'orderby' => 'name',
  'order' => 'ASC'
);
$terms = get_terms($taxonomy,$term_args);
if ($terms) {
  foreach( $terms as $term ) {
    $args=array(
      "$param_type" => array($term->term_id),
      'post_type' => 'post',
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'posts_per_page' => 5,
      'caller_get_posts'=> 1
      );
    $my_query = null;
    $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
    if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
      echo 'List of Posts in '.$taxonomy .' '.$term->name;
      while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
        <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
       <?php
      endwhile;
    }
  }
}
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>

Figure out the URL for each author page, then in Appearances->Menu use the Custom Links to add each URL.

Or use the Page Links To plugin and create Pages that redirect to the author page.

What I’m suggesting is something like this in The Loop on your search template:

if ($post->post_type == 'members') {
the_meta();
}

If you want to give them access to edit the page you could use:
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/more-fields/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/supple-forms/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-taxonomies/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-custom-fields-search/

Otherwise you might look at contact form type plugins that would allow you to get input from readers, or their might be some plugin that allows that kind of reader input.

Maybe a candidate for custom post type???

Possible plugins:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cms-press/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-taxonomies-tools/

Well here’s a list that might help:
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-loop/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-posts/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-category/
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bns-featured-category/

Are you asking to get the terms for a particular post or just a list of terms?

If you want terms for a given post, just replace $post->ID or $wp_query->post->ID with the post ID of the post you desire.