Scribe

It’s OK. I found a page advising me to access the theme file through ftp and rename the folder which converts the theme back to the default. There must have been a clash between the new setting and the theme as disabling the theme gave me access to the dashboard. I have changed the setting back to 150×150 and reactivated the theme, and now all is good.

I thought of doing that but was concerned that it would upset the inner workings of WordPress.

Do you think this is the only option I have?

I figured it out myself. The following code lists all the posts (by title only) from one category on a page.

<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=2&numberposts=100" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?> 

<div class="section" id="egyptian">
<h2>Egyptian</h2>
<ul>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?> 

<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li> 

<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div> 

<?php endif; ?>

Now, I need to know how to exclude one post from this loop ie post id = 688. Any suggestions?

I’ve tried a couple of things, but they don’t work.

Example:

<?php
query_posts(‘cat=2’);
?>

This causes a repetition on the page, which then crashes the page. Am I heading in the right direction? What am I doing wrong?

Thank you. Any suggestions?

After many hours I’ve managed to get the errors down to 24, but I don’t know how to fix the others (not including the four ul tags at the bottom).

I know the errors are in the index page and have something to do with the div tags, but I need help with these ones. Can anyone point me in the right direction? What is wrong with the following?

This is the coding:

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">

	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div class="postwrapper wideposts" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
			  <div class="title">
				<small><?php the_time('j M Y') ?> <?php edit_post_link('(edit)'); ?></small>
				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
			  </div>
			  <div class="post">
			    <div class="entry">
			      <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
				  <ul class="buttons">
				   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Read More &raquo;</a></li>
		            </div>

			      <div class="special"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments yet...', '1 Comment so far...', '% Comments already...'); ?></div>
			      <div class="postinfo"><p>Filed Under:
				  	<ul class="catlist">
                      <li><?php the_category('</li><li>') ?></li>
	                </ul></p>
			    </div>
			  </div>
			</div>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php else : ?>

		<div class="title">
		  <h2>Not Found</h2>
		</div>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	<div class="title">
	  <h2>Categories</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="post">
	  <ul class="catlist">
        <?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&hide_empty=0'); ?>
	  </ul>
	</div>
  </div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thank you. It’s so easy to do. I can’t believe I had so much trouble with it.

Again, thank you.