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ThemeShaper Forums Topic: a function to change the order of posts in a category? http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:38:33 +0000 butters81 on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-18131 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:37:28 +0000 butters81 18131@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I ran into the similar problem trying to get WP/Thematic to sort a couple of my categories alphabetically. </p> <p>This is a nice little filter function I found elsewhere on the forum, which displays all the posts for one category (54) and I've added alphabetical sorting for categories 5 and 10. Add this to your functions.php:</p> <pre><code>function show_all_post_in_cat() { if (is_category('54')) { query_posts('cat=54&posts_per_page=-1&order=asc&orderby=title'); } if (is_category(array(5,10))) { //order alphabetically global $query_string; query_posts($query_string . '&order=asc&orderby=title'); } } add_action('thematic_above_categoryloop','show_all_post_in_cat');</code></pre> <p>Useful info about $query_string here:<br /> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Usage_Note" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Usage_Note</a> </p> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12950 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:19:05 +0000 lastraw 12950@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>YAY! Thank you sooooo much Gene.</p> <p>Leslie </p> em hr on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12935 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:22:22 +0000 em hr 12935@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi Leslie,</p> <p>I took a look at your functions.php and there's nothing in there that is at odds with what you are trying to do here.</p> <p>Try this variation of the code you multicolumn loop that you posted:</p> <pre><code> <?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=0&orderby=title&order=asc&cat=16'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count1 = 0; if ($count1 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count1++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div> <div id="column_02">  <?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=5&orderby=title&order=asc&cat=16'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count2 = 0; if ($count2 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count2++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div> <div id="column_03">  <?php query_posts('showposts=6'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=10&orderby=title&order=asc&cat=16'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count3 = 0; if ($count3 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count3++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div></code></pre> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12927 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:40:48 +0000 lastraw 12927@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thank you Gene, I sent the template and the function file. I really appreciate you taking the time to take a look.</p> <p>Leslie </p> em hr on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12922 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:36:17 +0000 em hr 12922@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi lastraw-</p> <p>It's always challenging coming in in the middle of an issue and getting it right. Zip and email the template in question & I'll take a look. </p> <p>-Gene </p> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12914 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:53:05 +0000 lastraw 12914@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Sorry to bump this, but my deadline approacheth!<br /> arturkim's suggestion should have worked? </p> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12871 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:36:50 +0000 lastraw 12871@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi arturkim,</p> <p>I appreciate you responding, but it still isn't working.</p> <p>Here is the first part of the file, I wonder if it has something to do with using query_posts outside the main loop?</p> <pre><code><?php /* Template Name: Clients */ ?> <?php // calling the header.php get_header(); // action hook for placing content above #container thematic_abovecontainer(); ?> <div id="container-full"> <div id="content-full"> <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class() ?>"> <?php // creating the post header thematic_postheader(); ?> <div class="entry-content"> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> </div></code></pre> arturkim on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12832 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:15:38 +0000 arturkim 12832@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Just add</p> <pre><code>&orderby=title&order=asc</code></pre> <p>to the query_posts functions.</p> <pre><code><?php query_posts('showposts=5&cat=16&orderby=title&order=asc'); ?></code></pre> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12783 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:44:50 +0000 lastraw 12783@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I found this in the codex but I can't seem to combine it with the above code to make it work. If anyone has any ideas I would REALLY appreciate it.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Leslie</p> <pre><code><?php // we add this, to show all posts in our // Glossary sorted alphabetically if (is_category('Glossary')) { $posts = query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=title&order=asc'); } // here comes The Loop! if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?></code></pre> lastraw on "a function to change the order of posts in a category?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/a-function-to-change-the-order-of-posts-in-a-category#post-12753 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:34:53 +0000 lastraw 12753@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I have this code on a template page to put posts from a single category (16 in this case)in a multi column layout, and it works, except it arranges the posts by date instead of alpha. I'm assuming there is a function for this kind of thing? </p> <p>Thank you!</p> <p>Leslie</p> <pre><code><div id="column_01">  <?php query_posts('showposts=5&cat=16'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=0'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count1 = 0; if ($count1 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div style="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count1++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div> <div id="column_02">  <?php query_posts('showposts=5&cat=16'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=5'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count2 = 0; if ($count2 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div style="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count2++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div> <div id="column_03">  <?php query_posts('showposts=6&cat=16'); ?> <?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&offset=10'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> <?php static $count3 = 0; if ($count3 == "5") { break; } else { ?> <div style="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php $count3++; } ?> <?php endforeach; ?> </div></code></pre>