driftwood
Member
Hey Folks I have a page called Journal that I would like to filter all my posts from a specific post category.
I created a function but am not sure how to do it. I tried get_post etc but just does not work. Any help?
function JournalPage() {
if(is_page("Journal")) {
}
}
add_filter('the_content', 'JournalPage');
if its a page, you need to use a template. set the page template in wp admin.
thematic comes boxed with a 'blog template' you just need to ammend that to select the query you require (the category).
Below is the code that makes up the blog template
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Blog
*
* This template allows you to display the latest posts on any page of the site.
*
*/
// calling the header.php
get_header();
// action hook for placing content above #container
thematic_abovecontainer();
?>
<div id="container">
<?php thematic_abovecontent();
echo apply_filters( 'thematic_open_id_content', '<div id="content">' . "\n" );
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query( array( 'posts_per_page' => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ), 'paged' => $paged ) );
$more = 0;
?>
<?php
// create the navigation above the content
thematic_navigation_above();
// calling the widget area 'index-top'
get_sidebar('index-top');
// action hook for placing content above the index loop
thematic_above_indexloop();
// action hook creating the index loop
thematic_indexloop();
// action hook for placing content below the index loop
thematic_below_indexloop();
// calling the widget area 'index-bottom'
get_sidebar('index-bottom');
// create the navigation below the content
thematic_navigation_below();
?>
</div><!-- #content -->
<?php thematic_belowcontent(); ?>
</div><!-- #container -->
<?php
// action hook for placing content below #container
thematic_belowcontainer();
// calling the standard sidebar
thematic_sidebar();
// calling footer.php
get_footer();
?>in this particular section above
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query( array( 'posts_per_page' => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ), 'paged' => $paged ) );
$more = 0;
?>you need to add to the query array, the category you want displayed.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Category_Parameters
hope this helps
driftwood
Member
Thanks a bunch for your help!!!
I got it half way working but must be doing something wrong.....
<?php
if (is_page(418)) {
query_posts('category_name=journal' );
}
?>
I added the above.. and it does not filter. I get all the posts showing. Not sure I am putting this in the right place :(
if i understand correctly, you want a page that only shows posts from the category journal yeah?
so use the template above. copy all of it into an empty php file and call the file
template-page-journal.php
change
Template Name: Blogto
Template Name: Journalset up a new page in wp-admin>pages, and select 'journal' it from page attributes.
at the top of that template, change this section to reflect the added category..
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query( array( 'posts_per_page' => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ), 'category_name' => 'journal', 'paged' => $paged ) );
$more = 0;this should work.
you dont need those conditional, is page() if you are using the template.
let me know how you get on
hope this helps
oh, looking at that again, add the following line
$paged = get_query_var( 'page' ) ? get_query_var( 'page' ) : 1;to the above query.
so in full
$paged = get_query_var( 'page' ) ? get_query_var( 'page' ) : 1;
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query( array( 'posts_per_page' => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ), 'category_name' => 'journal', 'paged' => $paged ) );
driftwood
Member
got it, and it works thanks!!!!
excellent. don't forget to mark this thread as resolved.
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