brad1234
Member
I have a gallery theme using thematic, and I'm trying to completely randomize my post order every time someone comes to my site. I don't want the posts to be chronological or any other order that's set in stone...just completely random is perfect.
After searching the wp forums, I understand that <?php query_posts('orderby=rand');?> can be used in the loop, but I'm a little stumped as to how I can make this change in thematic.
Thanks!
You'd want to hook your code in before the loop.
Try :
child_randomize_loop() {
query_posts('orderby=rand');
}
add_action('thematic_indexloop','child_randomize_loop');There are hooks for the other loops as well. Here is a visual guide to them: http://visualizing.thematic4you.com/
brad1234
Member
Thanks em hr...I'm not too familiar with hooks...but if I just add the code you mentioned into the functions.php file, I should be good to go, correct?
brad1234
Member
Here's my current loop (I think)...how would I go about making it random?
function gallery_category_loop() {
global $post;
/* Count the number of posts so we can insert a widgetized area */ $count = 1;
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class() ?>">
<div class="entry-content">
<?php childtheme_post_header() ?>
<a href="<?php echo the_permalink() ?>"><span class="slide-title"><?php echo the_title(); ?></span><img class="thumbnail" src="<?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumbnail')){echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumbnail', $single = true);} else{bloginfo('url'); echo "/wp-content/themes/gallery/images/thumbnail-default.jpg";} ?>" width="125" height="125" alt="<?php echo the_title() ?>" /></a>
</div>
</div><!-- .post -->You want query_posts('orderby=rand'); before the while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() of your loop.
brad1234
Member
Thank you!
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