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ThemeShaper Forums Tag: category http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:25:27 +0000 helgatheviking on "full post and then excerpts on category pages" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/full-post-and-then-excerpts-on-category-pages#post-25084 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:02:00 +0000 helgatheviking 25084@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ cool share. i will have to check that out, i've been wondering how to do that myself. petskratt on "full post and then excerpts on category pages" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/full-post-and-then-excerpts-on-category-pages#post-25083 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:44 +0000 petskratt 25083@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ grrreat, thanks for code sample :-) and now to answer the original question with said sample - this modification will show first post on category archive as full and rest as excerpts: <pre><code>// category pages with full content function childtheme_content( $content ) { global $loopcounter; if ( is_category() & !$loopcounter ) { $content= 'full'; $loopcounter++; } return $content; } add_filter( 'thematic_content', 'childtheme_content' );</code></pre> helgatheviking on "Filtering One Category from Index Loop" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/filtering-one-category-from-index-loop#post-24705 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:25:26 +0000 helgatheviking 24705@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ evolving further, i like this method of hooking into pre_get_posts() the best: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Category_Exclusion" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Category_Exclusion</a> i'd probably go so far as to say this is currently the definitive method for modifying an existing/default query. query_posts is still the perfect choice for multiple loops. <pre><code>add_action('pre_get_posts', 'kia_exclude_category' ); function kia_exclude_category( ){ global $wp_query; $excluded_id = 15; // only exclude on home page if( is_home()) { $wp_query->query_vars['cat'] = '-' . $excluded_id; } }</code></pre> Sabra on "Category archive showing wrong posts" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/category-archive-showing-wrong-posts#post-24302 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:47:39 +0000 Sabra 24302@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi everyone, I have a child theme based on Thematic and just noticed that my category archive is showing the wrong posts, not the posts that are in the category. Does anyone know what going on here? I haven't altered or copied the category.php file. Take care, Sabra helgatheviking on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24087 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:07:27 +0000 helgatheviking 24087@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ you functions.php is a plugin of sorts. it interacts with the WP core as well as with thematic. it was only meant as example code. yes, storing a group of data into 1 variable is an array and in your case would be more efficient/elegant than any other way of coding it. you can see that is_category() does accept an array in the Codex. SO much information there <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Category_Page" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Category_Page</a> and you should bookmark the conditional logic page b/c i can almost guarantee you'll need it a lot. i do. onelittlemoose on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24086 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:40:35 +0000 onelittlemoose 24086@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ That's a relief, that I don't have to write a plugin. Now here's my next question: in my case there are multiple categories that I want to organize alphabetically. About 15 at the moment, likely more to add (it's a directory). Would it make sense to pile those categories up into one variable - it think that's called an "array"? (don't know how to do that yet, but working thru the logic) Many thanks. helgatheviking on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24076 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:54:48 +0000 helgatheviking 24076@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ "For our first example, let's consider a glossary plugin that will let the site owner put posts in a specific "glossary" category (saved by the plugin in global variable $gloss_category). " which is saying that somewhere in the plugin settings (b/c this example presumes a plugin) this variable is defined. if you aren't writing a plugin, you can simply define the variable right there ($gloss_category = 'bacon') or eliminate it completely. for instance: <pre><code>if( is_category( 'bacon' )) { // alphabetical order by post title return "post_title ASC"; }</code></pre> which will only effect the bacon category. onelittlemoose on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24069 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:45:06 +0000 onelittlemoose 24069@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I fear I've run into a wall. Baffled. Going with custom query here in the codex <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Display_Order_and_Post_Count_Limit">http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Display_Order_and_Post_Count_Limit</a> In general, the concept makes sense, but I get caught on the specifics. I've also read the preamble. My first question how does the global variable $gloss_category know which category it refers to? Would I need to add a category in the admin section called "gloss" or "gloss_category"? Or is that global variable defined previously in the plugin they refer to? And does that mean I need to write a plugin first? (I hope not) Would I also need to "hook" it somewhere in a way specific to thematic? I have more questions that lead to more bafflement, but let's start with this. Baby steps. Much thanks. onelittlemoose on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24042 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:08:11 +0000 onelittlemoose 24042@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Very cool. I think this is what I am looking for. Problem solved for now, although I will probably be back as I try to bumble through it. Thanks! helgatheviking on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24035 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:29:38 +0000 helgatheviking 24035@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ yeah, check out the codex <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Display_Order_and_Post_Count_Limit" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Queries#Display_Order_and_Post_Count_Limit</a> onelittlemoose on "is it possible organize some posts alphabetically, others by date?" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/is-it-possible-organize-some-posts-alphabetically-others-by-date#post-24034 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:08:05 +0000 onelittlemoose 24034@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I'm looking for some direction before undertaking this... insights welcome. I'm building a site that is going to be mainly a directory, but with an option for blogging. So far the directory has 5 categories, and those will each have at least 4 subcategories. I would want these to be organized alphabetically. I would also not want any of these posts to appear on the home page, even if they are the most recent. For the blog part, my thinking is to have this as a separate category, with subcategories as needed. These posts I would want to organize by date. In turn, these are the ones I would want to appear on the home page, although there may not be any of these posts to start with. So, 1) is this possible, to have some categories organized by date, others alphabetically? 2) if it is possible, is this a stupid idea? Is organizing the difference based on categories the right way to do it? And where do I start? Not looking for the full code, but looking for direction and insight. I'd like to figure out how to do this, assuming it's not fraught with issues, because I think there will be a few other sites I build this way as well. Many thanks. helgatheviking on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-24018 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:55:26 +0000 helgatheviking 24018@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ why are you are manually calling the widget. the readme.txt (always a good idea to check out) says to do so if your theme doesn't support widgets. thematic has something like 13 widget areas and in my very first reply i mentioned how to add another. regardless, glad you have solved it. MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-24017 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:17:16 +0000 MrChase 24017@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Thanks Helga for your usefull reply and the tricks. I'm using the .home class now, thanks for mention it. Well, I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to PHP but the problem was the following: <pre><code><div class="home"> <?php ctf_widget() ?> </div></code></pre> I replaced the ctf_widget line with the this <pre><code><div class="home"> <?php the_widget('cat_tag_filter', $instance, $args); ?> </div></code></pre> The solution was in de readme.txt in the plugin folder: <blockquote> If your theme doesn't support widgets, you can use this code: <?php the_widget('cat_tag_filter', $instance, $args); ?> </blockquote> Lesson learned! From now on I'll always read readme files ;) helgatheviking on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-24016 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:48:46 +0000 helgatheviking 24016@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ are you using firebug? or the chrome/safari equivalent developer tools? if you aren't you absolutely NEED to be, as these types of questions are rendered extraordinarily simple. for instance, thematic's default style is <pre><code>.aside #searchsubmit { display: none; }</code></pre> which is probably hiding your submit button. (by the by, you can wrap code with two ` backtick marks... if you have a US keyboard that is usually up next to the 1. so you'd need to override that somehow <pre><code>.filter-cat .ctf-submit{ border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#000; display: block; }</code></pre> that might not be specific enough, i'm not sure w/o actually testing it, but hopefully you get the point. where did this ".home-only" class come from? did you add it to the dynamic body classes or is it a place holder b/c you don't know what to actually put there? if the later, you can again use firebug to read all the dynamic thematic body classes home page page-id-62 page-template-default logged-in admin-bar windows chrome ch15 and the first one happens to be home so in lieu of .home-only you'd just use .home <pre><code>.home .filter-cat{ font-size:24px; border-style:solid; border-width:8px; }</code></pre> if you have hidden selects i'm not sure what the problem is. but you can probably sort it out w/ firebug. MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-24010 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:53:35 +0000 MrChase 24010@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Ok, some screenshots: <a href="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2603/themehome.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2603/themehome.jpg</a> <a href="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7624/themesub.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7624/themesub.jpg</a> MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-24009 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:44:00 +0000 MrChase 24009@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Ok, it's kind of working. Now I've got another problem: I want to have one plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cat-tag-filter-widget/) with two styles: one style for the homepage, one style for the other pages. Let's say I want the form at the homepage having bigger fields than on the other pages. (Sorry for my bad english.) Is this possible? This is in the plugin functions PHP file: Note the form within the "filter-cat" div. <code> function ctf_widget(){ global $ctf_options; ?> <div class="filter-cat"> <form action="<?php echo get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/' . PLUGINDIR . '/' . dirname(plugin_basename(__FILE__)) . '/cat-tag-filter.php'; ?>" method="post"> <?php if ($ctf_options['cat_list_label']) echo '<label for="ctf-cat-select">' . $ctf_options['cat_list_label'] . '</label>'; ?> <select name="cat" class="ctf-cat-select" > <option value="-1"> <?php if ($ctf_options['all_cats_text'] != '') echo $ctf_options['all_cats_text']; else _e('Any category', 'cat-tag-filter'); ?> </option> <?php echo cat_options(); ?> </select> <?php if ($ctf_options['tag_list_label']) echo '<label for="ctf-tag-select">' . $ctf_options['tag_list_label'] . '</label>'; ?> <select name="tag" class="ctf-tag-select" > <option value="-1"> <?php if ($ctf_options['all_tags_text'] != '') echo $ctf_options['all_tags_text']; else _e('Any tag', 'cat-tag-filter'); ?> </option> <?php echo tag_options(); ?> </select> <input type="hidden" name="ctf_submit" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="home_url" value="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>" /> <input class="ctf-submit" class="button" type="submit" value="<?php echo $ctf_options['button_title']; ?>"/> </form> </div> </code> This is in the style.css in the childtheme folder: <code> /* =Cat Tag Filter -------------------------------------------------------------- */ .filter-cat{ font-size:12px; border-style:solid; border-width:3px; } .filter-cat .ctf-tag-select,.ctf-cat-select,.ctf-submit{ width: 130px; } .filter-cat .ctf-submit{ border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#000; } /* =Cat Tag Filter Home Only -------------------------------------------------------------- */ .home-only .filter-cat{ font-size:24px; border-style:solid; border-width:8px; } .home-only .filter-cat .ctf-tag-select,.ctf-cat-select,.ctf-submit{ width: 200px; } .home-only .filter-cat .ctf-submit{ border-style:solid; border-width:5px; border-color:#FFF; } } </code> Styles are just an example. I've got a different homepage calling the Cat Tag Filter widget within the "class="home-only" div. It's working, only the .ctf-tag-select, .ctf-cat-select and the .ctf-submit aren't visible at the homepage. I hope you'll understand this problem. Thanks in advance for your replie! MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-23977 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:42:11 +0000 MrChase 23977@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Thanks for your reply Helga! That widget area looks nice and quite simple. I'll go figure it out! helgatheviking on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-23973 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:57:56 +0000 helgatheviking 23973@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ you can add any amount of divs you'd like to the header. that part is easy, but thematic does not have that type of search ability built in. in lieu of writing it yourself, i'd go w/ the plugin. why re-invent the wheel? you can always add a widget area in the header and drop it in there. <a href="http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/something-new-bout-widgetized-areas#post-6660" rel="nofollow">http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/something-new-bout-widgetized-areas#post-6660</a> if the plugin is loading its own stylesheet, but you'd rather that it didn't... assuming that it is well-written you should be able to deregister it's stylesheet and then handle all of its styles in your own style.css see Devin's post on deregistering stuff <a href="http://wptheming.com/2009/12/optimize-plug-in-script-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">http://wptheming.com/2009/12/optimize-plug-in-script-wordpress/</a> MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-23970 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:05:40 +0000 MrChase 23970@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Here's a sketch: <a href="http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/232/thematiccustomexample.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/232/thematiccustomexample.jpg</a> MrChase on "Creating a custom homepage with multiple category search fields" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/creating-a-custom-homepage-with-multiple-category-search-fields#post-23969 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:49:57 +0000 MrChase 23969@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi there! This is my first post. I'm from the Netherlands so my english isn't that good. I'm sorry for that! First thing I want to say: Thematic rocks! Okay, here's the deal: I want to make a custom homepage (frontpage) with an extra area below the header section. In this custom area, I want to have a multiple category search widget. (See: <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiple-category-selection-widget/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiple-category-selection-widget/</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.zackdesign.biz/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.zackdesign.biz/</a> ) In other words: I want a huge header with a nice background image and a div containing the multiple cat search, so visitors can filter categories. My questions: 1) Is there already a kind of "Thematic multiple category search filter" ready to use? 2) If not: Do you guys and girls know a tutorial so I can create this multi-cat-search box straight into my custome homepage / frontpage? I just don't like to add lots of non-thematic plugins to my wp theme and want to have a clean childtheme with only one stylesheet. Is there any kind of solution, or should I keep dreaming? I'm kind of a noob with PHP, but I'm familiar with HTML and CSS. Thanks for your replies! notlaura on "Search widget not functioning on queried index" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/search-widget-not-functioning-on-category-archive#post-23583 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:54:42 +0000 notlaura 23583@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ In my theme I provide an option for users to set a 'blog category' that queries and displays only posts from that category on the index page by filtering <code>thematic_above_index_loop</code>: <pre><code>function get_blog_cat() { // Get the option $shortname = get_option('of_shortname'); $cat_option = get_option($shortname.'_cats_in_blog'); $cat = get_cat_ID($cat_option); // Query the index loop $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=$cat&paged=$paged"); } add_filter('wp_head', 'get_blog_cat');</code></pre> This works well, but the search widget breaks. My guess is that this is because I'm querying the index page...is it better to set this option in index.php rather than in a filter? Any help/ideas are greatly appreciated. jeffeggleston on "Problems displaying custom field data" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/problems-displaying-custom-field-data#post-23343 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:00:35 +0000 jeffeggleston 23343@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <pre><code>$the_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=featured-event' ); while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); //$featured_event_info = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured_event_info', true); //$featured_event_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured_event_title', true); $featured_event_info = get_field($featured_event_info); $featured_event_title = get_field($featured_event_title);?> <div class="featured-events-post"> <a title='<?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>' href='<?php the_permalink() ?>' rel='bookmark'> <div class="featured-events-title"><?php echo $featured_event_title; ?>This is where the data should be</div> <div class="featured-events-shortdata"><?php echo $featured_event_info; ?>This is where the info should be</div></a> </div> <?php endwhile; ?></code></pre> Ok, so I cannot get the data from my custom fields to show up in this "Featured Events" widget I am trying to build and add to the left sidebar of my homepage. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A link to my development site is below: <a href="http://library.jeffmeggleston.com/">http://library.jeffmeggleston.com/</a> logostar on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23316 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:43:29 +0000 logostar 23316@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Code above does not work, I actually googled exclude category from indexloop and came to a post on here with the correct code. Thanks for the help though! I always seem to find the answer on here using google. helgatheviking on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23310 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:33:11 +0000 helgatheviking 23310@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ unfortunately, even though you are using Thematic, it is still a widget problem for removing that category from the widgets. to remove it from it from the index loop you'd do something like <pre><code>function kia_adjust_query(){ global $wp_query; $defaults = $wp_query->query_vars; $new = array('category__not_in' => array( 6 ) ); //where 6 is the ID of the cat you'd like to exclude $args = wp_parse_args( $new, $defaults ); query_posts($args); } add_action('thematic_aboveindexloop','kia_adjust_query');</code></pre> logostar on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23304 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:35:05 +0000 logostar 23304@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ I think you would have to use if ( is_home() ) { something like that. As I'm trying to exclude specific categories from the blog page. circleatseven on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23149 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:02:45 +0000 circleatseven 23149@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Actually, it is because I am neckdeep in a Thematic child theme build and Thematic doesn't easily let me edit the loop to exclude a category from the templates I need to exclude it from — all I can see are these action hooks! How do I edit those to exclude a category?! helgatheviking on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23146 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:46:04 +0000 helgatheviking 23146@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ that's not really a thematic question. i think you'd need to write your own widgets helgatheviking on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23147 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:46:04 +0000 helgatheviking 23147@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ that's not really a thematic question. i think you'd need to write your own widgets circleatseven on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23145 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:23:35 +0000 circleatseven 23145@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ circleatseven on "Exclude Category from loop AND the widgets!" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/exclude-category-from-loop-and-the-widgets#post-23144 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:17:04 +0000 circleatseven 23144@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello. I've seen a bunch of posts that explain how to exclude a specific category from the loop — and they all seem to work well, however, none of them ALSO exclude that category from the 'categories', 'archives', and 'recent posts' widgets! Here's the overview of what I am trying to do: I am using the 'Featured image' from posts of a certain category to display in a nivo slider on the home page(static page, not the blog) ... I want to hide the posts categorized as 'featured' (category '1') from everywhere except the home page. Anyone know how to do this?! Thanks!