Thread: WP code change help Please.

Hi,

What need to be changed on this code so it takes from just one category not the whole site?

Code:

<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=10'); ?>

Thanks in advance

Sami

Can try this

PHP Code:

<?php wp_get_archives('cat=1'); ?>

Just replace the #1 with the category # you want to use.

Originally Posted by Mr.Bill

Can try this

PHP Code:

<?php wp_get_archives('cat=1'); ?>

Just replace the #1 with the category # you want to use.

Hi,

What do you mean category #? Where do I find that?

Sami

if you go into your admin area and open up categories then hover your mouse over the category you want you should see the category number at the end of the url will be something like

cat_ID=71

so this would be category number 71

so for example if the desired category has the ID 23 the final code would be something like

PHP Code:

<?php wp_get_archives('cat=23'); ?>

Hi,

I Just tried that code it don't work.

Instead of showing what is in that category I get the MO.

Sami

Here is a working piece of code that will show the latest post in a category of your choice

PHP Code:

<?php query_posts('category_name=XXXXXXXXX&showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
          <?php the_title(); ?>
          </a>  </li>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

Change

XXXXXXXXX

to the exact name of your category and if you want to show more then just one post change the 1 to a different value.

Originally Posted by Mr.Bill

Here is a working piece of code that will show the latest post in a category of your choice

PHP Code:

<?php query_posts('category_name=XXXXXXXXX&showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
          <?php the_title(); ?>
          </a>  </li>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

Change to the exact name of your category and if you want to show more then just one post change the 1 to a different value.

Hi,

This code works Thanks. On my site.

Now I have one more question.

Is there a way that this line can be changed.

Code:

<?php the_title(); ?>

So that it pulls NOT the whole title just the first two words of the title?



All my bio's are titled the same way just the name is changed.

So it would read.

Current Bio's

Clint Eastwood
Lady Gaga
LL Cool J
George Clooney
Chris O’Donnell

Sami

You want to truncate the title so it would be like this

WP code change...
instead of
WP code change help Please.

or do you want it to show something else?



If you just want to shorted the title then you can do this

in your admin area go to you edit template are and look for functions.php and add this right after <?php

PHP Code:

function ShortenText($text)

{

// Change to the number of characters you want to display

$chars_limit = 20;

$chars_text = strlen($text);

$text = $text." ";

$text = substr($text,0,$chars_limit);

$text = substr($text,0,strrpos($text,' '));

// If the text has more characters that your limit,
//add ... so the user knows the text is actually longer

if ($chars_text > $chars_limit)

{

$text = $text."";

}

return $text;

} 


then you can change in your template where you put the other code

PHP Code:

<?php the_title(); ?>

to

PHP Code:

<?php echo ShortenText(get_the_title()); ?>

This line

PHP Code:

$chars_limit = 20; 


is what would be edited to fit your length needs

Hi.

Yes, shorten the title to the first two words.

This Clint Eastwood Biography, Filmography, Pictures

Would become this Clint Eastwood...

Sami