Wordpress & PHP Stuff

CMS & WordPress
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Hi guys, i´ve knoledge of html/css/±js and im just knew to wordpress&php stuff.

Im building my own template and im having so much trouble finding the information i need…and i hope someone could give me a light, heres the deal:

I wanna make a section of a page that filter the 5 most recent posts with categories of my wish.

Example: in this section it will show the most 5 recent posts within the categories “food” and “restaurant”. If theres none show a message and if theres more then 5 show a button like “show more” or something like that…

I know there´s a PHP code for that and im searching, made some tries but i cant get it to work…

Thank you already.

2

Assuming you are using Wordpress here is some code that should do the trick. Replace category ID’s with the ones you would like to be displayed though:

[LEFT]<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query(“cat=1&showposts=10”); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href=“<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=“bookmark”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>[/LEFT]

3

Thanks for the fast reply @mike.fro but i want something a little more complicated, as my english fails i illustrated to show more accurately the idea!

Here it is:

Basically it wil show:

1: The Mother Category (if ti has one).
2: The Category.
3: The Categorie description (it is already defined when the categorie was created).
4: The posts that has both categories.

=X little complicated…

4

Something like this:

<?php
query_posts(‘showposts=5&cat=1’);
while(have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
<ul>
<li><h3><a href=“<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=“bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
[COLOR=#5D5D5D][FONT=Arial]<ul><li><?php the_excerpt(); ?></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

This may take some tweaking on your end. But it should be enough to get you started. Let me know if I provided the wrong solution… again, hehe =P

Good Luck![/FONT][/COLOR]

5

@mike.fro

Thank you very much, i made it!!! Of course the project has several pages, it will need a lot of time but the codes are working!

Cheers

6

Yes, not a problem. Glad I could help. Like I said, it will take some customizing on your end to make it look however you’d like but the core is there for you to work with.

Enjoy!

7

Yeah i made it, its working all good, hehe.

Thanks man.