Incorrect query results for Monthly Archive or Categories

  • Resolved transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)


    19 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve recently installed (Jan) WP 1.5 and have been tweaking and learning as I go to make my WP site my own (transitionpete.org). The trouble is, I really have no real coding experience and lack the understanding of PHP to figure out WHY THE MONTHLY ARCHIVE LINKS AND CATEGORIES LINKS DO NOT WORK.

    If I have posts from January (or older), they ought to show in a results/query list when I click on the appropriate month’s link, correct? As with the Categories links, I should be able to click a category link and the resulting list should be all posts tagged with that specific catergory, correct?

    Clicking on January or earlier results in the URL indicating a link to “?m=200601”, but the post results are as if I never made a query — it still shows the latest posts I’ve made in Feb. It does not result in a list of posts from January only, it shows all posts.

    Same goes for the category links. When I click, I see the URL make like it’s going to pull correct results (“?cat=n” where n is whatever the category ID is), however, still a full list of ALL posts.

    I’m using the RELAXATION_3COLUMN theme with my little modifications. I have not, to my knowledge, made any tweaks to the “wp_get_archives” code.

    Any ideas as to how to make the correct tweaks to get this to wrok properly? Thanks in advance!

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  • Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    anyone?

    Does it work if you switch to the default or classic theme?

    Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    yes, i have tried swapping out the themes (Classic and Default). Same issues.

    Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    C’mon… no one has any ideas for helping me resolve this issue?

    Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    So, I’ve noticed that when I install WP 1.5 into a WordPress directory at the root on my site, I can actually sort posts by categories, monthly archives, and make comments… in other words all things work as it should.

    So what went wrong? I cannot seem to find any differences in the code that seem to matter.

    I currently have my blog installed in /LIFE_BLOG at the root. The WP Admin page is pointing to the index.php file at root. That shouldn’t make a difference, should it?

    HELP!

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    and if you change the Admin page (both URLs) to point to where the blog actually is, then what happens?

    Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    HandySolo,
    Thanks for the suggestion. You’re talking about adjusting the URIs from the WP Admin General Options page, correct?

    The current URIs I have set are:
    WP addr (URI): https://transtionpete.org/life_blog
    Blog Addr (URI): https://transitionpete.org

    ________
    If I change the WP address URIs to:
    WP addr (URI): https://transtionpete.org
    Blog Addr (URI): https://transitionpete.org

    … then I lose all formatting and design elements for both the WP Amin pages and my blog. Not good.

    ________
    If I change the WP address URIs to:
    WP addr (URI): https://transtionpete.org/life_blog
    Blog Addr (URI): https://transitionpete.org/life_blog

    … then everything works as it should! HOORAY! However, now the blog address is no longer transitionpete.org, but now is transitionpete.org/life_blog. I don’t prefer that.

    What to do next?

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    One option would be to reinstall (or move) your blog to your root directory of your website. Up one directory, in other words. Some good stuff here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

    Another option option would be to search for some of the “Static Front Page” posts here or in the Codex (codex.www.ads-software.com).

    Thread Starter transitionpete

    (@transitionpete)

    HandySolo,
    Thanks for the help! I have decided to manage the site by moving all the assocaited WP files and directories to the root. Not as “clean” as I’d like, but it’ll work for now.

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