Create two divs in content area and assign each a category

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thanks esmi,

I read the article. I copied some code from there, could you tell me if I am going in the right direction? This seems to place all posts with the category “tony” in a list and then everything else goes into another list. Could I place the two lists side by side then? Thanks!

<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=tony&showposts=3’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<!– Do stuff… –>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!– Do other stuff… –>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
<!– Do stuff… –>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

It looks about right. If you output List 1 into <div id="left"> and List 2 into <div id="right">, you could then use something like:

#left,#right {
width:50%;
float:left;
}

in your CSS

would i place the div tag like this? I changed the second section to list posts with the “hippie” category rather than the leftovers after the call for “tony” posts. thanks esmi!

<div id=”left”>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=tony&showposts=3’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<!– Do stuff… –>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>

<div id=”right”>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=hippie&showposts=3’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<!– Do stuff… –>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>

That looks about right.

Shoot I still need some help. I’m using the index.php from Kubrick. I keep getting this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home1/hippievs/public_html/wp-content/themes/default/index.php on line 60

Here is my main index:

<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Default_Theme
*/

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn” role=”main”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<small><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> <!– by <?php the_author() ?> –></small>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
</div>

<p class=”postmetadata”><?php the_tags(‘Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘
‘); ?> Posted in <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?></p>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(‘« Older Entries’) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(‘Newer Entries »’) ?></div>
</div>

/*inserted new stuff here
*/

<div id=”left”>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=tony&showposts=3’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>

<div id=”right”>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=hippie&showposts=3’);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>

/*end of insertion*/

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<p class=”center”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.</p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

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Any ideas? I’m not sure what’s going on. Also I put the

#left,#right {
width:50%;
float:left;
}

in the structure portion of my style.css file. Does it matter where it goes in that list? Thanks a lot anyone!

tony

hippievstony.com

any ideas?

is the code I inserted screwing something up? Should I move it to a different place in the file? Is there a particular place in my css file to define this part:

#left,#right {
width:50%;
float:left;
}

?
please help or point me to something…