Help with The Loop

  • Hello,

    I am trying to run multiple loops. The first displaying the latest story from a specific category, in this case “Suns” or catid 3.

    My code however seems to have some issues! I copied it straight from https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop but still it’s not showing up. I get a blank page at https://www.azfans.com/blogs/suns

    <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=Suns&showposts=1');
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>
  <?php endwhile; ?>

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>
  <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    Also, I want the remaining posts in the second loop to come from the same category, Suns, or catid 3. Can someone please help me with this code?

    Thank you!

    Jon

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  • I haven’t looked at it very closely, but where did your endforeachs come from? I don’t see why they’d be there.

    Thread Starter dbunit16

    (@dbunit16)

    Good catch, I must have pasted incorrectly!

    I have edited for it to read:

    <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=suns&showposts=1');
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?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); ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    I have put this up at https://www.azfans.com/blogs/suns2/

    For some reason the rest of the posts beyond the first aren’t showing up! Also, the title of the page (Suns2) is showing up below the first item!

    I can’t see any reason why that won’t work, I would like to see more of the php file though, maybe you’ve got something else around somewhere that is screwing it up.

    What you do have is

    <li></li>

    not contained in a

    <ul></ul>

    – so that is one little thing to sort out.

    Thread Starter dbunit16

    (@dbunit16)

    Ahhh! This is so frustrating! Here is my entire page! Thank you all for the help! BTW, I’m running 2.5.1, is that makes any difference…

    <?php
/*
Template Name: Suns2
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<body>
  <!-- header -->
  <div id="header">
  <div id="logo">
  <h1>
	<a href="https://www.azfans.com" title="azFans.com - Smarter. Prouder. Louder."><span></span>azFans.com</a>
	</h1>

</div>
  </div>
  <!-- navigation bar -->
  <div id="navcontainer">

	<ul id="navlist">
		<li><a id="tabz"  class="active" href="/" title="The home for Arizona sports fans!">Home</a></li>
		<li><a id="taba"  href="/blogs/" title="Read and write about your favorite Arizona sports teams and players!">Blogs</a></li>
		<li><a id="tabb"  href="/forums/" title="Discuss hot topics in the world of desert sports!">Forums</a></li>
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	</ul>
	<ul id="teamlist">
		<li><a id="tabd"  href="/suns/" title="The latest on Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, and the rest of the Phoenix Suns!">Suns</a></li>
		<li><a id="tabe"  href="/d-backs/" title="The inside scoop on your NL West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks!">D-Backs</a></li>
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  <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=suns&showposts=1');
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?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); ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

            <h3><?php _e('Latest Forum Posts'); ?></h3>
<?php // Get RSS Feed(s)
include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss.php');
$rss = fetch_rss('https://azfans.com/forums/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=2');
$maxitems = 10;
$items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, $maxitems);
?>

<ul>
<?php if (empty($items)) echo '<li>No items</li>';
else
foreach ( $items as $item ) : ?>
<li><a href='<?php echo $item['link']; ?>'
title='<?php echo $item['title']; ?>'>
<?php echo $item['title']; ?>
</a><?php echo $item['pubDate']; ?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

		</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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