WordPress query_post setting variables

Use a new query, PHP example below…

Using Query Posts will set the parameters for the main loop, so you need to use a new one…

<?php $myquery = new WP_Query('category_name=yourcat'); ?>

<?php while ($myquery->have_posts()) : $myquery->the_post(); ?>

<?php endwhile;?>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Or perhaps you just need to reset the query… example above assumes you can manage adding the HTML bits in yourself… ??

thanks, but I still have the problem that I cannot define my variables… I don’t know if I did it right, but here’s what I got:

<?php $myquery = new WP_Query('category_name=Slides'); ?>

<?php while ($myquery->have_posts()) : $myquery->the_post();
	$slide-image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', $single = true);
	$thumb-image_class = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img Class', $single = true); ?>

with all the code neccesary and it still gives me a “parse error, unexpected “=” on line 4…(which s the one that starts with “$slide-image”)

$single = true

Only need be

TRUE

what’s that supposed to mean? I have the following code, and it still isn’t working:

<?php $myquery = new WP_Query('category_name=Slides'); ?>

<?php while ($myquery->have_posts()) : $myquery->the_post();
	$slide-image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', $single = TRUE);?>

<div id="slideshow">
	<div id="slide-image-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-img">
    	<?php if($slide-image !== '') { ?>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
            	<img border="none" src="<?php echo $slide-image; ?>" class="slide-image" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
        	</a>
        <?php }
            else { ?>
            	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
                	<img border="none" src="https://www.htgp.org/wp-content/themes/HTGP/images/backgrounds/slide-default.png" class="left" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
                </a>
       	<?php } ?>
    </div>
    <div id="slide-text-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-title">
        	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
        </div>
        <div class="slide-excerpt">
            <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
		</div>
    </div>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Could you just tell me what I should have? or exactly what to change because this is starting to annoy me :).

t31os did provide you with a reasonable solution to try. Replace the entire phrase/parameter:

$single = true

with the single word

TRUE

Yes, sorry just replied quickly last time…

This line…

$slide-image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', $single = TRUE);

becomes…

$slide-image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', TRUE);

Works out to be line 4 also… so hopefully that’s the issue…

Let us know if that worked…

nope… still not working…
Is it even possible to define variables in two different loops?
should I try defining the $slide-image in my “standard” loop lower on the page?
Is there another way to define them, because the parse error has a problem with the “=” sign in the line…this is complicated.

looks like it works now, but its not showing the images…. arggg..

I changed the “$slide-image” to “$slide_image” after inserting the old way into my regular loop and it having the same problem, so apparently no “-” can be used in variables??? ??

Still having a problem though… ??

looks like I got it fixed!!! FINALLY!!!
now I’ve got to fix the CSS… A LOT!! ??

thanks for the help,

Alex

oh.. by the way… final code =

<?php query_posts('category_name=Slides');
	   $slide_image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', TRUE); ?>

<div id="slideshow">
	<div id="slide-image-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-img">
    	<?php if($slide_image !== '') { ?>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
            	<img border="none" src="<?php echo $slide_image; ?>" class="slide-image" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
        	</a>
        <?php }
            else { ?>
            	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
                	<img border="none" src="https://www.htgp.org/wp-content/themes/HTGP/images/backgrounds/slide-default.png" class="left" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
                </a>
       	<?php } ?>
    </div>
    <div id="slide-text-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-title">
        	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
        </div>
        <div class="slide-excerpt">
            <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
		</div>
    </div>
</div>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Thanks again

Looks like I spoke a little too fast fellas…. :((((

I have the whole thing working, except for the fact that only ONE post shows up… :??

I don’t have the CSS ready for it to look good with multiple posts, but the following code:

<?php query_posts('category_name=Slides&showposts=5');
	   $slide_image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Slide-img', TRUE); ?>

<div class="slide">
	<div class="slide-image-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-img">
    	<?php if($slide_image !== '') { ?>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
            	<img border="none" src="<?php echo $slide_image; ?>" class="slide-image" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
        	</a>
        <?php }
            else { ?>
            	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
                	<img border="none" src="https://www.htgp.org/wp-content/themes/HTGP/images/backgrounds/slide-default.png" class="left" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
                </a>
       	<?php } ?>
    	</div>
    </div>
    <div class="slide-text-wrap">
    	<div class="slide-title">
        	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
        </div>
        <div class="slide-excerpt">
            <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
		</div>
    </div>
</div>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

shows only 1(the latest) post in the “Slides” category. All three posts shown lower on the page, I have associated with the “slides” category, but only one shows up… ??? this should be the last problem… i hope… ??

Where’s the while loop gone?

The query can’t loop through each result without it.

oohh … ok thanks, I’ll try that when I get home.

looks like it worked perfectly guys (or girls)… thanks a bunch!

Glad you got it sorted mate.. ??