andrew-s3

I too am having this issue as well – has there been any resolution?

VICTORY IS MINE!

<!-- LOOP START -->
<?php //WP_Query Arguments
	$args = array (
		//'cat' => '2',
		'posts_per_page' => '5',
		'meta_key' => 'prana_event_date',
		'meta_value' => date('Ymd'),
		'meta_compare' => '>=',
		'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		);

?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
    <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
    <section>
		<?php $date= get_field('prana_event_date'); ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(175,110) );?><div class="overlay"></div></a>
    <div class="event-info">
    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    <p class="date"><?php echo date('l, F jS, Y', strtotime($date)); ?></p>
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="more-info">more info ></a>
    </div>
    </section>
    <?php endwhile;?>
<!-- LOOP FINISH -->

I’ve modified my LOOP to the following:

<!-- LOOP START -->
<?php //WP_Query Arguments
	$args = array (
		'cat' => '2',
		'posts_per_page' => '5',
		'meta_key' => 'prana_event_date',
		'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		);
		$date= get_field('prana_event_date');
?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
    <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
    <section>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(175,110) );?><div class="overlay"></div></a>
    <div class="event-info">
    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    <p class="date"><?php echo date(strtotime('M d Y', $date));	?></p>
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?><p><?php the_field( 'prana_event_date' ); ?></p>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="more-info">more info ></a>
    </div>
    </section>
    <?php endwhile;?>
<!-- LOOP FINISH -->

I’m still not getting a proper print of the date at all; it’s also not ordering by the meta_key prana_event_date either.

Okay – I’ve implemented what you’ve suggested into my loop below – the problem seems to be that it’s not “printing” at all – nor are the posts being sorted ASC/DESC by my meta_key value.

<!-- LOOP START -->
<?php //WP_Query Arguments
	$args = array (
		'cat' => '2',
		'posts_per_page' => '5',
		'meta_key' => 'prana_event_date',
		'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		);
		$date= get_field('prana_event_date');
		?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
    <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
    <section>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(175,110) );?><div class="overlay"></div></a>
    <div class="event-info">
    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    <p class="date">
    	<?php
			// convert to Unix timestamp, then reformat, then print result
			echo date(strtotime('M d Y', $date));
			// above prints ex. Sept 25 2013
		?>
    </p>
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?><p><?php the_field( 'prana_event_date' ); ?></p>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="more-info">more info ></a>
    </div>
    </section>
    <?php endwhile;?>
<!-- LOOP FINISH -->

I’m sorry I completely spaced – I’m going to see if I can work with this and get it sorting properly by the 20130925 # – let’s see

now is there a way for me to convert that same data to “Wednesday, September 25, 2013”?

I’m using the ‘Advanced Custom Fields’ Plugin to create my custom fields – here’s the settings for that field.

Save Format – DD, MM dd
Display Format – mm/dd/yy

now the SAVE FORMAT is the one that gets entered into the database – if i need to switch this to a number string like ‘20130925’ how would I then convert that # into a String like – ‘Wednesday, September 25, 2013’ in my SECTION code?

FIXED thanks to some help on codingforums

Okay so I adjusted the positioning issue by using display:table elements – but it’s still not displaying properly – and HOME is still visible above my loop.

So frustrating – I just want my 1 post to look like this – IMAGE

I’ve changed the loop around a little bit:

<div class="spotlight">
<!-- LOOP START -->
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=14&order=DESC&posts_per_page=1' ); $url = get_permalink(); $title = the_title(); ?>
    <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
    <div class="spotlight-image"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(686,686) );?></a></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="spotlight-content"><h3 class="headline"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3><?php the_excerpt(); ?><div class="clear"></div></div>
    <?php endwhile;?>
<!-- LOOP FINISH -->
</div><!--/.spotlight-->

but “HOME” is still displaying in the source code – just not visually on the page anymore in its current state.

I’m also having problems with positioning – as is apparent.

HELP!

Thanks for the link – I’ll take a look!

Thanks for the update ESMI – I’ll make that change now.

Is there any way that I can incorporate the “Mullet Loop” i.e. display the most recent post in full; then the next 4 recent posts as excerpts?

I’ve been trying to find sample code, but nothing I’ve found thus far works properly.

I figured it out – changed my query to the following:

<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=4&order=ASC&showposts=5' ); ?>

Sorry for the duplicate code – it posted wrong the first time

<ul class="recent-posts">
<!-- LOOP START -->
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'showposts=5' ); ?>
    <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
    <!-- THIS DISPLAYS THE POST THUMBNAIL, The array allows the image to has a custom size but is always kept proportional -->
      <li><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(100,100) );?></li>
      <!-- THIS DISPLAYS THE POST TITLE AS A LINK TO THE MAIN POST -->
      <li><h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3></li>
      <!-- THIS DISPLAYS THE DATE/AUTHOR META DATA -->
      <li><span class="featured-data">Posted by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> in <?php the_category(', '); ?> | <?php the_time('F d, Y'); ?></span></li>
      <!-- THIS DISPLAYS THE EXCERPT OF THE POST -->
      <li><?php the_excerpt(); ?></li>
      <!-- READ MORE LINK -->
      <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="read-more">Read More...</a></li>
      <hr />
    <?php endwhile;?>
<!-- LOOP FINISH -->
</ul>

IT’S ALIVE!

had to make sure that the settings via dns for my subdomain pointed to the root directory; it was pointing to it’s own directory, and that was the problem.