Criss Swaim

hf.zakaria

I have set up a test case on my system and have run through several cases with using the numberposts option. In all cases it works on my system.

So….try this
(1) check the short-code in html view and make sure there are not embedded characters in the short-code text. The visual editor will add code esp if something is copied.

sometimes it is best to delete the short-code and re-enter

(2) verify the category_name and id are correct and have posts

then I am at a loss. I am on WP 3.3.2 and using the suffusion or Twenty-ten themes for my test environments.

Will you post the short code you are using so I can test with the same parameters that are causing the problem.

I will look at this after the shortcode is posted.

thanks

Sam:

Thanks for the face saving gesture of pointing to the wordpress release, but alas, it was the change to the class from version 1.2 to 1.3. I did not get some variables in the correct scope….last minute change.

I pushed the changes up as 1.3.4. Please let me know if you have any other problems. I have made several changes and did not go back and test all of the features.

I can email you the plugin directly if you don’t want to wait for the update on WP, but it should be available soon.

PS-Let me know if there you find other problems.

Sam:

Let me look at this. I am involved in a project at the moment, but will have time lat this evening or tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up on the doc, I will correct that also.

hf….

I suspect there is a conflict between the style sheet in the theme and the style sheet in tpg_get_posts. If you adjust the padding above, the text moves.

You might try setting up a custom style sheet which modifies the tag referenced at line 107. see the doc on the plugin.

I am glad to take quick looks at problems but extensive debugging is not a free service I can offer.

in your style sheet, line 107 you have padding set to
5px 0 0 55px – The padding of 55 is causing the text to indent.

Adjust the padding in your style sheet.

‘messed up’ really doesn’t give me much to work with.

The plugin works on the sites where I use it. You should provide the code you inserted on the page and a link to the page.

there are samples of the short command on the Other Notes tab and if you install the plugin there is more documentation. The simple
[tpg_get_posts]
will pull the most recent posts and place it on a page.

I would suggest install the plugin and experiment with it.

I will set up a similar structure and see what is happening with this. At the moment, I have 2 projects with tight deadlines, so it may be a couple of weeks before I get this checked out.

In the meantime, if you use the category, does it work? The category is the number associated with a category name. If you would try that and let me know the results, that would help me find the error.

thanks

Hi Danielle:

I have done some limited research on this and there may be a way to implement the thumbnail option, but I need to make sure it does not break any existing sites.

I could use a bit of an assist with testing. Would you contact me directly webmaster at tpginc dot net and we can take this conversation offline.

Just pushed an update to display the caption on images correctly. Let me know if you have any problems with it.

Images with borders & captions are outstanding issues with the plugin. It doesn’t seem to handle them well. It is on my list to look into these problems, but so far, time has not permitted.

I have not tried this, but according to the parameter doc
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters
the author and category (which are numbers) can be excluded by entering negative numbers.

Try something like category=-6 to exclude the category. And, of course, please post the results here so others know the results.

Are you selecting by category or category_name

from the readme.txt
* category_name. This allows for the selection of posts by category_name.

* category. This allows for the selection of posts by category number.

If you need to use category id, check out the Simply Show Ids plugin. It displays the id on the category maintenance page.

the parameter should not be set in () try
[tpg_get_posts category=”my-category”]