dave_merwin

It does not matter what the variable name is. As long as it doesn’t conflict with the wp. CHanging the variable name or changing the category does not matter. It IS querying the database. It is returning a result. The problem is with the_content. So, again, does anyone else have any ideas why it would render a random <br />?

Lemme know.

That is what I am getting at. I use the same loop several times in the page in different sections. Exactly the same. And this is the one place that it goes wrong. All your test will accomplish is knowing that a loop will work. It won’t address why this one is failing.

the loop works. It is pulling the title from the correct post. I document that in my post. Unless I am missing what you are saying.

Why would I do that? That doesn’t make any sense for what I want to do.

Solved my own issue

https://www.davemerwin.com/2006/09/11/get_post-and-getting-the-variable-stuck/

Good thought but that will not work. The wp_list_cats displays a list an dteh argument “child_of” simply displays a list of cats from a parent. Not quite what I had in mind. Thanks though.

I think I am going to have to run a custom query.

Oops Sorry. Try this…

<ul>
<?php
$get_children = $wpdb->get_results('SELECT * FROM your category table WHERE category_parent = "The cat_ID of the parent that you want"');
foreach ($get_children as $child) {
echo '<li><a href="./?cat='.$child->cat_ID.'" title="View all posts filed under '.$child->cat_name.'">'.$child->cat_name.'</a></li>';
}
?>
</ul>

I used it as a side bar to display the children of a parent category. It generates a list of the children of the parent.

Perfect… worked like a dream. Thanks.

Also, you will get an error in the above if the query produces no result.

oops. Thanks again miklb.

Thanks miklb.

Here is the answer:

$posts=get_posts('numberposts=2&offset=2&category=30');

get_stylesheet_uri works but, it does the same thing, it bumps the info outside of the a href. This is SO wierd.

I was doing this: bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') that garbs the right directory but for some reason does not go in the a href, but gets bumped out. It is wierd.

By the way, I have searched google and the plugins directory.

Ok, found the answer myself. I am VERY happily using the plugin from code2coffee.

https://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings/