post.php wont display content and a few other things

  • So I am trying to start with a custom theme and work through creating pieces of it. I feel I have messed up some where as my index links to single.php and they post doesnt show the content. I managed to get the thumbnail but maybe this should be set to featured? Not sure that matters.

    The Date, Author, and Post content do not show. What am I missing…

    Code for single.php

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<p>Single.php</p>

<div class="container">
	<div class="row">
		
		<div class="jumbotron">

        <div class="container">

            <h1 class="blog-title"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></h1>
    
            <?php $description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' ); ?>
    
            <?php if($description) { ?><p class="lead blog-description"><?php echo $description ?></p><?php } ?>

        </div>

    </div>
		<div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">
		<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class("block"); ?> role="article">

            <div class="blog-post">
            <h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
            <?php ( the_post_thumbnail( 'category-thumb600' )) ?>
            <?php the_content(); ?>
        </div><!-- /.blog-post -->

        </article>
		</div><!--col-sm-8 blog-main -->
	
		<?php get_sidebar("left"); ?>
		<?php get_sidebar("right"); ?>
	
	
	</div> <!--row --> 
</div> <!-- /container -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

    https://gist.github.com/Firejumper1000/8ba53f60db0e2ab7b148b53e0b636b07

    Index.php
    Working fine, reference to content working.

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="container">

    <div class="row">

    <div class="jumbotron">

        <div class="container">

        <h1 class="blog-title"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></h1>

        <?php $description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' ); ?>

        <?php if($description) { ?><p class="lead blog-description"><?php echo $description ?></p><?php } ?>

        </div>

    </div>

    <div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">

        <article>

        <p>index.php updated</p>
        <?php if ( have_posts() ) { while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        <div class="blog-post">
            <h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
            <?php ( the_post_thumbnail( 'category-thumb600' )) ?>
            <?php the_content(); ?>
        </div><!-- /.blog-post -->
        <?php endwhile; } ?>

            <hr>

            <nav>
            <ul class="pager">
                <li><?php next_posts_link('Previous'); ?></li>
                <li><?php previous_posts_link('Next'); ?></li>
            </ul>
            </nav>

            <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

        </article>

        </div><!--col-sm-8 blog-main -->

        <div class="blog-sidebar">

            <?php get_sidebar(); ?>

        </div><!-- /.blog-sidebar -->

    </div> <!--row --> 

</div> <!-- /container -->

<div id="scroll-top"><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-chevron-up fa-3x"></i></a></div>

 <?php get_footer(); ?>

    https://gist.github.com/Firejumper1000/80110107fa021fb5271a0dd4b537352f

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by cman18.
    • This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by cman18.
    • This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by cman18.

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  • the code for the loop is missing in your single.php template.

    Thread Starter cman18

    (@cman18)

    Thank so much for the quick response!

    The more I work with WordPress… The less I understand ??

    I got it working by pasting the loop here:

    <div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">
		<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class("block"); ?> role="article">
                <?php 
            if ( have_posts() ) {
            	while ( have_posts() ) {
            		the_post(); 
            		//
            		// Post Content here
            		//
            	} // end while
            } // end if
            ?>
            <div class="blog-post">
            <h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
            <?php ( the_post_thumbnail( 'category-thumb600' )) ?>
            <?php the_content(); ?>
        </div><!-- /.blog-post -->

        </article>
		</div><!--col-sm-8 blog-main -->
    • This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by cman18.

    small correction:
    the loop code would generally wrap around the output or the post, in your case the <article> section;

    example for your code:

    <div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">

<?php 
            if ( have_posts() ) {
            	while ( have_posts() ) {
            		the_post(); 
?>

		<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class("block"); ?> role="article">
                
            <div class="blog-post">
            <h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?></p>
            <?php ( the_post_thumbnail( 'category-thumb600' )) ?>
            <?php the_content(); ?>
        </div><!-- /.blog-post -->

        </article>

<?php          	} // end while
            } // end if
?>

		</div><!--col-sm-8 blog-main -->
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