Thankyou for your help, much grateful…
ok, let me try and show you the whole thing. If you have time, please download the pool theme from: https://www.alexking.org/software/wordpress/theme_browser.php
called: “Pool”…
What i have done is, taken your first script, code:
“<?php
$random_id = $wpdb->get_var(“SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = ‘publish’ ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1”);
query_posts(“p=$random_id”);
?>”
placed it in the index.php – and it worked, everytime a new post appeared.
now, the side bar. I have placed the sidebar code with the extra coding of ;
“<?php get_archives(‘postbypost’, ’10’, ‘html’, ”, ”); ?>”
so i will be able to view the last 10 posts. Now, the random code works with every other theme, other than this one (pool). When i go to one of the last 10 posts, it still refreshes, and loads another article then the one pressed. I think, there is something that needs to be closed on the indexpage, for it not to load on the sidebar page. Below i will paste both, the index page with code and the sidebar code, and see if you see whats wrong.
………..
Indexpage:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id=”bloque”>
<div id=”noticias”>
<?php
$random_id = $wpdb->get_var(“SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = ‘publish’ ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1”);
query_posts(“p=$random_id”);
?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”entrada”>
<h2 id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<small><?php the_time(‘F j, Y \o\n\ g:i a’); ?> | In <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?></small>
<?php the_content(“Continue reading “.the_title(”, ”, false).”…”); ?>
<div class=”feedback”><?php link_pages(‘Pages: ‘, ”, ‘number’); ?><?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ‘ — ‘, ”); ?></div>
<!–
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
–>
</div>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php posts_nav_link(‘ — ‘, __(‘« Previous Page’), __(‘Next Page »’)); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
……………
sidebar.php:
<!– begin sidebar –>
<div id=”sidebar”>
<?php if (function_exists(‘wp_theme_switcher’)) { ?>
<div id=”themes”>
<h3><?php _e(‘Themes’); ?></h3>
<?php wp_theme_switcher(); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
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<?php wp_list_cats(‘list=0&optioncount=1’); ?>
<div id=”categories”>
<h3><?php _e(‘Categories:’); ?></h3>
<?php wp_list_cats(‘sort_column=name&optioncount=1&feed=rss’); ?>
</div>
<h4>Last Ten Posts</h4>
<?php get_archives(‘postbypost’, ’10’, ‘html’, ”, ”); ?>
<div id=”archives”>
<h3><?php _e(‘Archives:’); ?></h3>
<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly&show_post_count=1’); ?>
</div>
<div id=”blogroll”>
<h3>Blogroll</h3>
<?php get_links(-1, ‘
- ‘, ‘
‘, ‘ – ‘); ?>
</div>
<div id=”meta”>
<h3><?php _e(‘Meta:’); ?></h3>
<?php wp_register(); ?>
- <?php wp_loginout(); ?>
- XFN
- “>WP
<?php wp_meta(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”both”></div>
</div>
<!– end sidebar –>
………….
Basically, this theme is the only problem to your initial code, that works fine with any other theme. I just want to allow users to view the articles they want from the side bar, and also have the refresh function to work – for pool-
the above codes are from the pool theme, try it out… If it doesnt work, i think i would need to change themes…
thankyou for your help, much grateful.
