index.php – having some categories take the_content; other the_excerpt

  • Resolved edd_lasthours

    (@edd_lasthours)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m afraid I can’t work out how to solve a problem I’m having. Essentially I want the index.php to run the following query

    if is category 5,8,9, or 10
    get posts with the_content

    else
    get posts with the_excerpt

    At the moment I’m using the following code for the page, but it’s returning a PHP error message on the <?php elseif ( ?> but I suspect the error is higher up than that.

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php //$post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>

<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
<div class="headline_line"><h2><span><?php echo get_category_parents($cat, FALSE, ' : '); ?></span></h2></div>

<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
<div class="headline_line"><h2><span>Entries from <?php the_time('F Y'); ?></span></h2></div>

<?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif (is_tag()) { ?>
<div class="headline_line"><h2><span><?php single_tag_title('Currently browsing the tag <strong>'); ?></strong>:</span></h2></div>

<?php } ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();  update_post_caches($posts); ?>
<?php if (is_category (array('5,8,9,10')) ) { ?>
<div class="content"><h2><a class="title" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_content(__('Read more...')); ?>
				</div>

<?php } else { ?>
        <div class="content">
<h2><a class="title" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>

<?php } ?>
     </div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php elseif ( ?>
	<div class="errorbox">
		<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
	</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/navigation.php'); ?>
</div></div>

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php'); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
</div>

    Any help would be really gratefully received!
    many thanks,
    edd

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  • hope you find this part:

    <?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>

<?php } ?>
     </div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php elseif ( ?>
	<div class="errorbox">

    change it to this:

    <?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...')); ?><span class="read_more"><a title="Read more about: <?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">&raquo;</a></span>
</div>
<?php } ?>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>
	<div class="errorbox">

    the closing </div> was in the wrong position;
    and there should be no ‘elseif (‘, just an ‘else :‘

    Thread Starter edd_lasthours

    (@edd_lasthours)

    Hi,

    Thanks alot for the help. That worked perfectly. Though for some reason I had to change the id numbers to the actual category slugs to get it to finally work, though I have no idea why! Anyhow, thanks again!

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