Eric

Here is a list of things to check:

• What version of WordPress are you running?
• Are there any errors in the server logs?
• Make sure the “To:” email is correct (check for trailing spaces)
• In smcf_data.php, change:

  @mail($to, $subject, $body, $header) or
    die('Unfortunately, your message could not be delivered.');

  to (remove the @):

  mail($to, $subject, $body, $header) or
    die('Unfortunately, your message could not be delivered.');

Let me know if any of those help.

-Eric

Well, I thought about what you said and have added a different solution. Basically, I decided, for paged entries, to just check $wp_query->max_num_posts to determine if there was more than 1 page.

I also removed the check for single posts, since, in my case, there will always be a next or previous post.

Thanks again for your input.

Good point =) I’ve posted my solution. I’m not sure if it is the right/best way to do it, but it works for me!

Hmm…I was just checking out the code for posts_nav_link and it actually calls both next_posts_link and previous_posts_link.

So, I guess they are not deprecated, but wonder why it would be suggested not to use them…?

@twistedtech – Thanks for the tip!

I was able to throw something together that fit my needs…I’m thinking I might even create a plugin. I’ll post back here with my solution.

-Eric

Sorry to dig up an old post, but I have the same question/issue.

I want to know if there are any previous or next posts…what is the easiest way to do this?

If there were a way to suppress the output of the calls like this:

$older = next_posts_link('« Older Entries');
$newer = previous_posts_link('Newer Entries »');
$show_nav = FALSE;
if (strlen($older) > 0 || strlen($newer) > 0) {
    $show_nav = TRUE;
}

That would be fine too. Basically, in addition to have_posts(), it would be nice to have a posts_count() or something like that.

Pretty cool…the reading options has allowed me to setup my root as one page and my blog as another. I was trying to make it a lot harder than it really is ??

Now I just need to work on the templates/design!

Thanks again for the help.

So, here’s what I’ve done:

– Installed WP in /blog
– Copied index.php into /
– Updated URL options to /blog
– Created a page, called Home
– Set Home as the front page

So now when I go to /, I see the Home static page. But I also see it when I go to /blog.

So,
1) What do I need to do to make /blog display the most recent posts?

EDIT – I got this one figured out. I just created a blog page (as suggested previously ?? ) and then changed my blog URL to /.

2) What is the best way to give each page a custom look and feel? Do I just assign them different templates?

Thanks for the help ??

That does help…thank you very much for the suggestions!

I just started working with WP and am just curious if the above is easily possible…or if I need to find a different structure/method.

Thanks for the reply. I think I understand what you are saying, but am not sure if it solves my quest…

Here is what I would like:
– WP as a “CMS”
– WP under mydomain.com/wp < done
– mydomain.com/ < a static page rendered by WP
– mydomain.com/blog < WP posts
– mydomain.com/xyz < WP pages (about, contact, etc)