jpierre

OK. I could’nt find it, so I had to reorganize the structure of my categories. I dropped the subcats and worked only with parent cats. I thus have been able to solve my problem of displaying posts horizontally : I have rows of 3 columns, each row displaying 3 artists (each post is an artist). The trick was to use 3 loops, where each loop returns only one category. Each category has a -1, or -2 or -3 ending its name. This way I have the choice of moving artists between colummns. You could see the result here. The link will work only for a few days since access to the catalog is meant to be restricted to agencies and members. The site is to be put on line by March 1st.

Tx!! Michael, very helpful. I have been searching for that for a while. I set it up. It works very well and does EXACTLY what I needed it to do. Thanks a lot!

Anyone knows how to call a subcategory in a multiple loops context? For example, <?php query_posts('category_name=_&showposts=10'); ?> would only accept the parent categories. Whenever I call a subcategory, it returns false and nothing is displayed.

JP

Is the info about multiple loops in action in the codex right? It doesn’t seem to be working, or I am missing something.

Tx Moshu, but I miss the point. Perhaps these links have changed, but I don’t see any horizontal displaying of posts there. Perhaps I have not made myself clear: I’m trying to display posts side by side, that is, in columns and rows, as in a gallery. It’s for a catalog of artists for an agency. My client wants 3 posts per row, where each post = an artist.

I could use a gallery, but would prefer tp remain in WP.

JP

It works. There are some ajustments to be made, but over all it’s perfect. There might be other problems, in which case I’ll come back later, but as far as this thread is concerned it’s resolved… I thank you so much!

JP

Does that mean you are changing the number of posts shown all the time? Isn’t there some kind of pattern, pre-set rule in place?

Yes, but (1) she doesn’t come up so often with new paintings; and (2) it takes half a minute to change in the options. It is certainly not straight forward as a procedure, but it is what I found 2 years ago!

– What if you make a category called “new”?
The most recent pictures posts would be posted to that category and, when a newer one comes in, simply uncheck/check the cat box in admin to move it to its “thematic” category.
– This category might be excluded from being shown in the category list in the sidebar (if so desired)

That might be a good idea… But in that case, would my static home page be called “index.php”? I’ll give it a try and come back later. Thanks for your time.

JP

You’re right. Actually, the “new.php” is set to show only the last 2 posts. The most recent is from “equine” and the other from “north american wild life”. But this may change, depending on the latest pictures of the artist. If she comes with only 1 new paintimg, then I will set WP to show only the last post, whatever category it happens to be in. If she comes with 3 new paintings, all of diverse categories, then I will adjust WP accordingly. Does that answer your question?

sorry… what I get is the

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /home/danielle/public_html/wp/wp-content/themes/canevas/index.php on line 1

Thanks Moshu, but then what would be the url of the new “index.php” that I have to put in the menu? If I provide the whole path (i.e. /wp-content/themes/my theme/index.php) I get a 404.

Thanks, I looked at these plugins but the comments weren’t exactly encouraging. I am now attempting to find some other way to achieve the same thing.

I think what I am looking for is some sort of “viewer levels”, that is, a login that would allow some viewers to see some pages, without being users themselves.

So I guess this thread is not resolvable…

bsharitt: you’re right. And while I’m not sure about what dille means (referrer-spamming), I think he might be right too. I tried to block some IPs but they keep changing all the time. I still don’t understand how it works…

All files sensitive to comment spamming (i.e. wp-comments-post.php and wp-trackbacks) are destroyed since a few days. Nothing left in my database either. People still drop by to buy viagra. How long before the links out there become obsolete – will they ever?
JP

I meant trafic coming from spamming.
As to the trackbacks.php, I will delete it, though I never used trackbacks. But I guess it doesn’t matter whether you use it or not… I’ll try it and post later. THX.
JP

Started blogging with Frontpage (how can that be possible?). Then wanted to have something more… convenient. Looked here and there, found WP and since everyone was using MT I chose WP. Built a site for someone else as a starter, then transfered my whole blog on it. Then I discovered the community… That’s about it. The tool (WP) is fantastic, the community beautifull. Thanks to all of you…
JP