physalis

It must be ‘input’, not IMput. I styled it with css, no problem at all. Best to put it into the style.css if you didn’t already do that ?? .

Well, the wp_head is already included.. so this cannot trick wordpress to forget the css…

Yes, it is a custom loop, looking like this:

<?php
// page id 18 will get category ID 6,7,8 posts, page 30 will... etc.
if (is_page('18') ) {
$cat = array(6,7,8);
} elseif ( is_page('30') ) {
$cat = 9;
} elseif ( is_page('22') ) {
$cat = 10;
} else {
$cat = '';
}

$showposts = 2; // -1 shows all posts
$do_not_show_stickies = 1; // 0 to show stickies
$args=array(
   'category__in' => $cat,
   'showposts' => $showposts,
   'caller_get_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies
   );
$my_query = new WP_Query($args); 

?>
	<?php if( $my_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

		<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
			<?php
			//necessary to show the tags
			global $wp_query;
			$wp_query->in_the_loop = true;
			?>

…followed by the specific post appearance with usual parameters (the_permalink, the_time etc.).

My last point was obviously bullshit. I checked again and found out that it integrates images nicely and as it should. Only custom classes from my own css are ignored (so that I see no bg pics etc.).

Thanks for looking into that ?? .

Same here, rest assured. Wonder if no-one else is facing these problems here.

Hey there,
nobody willing or able to help further? Thanks a bunch….

Hey doc4,

you’re gold, thanks a lot. I nevertheless have still the core problem that I don’t get snippets from x/all posts inside the subcategories shown on the page with the code given. I cannot find any options for wp_list_categories to insert excerpts. the_excerpt also works only on post pages….