VicePrez

Yes, sir. Sure did.

The initial problem I had was resolved. The second problem, which we discussed, which I have no power over, is the purging of cache when posts and comments are created. Transients set by the user, with a timeout of one week are purged instantaneously once a post/comment is submitted, rendering its purpose useless.

Don’t get me wrong, purging of cache is useful/necessary when it comes to keeping the website dynamic, but it interferes with user-set transients longer than the specified life-time period via the object cache settings, which are less dynamic and costly to run (i.e retrieving information from foreign API’s which impose strict rate-limiting policies)

In the event that the cache needs to be purged, a distinction could be made so user-set transients are kept intact while other cached items set by W3TC are purged.

Alright. Just sent you the email.

Hey Frederick. If you don’t mind. Could i email you a pastebin of the code?

Even though i posted this over a month ago. I’d like to point out that disabling object cache solved the problem. I’m still looking for a more practical solution that doesn’t involve disabling object cache. Any suggestions on how to keep it enabled and respect transient expiry dates is appreciated.

Thanks.

This problem has been resolved. The answer can be found here

Multiple Loops and is_paged() causing duplicate posts

Bump

oh, alright that makes alot of sense now.

by the way, thank you for your time. i really appreciate it.

keesie that worked so elegantly. thanks alot.

if i dont mind asking, how does this variation differ from the original ones? whats so special about them:

$do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID

vs.

$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID

..?

by the way, thanks again, i can focus on other things now. your a life saver.

im sorry keesie, but that doesnt seem to work, i did notice something while trying that. Ill try to illustrate it.

i pasted the following for Category X:

$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;

and the following for Category Y:

$do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID

and i kept the following for all my posts

<?php query_posts(array(‘post__not_in’=>array($do_not_duplicate)));
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>

well, what i noticed is that when i did that, Category Y’s post shows up in *all my posts* and Category X’s post disappears, when it was the other way round before you gave me the new coding. I know now that at least the coding (for all my posts) reads whats being passed down from Category X.

any other suggestions? i think your on the right track.
thanks again.