wrimomatt

Found it!

thanks. problem solved!

I was staring at the hierarchy earlier and couldn’t for the life of me figure out why it wasn’t working. I had no generic category.php file, just an archive.php. So I copied my archive to create a generic category.php (thinking how could I have a custom version of something that didn’t exist) and presto! the other custom templates started working!

I love me some IDs, but trying to ween myself off them because they change from development to deployment. would category-slug.php work the same way?

well I’ll leave this up in case anyone else needs it solved. Good old Codex came through for me: Here’s what it’s supposed to look like.

<?php $args = array('cat' => '6' , 'posts_per_page' => '-1' ); $category_posts = new WP_Query($args); if($category_posts->have_posts()) : while($category_posts->have_posts()) : $category_posts->the_post();?>

If anyone else ever has this problem: you have to regenerate thumbnails after you add a new custom size.

re-installed MAMP, same exact problem. There are numerous workarounds for this online, tried many of them, none of them worked.

I’m sure that all the advice being giving is legit, and I for one appreciate it, but I’m also sure that sometimes there are things that vets take for granted that might seem so painfully obvious they’ve escaped attention. If this were CSS I would say there’s a missing semicolon somewhere in these well-meaning instructions.

The codex says put the wordpress install anywhere you like, so long as MAMP is directed to the root through preferences. I actually have a SITES folder and named it wordpress, so my install was seemingly word for word the same as the codex, but still not getting it.

HTDOCS? Ok, I’ll try that. I see where that is and even moved my folder over there, reassigned Apache to that new root, and MAMP is now apparently happy as a clam. Typing in any and all of the recommended localhost addresses and still nothing but an error.

QUESTION: the admin panel is visible, is that what I’m shooting for? If not can you give us some idea of what will appear before us if it’s not the admin panel launchable from MAMP. It has a clear localhost address, but none of them correspond to any of the instructions for localhost in either the codex or the forum.
When I clicked on the database earlier the information I was asked to manually enter was the default, by all appearances. I can’t again find that screen. There’s my wordpress database, click on it and it gives me a menu bar with tabs for Scructure, SQL, etc.

ALSO and possibly related- “a newer version of phpMyAdmin is available and you should consider upgrading”. Well, fantastic. I’d love to. How?

Anyone want to take a whack at these semicolons? dumb it down a bit and I promise I’ll be able to merge into traffic.