Thank s- I will check them out - but lets take your advice and put up the entire code in the hope someone can figure it out - I know its fairly simple and its a case of a ';' or '"' in the wrong place: I have highlighted the code I am trying to change in red and with it the code in blue is the code that seems to open the pretty photo but then cant find the featured image of the portfolio post - this is the best I have got it to work.
<?php
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plugin Name: Sidebar Custom Portfolio Widget
Description: A widget that allows the display of your recent projects.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
// Add function to widgets_init
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'rd_s_portfolio_widgets' );
// Register widget
function rd_s_portfolio_widgets() {
register_widget( 'RD_S_Portfolio_Widget' );
}
// Widget class
class rd_s_portfolio_widget extends WP_Widget {
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Widget Setup
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function RD_S_Portfolio_Widget() {
/* Widget settings. */
$widget_ops = array( 'classname' => 'rd_s_portfolio_widget', 'description' => __('A widget for the Sidebar or footer that displays your latest projects with a short excerpt.', 'framework') );
/* Widget control settings. */
$control_ops = array( 'width' => 300, 'height' => 350, 'id_base' => 'rd_s_portfolio_widget' );
/* Create the widget. */
$this->WP_Widget( 'rd_s_portfolio_widget', __('Sidebar or Footer Portfolio Widget', 'framework'), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Display Widget
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function widget( $args, $instance ) {
extract( $args );
$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
/* Our variables from the widget settings. */
$number = $instance['number'];
/* Before widget (defined by themes). */
echo $before_widget;
/* Display Widget */
?>
<?php /* Display the widget title if one was input (before and after defined by themes). */
if ( $title )
echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
?>
<ul class="port_widget">
<?php
$i = 0;
$query = new WP_Query();
$query->query(array(
'post_type' => 'Portfolio' ,
'posts_per_page' => $number,
));
if ($query->have_posts()) : while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<?php
if ( $i < 3 ) {
echo '<li class="margin_r"><div class="port_tn"><a href="'; echo the_permalink(); echo '" >'; echo the_post_thumbnail( array(40,40, true, "title" => "")); echo '</a>
</div></li>';
$i= $i+"1";
}
else {
echo '<li class="no_margin"><div class="port_tn"><a href="'; echo the_permalink(); echo '" >'; echo the_post_thumbnail( array (40,40, true, "title" => "")); echo '</a>
</div></li>';
$i = "0";
}
?>
<?php
if ( $i < 3 ) {
echo '<li class="margin_r"><div class="port_tn"><a href="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" rel="prettyPhoto[portfolio-gallery]">'; echo the_post_thumbnail( array (40,40, true, "title" => "")); echo '</a>
</div></li>';
$i= $i+"1";
}
else {
echo '<li class="no_margin"><div class="port_tn"><a href="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" rel="prettyPhoto[portfolio-gallery]">'; echo the_post_thumbnail( array (40,40, true, "title" => "")); echo '</a>
</div></li>';
$i = "0";
}
?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>
<?php
/* After widget (defined by themes). */
echo $after_widget;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Update Widget
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
$instance = $old_instance;
/* Strip tags to remove HTML (important for text inputs). */
$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
$instance['number'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['number'] );
/* No need to strip tags for.. */
return $instance;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Widget Settings
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function form( $instance ) {
/* Set up some default widget settings. */
$defaults = array(
'title' => 'Latest Projects',
'number' => 4
);
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults ); ?>
<!-- Widget Title: Text Input -->
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'framework') ?></label>
<input type="text" class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['title']; ?>" />
</p>
<!-- Number of post to show : Text Input -->
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>"><?php _e('Amount to show:', 'framework') ?></label>
<input type="text" class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'number' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'number' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['number']; ?>" />
</p>
<!-- Link to the portfolio page : Text input -->
<?php
}
}
?>