UncleCali

Oh my gosh, added this to the wrong forum, sorry

Hi. For those familiar with Wordpress, I have a custom page template that queries a custom post type. I added the author-skill options and wondering how I can get PHP to run through the author-skill options after the WP_Query? So far it only shows results for year and the author-type. <?php /** * Template Name: Authors template * **/ ?> <?php get_header(); ?> <div id="main" role="main"> <div id="slide-header" class="authors"></div> <!-- <div id="slide-wrapper"> <div id="slider"> <img width="960" height="315" src="<?php bloginfo("siteurl"); ?>/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/slider_1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="slider_1" title="slider_1"> <img width="960" height="315" src="<?php bloginfo("template_url"); ?>/img/slider_2.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="slider_1" title="slider_1"> </div> </div>--> <div class="wrapper"> <article> <h1>Authors</h1> <div id="author-filters"> <div class="filter"><span>Search Authors: </span> <?php $inc = "A"; for($i = 0; $i < 26; $i++){ ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>?letter=<?php echo $inc; ?>"><?php echo $inc; ?></a> <?php $inc++; } ?> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="author-filter"> <form method="post" action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" style="width: 594px;"> Genre: <select name="author-skill" id="author-skill"> <option value="">Please Select</option> <option value="Poet" <?php if(isset($_POST['btn-sort'])) { echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Poet") ? "selected='selected'": "";}else{ echo "selected='selected'";} ?>>Poet</option> <option value="Essayist" <?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Essayist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Essayist</option> <option value="Playwright" <?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Playwright") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Playwright</option> <option value="Novelist"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Novelist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Novelist</option> <option value="Philologist"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Philologist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Philologist</option> <option value="Fiction Writer"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Fiction Writer") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Fiction Writer</option> <option value="Fiction Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Fiction Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Fiction Author</option> <option value="Journalist"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Journalist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Journalist</option> <option value="Critic"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Critic") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Critic</option> <option value="Theater Critic"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Theater Critic") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Theater Critic</option> <option value="Literary Scholar"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Literary Scholar") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Literary Scholar</option> <option value="Fiction Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Fiction Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Fiction Author</option> <option value="Children's Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Children's Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Children's Author</option> <option value="Literary Organizer"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Literary Organizer") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Literary Organizer</option> <option value="Dramatist"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Dramatist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Dramatist</option> <option value="Musician"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Musician") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Musician</option> <option value="Short Story Writer"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Short Story Writer") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Short Story Writer</option> <option value="Short Story Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Short Story Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Short Story Author</option> <option value="Prose Writer"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Prose Writer") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Prose Writer</option> <option value="Prose Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Prose Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Prose Author</option> <option value="Script Writer"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Script Writer") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Script Writer</option> <option value="Sci-Fi Author"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Sci-Fi Author") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Sci-Fi Author</option> <option value="Philosopher"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Philosopher") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Philosopher</option> <option value="Literary PR Publicist"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Literary PR Publicist") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Literary PR Publicist</option> <option value="Translator"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Translator") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Translator</option> <option value="Director"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Director") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Director</option> <option value="Publisher"<?php echo ($_POST["author-skill"] == "Publisher") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Publisher</option> <option value=""> - - </option> </select> Type: <select name="author-type" id="author-type"> <option value="">Please Select</option> <option value="Winner" <?php echo ($_POST["author-type"] == "Winner") ? "selected='selected'": "";?>>Winners</option> <option value="Nominee" <?php echo ($_POST["author-type"] == "Nominee") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Nominees (short list)</option> <option value="Contestant" <?php echo ($_POST["author-type"] == "Contestant") ? "selected='selected'": ""; ?>>Contestants (long list)</option> <option value=""> - - </option> </select> Year: <?php $y = 2000;$yy = "2011"; //date("Y"); ?> <select name="author-yr" id="author-yr"> <option value="">Please Select..</option> <?php while($y<=$yy): ?> <option value="<?php echo $y; ?>" <?php if(isset($_POST['btn-sort'])) { echo ($y == $_POST['author-yr']) ? "selected='selected'": "";}else{ echo ($y == "2011") ? "selected='selected'": "";} ?>><?php echo $y; ?></option> <?php $y++;endwhile; ?> <option value=""> - - </option> </select> <input type="submit" id="btnsort" name="btn-sort" value=" " > </form> </div> </div> <?php $authors=new WP_Query('post_type=author&order=asc&posts_per_page=999'); ?> <?php if($authors->have_posts()): ?> <ul id="authors-sandbox"> <?php while($authors->have_posts()): $authors->the_post(); ?> <?php $skills = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'author-skill',true); $author_type = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'author-type',true); $yr = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'competition-year',true); if(isset($_POST['btn-sort'])){ if(!empty($_POST['author-type']) && empty($_POST['author-yr'])){ if($author_type != $_POST['author-type'] ) continue; } elseif(!empty($_POST['author-yr']) && empty($_POST['author-type'])){ if($yr != $_POST['author-yr'] ) continue; } elseif(!empty($_POST['author-yr']) && !empty($_POST['author-type'])){ if($yr != $_POST['author-yr'] || $author_type != $_POST['author-type']) continue; } } elseif(!empty($_GET['letter']) && !isset($_POST['btn-sort'])){ $name = get_the_title(get_the_ID()); $name = explode(" ",$name); if($name[1][0] != $_GET['letter']) continue; } elseif(empty($_GET['letter']) && !isset($_POST['btn-sort'])){ if($yr != "2011" || $author_type != "Winner"){ continue; } } ?> <li class="<?php echo $author_type ?> alpha-<?php echo substr(get_the_title(),0,1) ?> yr-<?php echo $yr; ?> "> <a class="author_anchor" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php the_post_thumbnail('author-thumb') ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php the_title(); ?> </a> <p><?php echo $skills; ?></p> </a> </li> <?php endwhile; ?> </ul> <?php endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?> </article> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>