Coding question in Wordpress

[montytx]

Hi All,

Im new here and not much of a coder so I am hoping someone can help me figure out a simple problem. I have a wordpress site that I want to control what category shows up on the front page. The theme is custom so standard wordpress code is not being used. The code that I think controls this is:

<?php if (Themehave_random_posts()) : ?>
		<?php while (Themehave_random_posts()) : $theme_queryRandom->the_post();
			if(!@in_array(get_the_ID(), $showedPosts)){?>

 

In the functions.php I have this code:

function Themehave_random_posts(){
global $wp_query, $shortname, $theme_queryRandom, $wpdb, $cx, $showedPosts, $ids;
if(!$theme_queryRandom){
$show = (int)get_settings($shortname."_randomCategoryPosts");
if(!in_array($show, $ids))
$ids[] = $show;
$theme_queryRandom = new WP_Query('category_name='.get_cat_name($show).'&orderby=rand&showposts=1');
}
$aux = $theme_queryRandom->have_posts();
if(get_the_ID())
$showedPosts[] = get_the_ID();
return $aux;
}

 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks !

[montytx]

No one?

[montytx]

I would have thought this was a pretty simple problem. I guess not... ???

[alphanumetrix]

no... it's not necessarily complicated, but it's not so easy either. at least it is for me, because i haven't use wordpress.

 

i don't know how this works entirely, but you should try this:

 

function Themehave_random_posts(){
global $wp_query, $shortname, $theme_queryRandom, $wpdb, $cx, $showedPosts, $ids;
if(!$theme_queryRandom){
$show = (int)get_settings($shortname."_randomCategoryPosts");
if(!in_array($show, $ids))
$ids[] = $show;
$catiwant = 'my category'; // put your category in the apostraphies...
$theme_queryRandom = new WP_Query('category_name='.$catiwant.'&orderby=rand&showposts=1');
}
$aux = $theme_queryRandom->have_posts();
if(get_the_ID())
$showedPosts[] = get_the_ID();
return $aux;
}