Wordpress - Run through all options selected.

[UncleCali]

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(); ?>

[UncleCali]

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