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Pete Nice · 07-07-2009, 12:23

So I found a tutorial about pagination - I set it up with the if have_posts loop but ti doesn't work. If I take out the if and else statements it works - the only problem with that is the else statement contains the 'no post - go back to the homepage' message. Anyone else have a solution to pagination?

anniegurl24 · 07-07-2009, 14:20

Code?

bazzle · 07-07-2009, 17:00

Put this line into the loop, just after the_content

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

You shouldn't have to take out the if and else statements, or mess around with any other elements of the loop.

Pete Nice · 08-07-2009, 04:24

bazzle my nizzle - that didn't work - will post my code shortly.

Pete Nice · 08-07-2009, 04:49

so this is the code with Bazzle's pagination code added that doesn't work:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

        <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
            while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
        </div>
        <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>

this is the tutorial code that works but doesn't include the if statements

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php $temp = $wp_query; 
        $wp_query= null; 
        $wp_query = new WP_Query(); 
        $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> 
        <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
            <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
            </div>
        <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>

the same code within the if statements that gives me the 'next entries' link but when clicked I get the if statement 'no post - go to the homepage'

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
        <?php $temp = $wp_query; 
        $wp_query= null; 
        $wp_query = new WP_Query(); 
        $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> 
        <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
            <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
            </div>
        <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
            <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>

Pete Nice · 08-07-2009, 06:35

sorted it out - used the custom loop from the tutorial and added a 404.php to deal with pages that don't exist.

Pete Nice · 08-07-2009, 11:17

ok slags and byatches - thanks so much for all your help on my earlier post - and as per usual I sorted it out myself. I do have another question - no doubt it will sit here for a few hours until I work it out with maybe a couple of non-helpful posts added.

I'm using this pagination query on my index page - now I need to get it to work on the archives page - just incase there's loads of posts in that month. Currently the query is ignoring the query string and just paginating all of the months rather than just the one being passed:

PHP Code:


		
			
$temp = $wp_query; 
        $wp_query= null;
        $wp_query = new WP_Query(); 
        $wp_query->query('showposts=6'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> 
        
           <div id="search_title"><?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></div>        
        <div id="search_amount"></div>
        
        <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
          
          <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="search_res"></div>
         <?php endwhile; ?>

doodleflip · 08-07-2009, 12:16

A non-helpful post.

Pete Nice · 08-07-2009, 12:23

it's ok - Pete to the rescue - needed to add $query_string to the query:

PHP Code:


		
			
$wp_query->query($query_string.'&showposts=6'.'&paged='.$paged); ?>

once last thing - if someone could help me pass the date to the next page in the pagination that would be great. Currently it sits outside the while loop so only works on the original query.

bazzle · 08-07-2009, 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Nice

so this is the code with Bazzle's pagination code added that doesn't work:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

        <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
            while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
        </div>
        <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>

It doesn't work because you pasted it outside the loop. Paste it above the endwhile and it should work, like this:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

        <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
            while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
        </div>
        <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>

I'm guessing you might want the page numbers to appear outside the loop for layout reasons. I wouldn't know how to go about that, but there's probably a way you can.

Pete Nice · 09-07-2009, 04:15

Bazzle - I tried it inside the loop and it doesn't work either - also - if it did work inside the loop I'd get next and previous links on each of the posts rather than at the end of all of the posts.

bazzle · 09-07-2009, 09:43

meh.

I misunderstood what you wanted with pagination, the code I suggested is for when you have a single post and you want it divided into multiple pages with the page numbers at the bottom.

PartDigital · 13-07-2009, 09:20

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07-07-2009, 12:23	#1 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	wordpress pagination So I found a tutorial about pagination - I set it up with the if have_posts loop but ti doesn't work. If I take out the if and else statements it works - the only problem with that is the else statement contains the 'no post - go back to the homepage' message. Anyone else have a solution to pagination?

07-07-2009, 17:00	#3 (permalink)
bazzle Don't touch my tea! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,678	Put this line into the loop, just after the_content PHP Code: `<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>` You shouldn't have to take out the if and else statements, or mess around with any other elements of the loop. __________________ Bring Death to IE6 Create you Internet Explorer Voodoo doll Bring down IE6!

08-07-2009, 04:49	#5 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	so this is the code with Bazzle's pagination code added that doesn't work: PHP Code: <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc'); while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?> <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div> <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div> <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div> <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div> <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?> <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <div class="navigation"> <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?> </div> <?php else : ?> <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div> <?php endif; ?> this is the tutorial code that works but doesn't include the if statements PHP Code: <?php $temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query(); $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?> $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?> <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div> <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div> <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div> <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div> <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?> <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('« Previous') ?></div> <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More »') ?></div> </div> <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?> the same code within the if statements that gives me the 'next entries' link but when clicked I get the if statement 'no post - go to the homepage' PHP Code: <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php $temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query(); $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?> $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?> <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div> <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div> <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div> <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div> <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?> <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('« Previous') ?></div> <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More »') ?></div> </div> <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?> <?php else : ?> <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div> <?php endif; ?> Last edited by Pete Nice : 08-07-2009 at 05:09.

08-07-2009, 12:23	#9 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	it's ok - Pete to the rescue - needed to add $query_string to the query: PHP Code: `$wp_query->query($query_string.'&showposts=6'.'&paged='.$paged); ?>` once last thing - if someone could help me pass the date to the next page in the pagination that would be great. Currently it sits outside the while loop so only works on the original query.

09-07-2009, 09:43	#12 (permalink)
bazzle Don't touch my tea! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,678	meh. I misunderstood what you wanted with pagination, the code I suggested is for when you have a single post and you want it divided into multiple pages with the page numbers at the bottom. __________________ Bring Death to IE6 Create you Internet Explorer Voodoo doll Bring down IE6!

07-07-2009, 14:20	#2 (permalink)
anniegurl24 The Awesome One Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 17	Code?

08-07-2009, 04:24	#4 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	bazzle my nizzle - that didn't work - will post my code shortly.

08-07-2009, 06:35	#6 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	sorted it out - used the custom loop from the tutorial and added a 404.php to deal with pages that don't exist.

08-07-2009, 11:17	#7 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	ok slags and byatches - thanks so much for all your help on my earlier post - and as per usual I sorted it out myself. I do have another question - no doubt it will sit here for a few hours until I work it out with maybe a couple of non-helpful posts added. I'm using this pagination query on my index page - now I need to get it to work on the archives page - just incase there's loads of posts in that month. Currently the query is ignoring the query string and just paginating all of the months rather than just the one being passed: PHP Code: $temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query(); $wp_query->query('showposts=6'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> <div id="search_title"><?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></div> <div id="search_amount"></div> <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?> <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div> <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div> <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div> <div id="search_res"></div> <?php endwhile; ?>

08-07-2009, 12:16	#8 (permalink)
doodleflip Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 458	A non-helpful post.

09-07-2009, 04:15	#11 (permalink)
Pete Nice Crankshaft Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,103	Bazzle - I tried it inside the loop and it doesn't work either - also - if it did work inside the loop I'd get next and previous links on each of the posts rather than at the end of all of the posts.

13-07-2009, 09:20	#13 (permalink)
PartDigital Freelance Web Developer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 151	I'm using this plugin on my blog: WordPress › Multi-page Toolkit « WordPress Plugins

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