Comments on: WordPress Boolean Category Display? http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Esrati http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-195213 David Esrati Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:59:39 +0000 587298729#comment-195213 Update- the Pods plugin is the answer: http://pods.uproot.us/ D'Arcy tipped me much later on this. We're configuring it on www.motoscooto.biz (can't get client to enter content yet... Update- the Pods plugin is the answer: http://pods.uproot.us/
D’Arcy tipped me much later on this.
We’re configuring it on http://www.motoscooto.biz (can’t get client to enter content yet…

]]> By: Don http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-192437 Don Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:35:33 +0000 587298729#comment-192437 I'm just getting into using WP and i was hoping to get your feedback into the difference of using WP verse Drupal, any suggestions to using one over the other? I’m just getting into using WP and i was hoping to get your feedback into the difference of using WP verse Drupal, any suggestions to using one over the other?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-184359 Jeff Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:03:58 +0000 587298729#comment-184359 I came to this page after googling for a solution to this very issue....Chris's suggestion "query_posts(’cat=3,4&showposts=5′)"...which I've been trying... is a "boolean OR" rather than a "boolean AND"....I have to try the intersection plugin. I came to this page after googling for a solution to this very issue….Chris’s suggestion “query_posts(’cat=3,4&showposts=5′)”…which I’ve been trying… is a “boolean OR” rather than a “boolean AND”….I have to try the intersection plugin.

]]> By: Justin - website design http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-183470 Justin - website design Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:23:48 +0000 587298729#comment-183470 Hmm.. not sure what to do in this situation but if anybody figures it out please post it here so that I can use it too! Thanks! Hmm.. not sure what to do in this situation but if anybody figures it out please post it here so that I can use it too! Thanks!

]]> By: David Esrati http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81427 David Esrati Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81427 Hi D'Arcy- Thanks for throwing this up on your site- I think you've got some pretty bright readers- maybe one of them can point us in the right direction. We've used the K2 theme on a few sites- including my personal site www.esrati.com, and notice that it doesn't display a list of categories like other themes- since it puts them under the permalink. I haven't yet figured out if this is good or bad - but for people who don't seem to get categories are topics- I'm thinking it's good for now. The boolean display (yeah- I couln't get the right word in my e-mail) seems like it could be really helpful once a site has a couple thousand entries- and the categories have gone mad. I'm glad I'm not the only one stumped by this seemingly easy way to search a site. Thanks again for posting this- and continuing to make me smarter! Hi D’Arcy-
Thanks for throwing this up on your site-
I think you’ve got some pretty bright readers- maybe one of them can point us in the right direction.
We’ve used the K2 theme on a few sites- including my personal site http://www.esrati.com, and notice that it doesn’t display a list of categories like other themes- since it puts them under the permalink. I haven’t yet figured out if this is good or bad – but for people who don’t seem to get categories are topics- I’m thinking it’s good for now.
The boolean display (yeah- I couln’t get the right word in my e-mail) seems like it could be really helpful once a site has a couple thousand entries- and the categories have gone mad.
I’m glad I’m not the only one stumped by this seemingly easy way to search a site.
Thanks again for posting this- and continuing to make me smarter!

]]> By: Cole http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81428 Cole Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81428 It is honestly one of the things I love so much about Drupal ... the ability to create custom search URLs and RSS feeds is critical. Other than that I got nothing for you. Sorry, but we'll look into it. It is honestly one of the things I love so much about Drupal … the ability to create custom search URLs and RSS feeds is critical. Other than that I got nothing for you. Sorry, but we’ll look into it.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81429 Chris L Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81429 Well, there is a plugin that allows for this, but not sure if it works with current WP versions: <a href="http://www.tester.ca/?name=intersect-plugin">http://www.tester.ca/?name=intersect-plugin</a> Well, there is a plugin that allows for this, but not sure if it works with current WP versions: http://www.tester.ca/?name=intersect-plugin

]]> By: David Esrati http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81430 David Esrati Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81430 Hey Chris- Thanks for the direction- that looks promising! We'll give it a shot tomorrow- one of the comments on that site said "Thanks so much. I’ve been playing with several other plugins to get this functionality." so I wonder if there are some others... just in case! Gotta love the LazyWeb- and btw- I've added Cole and Chris to my RSS reads- interesting stuff guys! Thanks Hey Chris-
Thanks for the direction- that looks promising!
We’ll give it a shot tomorrow-

one of the comments on that site said “Thanks so much. I’ve been playing with several other plugins to get this functionality.” so I wonder if there are some others… just in case!

Gotta love the LazyWeb- and btw- I’ve added Cole and Chris to my RSS reads- interesting stuff guys!
Thanks

]]> By: Chris Wolverton http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81431 Chris Wolverton Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81431 The first thought that comes to my mind is to make a custom page template, then you can use a template tag to do this. The code you would use is the very nifty 'query_posts', to which you can add all kinds of strings to pull out the stuff you want from your database. For instance, here's a string that selects the most recent 5 posts in categories 3 and 4: This little baby is waaay powerful. I'd be happy to send along an example page template, if anyone wants one. Another idea (if it's an option) would be to make the two categories sub-cats, then you could use the simple URL jockey method. The first thought that comes to my mind is to make a custom page template, then you can use a template tag to do this. The code you would use is the very nifty ‘query_posts’, to which you can add all kinds of strings to pull out the stuff you want from your database. For instance, here’s a string that selects the most recent 5 posts in categories 3 and 4: This little baby is waaay powerful. I’d be happy to send along an example page template, if anyone wants one.

Another idea (if it’s an option) would be to make the two categories sub-cats, then you could use the simple URL jockey method.

]]> By: Chris Wolverton http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/02/21/wordpress-boolean-category-display/#comment-81432 Chris Wolverton Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 587298729#comment-81432 sorry, forgot that stuff between php tags gets disemboweled... that string should like something like: query_posts('cat=3,4&showposts=5'); sorry, forgot that stuff between php tags gets disemboweled… that string should like something like: query_posts(’cat=3,4&showposts=5′);

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