I need several actual pages that display some static content followed by either posts or thumbnails and excerpts. Whichever I go with (posts vs. excerpts) will be global, IE the whole site will use that for post pages.
These need to be actual pages, not category links, so they'll appear in drop down navigation.
In non-Atahualpa sites, I've been able to copy the index as a named template, add static content below "get header", and replace the first loop section with this:
Code:
<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
<?php
if (is_page()) {
query_posts("cat=3");
}
?>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
In Atahualpa I get a parse error, for something like line 329, way down.
If I try the category page plugin, create a page, choose the category in the plugin control, I get nothing - just the static content from the WP "new page" editor - no category-based stuff (or anything else) below it.
If I use the [catlist=xx] code, it works, but all I get is a list, screengrab below.
So, the plugin doesn't seem to work the way the (very broken english) description suggests... there are posts here on the forum regarding hacks, but my understanding is that's written into 3.2 now.
Can anyone point me to the functionality I need?
Thanks a bunch!
Screengrab -4 posts have this category, they show up as a list:
