PH

Crud, I can’t even write out my own stuff correctly!

I want the sidebar to display most recent post of category #2. Should be some sort of simply “get_posts” thing that I haven’t figured out yet.

I want the main to display last 10 posts from category #1. I have that working, but as you said earlier, I think that my implementation is putting uneeded work on the server.

So how do you get and display one post from a particular category?

Ah…

<Sorry – wasn’t trying to run away and hide>

I understand what you are saying about server load, so let me see if I can get this thing correct. Let me simplify the whole thing for me, which will make it easier for me to understand that basics.

Let’s say I want to get the most recent post from category #2, and display it on a section of my page. Would this code work:

<?php
$my_query = new WP_Query(“category_id=2&showposts=2”);

while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();

// I add in the code to display the post

endwhile;
?>

Will that work?

Thanks for the link. Here’s what I have in the relevant section of code:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php if ( (in_category(‘1’)) ) { ?>

<div class=”post”>

…Does all the posting….

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

But this give me an error. What am I doing wrong?