WordPress Loop – A Working Tutorial
Here is an tutorial to WordPress Loop which displays posts with it’s title.
<!-- Start the Loop. --> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <!-- The following tests if the current post is in category 3. --> <!-- If it is, the div box is given the CSS class "post-cat-three". --> <!-- Otherwise, the div box will be given the CSS class "post". --> <?php if ( in_category('3') ) { ?> <div class="post-cat-three"> <?php } else { ?> <div class="post"> <?php } ?> <!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. --> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> <!-- Display the date (Feb 19th, 2012 format) and a link to other posts by this posts author. --> <small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?></small> <!-- Display the Post's Content in a div box. --> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> <!-- Display a comma separated list of the Post's Categories. --> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', '); ?></p> </div> <!-- closes the first div box --> </div></ <!-- Stop The Loop (but note the "else:" - see next line). --> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <!-- The very first "if" tested to see if there were any Posts to --> <!-- display. This "else" part tells what do if there weren't any. --> <p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p> <!-- REALLY stop The Loop. --> <?php endif; ?> |