I really like the idea of an author page sorted by categories. But when I implemented it I got all the posts listed under each category, instead of just the posts assigned to that category.
If I had a total of 20 posts 5 in each of 4 categories, instead of 4 groups of 5 posts, all 20 would be listed under each of the 4 categories.
I just copied your code into a blank author.php file in my child theme.
got it to sort of work but having problems echoing the url
tried all sorts of ' " and / combos but no luck
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
here is what I am doing
//The Loop
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ;?>
<?php
foreach ( get_the_category() as $category ) {
echo $category->cat_name . ' ';
}
?>
<?php if ($category->cat_name == $cat_name) {
echo '<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>'
;
}
else { echo ' not true '; } // for testing
?>
<?php endwhile;
echo '';
//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
}
?>
</div>Got the page to display only links to the authors post in each category.
The continue statement is what made it work. Left to do -Still would like the category names to be skipped if there are no posts by the author in that category.
see http://www.rradvice.com/author/admin
<?php //thematic_author_loop() - we won't use the default thematic author loop
//instead will list the post sorted by category
$categories = get_categories();
foreach($categories as $category){
$cat_id = $category->cat_ID;
$cat_slug = $category->category_nicename;
$cat_name = $category->cat_name;
//The Query
query_posts(array(
'category__in'=> $cat_id,
'author' => $authordata->ID,
'posts_per_page'=> 100
));
if(have_posts()){
echo '<h2>' . $cat_name . '</h2>';
}
echo '<ul>';
//The Loop
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ;?>
<?php
foreach ( get_the_category() as $category ) {
// echo $category->cat_name . ' ';
// echo 'true ';
// echo $cat_name;
}
?>
<!-- add back got right post test here -->
<?php if ($category->cat_name != $cat_name) {
continue;} // skip a record
?>
<!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->
<li> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<!-- to test for post outside of category if ($category->cat_name != $cat_name) echo 'not true' -->
</li>
<?php endwhile;
echo '</ul>';
//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
}
?>
</div>lol .. no it was not mine.
I finally figured out my solution. Basically changed where in the loops the category was printing out then set a variable to test if the category had been printed.
Here it is in action:
a post in every category - http://www.rradvice.com/author/admin
A post in only a couple of categories - http://www.rradvice.com/author/abby
<?php if ($category->cat_name != $cat_name) {
continue;} // skip a record - DO NOT PRINT POST TITLE IF POST IS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY
?>
<?php if(!$executed) { // do once then reset $executed to false after all posts in category
echo '<h3>' . $cat_name . '</h3>';
$executed = true;
}
?>
<!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->
<p>
<li> <a>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
</p>
<?php endwhile; //END LOOP B
echo '';
$executed=false; // RESET CATEGORY SO NEXT CATEGORY HEADING WITH POSTS WILL PRINTOUT
//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
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