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WordPress

Posted by edeharrison
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edeharrison
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,127 Points

WordPress Custom Post Types

Hi everybody,

I've built a HTML version of this site -

http://nomaankhalid.edeharrison.com/timetables-memberships.html

and I'm in the process of transferring it over to WordPress.

I'm using the plugins Advanced Custom Fields and Custom Post Types UI, but I'm a bit lost as to how to build the timetable area.

So far, I've created a post type ("class"), custom fields ("time" and "class_name") for each post (each post will be a new gym class), and categories for the days of the week ("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", etc).

In my PHP I want to be able to get each post by their category name (the day of the gym class), and list the classes of each day in a table.

So far I have (for Monday):

<table>
    <tr class="title">
      <td colspan="2">Monday</td>
    </tr>
    <?php
    $args = array (
        'post_type' => 'class',
        'category_name' => 'monday'
    );
    $query = new WP_query( $args );
    ?>
    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <tr>
        <th><?php the_field('time'); ?></th>
        <td><?php the_field('class_name'); ?></td>
    </tr>
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</table>

The posts aren't displaying though.

I know I probably shouldn't be building a new table for each day, but I would be happy if I just got this working!

Any guidance/ideas would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Ede

2 Answers

Golam Rabbani
Golam Rabbani
12,078 Points

Okay.. You've to add $query-> before... 

          <?php if ($query->have_posts()) : while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
          ```
edeharrison
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edeharrison
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,127 Points

Ah, of course. That worked perfectly.

Just to clarify in case anyone else might benefit, the finished code is (for Monday):

<!--Monday-->
<table>
    <tr class="title">
        <td colspan="2">Monday</td>
    </tr>
    <?php
    $args = array (
        'post_type' => 'class',
        'category_name' => 'monday'
    );
    $query = new WP_query( $args );
    ?>
    <?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
    <tr>
        <th><?php the_field('time'); ?></th>
        <td><?php the_field('class_name'); ?></td>
    </tr>
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</table>

Cheers for your help Golam,

Ede

Golam Rabbani
Golam Rabbani
12,078 Points
Golam Rabbani
Golam Rabbani
12,078 Points

You said you used post type ("post"), again on the code I see you use 'post_type' => 'class'. what You've created with the plugin actually? You shouldn't create post type "post" as its using WordPress already.

edeharrison
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edeharrison
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,127 Points

Thanks for the reply Golam. I just made a mistake in my explanation. I meant post type ("class"). I'll edit that now.

Cheers,

Ede