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$post->ID not working in thematic_abovemainasides

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  • Started 12 years ago by chrizbot
  • Latest reply from jonnycj
  • This topic is resolved

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  1. chrizbot
    Member

    Hi.

    I am trying to do a custom sub-menu in the sidebar. For some reason no matter what I do, I can't seem to get $post->ID or $post->post_parent to return anything.

    Here is a simplified version of my function being called for thematic_abovemainasides (0):

    function childtheme_sidebar_menu() {
    $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0&depth=1");
    if ($children) { ?>
    <div id="children-page-list">
    <?php echo $children; ?>
    </div>
    <?php }
    }

    Only the top level menu items are shown as it never actually gets $post->ID.

    I also tried to get the page ID by using $wp_query->post->ID, but that also returns nothing.

    What am I doing wrong here?

    Thanks!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. soca
    Member

    first you must call global $post; if you want using $post->ID

    function childtheme_sidebar_menu() {
    global $post;

    $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0&depth=1");
    if ($children) { ?>

    <div id="children-page-list">
    <?php echo $children; ?>
    </div>
    <?php }
    }

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. chrizbot
    Member

    Awesome, that is what I was missing. My PHP is pretty rusty. Thanks!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. jonnycj
    Member

    I have a related query on global $post;

    If I am using the following code inside a page template to grab specific content from a post then global $post; fails to work or identify the page that the template relates to and hence my sidebar menu displays nothing

    The code for grabbing the post is as follows: 

    <?php
    // adding in the query for posts
			$wp_query = null; ?>
			    <?php $wp_query = new WP_Query('category_name=survivorsnews&posts_per_page=1'); ?>
			    <?php while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

                <div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class() ?>">
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="more"><?php echo more_text() ?></a>
</a>
	    		<?php endwhile; ?>

    The code for creating my sidebar is similar to that chrizbot uses but is as follows:

    <?php
global $post;
?>
<?php
  if($post->post_parent) {
  $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0");
  $titlenamer = get_the_title($post->post_parent);
  }

  else {
  $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
  $titlenamer = get_the_title($post->ID);
  }
  if ($children) { ?>

    Any thoughts on how I can get this to work ?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. helgatheviking
    Moderator

    a new query messes up the old query, so your $post variable will be different i think.

    try using get_posts instead

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. jonnycj
    Member

    Thanks Helga, I have been using a new query instead of get_posts as this helps me to use pagination ($paged) properly.

    I suppose what I am asking is, assuming that I have created a new query is there a way for my sidebar code to restore the old one so that the sidebar code can work out what page it is on i.e. what do I need to do so that when the sidebar calls:

    <?php
global $post;
?>

    There is a content to that variable and therefore my page list can be created ?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. jonnycj
    Member

    I have now resolved this using the following code in conjunction with my standard sidebar menu code above. Thanks to Middlesister for this. This is the code inside my page template 

    <?php
// adding in the query for posts
$lum_store_wp_query = $wp_query;
$wp_query = null; ?>
<?php $wp_query = new WP_Query('category_name=survivorsnews&posts_per_page=5&paged='.$paged ); ?>
<?php while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class() ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"></a>
<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="more"><?php echo more_text() ?></a><br /><br />
<?php thematic_postfooter(); ?>
</div><!-- .post -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php	thematic_nav_below(); ?>
<?php
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = $lum_store_wp_query;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

    This query format allows pagination of posts inside a page template to work along with a context sensitive sidebar menu. Code as follows for sidebar menu (inserted into the primary aside widget area) : 

    <?php
global $post;
?>
<?php
if($post->post_parent) {
$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0");
$titlenamer = get_the_title($post->post_parent);
}

else {
$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
$titlenamer = get_the_title($post->ID);
}
if ($children) { ?>
<h1> <?php echo $titlenamer; ?> </h1>
<ul>
<?php echo $children; ?>
</ul>

<?php } ?>
    Posted 11 years ago #

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