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Wordpress Coding Help

by cyas22
5 replies
Is there any way possible that a feature page/post automatically changes everyday? I mean you already have a post/page for each day of the week and every day the featured post/page on your homepage will change to each specific post/page that you have for each day? I kinda tried searching for an "ifelse" function in php/css but I guess there is no such function/substitute that I know of. Can anyone help?
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  • Profile picture of the author dwoods
    Yes of course it's possible.
    *edit* WF stripped out my instances of ($)post
    PHP Code:
    <?php

         = date('l', time());

    if( ==     'Sunday'){
            //show sunday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);
        
    }else if( ==     'Monday'){
            //show monday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

    }else if( ==     'Tuesday'){
            //show tuesday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

    }else if( ==     'Wednesday'){
            //show wednesday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

    }else if( ==     'Thursday'){
            //show thursday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

    }else if( ==     'Friday'){
            //show friday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

    }else if( ==     'Saturday'){
            //show saturday post
             = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);
    }
    ?>
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    • Profile picture of the author cyas22
      Originally Posted by dwoods View Post

      Yes of course it's possible.
      *edit* WF stripped out my instances of ($)post
      PHP Code:
      <?php

             = date('l', time());

      if( ==       'Sunday'){
                //show sunday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);
          
      }else if( ==       'Monday'){
                //show monday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

      }else if( ==       'Tuesday'){
                //show tuesday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

      }else if( ==       'Wednesday'){
                //show wednesday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

      }else if( ==       'Thursday'){
                //show thursday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

      }else if( ==       'Friday'){
                //show friday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);

      }else if( ==       'Saturday'){
                //show saturday post
                 = get_post(POST_ID_HERE);
      }
      ?>
      Thanks, I'm a bit sleepy to try this out though and will probably be out in a few. This was a big help.
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      • Profile picture of the author dwoods
        Originally Posted by cyas22 View Post

        Thanks, I'm a bit sleepy to try this out though and will probably be out in a few. This was a big help.
        Okay, great should do what you need it to. It's important to note that WF stripped out my variable names from the code ... I've attached a .txt file with the code that hasn't been goofed by the board.
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  • Profile picture of the author klickgablow
    Here is an additional solution you can try as an alternative to a large if/elseif/else block;

    Code:
    //replace the post IDs for each day respectively
$featured = array(

		 'Sunday'    => 100
		,'Monday'    => 200
		,'Tuesday'   => 300
		,'Wednesday' => 400
		,'Thursday'  => 500
		,'Friday'    => 600
		,'Saturday'  => 700

	);
	
$day      = the_date('l'); 
$id       = $featured[$day];
$the_post = new WP_Query( 'p=' . $id  );

if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_post->have_posts() ) : $the_post->the_post();
	
	//you can edit this according to what you want to show
	the_title()   . '<br/>';
	the_date()    . '<br/>';
	the_content() . '<br/>';
	
endwhile; endif;
    Explanation

    You need only change the post IDs within,

    Code:
    $featured = array(

		 'Sunday'    => 100 //change me
		,'Monday'    => 200 //change me
		,'Tuesday'   => 300 //change me
		,'Wednesday' => 400 //change me
		,'Thursday'  => 500 //change me
		,'Friday'    => 600 //change me
		,'Saturday'  => 700 //change me

	);
    The way this works is simple...

    Code:
    //gets the current day i.e. Sunday
//and stores the day in the variable $day
$day      = the_date('l');
    Code:
    //next we get the ID number that corresponds with the key 'Sunday' in the array
//which in the example is ID of 100 and then we store that value in the $id variable
$id       = $featured[$day];
    Code:
    //next we call WP_Query and pass in one paramter which is the $id variable
//in this case its Post ID 100
$the_post = new WP_Query( 'p=' . $id  );
    ...and as such our query goes on its merry way to fetch the post ID 100.

    On Monday, this will automatically fetch ID 200. Etc...
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    • Profile picture of the author crivion
      Why don't you just use the wordpress built-in feature for scheduling a post publish date and time?

      Check attachment. Find the thing in wp-admin->right hand side before Publish button
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