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classifieds to look the same on search page as on "classifieds" page

Ok, you plugin is amazing :slight_smile: love it!

Now, when i hit "Classifieds" page i get a list of published classifieds and that's OK...
I have set custom post type to be shown on "Search" results page BUT... when i hit Search, i get list of custom posts but i need them to look exactly like on "Classifieds" page, if you know what i mean... not just list of posts without any formatting.
Also, i would like to setup my homepage to display all classifieds, i've tried to do that by assigning static page "classifieds" to my homepage but i get a message "this is virtual page..."
Naturally, next thing is if i want my homepage to show latest posts (set to custom post type classifieds) again i get just non-formatted posts while i want them to look like on "Classifieds" page...

Your help would be very highly appreciated if i solve this issue.

Many thanks,
Alek

  • Jack Kitterhing

    Hi there Alek,

    I hope you are well today and thanks for your question.

    How are you currently searching them, are you using a custom search query?

    For displaying them on the home page you'll need to create a custom loop, or edit the existing loop within your theme, as shown here http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types

    For example (taken from the above link). `$args = array( 'post_type' => 'product', 'posts_per_page' => 10 );
    $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
    while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
    the_title();
    echo '<div class="entry-content">';
    the_content();
    echo '</div>';
    endwhile;`

    I'm here to help :slight_smile:

    Thank you!

    Kind Regards
    Jack.

  • Aleksandar

    Hi Jack,

    Many thanks for your reply.
    I am having difficulties with adding that loop, especially as i am not so familiar with php :slight_smile:

    Code of my index.pxp page where i would like to display classifieds is:

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

<div class="entry">

		<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=1');
        while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
        $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

        <div class="post new" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

        <div class="storycontent">
		<?php the_content(__('More Info...')); ?>
	</div>

        </div><!--post-->
        <?php endwhile; ?>

        <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
        if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>

        <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

        <div class="storycontent">
		<?php the_content(__('More Info...')); ?>
	</div>

        </div><!--post-->
		<?php endwhile; ?>

        <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('Older Entries') ?></div>
        <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries') ?></div>
        <br clear="all" />

		<?php else : ?>
		<?php endif; ?> 

</div><!-- end of entry -->
</div><!--content-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    Can you please look into it quickly and give me some guides what code and where to put it.

    Many thanks,
    Alek

    p.s. from this example, i think i will sort out search page on my own

  • Jack Kitterhing

    Hi there Alek,

    Something like 

    $args = array(
	'post-type' => 'classifieds', 'posts_per_page' => 10 );
		$loop = new WP_QUERY( $args );
			while ( $loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post();
				the_title();
					echo '<div class="entry-content">';
						the_content();
							echo '</div>';
									endwhile;

echo do_shortcode('[custom_fields_block wrap="table"]');

    Will query the classifieds post type, the last part the echo do_shortcode will output the custom fields from the attached post type, this must be used within the loop, if you want, but I'd actually recommend using

    echo do_shortcode('[custom_fields_block wrap="table"]');

    Within the loop.

    And then a custom template for the actual query of the posts.

    Which theme is that your using?

    Thanks!

    Kind Regards
    Jack

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