Here'
s the situation:
In wordpress I'm trying to reset a post WP_Query so that I can rewrite the post link based on whether or not a custom field exists in the post. I'm trying to give the post a NEW link in the custom field.
All I've managed to do here is kill the link entirely. Any and all help is greatly appreciated, I'm pretty green to php.
Here'
s my WP_Query:
<?php
$recentPosts = new WP_Query();
$recentPosts->query('showposts=3');
?>
<?php while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<?php
$attribute = the_title_attribute();
$title = the_title();
$key = 'NewPostLink';
$newLink = get_post_meta( $post->ID, $key, TRUE );
if ($newLink != '') {
$theLink = get_permalink ($post->ID );
if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
$image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID );
echo '<div class="thumbnailbox"><div class="thumbnail"><a href="'.$theLink.'">'.$image.'</a></div></div>';
echo '<h2><a href="'.$theLink.'" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to '.$attribute.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
} else {
echo '<h2><a href="'.$theLink.'" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to '.$attribute.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
}
} else {
$theLink = $newLink;
if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
$image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID );
echo '<div class="thumbnailbox"><div class="thumbnail"><a href="'.$theLink.'">'.$image.'</a></div></div>';
echo '<h2><a href="'.$theLink.'" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to '.$attribute.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
} else {
echo '<h2><a href="'.$theLink.'" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to '.$attribute.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
}
}
?>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></small>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
