Question

This is my first major WordPress site from absolute scratch. My PHP skills are only starting out and this is the error I am getting. I know what the problem is, I just don’t know how to write this block of PHP code correctly and would appreciate some help please.

As far as I have read, I cannot put html markup into a block of PHP code like I have done here which is odd, as all the example WP Loops I have seen has HTML markup in it.

            <?php
            /**
             * Template Name: Home Page
             *
             * This Full Width template removes the primary and secondary asides so that content
             * can be displayed the entire width of the #content area.
             *
             */


                // calling the header.php
                get_header();

                // action hook for placing content above #container
                thematic_abovecontainer();

            ?>

                    <div id="container">

                        <?php thematic_abovecontent(); ?>

                        <div id="content" class="home-content">

                            <?php

                            // calling the widget area 'page-top'
                            get_sidebar('page-top');

                            the_post();

                            thematic_abovepost();

                            ?>

                            <div id="post-<?php the_ID();
                                echo '" ';
                                if (!(THEMATIC_COMPATIBLE_POST_CLASS)) {
                                    post_class();
                                    echo '>';
                                } else {
                                    echo 'class="';
                                    thematic_post_class();
                                    echo '">';
                                }

                                // creating the post header
                                // thematic_postheader();

                                ?>

                                <div class="entry-content">

                                    <?php

                                    the_content();

                                    wp_link_pages("\t\t\t\t\t<div class='page-link'>".__('Pages: ', 'thematic'), "</div>\n", 'number');

                                    edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'thematic'),'<span class="edit-link">','</span>') ?>

                                </div>
                            </div><!-- .post -->
                            <div class="featureBlocks">
                                <div class="news">
                                    <div class="featTitle">
                                        <h3>News <br />& Events</h3>
                                        <div class="featSubTitle">What's happening in the world of Process Engineering</div>
                                        <div class="clear"></div>
                                    </div>
                                    <?php 
                                        query_posts('cat=4&posts_per_page=1');
                                        if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                                            the_title();
                                            the_content();
                                            /*<a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>'><?php the_title(); ?></a>*/
                                        endwhile; endif;
                                        // Reset Query
                                        wp_reset_query();
                                    ?>
                                </div>
                                <div class="research">
                                    <div class="featTitle">
                                        <h3>Research <br />Highlights</h3>
                                        <div class="featSubTitle">Find out what exciting research is happening Process Engineering</div>
                                        <div class="clear"></div>
                                    </div>

                                    <?php 
                                        query_posts('cat=5&posts_per_page=1');
                                        if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                                            <strong>the_title();</strong>
                                            the_content();
                                        endwhile; endif;
                                        // Reset Query
                                        wp_reset_query();
                                    ?>
                                </div>
                                <div class="studentStories">
                                    <div class="featTitle">
                                        <h3>Student <br />Stories</h3>
                                        <div class="featSubTitle">Student life at the Department of Process Engineering</div>
                                        <div class="clear"></div>
                                    </div>
                                    <?php 
                                        query_posts('cat=6&posts_per_page=1');
                                        if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                                            the_title();
                                            the_content();
                                        endwhile; endif;
                                        // Reset Query
                                        wp_reset_query();
                                    ?>
                                </div>
                                <div class="clear"></div>
                            </div>
                        <?php

                        thematic_belowpost();

                        // calling the comments template
                        thematic_comments_template();

                        // calling the widget area 'page-bottom'
                        get_sidebar('page-bottom');

                        ?>

                        </div><!-- #content -->

                        <?php thematic_belowcontent(); ?> 

                    </div><!-- #container -->

            <?php 

                // action hook for placing content below #container
                thematic_belowcontainer();

                // calling footer.php
                get_footer();

            ?>

I’d appreciate it if someone could show me what I am doing wronf.
Many thanks!

Answer 1

Someone else managed to answer my question on another forum. Kash, I hope this works for you too.

<?php query_posts('cat=5&posts_per_page=1');
    if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
    <strong><?php the_title();?></strong>
    <?php the_content();
    endwhile; endif;
?>

Thanks everyone else who pitched in! 🙂