hello

i cannot figure the syntax out re this problem…

on a weblog page, basically i have two categories, x and y.  in the “recently added” column, i want to list all the Ys (the “recently addeds”).  the featured post on this page is also category Y, but is +also+ category X (“featured”).  how do i get the “recently added” items to display all those entries assigned +only+ to category Y?

i thought something like this, but it’s not working…

any help would be appreciated.

thanks and cheers

i tried this…but got +really+ kooky results…

cheers—

i bagged that approach and have tried using a custom status, but the custom status i created is not showing up either in editable entries, or in new entries.

what is going on?

cheers

i +think+ i figured statuses out.  at least the page (i think) is working the way it should.

cheers—

Your category=”” parameter usage in the weblog entries tag is correct, to only display entries from a particular category.  So if the category “Y” is number 7, then you would use:

The {categories} variable pair is intended to display the category information associated with a specific entry, not to constrain entry output to a particular category.

For your separate issue of statuses not showing up, did you assign that custom status group with your new statuses to the weblog in question?  Personally, statuses is the way I would choose to create “featured” posts, so I would continue along the line you are now pursuing.

derek hi

yes, i did assign the new status group to the entry…what i wasn’t getting (at first) was that i needed to create a whole, ‘nother group—at first i had tried to add a sub-status to the default “open/closed” status group…but that apparently didn’t fly.  that was what wasn’t displaying when i went to edit and publish.  when i created a whole new status group, and assigned the entry to the group, then i was able to see the selection, and select it.

(my mind is now in the midst of wrapping my mind around the possibilities of statuses.)

derek, many thanks and cheers