Make code display specific number of titles

[phpchick]

<ul> <!-- List the rest of the articles found in the category -->
		<?php else : ?> 
			<li class="otherrecentmain"><span class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span> <span class="meta"></span>
			</li>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php endwhile; ?> <!-- END -->
		</ul>

 

 

For some reason, its stuck on displaying 9 articles but I want to be able to control how many I want. I may want to choose 17 or whatever etc, not sure how to add it into the php.

[joel24]

that code is in a loop...?

will need to see the rest of the code..

 

[phpchick]

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="container">
	<div id="front" class="column_main">
		<div class="category_header">
			<?php is_tag(); ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
		 	<?php $post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>
			<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
			<h1><?php single_cat_title(); ?> News</h1>
				<?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif( is_tag() ) { ?>
			<h1>Posts Tagged &#8216;<?php single_tag_title(); ?>&#8217;</h1>
				<?php /* If this is a daily archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
			<h1><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></h1>
				<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
			<h1><?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></h1>
			<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
			<h1><?php the_time('Y'); ?></h1>
			<?php /* If this is an author archive */ } elseif (is_author()) { ?>
			<h1>Author Archive</h1>
				<?php /* If this is a paged archive */ } elseif (isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged'])) { ?>
			<h1><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> Archives</h1>
				<?php } ?>
		</div>
		<?php $count = 0; ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<?php $count++; ?>
		<?php if ($count == 1) : ?> <!-- The 1st post, displayed as featured from each category with the black background by default -->
		<div id="featured">
			<h2><?php the_category(', '); ?></h2>
			<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
			<br />
			<?php the_content('Continue...'); ?>
			<div class="clear"></div>
		</div><!-- END -->

<h2>Latest <?php single_cat_title(); ?> News</h2>



<ul> <!-- List the rest of the articles found in the category -->
		<?php else : ?> 
			<li class="otherrecentmain"><span class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span> <span class="meta"></span>
			</li>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php endwhile; ?> <!-- END -->
		</ul>
		<?php else : ?> <!-- If there is nothing -->
		<h1>Not Found</h1>
		<?php endif; ?> <!-- END -->
	</div>
	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

[.josh]

well I don't see anything in that code that would cap it at 9...do you even have more than 9 articles to display?

[joel24]

Google tells me that code is from a wordpress install, haven't played with WP much so you'll probably want to have this topic moved to the PHP Application board where someone may be able to help.

 

all I can suggest is to have a look around google or in your theme's config files and you should be modify it to display more posts.