i really need a WP/PHP/MySQL expert to contact me asap.

msn: tish7701@hotmail.com
email: tammy -at- tammyhartdesigns.com

If you post your problems here, we could probably work together as a community to help you out.

you're probably right, I'm just so frustrated.

*deep breath*

I'm using WordPress as a CMS, and I have a special set up for posts under a certain category. They are called hot issues. Here is the link to the beta site: http://208.255.200.20/ They are the three that are randomized on the bottom. The categories out on the side are the sub categories for "hot issues" and then there's a page that displays all "hot issues", then that category also has it's own template page. These are regular WordPress posts that I've separated from the blog part of the site by isolating this hot issues category. The problem is.. eventually, these issues will be old, not hot.

The client would like for them to automatically archive somehow. I think the best thing would be for them to automatically come out of the category, and move to a different one, maybe called "Archived Issues" which I could then set up a page or a link to that category page.

I found the Auto Delete plugin, and eventually the code to upgrade it to WP 2.3.3. But.. it is listing all terms, not just categories. Not such a big deal, I can scroll through the lists of hundreds of tags to find the "hot Issues" category. However... it will move all posts, no matter what category, I only need it to do this for the hot issues category. Plus.. it will leave them in the hot issues category.. at least I think it will. Not a big deal again, since I can set these pages to exclude any posts in the "archived issues" category whether they are also in the hot issues cat or not.

I also found mention of a "posts expire" plugin, but apparently the author has deleted the actual files, and i can't find them anywhere else.

They really don't want to have to manually change these categories all the time. They decided to use WordPress so that things would work dynamically.

Also, it would be great to be able to set this up to work with as many categories as I want, and also to have the option of after X amount of days, just remove a category from posts.

I needed this like.. last week, and I've scoured the internet for a solution, I'm at wit's end.

Tammy first things first. If that site you linked to is WordPress, that's a really good job customizing the theme. It shows how much you can get WordPress to look however you want.

I'm not 100% sure I'm following what you need. I think I get it, but I may be off a little.

Is the problem really that because those three links on the home page are random that some links that are no longer hot might get included? If that's the case then you can have WordPress only use the most recent 5, 10, whatever number posts you want. The rest would still be part of the hot category, but they would only show in the archives.

The archives would then be posts that were hot at one point.

Would something like that work?

I'm not sure what code you're using to display those three posts and what template_tags you're using, but if you post the code and what I describe above will work I (or someone here) can help you get things set so only the most recent posts are being grabbed.

vangogh,

yes, it is all wordpress. I really do love using it.

I have the three links up front done exactly how I want them. Those three random posts are teasers to get readers to go through the rest of the hot issues. When you clikc the "browse all hot issues" it takes you to a page that displays 12 random issues, and then the sub-categories. When you click on the category, it will show all of the posts, not just a select few. The problem starts when they post the latest magazine, and then next month, post another of the same magazine. Obviously, the older issues isn't "hot" anymore.

So my problem isn't in displaying posts, I've got that down, which is obvious by my many manipulations of the system.

I feel the same way about WordPress. You can really do a lot with it if you're willing.

Would the problem then be one of the date of the post? You can limit things to only show posts, categories, etc only for the current month or the last month or different combinations.

I think you can do that with the template_tags alone, but if not it may require a little help with PHPs date() function. I know I recently set something up with it on a plugin I installed. When I get a chance I'll look at the files and see if what I did will help in your case.