I would like to post my projects in the sidebar by their category AND their level of progress. IE,
IN THE WORKS
Birdhouse [category ; contains all entries on my birdhouse progress]
Bookshelf [category; contains all entries on my bookshelf progress]
PROUDLY DISPLAYED
CD Rack [category; contains all entries on my cd rack progress]
Shoe Shelf
Is there a way to tag or categorize something as "in the works" so it can display automatically in my sidebar under the correct header? i can't find a code or plugin to specify which category to display. and it looks like here i'll need to display categories by their secondary (or primary) category.
does that make sense?
thanks to everyone for their help!
Reported on Movable Type 4.2
@intheworks would be an admin tag. Add it to any post and it will display there if you make the template code in that spot be
mt:Entries tags="@intheworks" lastn="1"
and use the tag @intheworks on entries you want to appear there.
Use the category and entry code as well, of course.
These admin tags don't display in tags listings or clouds, btw. They're for being granular.
thank you for your prompt reply! i really appreciate it.
i tried to do what you suggested, and when I published I received this error: Error in tag: Error in tag: Error in tag: Invalid tag @intheworks specified.
But I've added the tag to several entries, as appropriate.
I just tried it here, and this code worked perfectly:
<mt:Entries category="birdhouse" tags="@intheworks" lastn="1">
<a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a>
</mt:Entries>
Is that what you tried?
If your actual category is "intheworks," you might be experiencing a conflict -- call it something slightly different -- @works, for example.
Thanks so much for your great help! I actually want the category "birdhouse" to display, and the link will list the entries. I think I can figure out, based on your code, how to do that. Let's see :)
Thank you so so much.