[wp-pro] category- and cookie- based navigation project for website

[Sara Cormeny]

Hi, I'm working on a Wordpress website that has been in place for  
about two years, and some of our more unique sidebar navigation needs  
a re-working given updates to the Wordpress base code.  In particular  
I need someone who knows a bit about cookies as well as about  
Wordpress & php.

PROJECT #1

The site is at http://thenovelette.com

On the sidebar and in the table of contents, we've got a list of the  
posts.  This list is supposed to be in Category ID order, and then  
under each Category the posts for that category are in forward-chron  
order (which is managed by a Custom Field, rather than by the Post  
Date).  On the sidebar, cookies are supposed to manage things so that  
a visitor only sees the table of contents up to the point she has read  
(in forward-chron order, which is how the site is organized).

But, something has gone wrong and now the sidebar does NOT restrict by  
cookies -- every post ever written is shown -- AND the categories are  
in name order, not ID order.  Within the categories, the posts are  
just as they are supposed to be, in terms of being associated with the  
correct category and in the correct order.

So, project #1 is to fix those lists so that the categories are in the  
correct ID order, and so that the cookie (which does function properly  
on the site's front page, where you're always directed to the post  
that comes immediately after the one you last read) works properly to  
limit the listings on the sidebar using that cookie.

PROJECT #2

Another creative-writing section of the site, http://blogelette.thenovelette.com 
, is managed using another instance of Wordpress.  We want to add  
sidebar navigation that will put all the categories in order, and then  
under the CURRENT category, all the posts in that category in forward- 
chron order.  Each post has only one category.  I'd like this to work  
so that if I add new categories, then I don't have to monkey with the  
sidebar to fix it.

Each category name on the list should link to the category page.  Each  
post on the page should link to that post's page.

Neither theme is widgetized; I'd prefer plain old code that I can  
paste into my sidebar php documents.

I'm working offsite for the next several days so please email me with  
your interest and rate to complete the work.  I prefer to pay by  
paypal, upon completion of work.

I'm hoping to have these two projects completed this week.  Thanks so  
much.

-Sara

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Sara Cormeny, web designer
sara at paperlantern.com

1614 T Street, NW * Washington, DC 20009 * USA

www.paperlantern.com
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