[wp-testers] getting a tag name w/o the loop

[Paul Stamatiou]

echo get_query_var('tag') works for me now, albeit formatted like the
page slug. eg, "Web Dev" appears as "web-dev".

P

On 8/9/07, Paul Stamatiou <p at pstam.com> wrote:
> I was looking at how the K2 theme does it, but I think it has its own system
>
>         } elseif (function_exists('is_tag') and is_tag()) {
>                                 printf(__('Tag Archive for \'%s\'','k2_domain'), get_query_var('tag') );
>
> unless get_query_var() is part of WP that I'm not aware of?
>
> P
>
> On 8/9/07, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
> > Seems your right, It simply displays "Posts Tagged ''" for me too on the
> > default theme.
> >
> > Looks like we're in need of a fair few new tag template functions and
> > modifications to the current tag cloud.
> >
> > On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:56:08 +1000, Paul Stamatiou <p at pstam.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately single_cat_tag() doesn't output
> > > anything for me. As for the tag cloud, I had converted all of my
> > > categories to tags (I wont run categories anymore) and just wanted to
> > > exclude the 'uncategorized' tag from the cloud. The uncategorized tag
> > > also 404s so I have no idea what is even uncategorized anymore.
> > >
> > > This is the top of my theloop.php, fairly similar to the code you posted:
> > >
> > > <?php if(have_posts()){
> > >       $post = $posts[0];
> > >       if(!is_single() && !is_home() or is_paged()){?>
> > >       <div class="pagetitle">
> > >               <h2>
> > >
> > >               <?php if (is_tag()) { ?>
> > >               Posts tagged '<?php single_cat_title(); ?>'
> > >
> > >               <?php } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
> > >               Archive for <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?>
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/9/07, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
> > >> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:59:40 +1000, Paul Stamatiou <p at pstam.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hi, I just co'd trunk, converted my categories to tags and am
> > >> > converting my theme to support tags. I'm trying to find out how to get
> > >> > a tag name without it being in the loop.
> > >> >
> > >> > For example, on a page like http://paulstamatiou.com/tags/news/, I
> > >> > would have "posts in the <tagname> tag". I have gone through
> > >> > category-template.php and tried several tag functions without luck. Is
> > >> > this possible without needing to be in the loop. Basically I'm trying
> > >> > to find a replacement for what I used to use:
> > >> >
> > >> >  if (is_category()) { ?>
> > >> > Posts in the '<?php echo single_cat_title(); ?>' category
> > >>
> > >> You'd still use that, Sounds stupid, but seems thats the way its done,
> > >>  From the default theme: archive.php
> > >>   <?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
> > >>         <h2 class="pagetitle">Archive for the &#8216;<?php
> > >> single_cat_title();
> > >> ?>&#8217; Category</h2>
> > >>    <?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif( is_tag() ) { ?>
> > >>         <h2 class="pagetitle">Posts Tagged &#8216;<?php
> > >> single_cat_title();
> > >> ?>&#8217;</h2>
> > >>
> > >> > Also, slightly unrelated, I can't seem to get
> > >> > wp_tag_cloud('exclude=uncategorized') to exclude 'uncategorized'.
> > >>
> > >> I think it excludes by ID rather than by name.., But looking at it, it
> > >> doesnt seem it actually references to exclude anywhere anyway, So you
> > >> cant
> > >> exclude it.
> > >> What were you hoping to do here? Exclude the tag 'uncategorized' from
> > >> showing up? excluding tags on posts in the category 'uncategorized'?
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