Two problems: featured posts and easy archives...

Hi. I'll try to explain my self.

My blog: www.blogtodojuegos.cl

First:
Is there a way of having easy access to all my articles on a section? I mean, for example, I have 5 "featured" articles on every section and 13 "latest" and "popular" ones to the left. BUT I don´t have any option for finding, cronologically, all the articles on that particular section. Only way I figured it out is putting EVERY article as a "featured" for having the list below (1, 2, 3, etc).
Is there another way?

Second:
That leads me to my other problem. If I'm forced to "featured" every article for having the easy access to my blogs in sections, I can't really "feature" real interesting articles on my home page. So... if you don´t have a solution for the above question, is there a way of "featuring" articles for section, I mean, "featuring" on "section opinion", for example, but NOT on the home page?

Both options would be great.

Thanks.

 

Well... digging, I found the same request:

http://www.inkthemes.com/community/threads/few-problem-with-this-theme.11145/

I did what you said and removed "'meta_key' => 'featured_checkbox'," from "/themes/blogspringtheme/category.php" BUT nothing happened...

 

I add the content of all my "cathegory.php" file:

Code:

<?php
/**
* The template used to display Tag Archive pages
*
* @package WordPress
*
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="home_container">
    <div class="container_24">
        <div class="grid_24">
            <div class="page_container">
                <h2 class="page_title"><?php printf( CATEGORY_ARCHIVES, '' . single_cat_title( '', false ) . CATEGORY ); ?></h2>
                <div class="grid_6 alpha">
                    <div id="tabvanilla" class="inkwidget">           
                        <ul class="tabnav popup">       
                            <li><a href="#" onClick="show_recent(this);" id="leadbutton2" class="leadbutton">Latest</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#" onClick="show_popular(this);" id="leadbutton1"  class="leadbutton">Popular</a></li>
                        </ul>
                        <div id="recent" class="register_tab">
                            <div id="latest_home1" class="latest_home">
                                <!-- Start the Loop. -->
                                <?php
                                $current_cat = get_query_var( 'cat' );
                                $args1 = array(
                                    'cat' => $current_cat,
                                );
                                $query1 = new WP_Query( $args1 );
                                if ( $query1->have_posts() ) : while ( $query1->have_posts() ) : $query1->the_post();
                                        ?>
                                        <!--Start post-->
                                        <?php padwriting_main_post(); ?>
                                        <?php
                                    endwhile;
                                else:
                                    ?>
                                    <div class="post">
                                        <p>
    <?php echo SORRY_NO_POST_MATCHED; ?>
                                        </p>
                                    </div>
                                <?php
                                endif;
                                ?>
                                <div class="clear"></div>
                                <!--End post-->
                                <?php
                                wp_reset_query();
                                wp_reset_postdata();
                                ?>
                            </div>
                        </div><!--/recent-->
                        <div id="popular" class="sign_tab">
                            <div id="latest_home" class="latest_home">
                                <?php
                                $current_cat = get_query_var( 'cat' );
                                $args1 = array(
                                    'cat' => $current_cat,
                                    'meta_key' => 'post_views_count',
                                    'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
                                );
                                $query1 = new WP_Query( $args1 );
                                ?>
                                <!-- Start the Loop. -->
                                <?php if ( $query1->have_posts() ) : while ( $query1->have_posts() ) : $query1->the_post(); ?>
                                        <!--Start post-->
                                        <?php padwriting_main_post(); ?>
                                        <?php
                                    endwhile;
                                else:
                                    ?>
                                    <div class="post">
                                        <p>
                                            <?php echo SORRY_NO_POST_MATCHED; ?>
                                        </p>
                                    </div>
                                <?php
                                endif;
                                ?>
                                <div class="clear"></div>
                                <!--End post-->
                                <?php
                                wp_reset_query();
                                wp_reset_postdata();
                                ?>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="grid_12 center">
                    <div class="featured_post">
                        <!-- Start the Loop. -->
 
                        <?php
                        global $post;
                        $limit = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );
                        $paged1 = isset( $_GET['page'] ) ? (int) $_GET['page'] : 1;
                        $current_cat = get_query_var( 'cat' );
                        if ( inkthemes_get_option( 'inkthemes_blog_post' ) != '' ) {
                            $post_limit = stripslashes( inkthemes_get_option( 'inkthemes_blog_post' ) );
                        } else {
                            $post_limit = 6;
                        }
                        $args = array(
                            'post_status' => 'publish',
                            'cat' => $current_cat,
                            'posts_per_page' => $post_limit,
                            'paged' => $paged1,
                            'orderby' => 'date',
                            'meta_value' => 'on',
                            'order' => 'DESC'
                        );
                        $query = new WP_Query( $args );
                        while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
                            featured_post();
                        endwhile;               
                        echo paginate_links( array(
                        'format' => '?page=%#%',
                        'current' => $paged1,
                        'total' => $query->max_num_pages,
                        'prev_text' => __( '&laquo;' ),
                        'next_text' => __( '&raquo;' ),
                        'type' => 'list',
                    ) );
                        wp_reset_query();
                        wp_reset_postdata();
                        ?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="grid_6 omega">
                <div class="sidebar">
                    <!--Start Sidebar-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
                    <!--End Sidebar-->
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="clear"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

As you see, I removed the code 'meta_key' => 'featured_checkbox', but if you go to http://www.blogtodojuegos.cl/?cat=15 you can see the "latest" articles (driveclub, final fantasy and sega) don't show up on the middle.

 

Hello !

Which theme you are using? I am not getting theme from inkthemes on above provided link.

Thanks & Regards
Pramod