Query post & loop problem.

Question

i having trouble while i added query to loop.

please have a look whats the problem.

here is the link

 <div class="fl" id="main_article">
 <?php $count = 1;
 $the_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=headline&orderby=post_date&order=desc' );

    if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : while (have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();       if($count == 1) : ?>

 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title=""><?php the_title(); ?></a>
 <?php dynamic_excerpt(400); ?>
 <?php else : ?>

 <div class="post">
 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title=""><?php the_title(); ?></a>
 <?php dynamic_excerpt(400); ?>  </div>

 <?php if ($count== 2 || $count == 4 ){ ?>  

 <?php dynamic_sidebar('index-insert') ?>
 <?php } ?>
 <?php $count = $count + 0; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
<?php $count++; ?> 
<?php endwhile; ?> </div>

Answer 1

no idea what the problems actually are, but from looking at the code, I woud suggest:

a: the while (have_posts()) : should be while ($the_query->have_posts()) :

b: you would need to increment the counter: <?php $count = $count + 1; ?>

c: the endif; of the loop might be missing after the endwhile; - at least it is not shown in the posted code section.