Stephen, Now, Obviously, I would plunk that function in my functions.php page, but the two main things that I would like to specify is:
Do I need to remove the functions in the function.php page? Because all I am getting is a blank white page.
could I put that in a page or post, rather than the code?
HEY!
I just realized that you are calling $wp.
If the prefix for my database was changed, would this have anything to do with why it is not working?
BTW.. I tried both versions of the $posts = get_posts() calls.
ok… so I pasted the following into my functions.php page:
add_action('init','random_post');
function random_post() {
global $wp;
$wp->add_query_var('random');
add_rewrite_rule('random/?$', 'index.php?random=1', 'top');
}
add_action('template_redirect','random_template');
function random_template() {
if (get_query_var('random') == 1) {
$posts = get_posts('post_type=post&orderby=rand&numberposts=1');
foreach($posts as $post) {
$link = get_permalink($post);
}
wp_redirect($link,307);
exit;
}
}
And then in my menu I created a LINK element and pasted this into the URL field:
/?random=1
And all I get is a blank page
Sweet… do I could just put the: “/?random=1” in the URL field of a menu item and BLAM
Fantastic.
Say I wanted to pull from two specific forum topics, how would I incorporate that?
