How to load Wordpress Post with Ajax onclick
Ok,I think I have solved this after a long process of trial and error.
This seems to work, but please let me know if it is not the correct way of doing this
Javascript:
jQuery.noConflict();jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $.ajaxSetup({cache:false}); $("a.ajax").click(function(){ var post_url = $(this).attr("href"); var post_id = $(this).attr("rel"); $("#tabs").html('<div class="loading">loading...</div>'); $("#tabs").load(post_url); return false; });});
The page where I want to display the post content (I am using custom post types called "artwork":
<ul class="container"> <?php query_posts('post_type=artwork&posts_per_page=-1'); ?> <?php if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <li class="mytab"> <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="ajax"><?php the_post_thumbnail('Project'); ?></a> </li> <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?></ul><!-- LOAD SINGLE POST CONTENT IN #TABS --><div id="tabs"></div>
And the single post "single-artwork.php". Note: Dont use get_header or get_footer etc:
<?php if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div class="tabcontent" id="tab-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <?php the_content(); ?> </div><?php endwhile; endif; ?>
Thanks!
Barry's answer is correct about being able to load a partial page by adding a css selector expression to the end of the URL. However, there would need to be a space between the url and the selector like so:
$("#tabs").load(post_url + " .tabcontent" );
Otherwise the string passed to .load()
would be http://example.com.tabscontent
. But it should be http://example.com .tabscontent
.
Also, a word to the wise, using this method will stop jQuery from loading and executing any code inside <script>
tags. However, just using .load(post_url);
without a selector would successfully load and execute code in <script>
tags.
Read more about that here.