how i can do featured post slider set category based? - html

Question

my featured post slider set as a tags. i want it set category base. how i can do it?my site http://techgajot.com
my featured post slider html code?
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
jQuery(window).load(function() {
jQuery('#featured').flexslider({
slideshowSpeed: 6000,
directionNav:false,
pauseOnHover:true,
manualControls: '.flexslide-custom-controls li a',
controlsContainer: '.container'
});
});
//]]>
</script>
<div class="featured">
<div class="container">
<div id="featured" class="flexslider">
<ul class="slides">
<?php
$count = 1;
$featurecount = get_option('solostream_features_number');
$my_query = new WP_Query("tag=featured&showposts=$featurecount");
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID; ?>
<li id="narrow-feature-post-<?php echo $count; ?>"<?php echo solostream_featureclass(); ?>>
<div class="slide-container clearfix">
<?php if ( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'video_embed', true ) ) { ?>
<div class="feature-video">
<div class="video"><?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'video_embed', true ); ?></div>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="feature-image">
<?php solostream_feature_image(); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<div class="flex-caption">
<div class="excerpt">
<h2 class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) { ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/postinfo.php"); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p class="readmore"><a class="more-link" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="nofollow" title="<?php _e("Permanent Link to", "solostream"); ?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php _e("সম্পূর্ন অংশ", "solostream"); ?></a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<?php $count = $count + 1 ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="controls-container clearfix">
<ul class="flexslide-custom-controls clearfix">
<?php
$count = 1;
$featurecount = get_option('solostream_features_number');
$my_query = new WP_Query("tag=featured&showposts=$featurecount");
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID; ?>
<li><?php echo $count; ?></li>
<?php $count = $count + 1 ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
how i can do it. my featured post slider tags now= featured. when i put "featured" any post tags option then it show featured post. now i want it like category base. i select here any category.then that category all post show featured post.

Answer 1

If I understood you right ( difficult ike #dda noted ) Changing this line :
$my_query = new WP_Query("tag=featured&showposts=$featurecount");
to
$my_query = new WP_Query("category_name=featured&showposts=$featurecount");
Will make the same query from tag to category using name ..
If you use ID , then
$query = new WP_Query( 'cat=2,7,23,35' );
Or all posts that share this category :
$query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=staff' );
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