View difference between Paste ID: ErbWmcwD and BLNtWqpG

-<?php  $cats = get_categories('orderby=count&order=DESC');
+<?php  $cats = array('film-reviews','poetry'); //an array with category slugs;
 
-foreach ($cats as $cat) :
+foreach ($cats as $cat_slug) :
-
+$cat = get_term_by('slug',$cat_slug,'category');
-echo '<div class="col">';
+$cat_id = $cat->term_id;
 
 $args = array(
-'posts_per_page' => -1, // max number of post per category
+'posts_per_page' => 3, // max number of post per category
-'cat' => $cat->term_id
+'category__in' => array($cat_id)
 );
-query_posts($args);
+$cat_query = new WP_Query($args);
 
-	 if (have_posts()) :
+	 if ($cat_query->have_posts()) :
-	 $num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;
+
-	 echo '<h2>Latest '; if($num_of_posts>1) { echo $num_of_posts; }; echo ' Post'; if($num_of_posts>1) { echo 's';} ; echo ' in '.$cat->name.' Category</h2>';
+	 echo '<h2>'.$cat->name.'</h2>';
 
-	 while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
+	 while ($cat_query->have_posts()) : $cat_query->the_post(); ?>
 
-			<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); echo ' '.$marker; ?>">
+	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
-				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
+
 	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
-				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>  by <?php the_author();  ?> </small>
+
-
+	<?php endwhile; ?>
-				<div class="entry">
+
  	<?php else :
 		echo '<h2>No Posts for '.$cat->name.'</h2>';
-				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
+
-				</div>
+
 	 wp_reset_query(); ?>
-				<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &#187;', '1 Comment &#187;', '% Comments &#187;'); ?><br /><?php the_tags('keywords: ', ', ', ' '); ?> </p>
+
-
+<?php endforeach; ?>