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gistfile1.js

<?php
    /*
     Template Name: Portfolio
     */
    ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php
    $days = array(
                  'monday' => 1,
                  'tuesday' => 2,
                  'wednesday' => 3,
                  'thursday' => 4,
                  'friday' => 5,
                  );
    
    $args = array(
                  'post_type' => 'portfolio',
                  'orderby' => 'menu_order',
                  'order' => 'ASC',
                  'meta_value' => esc_attr( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'portsort', true ) ),
                  'posts_per_page' => $days[date( 'l', current_time('timestamp') )],
                  );
    
    
    $portfolio_query = new WP_Query($args);
    
    if( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) :
    
    echo '<div id="primary" class="hfeed">';
    
    while( $portfolio_query->have_posts() ) : $portfolio_query->the_post();
    
    // styles
    $style = 'zilla-' . get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_style', true);
    $media_pos = 'zilla-' . get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_media_position', true);
    $width = ( $media_pos == 'zilla-media-center' ) ? 940 : 600;
    
    // project url
    $portfolio_url = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_project_url', true);
    if( !empty($portfolio_url) )
    $portfolio_button_copy = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_project_url_copy', true);
    
    // determine which media to display
    $portfolio_display_gallery = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_display_gallery', true);
    $portfolio_display_video = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_display_video', true);
    $portfolio_display_audio = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_display_audio', true);
    
    // grab everything else
    $custom_bg = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_display_background', true);
    $portfolio_caption = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_portfolio_caption', true);
    
    ?>

<?php zilla_page_before(); ?>
<!--BEGIN .hentry-->
<div <?php post_class( $style . ' ' . $media_pos ) ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<?php zilla_page_start(); ?>

<div class="hentry-inner">

<!--BEGIN .entry-media -->
<div class="entry-media">

<?php
    if( $portfolio_display_gallery == 'on' ) {
        $gallery_layout = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_zilla_gallery_layout', true);
        $slideshow = ( $gallery_layout == 'slideshow' ) ? true : false;
        $size = ( $media_pos == 'zilla-media-center' ) ? 'portfolio-full' : 'portfolio-index';
        zilla_gallery( $post->ID, $size, $slideshow, $slideshow );
    }
    
    if( $portfolio_display_video == 'on' ) {
        $embed = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_zilla_video_embed_code', true);
        if( !empty( $embed ) ) {
            echo stripslashes(htmlspecialchars_decode($embed));
        } else {
            zilla_video( $post->ID, $width );
        }
    }
    
    if( $portfolio_display_audio == 'on' ) {
        zilla_audio( $post->ID, $width );
    }
    
    ?>
<!--END .entry-media -->
</div>

<!--BEGIN .entry-content -->
<div class="entry-content">

<!--Custom code to pull custom field for title, or, default post title -->
<?php
    global $post;
    $title = esc_attr( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'posttitle', true ) );
    if( empty( $title ) )
    $title = get_the_title();
    echo '<h2 class="entry-title">' . $title . '</h2>'; ?>

<?php if( !empty($portfolio_caption) )
    echo "<p class='zilla-caption'>" . stripslashes(htmlspecialchars_decode($portfolio_caption)) . "</p>"; ?>

<?php if( !empty($portfolio_url) && $media_pos == 'zilla-media-center' ) { ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url($portfolio_url); ?>" class="more-link"><?php echo $portfolio_button_copy; ?></a>
<?php } ?>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>'.__('Pages:', 'zilla').'</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

<?php if( !empty($portfolio_url) && ( $media_pos == 'zilla-media-left' || $media_pos == 'zilla-media-right' ) ) { ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url($portfolio_url); ?>" class="more-link"><?php echo $portfolio_button_copy; ?></a>
<?php } ?>

<!--END .entry-content -->
</div>

</div>

<?php zilla_page_end(); ?>
<!--END .hentry-->
</div>
<?php zilla_page_after(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<!--END #primary .hfeed-->
</div>

<?php else: ?>

<div id="content">
<!--BEGIN #post-0-->
<div id="post-0" <?php post_class(); ?>>

<h2 class="entry-title"><?php _e('Error: No Portfolios Found', 'zilla') ?></h2>

<!--BEGIN .entry-content-->
<div class="entry-content">
<p><?php _e("Sorry, but no portfolios have been created.", "zilla") ?></p>
<!--END .entry-content-->
</div>

<!--END #post-0-->
</div>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

So, I tried to have it pull in the number from the array based on the date. But it doesn't seem to be working.

The original posts_per_page value was -1.