gino
Member
Hi everybody
Is there a way to show a limited number of post excerpt (2 for example) from the latest posts of a specific category onto the front page, just before the footer?
I have other content on the page which I need to keep and that is why I am having problems.
Thanks!
Gino
// display 2 recent posts from cat=9 (category 9), see link below for full list of parameters.
// http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
function childtheme_recent_posts_query () {
if ( is_front_page() ) {
echo '<div class="recent-posts">';
$my_query = new WP_Query( array( 'cat=9', 'posts_per_page' => 2 , 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1) );
echo '<ul class="featured-posts">';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<li>
<?php
$posttitle = '<h3><a href="';
$posttitle .= get_permalink();
$posttitle .= '" title="';
$posttitle .= the_title_attribute('echo=0');
$posttitle .= '" rel="bookmark">';
$posttitle .= get_the_title();
$posttitle .= "</a></h3>\n";
echo $posttitle;
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
<?php }
else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute('echo=0'); ?>"><img height="120" width="210" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/testimage.png" /></a>
<?php }
the_excerpt();
echo '<a href="'. get_permalink() . '">' .__('View »', 'thematic') . '</a>';
?>
</li>
<?php
endwhile;
echo '</ul>';
echo '</div>';
}
}
add_action ('thematic_abovefooter', 'childtheme_recent_posts_query');Don't say I never did anything nice for you. Just Kidding. Obviously needs styling and you can heavily modify this however you want, but it should include enough to get you started.
^works well.
gino
Member
Hi Scott
Many thanks for this- I shall remember that!
Regards,
Gino
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