Retrieving wordpress info (excerpt) via HTML or JavaScript?

If the “front page” can be altered to a PHP document (i.e. index.php), adding content from WordPress is simple, because turning a regular page into a WordPress one just involves adding this right at the top:

<?php
require_once("./wp-blog-header.php");
?>

If your blog resides in a subdirectory, say “/blog”, then you change it to:

<?php
require_once("./blog/wp-blog-header.php");
?>

Then to include a recent post on the front page, add something like this where you want it to appear:

<?php
$posts = get_posts('numberposts=1');
foreach ($posts as $post) :
start_wp();
?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<?php
endforeach;
?>

Play with the layout–look at your blog’s index template to see the tags you presently use on it.

Thanks, Kafkaesqui – This did work!

It was easy to turn the index page into php, but I confess it took me several hours to figure out where in the file the extra code should go. I finally figured it out, though, and have it just like I wanted it (If you want to see it, it’s at https://www.dialogicconsulting.com).

It’s a bit of a workaround, as Publisher automatically creates its own .pub files which are then automatically turned into HTML — so I won’t be able to reopen this in Publisher to edit; but since I only plan on having the extracts on the indext page (outside of the WP pages), now that I’ve kinda figured it out, I figure I can hand edit if I need to redesign or change content in Publisher.

Again, thanks for the help!

A few more questions now that I’m in it:

I switched to the_excerpt_reloaded so that I could limit the length of the content excerpts. It’s working great except for two things
(1) I have forced_more_link set to false — the problem is that there’s no return following excerpts that are less than what’s been established — so the next excerpt title doesn’t start on a new line.
(2) any ideas how to determine the width? I’ve tried tables, divs etc and can’t make it seem to “listen” to the parameters.

Any help appreciated ??

Perfect. As always thank Kafkaesqui.