playing with ‘the loop’

1. Go to “Options” -> “Reading” and set “Show at most” to “10 posts.”

2. Copy “index.php” as “paged.php”

In “index.php”
3. Before the following line,

if( have_posts() ) :

…add the following.

<?php $wp_query->set( 'showposts', '5' ); ?>
<?php query_posts( '' ); ?>

4. Inside the Loop, make sure to call the template tag “the_content()”

5. Still in “index.php,” add another Loop after the first one.

<?php $posts = get_posts( "numberposts=5&offset=5″ ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>

<div class="section" id="theRest">
<h2>The rest...</h2>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<div>
// call "the_excerpt" and whatever you need
</div>

<?php endforeach; ?>;

</div>

<?php endif; ?>

6. to be continued…

thanks for the help,

in fact i changed the code to display 1 post then some contest and then 4 else posts (5 posts in total)

i suceeded to do the first part : display 1 post and after i got a wierd error, here is my code :
‘
<?php $wp_query->set( ‘showposts’, ‘1’ ); ?>
<?php query_posts( ” ); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div id=”postmetadata”><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>. Posted by <?php the_author() ?> <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’,'[‘,’]’); ?>
Read more about : <?php the_category(‘,’) ?></div>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
</div>

<div id=”metadata_bas”>“>permanent link <?php comments_popup_link(‘Post a Comment’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?></div>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(‘« Previous Entries’) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(‘Next Entries »’) ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<p class=”center”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php $posts = get_posts( “numberposts=4&offset=1? ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>

<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div id=”postmetadata”><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?>. Posted by <?php the_author() ?> <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’,'[‘,’]’); ?>
Read more about : <?php the_category(‘,’) ?></div>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
</div>

<div id=”metadata_bas”>“>permanent link <?php comments_popup_link(‘Post a Comment’, ‘1 Comment’, ‘% Comments’); ?></div>
</div>

<?php endforeach; ?>;
<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>
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btw what are backticks ?
//Put code in between backticks.

backtick = backward facing tick. On most full keyboards, it is up next to the left of the “1” key.

are backticks those : ‘
i’m using an azerty keyboard ??

on the left of the one key i got this : 2

This critter: `

For large blocks of code the better option is to paste your code at a pastebin site and link to it here:

https://pastebin.co.uk
https://pastebin.com
https://paste.uni.cc

thanks for the links !

i tried this :
https://pastebin.co.uk/602

in fact i have 5 posts per page, i display one post some links and then 4 posts

the display of the 1 post is ok, but i have a problem to display the 4 others,

i tried to start the 4posts_loop but it don’t work,
<?php $posts = get_posts( “numberposts=4&offset=1? ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>

i got this error :
Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/rollerne/public_html/v3/wp-content/themes/rn/index.php on line 102

and 102 is an empty line !

help ??

thanks!

anyone ? :/

hi have a little question, thanks.

is the <?php $posts = get_posts( “numberposts=5&offset=5″ ); ?> request correct ? i get a parse error using it :/

David.

Try without the $posts=
I use get_posts and don’t have that anywhere…

EDIT: hang on thats not true at all! I will have a look at my index for you..

try putting the get_posts section before your <?php else : ?> and <?php endif; ?>

I’ve put my code up at https://pastebin.co.uk/619
not sure it will help as it is a bit of a mess but it definitly works!