Creating a complex loop to pull different content – experts please!
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Aloha!
I am currently working on a redesign for my blog (www.ultraorange.net).
My goal is to have different sections:
* Essay of the Week
* normal front page blog content
* Best of UltraorangeSo far I have succeeded in creating a loop that contains the section “Essay of the Week” (which is the first posting of a category named featured) and the normal blog flow.
https://www.orangeguru.biz/sandbox/
Best of Ultraorange Section: I would like EITHER to pull the content of one page OR display all postings of the category bestof as a list (title and excerpt) in that section.
Since I suck at that loop thingy – I’ll kindly ask the local WP gurus for some help expanding the loop to show a third section …
Thanks a lot!
orange
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=1'); while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?> <!-- start section post --> <div class="post"> <!-- headline of your post --> <div class="title"> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </div> <!-- end headline of your post --> <!-- start entry of your post --> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?> </div> <!-- end entry headline of your post --> </div> <!-- end section post --> <!-- start subline of your post: Author, Date, Edit and Permalink --> <div class="unter"> <?php the_author() ?> (<?php the_time('m-d G:i') ?>) | <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Permalink</a> </div> <!-- end subline of your post --> <!-- <?php trackback_rdf(); ?> --> </div> </div> <div id="areaBlog"> <div id="contentBlog"> <h1>UltraOrange Blog</h1> <!-- start section content --> <?php endwhile; ?> <!-- Do other stuff... --> <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?> <!-- start section post --> <div class="post"> <!-- headline of your post --> <div class="category"><?php the_category(', ') ?>:</div> <div class="title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </div> <!-- end headline of your post --> <!-- start entry of your post --> <div class="entry"> <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?> </div> <!-- end entry headline of your post --> </div> <!-- end section post --> <!-- start subline of your post: Author, Date, Edit and Permalink --> <div class="unter"> <?php the_author() ?> (<?php the_time('m-d G:i') ?>) | <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Permalink</a> </div> <!-- end subline of your post --> <!-- <?php trackback_rdf(); ?> --> <?php endwhile; ?> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><?php posts_nav_link('','','« Previous Entries') ?></div> <div class="alignright"><?php posts_nav_link('','Next Entries »','') ?></div> </div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <?php else : ?> <h2 class="center">Not Found</h2> <p class="center"><?php _e("Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."); ?></p> <?php include "searchform.php"; ?> <br /> <?php endif; ?>
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