john_london

The problem is the code for the div is generated by the plugin, not sure where it needs to be done – is there any other way?

Hi – thanks for the reply – the only thing is I don’t know how to put it into a list as the code is generated by the plugin!?

OH MY GOD IT’S WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you SO much for your time gbaka – it’s amazing that you help people like me – I hope something really pleasant happens to you tomorow like you win the lottery or something. Bless

x

<div id="news_menu_left">
<?php $recent = new WP_Query('showposts=10');
while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?> 

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<ul id="news_left_titles">
 <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 <div class="news_menu_item">
	<li id="news_left_titles">
	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
	</li>
  </div>
<div id="archives">
<h4>MP NEWS ARCHIVES</h4>
<select name="archive-dropdown" onChange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'>
  <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option>
  <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=1'); ?> </select>

</div>
</div>

Is this right? I keep getting a white screen!! Sorry!!

Hi gbaka – I apologise for my stupidity and thank you again – but which code does this replace? I’ve tried a few variations but each time leads to a completely blank page!

Hey Gbaka – thanks for the quick reply. Yes, I think so – I’ll use an example to clarify:

Index.php
Post Title 1: T-Shirt Giveaway
Post Title 2: We have a gig tomorow night
Post Title 3: New single out today

So you click on Post 1, which takes you to:

Single.php

Left div: displays the post titles as with index.php

Main div:
Post Title 1: T-shirt Giveaway
Post 1 Content: Hey guys, we’re giving away free t-shirts so come and get one …etc
Post 1 Comments, etc

So basically this is what I’m trying to get:

index.php
a list of the most recent 5 post titles [done]

single.php
a list of the most recent 5 post titles (left side div)

the selected post title and its content (main div) with comments

Mmmm thanks, but that displays one news story but only the first one – it doesn’t change which ever post title I click on – always the same post title on the single page?

Hey thanks again esmi!

Hey esme, thanks – I’ve tried it but it doesn’t seem to name the li items as lyrics list. I’m going to experiment! Really appreciate your help!

alchmyth YOU ARE A LEGEND – thanks so much!!!

Hey – that’s brilliant, thanks so much!!

One more thing though please.

1) So I have created the Broadcast page, and made it my posts page. I want to make this page display the full blog posts.

2) I now want the index page to display the excerpts. Where would I edit this?

Hey thanks!