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Yes, i just explained it, that code wil display one post from category 4. You just need to make a category named featured, then replace the ID in the code. After that you make a post with a custom field of post-img, and type in the url of the im, so like wp-content/themes/yourtheme/images/yourpic.jpg then it will display your one featured post.

I did something like this, i used this code. You need to get the ID of the catigory and replace it in the code, and you also need to make a custom field named post-img then fill out the image path.

<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
 <?php $recentBlog = new WP_Query('cat=4&showposts=1'); ?>
 <?php while($recentBlog->have_posts()) : $recentBlog->the_post();?>
 <div>
  <?php $postimageurl = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post-img', true); if ($postimageurl) { ?>
  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?><?php echo $postimageurl; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
  <?php } ?>
 </div>

 <?php endwhile; ?>

 <?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Try this..

<div class="featured clearfix">
  <div id="controls" style="display: none;">
  	<a href="" class="prev"><?php _e('Prev', 'arras') ?></a>
    <a href="" class="next"><?php _e('Next', 'arras') ?></a>
  </div>
  <div id="featured-slideshow">
	<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
		<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

  		<?php $ = new WP_Query('cat=5&showposts=4'); ?>
  		<?php while($frontpage->have_posts()) : $frontpage->the_post(); ?>

    	<div <?php if ($count != 0) echo 'style="display: none"'; ?>>
      <?php $w = 630; $h = 250; if ( arras_get_option('layout') == '3c-r-fixed' || arras_get_option('layout') == '3c-fixed' ) { $w = 480; $h = 225; } ?>

      <a class="featured-article" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" style="background: url(<?php echo arras_get_thumbnail($w, $h); ?>) no-repeat;">

      <span class="featured-entry">
      	<span class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></span>
        <span class="entry-summary"><?php echo arras_strip_content(get_the_excerpt(), 20); ?></span>
        <span class="progress"></span>
      </span>

  	<?php endwhile; else: ?>

	<?php endif; ?>
	</div>
</div>

Yea do something like

<div id="container">
<?php if(have_posts()): while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

  <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
    <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
    <p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
  </div>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

  <div class="post">
    <h3>Error!></h3>
    <p>There is no content because you didn't make any posts yet!</p>
  </div>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>

Then style it.

#container {width:900px; margin:auto; height:auto; }
.post {width 300px; height:100px; float:left;}

Something like that, i really didn’t take much time so there might be a few errors,

Thank you, I wonder if someone knows how to make a a limit to a varible. maybe something like <?php $about_page = limit('50') ?> If only it was so easy.

So does anyone know how to apply a character limit to this?