rebeccacarney

Awesome, thanks so much! That helps a lot.

Not really, I just made the container div for the menu smaller than the menu links, that way the repeating, ineffective items wouldn’t show. Not the best solution but in a pinch it does resolve the issue.
Does that make sense?

i don’t think i ever resolved this, but i would recommend using a different slider.
i’ve worked with easing slider on a few sites. sorry can’t be of more help!

never mind, i got it.

<h6>Latest News</h6>
<p>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=News&showposts=2');
  		while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
  		$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
  		<?php
			$strings = preg_split('/(\.|!|\?)\s/', strip_tags($post->post_content), 2, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
			echo apply_filters('the_excerpt', $strings[0] .  $strings[1]);
			echo '<hr><p><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" >read more</a></p>';
		?>
 <?php endwhile; ?>

ok, thank you.

well, i am using the wordpress category archive plugin. is that what you mean?
i think i am going to try the category posts widget.
thank you for responding!

wow…that’s perfect. thank you so much!

thank you so much for getting back to me.
the site is:
https://manhattanddcouncil.info/wordpress/
if there is a way to do it with css that would be preferred.
thanks!