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1. newbie@this
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Hi all,

   I'm trying to start my blog, but am customising it and wondering how to achieve this - apologies for the bad description. I'm familiar with CSS but not PHP, hence the question.

   I want to have my blog home page have only the three latest posts from the 3 categories i specify (which will be updated every 2/3 days each). Only a portion of the post will be shown

   When I click on one of the posts, it'll take the user to all the posts from that category, listed as reverse-chronologically as most blogs do. Once again, it'll show most/all of the post.

   When a post on this 2nd-tier is clicked on, it takes you to the single-post view, where you can add comments etc as usual.

   So essentially, I think I'm adding a layer, but I want to showcase the different categories.

   Generally speaking, how would I go about achieving this?

   What php pages do I have to make changes to?

   Obviously the style.css page would also need to be changed.

   Any help would be appreciated, I just want to clarify the task before me.

   Cheers,

   J

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Only a portion of the post will be shown....Once again, it'll show most/all of the post.

   You will need to read up on using template tag, the_content() or the_excerpt(), in your theme's Templates. Also review the Excerpt article and the first four questions here. You will also want to have a basic understanding of the WordPress Template Hierarchy to know what Templates are used to render posts.

   I want to have my blog home page have only the three latest posts from the 3 categories i specify

   This will print categories and posts
   <?php
   //for categories 42,6,8, show 3 posts
   $cat_args=array(
     'include' => '42,6,8',
     'orderby' => 'name',
     'order' => 'ASC'
      );
   $categories=get_categories($cat_args);
     foreach($categories as $category) {
       $args=array(
         'showposts' => 3,
         'category__in' => array($category->term_id),
         'caller_get_posts'=>1
       );
       $posts=get_posts($args);
         if ($posts) {
           echo '<p>Category: <a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $category->name.'</a> </p> ';
           foreach($posts as $post) {
             setup_postdata($post); ?>
             <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
             <?php
           } // foreach($posts
         } // if ($posts
       } // foreach($categories
   ?>

   When I click on one of the posts, it'll take the user to all the posts from that category, listed as reverse-chronologically as most blogs do. Once again, it'll show most/all of the post.

   When a post on this 2nd-tier is clicked on, it takes you to the single-post view, where you can add comments etc as usual.

   The way WordPress works is "When I click on one of the Categories displayed with each post, it'll take the user to all the posts from that category." If you click on a post title, that will take you to the single post view.

   Obviously the style.css page would also need to be changed.

   Not necessarily so...

3. newbie@this
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Thanks Michael, I appreciate your reply...

   I'll learn up on this and see how I go!

   Cheers,

   J

4. newbie@this
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Hi Michael,

   For the second answer you kindly provided, with the code, where do I put it? functions.php? or index.php?

   Sorry for the lame question...

   J

5. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   According to Template Hierarchy I would put that in your index.php if you are doing displaying those posts on your 'homepage'.

   To put that in functions.php would requiring making that code into a function and then invoking that function from index.php.

6. newbie@this
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Thanks Michael!

   I've managed to achieve most of what I've asked so far, thanks to the assistance you have provided :)

   I'll work on this now and see how I go - once again, thanks!

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