Put an element only in the main page

  • Resolved mm88

    (@mm88)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    Hi guys, I would insert in my home page – and only in my home page – a table containing only the LAST post tagged as “highlights”.

    before the container main code, I could put a div like this:

    <div class="news">
<table width="100%">
<tr valign="top">

<td align="left">
?????????????????????????????????????????
</td>

</tr>
</table>
</div>

    but what about the php code to visualize the div only in the home and only tha last post with a specific tag?

    many thanks for helping

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  • forunner

    (@forunner)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    if you want to have the div only in your home, you have to put it on in the home.php (in your theme)

    To visualize only a specific post, I think you should use query_posts

    [maybe not the best answer]

    Thread Starter mm88

    (@mm88)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for your reply, but I’ve used <?php get_posts('arguments'); ?> outside the loop.

    About the div, if I put it in the index.php page before the loop, it will appear in all pages. But I would see the div only in the home page.

    Maybe is necessary a control IF

    Any suggestion?

    thanks

    Rev. Voodoo

    (@rvoodoo)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Tag_Parameters

    would help you call a post by a specific tag

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#The_Main_Page

    is_front_page (or mayb is_home) conditional will help with other request

    forunner

    (@forunner)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    only in the home page >>> use the page “home.php”, not “index.php”
    If you don’t want use this… ( look in the codex ) is_home() returns a boolean (true if the page is the home)

    Thread Starter mm88

    (@mm88)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks guys.

    I’ve a still a problem withe is_home() conditional case:

    I’m using this code to display a specific post only in the home:

    <?php
global $post;     // outside the loop

if ( is_home() ) {

 $postslist = get_posts('numberposts=1&date=ASC&category_name=Highlights');
 foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);   

} else {
    // This is not the home
}

?>

    but the system returns the error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in…

    why?

    thanks

    forunner

    (@forunner)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    foreach is not closed
    try

    foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);
endforeach;

    or

    foreach ($postslist as $post) { setup_postdata($post);}
    Thread Starter mm88

    (@mm88)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Many thanks for your reply, but trying your code, the system writes me:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDFOREACH in

    where is the error?

    thanks again

    forunner

    (@forunner)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    <?php
global $post;     // outside the loop

if ( is_home() ) {

 $postslist = get_posts('numberposts=1&date=ASC&category_name=Highlights');
 foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);
endforeach;
} else {
    // This is not the home
}

?>

    I don’t think there is any error inside this part of the code =p
    I may be wrong

    Thread Starter mm88

    (@mm88)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    yep, sorry, there was another endforeach;

    the code is correct and works perfectly:

    <?php
global $post;     // outside the loop

if ( is_home() ) {

 $postslist = get_posts('numberposts=1&date=ASC&category_name=Highlights');
 foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);
endforeach;
} else {
    // This is not the home
}

?>

    Thanks!

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