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1. callahank
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I would like to have a small welcome - etc.. blurb at the top of the index.php and then have just the linked titles of the most recent posts. Titles only. I am using ihmotep theme. I am very new to php. so please be gentle.

   Here is the index.php;

   <?php get_header(); ?>
   <!-- start "the loop" -->
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div class="post">
   <h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?><span class="commentnum"><?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?></span><?php edit_post_link('(e)'); ?>
   <span class="postinfo"><?php the_author(); ?> posted in <?php the_category(', '); ?> on <span class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></span></span></h3>

   <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>

   <div class="feedback">
   <?php wp_link_pages(); ?>

   </div>

   <!--
   <?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
   -->
   </div>

   <?php comments_template( is_single() ); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   <?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <!-- end the loop -->

   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>

   <?php get_footer(); ?>

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   1. Don't post long code here, please!
   It is difficult to read and nobody really bothers to take a look at it. You can use http://pastebin.com or similar services - and post back with the URI.
   For posting small code snippets, please read carefully the instructions here below the text input area: the "backticks" usually are located on top-left of your keyboard, where ~ [tilde] is.

   2. Delete the_content tag.

   3. And after that you'll be back again complaining that your posts disappeared everywhere.
   That's because the index.php is used for many things, see Template_Hierarchy.
   My suggestions:
   a) save index.php as home.php and make your editing in that file - home.php will be displayed as your "frontpage"
   b) create all the necessary template files to avoid using index.php in other views

3. callahank
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Sorry for the long code. Thank's for the advice. It worked for me.

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