Aloha!
I am currently working on a redesign for my blog (www.ultraorange.net).
My goal is to have different sections:
* Essay of the Week
* normal front page blog content
* Best of Ultraorange
So far I have succeeded in creating a loop that contains the section "Essay of the Week" (which is the first posting of a category named featured) and the normal blog flow.
http://www.orangeguru.biz/sandbox/
Best of Ultraorange Section: I would like EITHER to pull the content of one page OR display all postings of the category bestof as a list (title and excerpt) in that section.
Since I suck at that loop thingy - I'll kindly ask the local WP gurus for some help expanding the loop to show a third section ...
Thanks a lot!
orange
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=1');
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<!-- start section post -->
<div class="post">
<!-- headline of your post -->
<div class="title">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</div>
<!-- end headline of your post -->
<!-- start entry of your post -->
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<!-- end entry headline of your post -->
</div>
<!-- end section post -->
<!-- start subline of your post: Author, Date, Edit and Permalink -->
<div class="unter">
<?php the_author() ?> (<?php the_time('m-d G:i') ?>) | <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Permalink</a>
</div>
<!-- end subline of your post -->
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
</div> </div>
<div id="areaBlog">
<div id="contentBlog">
<h1>UltraOrange Blog</h1>
<!-- start section content -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- Do other stuff... -->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
<!-- start section post -->
<div class="post">
<!-- headline of your post -->
<div class="category"><?php the_category(', ') ?>:</div>
<div class="title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</div>
<!-- end headline of your post -->
<!-- start entry of your post -->
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<!-- end entry headline of your post -->
</div>
<!-- end section post -->
<!-- start subline of your post: Author, Date, Edit and Permalink -->
<div class="unter">
<?php the_author() ?> (<?php the_time('m-d G:i') ?>) | <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Permalink</a>
</div>
<!-- end subline of your post -->
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
<div class="navigation">
<div class="alignleft"><?php posts_nav_link('','','« Previous Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php posts_nav_link('','Next Entries »','') ?></div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center"><?php _e("Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."); ?></p>
<?php include "searchform.php"; ?>
<br />
<?php endif; ?>