This would be very useful for me as well actually. Been asked to do something similar – with a featured first post bigger and all other posts styles below as normal.
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Scott
(@scott_visionmedia)
I’ve solved this for myself.
Found a different plug-in that used _offset=’x’_ so tried this in the shortcode and happily it works! With this addition I can place another shortcode below using a different template, thus solving the problem.
So shortcodes reads:
[ic_add_posts category=’Top1′ showposts=’1′ template=’posts_loop_topstory.php’]
[ic_add_posts category=’Top1′ offset=’1′ showposts=’2′ template=’posts_loop_topstory-under.php’]
which plugin did you use?
This one seems to work. http://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/other_notes/
add offset=”1″ (for example) to the shortcode. Just the ticket, I think.
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Scott
(@scott_visionmedia)
There’s no need for an extra plug in, sorry I should have been clearer.
offset=’x’ will work fine in this plug in, it’s just not mentioned in the Read Me file.
What’s offset? I was thinking a class needs to be assigned somehow if I had posts native styling created in another plugin instead of using the theme’s.
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Scott
(@scott_visionmedia)
offset=’x’ enables you to skip ‘x’ number of posts before the one that is shown, so for example:
You have posts 1, 2, & 3, and you want the short code to start from the third post. To achieve this you would add offset=’2′ to the short code.
You can apply a different layout and styling by creating separate posts_loop.php templates in your theme’s root folder, then use template=’y’ to use them.
Hope I’ve covered what you wanted to know.
Thanks! The answer I was looking for.
But how can I now change the font-size/color for the title in post no 2?
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Scott
(@scott_visionmedia)
I think this is the answer for you Marco…
Copy ‘posts_loop.php’ (the template used to display posts) from the plug in folder and place in your theme directory.
You’ll need two of these, eg. ‘posts_loop_one.php’ & ‘posts_loop_two.php’.
Style these files as required using inliine CSS or classes from your ‘style.css’ sheet.
Your short codes for your two posts in different styles will look like this:
Post no.1: [ic_add_posts category='X' showposts='1' template='posts_loop_one.php']
Post no.2: [ic_add_posts category='X' offset='1' showposts='Y' template='posts_loop_two.php']
Thanks! But how can I do to put a style=last for the last column? Any idea?
I want to make a dinamic solution.
Sorry for my english.
Regards
