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1. Ignacio
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi!
   I´ve been using wordpress for an online newspaper.

   I´m using K2 for the theme. Since it´s a newspaper, i only want to show todays posts on the index page. I had no luck on k2 forums. i was hoping someone here can help me.

   thanks a lot in advance!

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/98090#post-488635

   That retrieves the *latest day* in which one or more posts occur. It's likely you don't want an empty front page until a post for the present day appears. You would put the example code in your template(s) before The Loop, to initialize it.

3. Ignacio
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   thanks a lot!

   i´ll try this right now!

   can´t believe i missed that in my searches

4. Ignacio
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Nope, just didn´t work. It displayed a number only. Maybe k2 functions are messing with that. Looks like i have no luck on this matter :(

5. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   *sigh*

   Let me set up K2 on my local installation and I'll report back on what you may need to do (if, you know, I find something different).

6. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Ok, possible solution for K2. First, you need to edit K2's theloop.php template. In there, locate this section:

   <?php
   	/* Check if there are posts */
   	if ( have_posts() ) {

   You want to modify this php tag by slipping in the following just after <?php but before the /* Check if there are posts */ line:

   if ( is_home() && !$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) {
   	$latest = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 1");
   	$latest = str_replace('-', '', substr($latest, 0, 10));
   	query_posts('m=' . $latest . '&showposts=-1');
   	$wp_query->is_archive = false; $wp_query->is_home = true;
   }

   -------------------
   EDIT: Stuck in the $_SERVER[] portion of the if test to deal with that steekin' archive link/scrollbar. Not perfect though ('older' posts rely on standard query/posts_per_page, so it can be off from the home page).

7. Ignacio
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i´m about to try that solution
   i´ve been strugling with the loop to find the query on the index and as a result, now i´m nuts :D

   i also got rid of the rolling archives, i don´t need to show posts from older days anymore. so your solution seems perfect for this case!!!

   let me try and come again, but thanks A LOT in advance!

8. Ignacio
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   it worked like a charm!!!
   aahhhhhhhhh what a relief

   there´s only one more thing i´d like to do but it will sound like throwing a bomb here. i apologize in advance for such a php newbie question...

   now i finally have the index showing all posts from today using your code. and then there comes the loop itself to style and show each post.
   can i make it so:

   first 3 news
   <?php this style (the complete theloop.php one) ?>

   next 10 o 15
   <?php this style (less stuff than the other) ?>

   all others
   <?php this style (title only) ?>

   maybe it´s some code after
   if ( have_posts() ) {
   ?

9. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Simplest method for accomplishing this is to have a counter tick off at the start of the post loop, something like:

   <?php $postcounter++; ?>

   Then set your style evaluated against the counter's value. Again, simplest way is to assign a css class to a PHP variable. Example:

   <?php
   if( $postcounter <= 3 ) {
   	$postclass = 'first3';
   } elseif( ($postcounter > 3) && ($postcounter <= 13) ) {
   	$postclass = 'next10';
   } else {
   	$postclass = 'therest';
   }
   ?>

   Finally, where the css class needs to appear:

   <?php echo $postclass; ?>

10. Ignacio
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    You, my friend, are genious.
    thanks a lot for your help!

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