Display the post for the first latest article only

  • Resolved compositeone

    (@compositeone)


    13 years, 12 months ago

    Hi all, been lurking he for months/years… but this is my first post.

    On my home page, http://www.composite-projects.co.uk I have a section that displays the titles of the latest posts. I would like it to display the titles as it is but for the first post ONLY to also display the post.

    The code I’m using at the moment is:

    <div id="latestNews">
	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>

		<?php endwhile; ?>
                        </div>
		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
                </div>
<?php else : ?>

		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
		<?php get_search_form(); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>
</div>

    How would I mod this to do what I need. I’m afraid to say my php is non-existent.
    Thanks.

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    <div id="latestNews">
	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php   $count = 0; ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
<?php
$count++;
if ($count <= 1) {
  the_content();
}
?>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
                        </div>
		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
                </div>
<?php else : ?>

		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
		<?php get_search_form(); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>
</div>

    [edit correct code per below ]

    Safirul Alredha

    (@zeo)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    MichaelH,

    If not mistaken, your code is missing closing bracket right after the_content();

    Thread Starter compositeone

    (@compositeone)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    The code was missing the }, thanks both. Very much appreciated.

    For the sake of completeness, below is the fully correct code:

    <div id="latestNews">
	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php   $count = 0; ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

			<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
<?php
$count++;
if ($count <= 1) {
the_content();}?>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
                        </div>
		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
                </div>
<?php else : ?>

		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
		<?php get_search_form(); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>
</div>
    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Thanks for the correction–edit above completed.

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