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1. lqunta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Greetings All,

   I'm a newbie trying to code a custom structure for my index.php page [ for the default home page ] in wordpress. So far, I've tried various approaches but don't seem to be making any progress [ my page just shows up as blank when tested ].

   In a nutshell, I'm trying to achieve the following structure

   - Header = (Logo, Search Form) + (Navigation)
   - Leader Board = (Text Widget + Posts Slideshow {smoothgallery})
   - Content = Row 1 ( Category Title + Brief Description (Hard Coded in HTML) + 4 Most Recent Posts { Post Title Permalink, Post Thumbnail, Post Excerpt } ) + ( Category Title + Brief Description (Hard Coded in HTML) + 4 Most Recent Posts { Post Title Permalink, Post Thumbnail, Post Excerpt } ) + ( Category Title + Brief Description (Hard Coded in HTML) + 4 Most Recent Posts { Post Title Permalink, Post Thumbnail, Post Excerpt } )
   - Footer

   With the above layout, it is evident that I have to use multiple loops for the Category-Posts lists.

   Could someone please help out with the multiple loops [ where possible, a working code would be super :P ] for the content section, I'm desperate.

   Cheers

2. tddewey
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   While there may be multiple ways to do this, I have always resorted to creating my own custom loop for things that aren't part of the "main blog." I use this article on weblogtoolscollection to guide me each time. Here is there example code:

   <h3>Recent Articles</h3>
   <ul>
   <?php
       $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
       $recentPosts->query('showposts=5');
   ?>
   <?php while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   </ul>

3. lqunta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   @Taylorde,

   Thanks for the loop code...quick question: Can I use the same loop multiple times on the same page? In my earlier question, I want to use the loop 3 times [ for the three different category column blocks in the same content area ]

   Cheers

4. tddewey
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yeah, you can create as many as you want. I typically rename the $recentPosts variable to something that is topical.

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