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1. cmegown
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   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hey folks, I've decided to write this brief post with an easy-to-understand explanation of how to get a single "featured" type of post to show on the front blog page only. I'm writing this because I was trying to figure out the easiest way to implement a "featured" post without too much code and especially without a plugin.

   *Note: The "featured" post in this example is simply a normal post under a Featured category. What I came up with is something like this:

   <?php if (is_home() && !is_paged()) : ?>
   
       <?php query_posts('cat=13&showposts=1'); // shows only one single Featured post ?>
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
           <div class="sticky" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   
               <h2>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   
               <?php include('meta.php'); ?>
   
               <div class="entry">
   
                   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
                   <div class="after-excerpt">
                       <?php if (has_tag()) { ?>
                           <div class="tags">
                               <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/tag.jpg" alt="Tagged as:" />
                               <?php the_tags('', ', ', ''); ?>
                           </div>
                       <?php } ?>
   
                       <div class="read-more-link">Read More »</div>
                       <br style="clear: both" />
                 </div>
   
             </div>
   
         </div>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>
   <?php query_posts('cat=-13'); // excludes Featured posts ?>
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <!-- do the rest of your normal post stuff here -->

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