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1. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   How can I do this? I've researched plugins and possible code, but it all seems outdated. Also, I would like to write text about the running posts, almost as an intro to the page.

   Thanks in advance!

2. Th3Crazy3st
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   <?php $posts = get_posts('category=3&orderby=rand&numberposts=5'); foreach($posts as $post) { ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" target="_parent"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   <?php } ?>

   Use css to make it look nice, use li, ul etc.

   If you want to insert that in page.php you can make a new template.

   Create newpage.php and copy there what is in page.php

   On top of newpage.php (first line) add this:

   <?php /* Template Name: New Page */ ?>

   Now when you want to create a new page and insert all that posts from categories -> Pages -> Add new page -> Page Attributes -> Template -> New Page

   And you're done. I hope you get it. Regards.

3. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Great! Thank you! I know this is a newbie question, but how can I relate categories to category #'s or IDs?

   Also, how can I add more than 1 category?

4. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok, I found a plugin that does this.

   How can I display the posts just like the blog?

5. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok, I think I solved my problem with the following code I combined the blog page, a regular page, and your filter code:

   [Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

   But for some reason, my footer is messed up

6. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok, I fixed that. Now how can I limit the number of posts that it shows

7. PiManIII
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have this so far, but the post titles are all the same and I cant limit the # of posts. Any help appreciated!

   <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div id="content">
   		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   		<div <?php if(function_exists('post_class')) : ?><?php post_class(); ?><?php else : ?>class="post post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"<?php endif; ?>>
   			<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   			<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>
   			<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
   		</div>
   	</div>
   		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
   
   <?php
   /*
   Custom Code (Pi Code) That allows you to display posts from a given Category. THIS IS WHAT YOU UPDATE EACH YEAR!
   */ ?>
   
   	<div id="content">
   		<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   		<?php
   		$temp = $wp_query;
   		$wp_query = NULL;
   		$wp_query = new WP_Query();
   		$wp_query->query('&paged='.$paged);
   		while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
   
   		<?php $posts = get_posts('category=7,21&numberposts=5&showposts=5'); foreach($posts as $post) { ?>
   
   		<?php } ?>
   
   		<div <?php post_class(); ?>>
   			<h3 class="entry-title"><p align="left"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php printf(__('Permanent Link to %s','gpp_i18n'),the_title_attribute('echo=0')); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3></p><br>
   			<div class="entry">
   				<?php global $more; $more = 0; the_content(); ?>
   				<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'gpp_i18n' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
   			</div><div class="clear"></div>
   		</div><div class="clear"></div>
   		<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_time(__('M d, Y', 'gpp_i18n')); ?> | <?php _e('Categories: ','gpp_i18n'); if (the_category(', '))  the_category(); ?> <?php if (get_the_tags()) the_tags(__('| Tags: ','gpp_i18n')); ?> </p>
   		<?php endwhile; ?>
   		<div class="nav-interior">
   			<div class="prev"><?php next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Entries','gpp_i18n')); ?></div>
   			<div class="next"><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer Entries &raquo;','gpp_i18n')); ?></div>
   		</div><div class="clear"></div>
   		<?php $wp_query = NULL; $wp_query = $temp;?>
   	</div>
   
   	<?php
   /*
   End Custom Code
   */ ?>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

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