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1. robcub
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi, I want to create a magazine theme whereby the home page has the most recent post featured with a big image plus excerpt, the next 4 posts after that featured with a thumbnail images plus excerpt and the next 5 posts listed with just excerpt.

   All of these will be regardless of category.

   What I want to know is how to specify the posts within the loop. I've found a great trick here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/10/10-useful-wordpress-loop-hacks/ see #2 - two loops using showposts to display the numbers of posts and then arrays and post-not-in to stop repetition.

   Can I do this with three loops? Am I on the right lines?

   Thanks.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can use as many loops as you need--here's an example using 3
   http://www.daobydesign.com/blog/2007/07/modifying-wordpress-front-page/

3. robcub
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you, MichaelH, that looks 100% like what I was looking for!!! You're a star :)

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