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1. agusparadak
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi, I'm totally new with WordPress, and so far I'm doing it ok.
   But there are certain things I want to do that no matter how many forums or documentation I read, I just can't do it!

   Please, help me on this one:
   I'm creating my theme and in the index.php I'm showing the last post as the "Main news". Then show in "Other news" the 3 previous posts that have been created. Lets say, I need to show 3 from the penultimate post.

   This is what I have so far in "Other news":

   <?php
   
   query_posts('showposts=3'); 
   
   if (have_posts()) :
   while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
   
   <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php else : ?>
   <h3 class="center">No se han encontrado entradas</h3>
   <p class="center"><?php _e("Lo siento, pero lo que estas buscando no esta aqui."); ?></p>
   <?php endif;
   
   //Reset Query
   wp_reset_query();
   
   ?>

   The problem is that the last 3 posts are displayed, but I need the last 3 without the last one.

   Please help?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you could use the 'offset' parameter with query_posts():
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts#Offset_Parameter

   disadvantage: is you want to use paginatin at a later point, it won't work together with 'offset'.

   or you could get the post from the first loop and use one of the mothods to avoid duplicate posts;
   described in here:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#Multiple_Loops_in_Action

3. agusparadak
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the reply.

   This is how my code looks like now:

   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=Noticias&posts_per_page=3');
     	while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
     	$do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID?>
   
   	<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   	<?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
     	<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   	<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
    	if (in_array($post->ID, $do_not_duplicate)) continue;?> 
   
   	<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   	<?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
     	<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

   Sorry for my ignorance, but I still have the same problem.
   The 3 latest posts are showed, but the last one is the one I don't want to show, I suppose is the one which is not going to be duplicated, but it still shows.

   The thing is, how can I make reference to the last post and tell it not to show up? Because I'm already showing it above with this code:

   <div id="noticia_info">
   		<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
           <?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   		<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Ver art&iacute;culo</a></p>
   	</div>

   I don't know if I'm making myself understood, my English isn't that good :(

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   try to add the line $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID;

   into here:
   

   <div id="noticia_info">
   		<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
           <?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   		<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Ver art&iacute;culo</a></p>
   	</div>

   maybe in this way:

   <div id="noticia_info">
   <?php $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID; ?>
   		<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
           <?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   		<p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Ver art&iacute;culo</a></p>
   	</div>

   and then, for your 'other news' section, try to use this code:

   <?php
   
   query_posts(array ('posts_per_page' => 3, 'post__not_in' => $do_not_duplicate) ); 
   
   if (have_posts()) :
   while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
   
   <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   
   <?php else : ?>
   <h3 class="center">No se han encontrado entradas</h3>
   <p class="center"><?php _e("Lo siento, pero lo que estas buscando no esta aqui."); ?></p>
   <?php endif;
   
   //Reset Query
   wp_reset_query();
   
   ?>

5. agusparadak
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It worked!
   Thank you so much.

6. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you are welcome.

   well done,
   multiple loops can be intimidating at times - but you mastered them ;-)

   (you could tick this thread off as 'resolved' - there is a checkbox or dropdown somewhere)

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