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1. ikthius
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   I have seen the codex page http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop_in_Action#Excerpts_Only

   and I think this is what I need....

   I have static page outside the wordpress directory e.g.
   

   RESOURCES
        index.html
        WORDPRESS

   so that I can get a small excerpt about 100 words on the static index page, I seen this code..
   

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
     <?php if (($wp_query->post_count) > 1) : ?>
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
          <!-- Do your post header stuff here for excerpts-->
             <?php the_excerpt() ?>
          <!-- Do your post footer stuff here for excerpts-->
        <?php endwhile; ?>
   
     <?php else : ?>
   
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
          <!-- Do your post header stuff here for single post-->
             <?php the_content() ?>
          <!-- Do your post footer stuff here for single post-->
        <?php endwhile; ?>
   
     <?php endif; ?>
   
   <?php else : ?>
        <!-- Stuff to do if there are no posts-->
   
   <?php endif; ?>

   but this is my output..
   post_count) > 1) : ?>

   what part of the code could I change so that I see a snippet of the latest blog entry? I was wnating this to be constantly changing as and when new content is uploaded.

2. ikthius
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have been reading a lot about this......

   I am getting conflicting information about using any wordpress content outside of wordpress' loop.

   is it possible to have an excerpt of the latest post outside of wordpress on a static html page?

3. ikthius
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I eventually found what I was looking for....

   to make wordpress posts show the excerpts outside of your wordpress directory you need to have a php file to do this.
   my file was called index.php within a separate directory.

   then I added this to the very start of the php file
   

   <?php
   // Include WordPress
   define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
   require('/data01/abc/demo/resources/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
   //whatever your web directory structure is, http://www. did not work
   query_posts('showposts=1');
   ?>

   then had my html to keep the same layout and added this piece of code where i wanted the excerpt to be shown:
   

   <!-- mini loop for the excerpts -->
   <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
     <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
     <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
     <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="text1">Read more...</a>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
   <!-- end the mini loop -->

   I hope this helps someone, as I had been hunting non stop for a few days, thinking it was the holy grail, now I think my next challenge will be, showing excerpts from other wordpress blogs not on my server, e.g. bbc blogs.

4. sators
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This guy did it!!!

   Display WordPress content outside of your blog

   Worked for me on 2.6.2.

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