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1. steveforgues
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to figure out how to make my homepage work the way I want, but PHP is a whole new game for me.

   At this point in time I have a static homepage. What I would like to do is have the latest post from a specific category (say Cat 5) to be above the static content on the page. Then below the static content, I want an excerpt from the latest post from any category except the previous one (Cat 5).

   I have no idea how to go about writing the loop for this. I have searched the docs and other sources, but I'm probably more confused now than I was when I started researching this. Thank you to anyone that is able to help.

2. steveforgues
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I figured it out.

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Homepage
   */
   ?>
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
           <div id="content">
   
               <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=12&posts_per_page=1');
                   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
                   $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
                       <!-- Looping Code -->
                           <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                               <p align="center"><strong>Quote of the Day:</strong><br /><em><?php the_content(); ?></em></p>
                           </div>
               <?php endwhile; ?>
                       <!-- Do other Loop -->
               <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
                       if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
                           <!-- Looping Code -->
                               <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                                   <h1 class="title">Welcome to Above Dirt</h1>
                                   <div class="entry">
                                       <?php the_content(); ?>
                                   </div>
                               </div>
               <?php endwhile; ?>
               <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('cat=-12&posts_per_page=1');
                   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
                       <!-- Looping Code -->
                           <div class="post" id="post"<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                           <h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><em>Latest Post:</em><br /><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                                   <p class="byline">
                                       <span class="author vcard">by <?php the_author(); ?></span> on
                                       <abbr class="published" title="<?php the_time(__('l, F jS, Y, g:i a', 'example')); ?>"><?php the_time(__('F j, Y', 'example')); ?></abbr>
                                   </p>
                               <div class="entry">
                                   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
                                   <p class="links">
                                       <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" class="more">Read full article</a>
                                   </p>
                               </div>
                           </div>
           <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   
           </div>
   
   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

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