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1. mjspade
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I have started using word press pages to build a website for the first time, and in the past I have used Joomla, but when I saw what you can do with word press I find it more desireable. I want to have a page where I show the stories with a picture and small summary of the story on the page. Something very similar to this:

   http://www.3godkings.com/content/view/148/192/

   or even something like this under the more Featured Posts section

   http://www.spicymoviedogs.com/

   I was hoping to have this dynamically do it when I write a story for a specific category, is there a plugin that will do this, or a way to automate things or am I stuck coding it manual. Thanks for the help.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   A Featured Post section based on 'category' is straight forward:
   

   <?php
   $posts=get_posts('cat=3&amp;numberposts=5');
   if ($posts) {
   foreach($posts as $post) {
   setup_postdata($post);
   ?>
   <?php the_time('m.d.y') ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   
   <?php }
   }
   ?>

   Might also look at some themes that have 'featured posts' sections--one example: http://themehybrid.com/archives/2009/02/hybrid-news-wordpress-theme

   Forum in mangling the & in the code above so where the &amp is, replace with &

3. mjspade
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks that answered my questions.

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