You shoud probably read about the examples of multiple loops here http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop .
You don’t need multiple loops in the slightest. What you WOULD need is to customize the loop in your index.php, and have it output the_content for just the first on the page, and the_excerpt for all others. Just set a variable/flag to false outside the loop, and once you’ve processed one post with the_content set the variable to true, and then testing the variable from then on should always output the_excerpt.
Yep, you need to know some PHP to do this… 😉
-d
they are both on the same page… aka
post1: content
post2: excerpt
post3: excerpt
and so on. all on the same page
i am wondering if it is possible to use the loop counter perhaps, using if/else statements
(inside the loop, add the following)
‘<?php if ( $postCount=1 ) { ?>
<div class=”content”>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class=”excerpt”>
<?php } ?>’
ofcourse, adding the necessary template tags.
would that work?
ok, i can understand how to use multiple loops, but how do you make the second loop not show the latest post?
this code seems to work:
<?php if ( $postCount == “1” ){ ?>
add relevant tags and formatting for the first post here
<?php } else { ?>
the relevant tags and formatting for the others.
<?php } ?>
any thoughts or suggestions otherwise?
Nope, that’s exactly what I was suggesting. That is the way to go, not multiple loops — there’s no need, as you probably figured out. 😉
-d
thanks david and moshu! Working now. Thanks a million, you solved a major peice of the puzzle.
