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1. nickaster
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi there.. I'm just starting to learn the php that runs wordpress and have a very basic php question.

   Say I have a typical front page. But I want the first 5 posts to show *only* headlines. Then the rest of the posts show normally (headline+post+etc...)

   I can make a standard loop with this code:
   

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
   <?php endif; ?>

   1) Where in that code can I specify how many posts to choose?
   2) Where in the second code would I say... show posts not including the first 5?
   3) What would I do about pagination? ie - I only want those 5 headlines to be on page one?

   THANKS!

2. Jan Dembowski
   Volunteer Mod. & Brute Squad
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I haven't goofed around with it in a while but I'm pretty sure it's all in the query string.

   1. Before your loop, try adding query_posts( 'posts_per_page=5' ); above it.

   2. and 3. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts and this too http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

   Play around with that, you'll have lots of fun. :)

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 4 months ago #

   possibly use a conditional statement, checking the value of $wp_query->current_post;

   example:

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php if( $wp_query->current_post < 5 ) {
   //output only headlines
   } else {
   //output normal
   } ?>
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>

4. nickaster
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   @alchymyth ... brilliant, thanks! Works like a charm.

   Do you know hoe to add things like "only category 5" or "only posts tagged 'whatever'" ?

   Is that some part of the $wp_query thing?

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Do you know hoe to add things like "only category 5" or "only posts tagged 'whatever'" ?

   for the whole loop?
   see
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters

   or for individual posts in the loop?
   see
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

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