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1. jitpal
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I've looked all over but I can't seem to find the info I was looking for. My goal is to have a page be the index. On that I want static text(not a problem), custom sidebar(also not a problem) and then below the static text, I want to show the most current sticky post. I'm somewhat confused as to how to accomplish this. I think I would have to create a page template, add the loop, then tell the loop to only return sticky posts and limit it to one.

   Only problem is, I have no idea how to actually add the loop and tell it to return only sticky posts. I looked through the Codex, but I couldn't really find it. Am I on the right track? Is there are better/easier way to do what I want to do?

   Thanks, I greatly appreciate your help.

2. buddha trance
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Sticky_Post_Parameters

   I think it would work if you add to the template
   <?php $sticky=get_option('sticky_posts') ; ?>

   To return just the first sticky post
   

   <?php $sticky=get_option('sticky_posts') ;
   query_posts('p=' . $sticky[0]);
    ?>

   Try by making a template out of a copy of index.php, and inserting the query. Then, you can add the static text into the template.

   Or create a simple page template, and just add the query into it, see if it works that way.

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