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1. Snaggletooth
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I want to place exactly one post on a page. It would be nice if this post could automatically be the latest one but updating manually would be OK too.
   What I have done so far is
   - creating a new custom page template and assigned that to the page that should display the post.
   - setting that page to be the posts page in Settings->Reading and allow only one post to be displayed there.

   Now what happens is that I do indeed see the latest post there, BUT:
   - it uses index.php as template instead of my custom template.
   - it shows the post without comments and the submit form (comments_template() doesn't work)

   I have also tried to solve the problem by not setting that page as the 'posts page' but by retrieving the lastest post with get_post($id).
   This basically also works but again I am out of luck with the comments because comments_template() gives me the comments for that page and not for the post on it.

   Can someone help me please - I have searched around but just couldn't find any solution here or elsewhere...

   Thank you.

2. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   As you found out, you can't use a template on the Blog page. But, you can create a template for another page that just displays the one most recent post. The exact coding will depend on your theme, but the query should be similar to this:

   $args = array(
      'caller_get_posts' => 1,  // Don't put stickies at top
      'posts_per_page' => 1,
   );
   query_posts($args);

   This should be followed by the rest of the code for the Loop.

3. Snaggletooth
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you. That was very helpful. The problem is still not completely solved though.
   Calling comments_template() does not work so I tried get_template_part('comments') that for some reason only returns the submit form. Now calling get_comments() lists the comments but I would need to place all the html from comments.php again (what I don;t feel like doing).

   Another problem is, that the next_posts_link() and previous_posts_link() don't work anymore. They return a url like this: .../?page_id=6&paged=2

   What I did for a workaround now is using the query_posts() function from above to retrieve the permalink of the latest post and using this link in the navigation. Like this the content is displayed through single.php so that I have the full post, the comments and the previous/next post links. Disadvantage of this is that the url in the main navigation is always changing with a new post.

   By the way - the theme I am working with is a customized Empty Canvas

   Does someone have an idea how to tackle the problem of displaying the post on a page using the comments.php template and with working previous/next links?

4. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   To allow pagination to work, use this:

   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $args = array(
      'caller_get_posts' => 1,  // Don't put stickies at top
      'posts_per_page' => 1,
      'paged' => $paged,
   );
   query_posts($args);

   Calling comments_template() should work if used in the Loop. Did you place it outside the Loop, by chance?

5. Snaggletooth
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks again. Pagination works now. And you are right - comments_template() was placed outside the loop. But now that it's inside it still won't work (sigh).

6. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Can you post a few lines of code containing your loop, or copy the file to the pastebin and post that link here, so the code can be examined?

7. Snaggletooth
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Sorry this is all going a bit slow...
   Here is the code:
   http://wordpress.pastebin.com/4EL76b7a

8. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK - please try setting $withcomments = 1;, like this

   <?php $withcomments = 1; ?>
   <?php comments_template(); ?>

9. Snaggletooth
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   YES! It works. Thank you so much. The documentation is not very intuitive. What a luck there are people like you. Have a great weekend.

10. vtxyzzy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    You are welcome!

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