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1. Elfminster
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I have a static front page that lists the 3 latest articles from each category.

   Static Front Page Example

   Category Name
   
   Latest Article 1
   Latest Article 2
   Latest Article 3
   
   Category Name 
   
   Latest Article 1
   Latest Article 2
   Latest Article 3

   The Problem

   I don't want the same author to appear twice on the front page like this:

   Category Name
   
   Latest Article 1 - Author 1
   Latest Article 2 - Author 1
   Latest Article 3 - Author 2
   
   Category Name 
   
   Latest Article 1 - Author 2
   Latest Article 2 - Author 3
   Latest Article 3 - Author 1

   The Solution

   Latest Article 1 - Author 4
   Latest Article 2 - Author 9
   Latest Article 3 - Author 2
   
   Category Name 
   
   Latest Article 1 - Author 1
   Latest Article 2 - Author 3
   Latest Article 3 - Author 6

2. Elfminster
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   So what I need is a way to be able to query the database to check if the 2nd article is by the same author as the 1st, and if it is to then check the next article and so forth until it finds an author that has not yet been displayed on the front page.

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