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1. dpbklyn
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hello and thank you in advance:

   I am creating a custom theme for a client and I hav run into a weird issue (ok, maybe it isn't so weird)...

   I am trying to have a sticky post on the top of my home page then limit the rest of the posts on the page to a particular category "Upcoming Speakers". I am using the following code before the Loop to limit the categories:

   <?php if (is_front_page()) { query_posts( 'cat=3' ); } ?>

   When I don't limit the page everything works as expected:
   

   <STICKY>
   <POST>

   When I limit the categories the regular post becomes the top post and the sticky post drops down the list:

   <POST>
   <STICKY>

   I have tried putting the post and the sticky in the same category and I have had them in separate categories and I altered my query to include both category numbers:

   <?php if (is_front_page()) { query_posts( 'cat=3,5' ); } ?>

   I have also tried altering the PHP to call the sticky category first:

   <?php if (is_front_page()) { query_posts( 'cat=5,3' ); } ?>

   Any help is greatly appreciated!

   Thank you,

   dp

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   You're going to need 2 Loops - one for the sticky post and a second for the rest of the posts.

3. dpbklyn
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Esmi,

   Thank you for the quick reply!

   I am far from an expert here...I am doing this as a favor (file under: no good deed goes unpunished)

   Would the loops just sit on my index.php next to each other and would I then limit each loop to a particular category one for the sticky and one for the other?

   like so: (I am breaking it up here for ease of viewing--otherwise I wouldn't break it up)

   [Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

   dp

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   See The_Loop#Multiple_Loops.

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