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1. warpdesign
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #
   

   On my homepage, I would like to apply a different style to the most recent post than the others. For example the most recent post would have a white background and everything else would be gray. How can I do this? Would I have to run multiple loops? Or can I add something to the div that would be unique to the most recent post?

2. Kafkaesqui
   
   Posted 6 years ago #
   

   http://wordpress.org/search/different+first+post?forums=1

   Common request...

3. zota
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Could someone please link to the solution to this issue?

   I've been searching the forums for a while now and almost every thread ends with a link to search the forums which leads to results which end with links to search the forums...

   I realize this is a common request, but right now I'm stuck in an infinite forum search loop looking for the common answer.

4. jbiesnecker
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   There are probably many ways to do this, but this is how I would do it.

   Outside the loop, set a PHP variable like this:

   $is_first_post = 1;

   Then, in a div wrapping your post block, I'd have something like this:

   <div class="post <? if ($is_first_post) { echo "first_post"; } ?>">

   Finally, at the bottom of the loop (but still inside!), a statement like this:

   $is_first_post = 0;

   That would add the "first_post" class to the div on the first loop through (since the variable is set as 1 (you could use 'true', too)), but then after the loop cycles once the variable is set to 0 and never evaluates as true again.

   HTH

5. zota
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Thanks, jbiesnecker. I put something together based on your advice combined with information from this thread:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/97946

   Set a variable to start counting at the start of the loop:

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
   	<?php $postvariable++; /* count the posts */ ?>

   Make a conditional check within the loop:
   

   <!-- If first post, show full contents. If not first, show excerpt -->
   <?php if ($postvariable == 1)
   	the_content();
   else
   	the_excerpt(); ?>

   This seems to be working for me, but any further advice or refinements would be appreciated.

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