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1. tribethrow
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey All,

   My client would like a custom front page on his blog with several sections, one of which will include the most recent blog post.

   In my limited knowledge, I was going to make a frontpage.php template for this and include wp_get_archives('postbypost', 1); to show the latest post, but I was wondering if there was a way to SHOW what the post is? I guess it would be to echo the contents of that latest post on the front page...

   Any help would be great!

   Thanks!

   Alex

2. equalmark
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Why not create a home.php template which will then be used as the home template for the site and then display the latest blog post with:

   <?php $latestpost = new WP_Query("showposts=1"); while($latestpost->have_posts()) : $latestpost->the_post(); ?>
   
           //do stuff here
   
   <?php endwhile; ?>

3. alofear
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   if you want to display the date and the title of the posts, I like to use this code

   <ul id="sidebar_updates">
   <?php
       $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
       $recentPosts->query('showposts=5');
   ?>
   <?php while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?>
       <li><strong><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></strong><br /><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></br></li>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   </ul>

   save that as "recentupdates.php" and to call it on the page use

   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/recentupdates.php"); ?>

   basic CSS
   

   #sidebar_updates {
   	  padding:0;
   	  margin:0;
   	  }
   	#sidebar_updates li {
   	  list-style-type:none; padding-bottom:4px; padding-top:2px; font-size:12px;
   	  }

4. tribethrow
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey guys,

   Thanks for your responses.

   Equalmark, the latest post code is exactly what I was looking for.

   Thanks guys!

   Alex

5. Fredz
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Dear alofear

   Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've wasted a lot of time trying to figure out the date thing using wp_get_archives which does not include the option to display the date. Your code works! Hooray.

   I like your formatting too, especially the CSS with the indent for the repeated 1st selector. Nice job. Only if everyone would take the time to write clean code.

   I can now list the last few post archives on a sidebar with the date and title.

   I hope I can return the favor, if not to you, then to someone else

   Fredz

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