Title: front page selection
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# front page selection

 *  [holby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holby/)
 * (@holby)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-selection/)
 * Hi
 * I am a copy-paste coder so I work on instinct instead of knowledge, and I am 
   looking for how this hack-and mix theme selects its front page posts.
 * I would like to assign a category called “frontpage” and use it to control what
   is shown on the first page. Not quite sure how the selection is made now. Date
   maybe?
 * [http://bobbygood.de.s47775.gridserver.com/](http://bobbygood.de.s47775.gridserver.com/)
 * Thank you
 * holby
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div id="introduction" class="grid_8">
       	<h2><?php if ( function_exists( 'get_option_tree') && get_option_tree( 'workaholic_quote_one') <>'') { echo get_option_tree( 'workaholic_quote_one'); } else { ?> Hi! We design beautiful websites. <?php } ?></h2>
       	<h3><?php if ( function_exists( 'get_option_tree') && get_option_tree( 'workaholic_quote_two') <>'') { echo get_option_tree( 'workaholic_quote_two'); } else { ?>Not just beautiful but usable websites. Be sure to check out what we have done and <a href="#">contact us</a> if you want to improve yours as well.<?php } ?></h3>
       </div>
   
       <hr class="grid_12" />
       	<div id="content" class="grid_12">
   
       	    <?php
       	    // Grab Option Tree theme options
               if (function_exists( 'get_option_tree') ) { $options = get_option_tree( 'option_tree'); }
   
               // Start Slider
               if (function_exists( 'get_option_tree') && get_option_tree( 'workaholic_homepage',$options) == 'Upload images') {
                   $i=0;
                   $home_images = get_option_tree('workaholic_home_images',$options,false,true); ?>
                   <h2>Latest</h2> 
   
                   <?php foreach( $home_images as $image ) { 
   
                       $i++; ?> 
   
                       <div class="portfolio grid_4<?php if ($i == 1) { ?> alpha<?php } else if($i==3) {?> omega<?php $i = 0;} ?>">
                           <h4><a href="<?php if( $image['link'] <> '') { echo $image['link']; } else { echo "#"; } ?>" class="thumb">
               				    <img src="<?php echo $image['image']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['title']; ?>" width="284" height="150"  />
                                       <span class="title"><?php echo $image['title']; ?></span></a><span class="category"><?php echo $image['description']; ?></span></h4>
                                       </div>
                  <?php } ?>
   
               <?php } else { ?> 
   
       	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
       	<?php $i=0; ?>
       	<h2>NEW</h2>
   
       		<?php
       		global $blog_ID;
       		$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       		query_posts('cat=-' . $blog_ID. '&paged='.$paged);
       		while (have_posts()) : the_post();$i++;?>	
   
       			<div class="portfolio grid_4<?php if ($i == 1) { ?> alpha<?php } else if($i==3) {?> omega<?php $i = 0;} ?>">
       				<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="thumb">
       					<?php get_the_image( array( 'custom_key' => array( 'thumbnail' ), 'default_size' => 'thumbnail', 'width' => '284', 'height' => '150', 'link_to_post' => false ) ); ?>
       						<span class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></span></a><span class="category"> <?php the_excerpt(' + '); ?>   </span></h4>
       			</div>		
   
       		<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query();?>
   
       	<?php else : ?>
   
       		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
       		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
       		<?php get_search_form(); ?>
   
       	<?php endif; ?>
   
       	<?php } ?> 
   
       	</div>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-selection/#post-2512037)
 * It looks like the code is using the Option Tree plugin to assign images for the
   home page.
 * Go to Admin->Option Tree->Theme Options, and look for options with ‘Home Images’
   in the title.
 *  Thread Starter [holby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holby/)
 * (@holby)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-selection/#post-2512085)
 * Hi
 * I had a look I don’t think thats it. I have to understand where to change how
   the choice is made what to put on the front page. I wand it to use a category
   instead of date or whatever it does now.
 * It isn’t an option, I have to identify it in the code somehow
 * thank you
 * holby
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-selection/#post-2512106)
 * OK – if the Option Tree option is not used, it looks like the posts will be selected
   in date order, newest first.
 * This is the query that selects the posts:
 *     ```
       query_posts('cat=-' . $blog_ID. '&paged='.$paged);
       ```
   
 * it is already excluding the category with an id of $blog_ID, so you would add
   the id of the category that you want to include. Assuming the id of the ‘frontpage’
   category is ’17’, this should work:
 *     ```
       query_posts('cat=-' . $blog_ID . ',17&paged='.$paged);
       ```
   

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-selection/#post-2512106)
 * Status: not resolved

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