Modifying The Columnist

  • curasian

    (@curasian)


    11 years ago

    Hi, I have installed The Columnist (http://thecolumnist.info/) theme on my WP site. Could someone please share with me on:

    How to replace the thumbnail image on the top left with a static image. In the original theme, the left panel shows the most recent post. However, I have modified it to show just the blog title and description. How do I add a logo to the thumbnail image on top left?

    In the original theme, posts are organized by categories. How do I modify it to show the most recent posts arranged by chronological order, and not category?

    Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you.

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  • Thread Starter curasian

    (@curasian)

    11 years ago

    This is the code that displays the posts. How do I change it from displaying posts by category to just displaying the most recent posts?

    <div id="older-posts">
	<?php
  $catQuery = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->terms AS wterms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy AS wtaxonomy ON ( wterms.term_id = wtaxonomy.term_id ) WHERE wtaxonomy.taxonomy = 'category' AND wtaxonomy.parent = 0 AND wtaxonomy.count > 0");

  $catCounter = 0;

  foreach ($catQuery as $category) {

  $catCounter++;

  $catStyle = '';
  if (is_int($catCounter / 2)) $catStyle = ' class="catAlt"';

  $catLink = get_category_link($category->term_id);

  echo '<div class="category">';
		echo '<h2><a href="'.$catLink.'" title="'.$category->name.'">'.$category->name.'</a></h2>';

		query_posts('cat='.$category->term_id.'&showposts=1');?>

		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="thumbnail">
				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                    <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
                    <?php //get thumnbnail (custom field) ?>
					<?php $image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumbnail', true); ?>
                    <img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
                    <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
                </a>
		</div>
		<div class="excerpt">
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        <a class="more-link" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Continue reading">Continue reading →</a>
		</div>
		<p class="view-all"><a href="<?php echo $catLink; ?>" title="<?php echo $category->name; ?>">View all</a></p>
  </div>
  <?php endwhile; ?>

  <?php }	?>
</div><!--- #older-posts --->
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