Random Posts – Not having luck

  • Hitokage4

    (@hitokage4)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    I want to do the following: (Category is 8)

    Top Post
    P P
    P P
    P P

    One large top post that has the content displaying, then under that, the rest of the category’s posts in two columns. The problem is that

    <?php query_posts("orderby=rand&cat=8"); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="featured_work">
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content();?>
</div>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="pw_columns">
<?php  if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<div class="init"><?php the_post_thumbnail('case-thumb'); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<div class="short"><?php get_permalink();?></div>
</div>

    Both 1) will repeat posts, which I don’t want and 2) repeats the top post.

    Any thoughts on how to make this work? thank you!

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  • Thread Starter Hitokage4

    (@hitokage4)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    I managed to figure it out though possibly not the most elegant solution!

    <?php query_posts("orderby=rand&cat=8&posts_per_page=1"); ?>
                                    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                                        <div id="featured_work">
                                        	<?php the_title(); ?>
                                            <?php the_content();?>
                                            <?php $already_displayed = get_the_ID(); ?>
                                        </div>
                                    <?php endwhile;?>
                                <?php wp_reset_query(); //Reset Query ?>
                                <?php query_posts("orderby=rand&cat=8"); ?>
                                    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                                    	<?php if(get_the_ID() == $already_displayed){ continue; } ?>
                                        <div id="pw_columns">
                                        	<?php the_title(); ?>
                                        	<?php  if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {  // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it. ?>
                                                <div class="init"><a href="<?php get_permalink();?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('case-thumb'); ?></a></div>
                                            <?php } ?>
                                        </div>
                                    <?php endwhile;?>
                                <?php wp_reset_query(); //Reset Query ?>
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