Title: Weblog Entry Display Split Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Weblog Entry Display Split * [slippyaah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slippyaah/) * (@slippyaah) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/) * I would like to be able to split the output of my weblog entries so that the first 3 are styled differently. To achieve this I will need to create three different styles for each of the 3 most recent posts but I was just wandering if it was possible to call the weblog entries like this? * So for instance for the most recent entry is it possible to display THE most recent entry only? Then for next one is there an argument to display the second most recent entry only, and for the third? * This is my first play with WordPress so I don’t want to create the style sheets only to find that WordPress doesn’t support the functionality. * Thanks Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584603) * It does, assuming you have the chops to handle a bit of PHP and the necessary css. * Start by getting used to how [The_Loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop) works — it’s where you’ll be making your iteration changes. * You might poke about on themes.wordpress.net and find an existing theme that does what you want or similar (they exist, just not in the majority) and see how they handled The Loop bits. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584604) * Err, I was responding more to your first paragraph. Upon re-reading the second: * > So for instance for the most recent entry is it possible to display THE most > recent entry only? Then for next one is there an argument to display the second > most recent entry only, and for the third? * I’m forced to say, “Huh?” I totally don’t follow what you’re describing. * Thread Starter [slippyaah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slippyaah/) * (@slippyaah) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584614) * HandySolo, * Sorry for the poor description. It sounds right in my head anyway 🙂 * Well imagine a newspaper style layout. You may have one large story at the top( this is you most recent and therefore displayed bigger). Under neath that one I want to have two other “sub stories” in the main column but sitting side by side (smaller than the main). * So the first BIG story will need to have a BIG style and the second story will need to have a float left style and the their story will need to have a float right style. * In CSS this isn’t a problem but I need the functionality to call only the most recent (for the BIG one), then the second most recent (for the sub float left one) and then only the third most recent (for the sub float right) story as opposed to the typical “if stories exist display the 10 most recent” weblog styles. * Hope that explains it a little better 🙂 * By the way you don’t happen to know of a wordpress theme that splits entry display like this do you? It would be hugely helpful to actually see it implemented and then I can chop and change the code from there. * Many thanks * Thread Starter [slippyaah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slippyaah/) * (@slippyaah) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584903) * I take that as a no then?? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584904) * Maybe this: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/91204?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/91204?replies=6) * (I know there are other topics, too… a few months ago I found another one, I just can’t locate it now…) * Thread Starter [slippyaah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slippyaah/) * (@slippyaah) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584944) * Hey Moshu, * Thanks for the reply. The link was pretty helpful and from looking at “The Loop” in more depth I think it should be possible so I’ll give it a go and post back when I have something working. * Cheers Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Weblog Entry Display Split’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [slippyaah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slippyaah/) * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weblog-entry-display-split/#post-584944) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics