Split category posting to homepage?
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On my blog there is currently a header rotating around four featured posts then below just everything else in chronological order (yep thats sorta how a blog works!)
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What I would like to achieve is to maybe split my page up into four sections. I categorise ALL my posts and wondered whether I could feature four smaller posts (of everything in chronological order) but say just under four desired categories.
Hence I may post a load of posts under a certain category – the top of the blog may just feature all from this same category and others being lost way down the page – hence if I have a four way split regardless of what category has had a load of posts anyone visiting would still see a range of variety of posts from my four selected categories.
IE is there any theme that allows you post the latest 4 or 5 posts from within a certain category and post them within the blog (possibily with the top one having a photo!) I dont ask for much!
Ill try and mock up what Im trying to achieve later!
Thanks for reading,
Lee.
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Just been looking through the themes and noticed this one is quite close to what I want to achieve..
http://magazinedemo.wordpress.com/
Can this category featured post be achieved in ANY theme ?
Lee.
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Hi Lee, glad you found a theme that’s close to what you’re looking for.
Can this category featured post be achieved in ANY theme ?
The closest thing I can think of would be using the display posts shortcode:
With a shortcode, you could display up to a certain number of posts in a particular category. Using the shortcode might give you the flexibility you like to use any theme.
For example, this shortcode would give you the most recent 5 posts in the “news” category:
[display-posts category="news" posts_per_page="5"]Let me know how it goes!
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Thanks for replying – rather than upgrade my current blog I decided to launch another brand new blog instead so have been concentrating on that one instead!
It’s only taken me a few hours to set up, change and fill with a few posts and I think im rather proud of what Ive achieved in such a short space.
its all about Graffiti in Cardiff (and beyond) available at http://diffgraff.wordpress.com
im just reading up on the shortcode thing and see whether is what Im after.
Thanks again.
Lee.
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Ah that shortcode malarkey is Godsend! I cant believe Ive never come across it before!
its opened up a brand new world of what we can do within WordPress!
What a little known secret!
Thanks again,
Lee.
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What a great blog about street art! And so glad you like the display-posts shortcode. It’s a powerful thing, hope you have fun with it. :-)
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