Wordpress question

12 years ago

The easiest way would be this:

1. Under Settings > Reading, choose a page to act as your "Front page".

2. Leave the "Posts page" field blank

3. Create a custom menu under Appearance > Menus

4. Choose your "Content" category from the list of categories on the left side (check the box under the top right "Screen Options" tab if you don't see it) and add it to your menu.

5. Change the new menu item's label to read "Blog" instead of "Content".

Now people will click the "Blog" item on your menu, and when they do they'll be taken to an area that shows only your "Content" category posts.

Thanks
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dylan151

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kezz

The easiest way would be this:

1. Under Settings > Reading, choose a page to act as your "Front page".

2. Leave the "Posts page" field blank

3. Create a custom menu under Appearance > Menus

4. Choose your "Content" category from the list of categories on the left side (check the box under the top right "Screen Options" tab if you don't see it) and add it to your menu.

5. Change the new menu item's label to read "Blog" instead of "Content".

Now people will click the "Blog" item on your menu, and when they do they'll be taken to an area that shows only your "Content" category posts.

Thanks I'll look into that. Will that keep the other post page (which is my front/home page) intact?

Thanks

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tarif

12 years ago

Yes, like Kezz said, if you have followed the above procedure there you must have a separate category for "Content" (labeled as blog) should only be used for seperate blog page. Also you must exclude this category for homepage posts (Select specified category/categories instead of all category or only exclude "content" category). Hope this will solve your problem.

Thanks

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dylan151

12 years ago

Okay. I tried doing the method posted above, but didn't think it worked for me.

I created a php file called content with this code:

Code:

<?php /* Template Name: Content */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

    <div id="contentleft">
    
        <div class="postarea">
    
        <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/breadcrumb.php");?>
            
            <?php query_posts('category_name=content'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a>
<?php endwhile; ?>
        
            
            
                
        </div>
        
    </div>
    
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar.php");?>
        
</div>

<?php // The main column ends  ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

This makes a page that will only show posts with category content. The only problem is that it only shows the post's title with no preview. How can I fix this? I used the page.php for this file.

Thanks
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lazypuppy

12 years ago

Originally Posted by dylan151

Okay. I tried doing the method posted above, but didn't think it worked for me.

I created a php file called content with this code:

Code:

<?php /* Template Name: Content */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

    <div id="contentleft">
    
        <div class="postarea">
    
        <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/breadcrumb.php");?>
            
            <?php query_posts('category_name=content'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a>
<?php endwhile; ?>
        
            
            
                
        </div>
        
    </div>
    
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar.php");?>
        
</div>

<?php // The main column ends  ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

This makes a page that will only show posts with category content. The only problem is that it only shows the post's title with no preview. How can I fix this? I used the page.php for this file.

After

Code:

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a>

and before

Code:

<?php endwhile; ?>

add this

Code:

<?php the_excerpt() ?>

This will show the excerpt of each post.

Thanks
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dylan151

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lazypuppy

After

Code:

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a>

and before

Code:

<?php endwhile; ?>

add this

Code:

<?php the_excerpt() ?>

This will show the excerpt of each post.

Thanks!
Can I make the excerpt longer or can I include thumbnails?

Thanks
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lazypuppy 12 years ago

Originally Posted by dylan151

Thanks!
Can I make the excerpt longer or can I include thumbnails?

To make the excerpt longer:
Function Reference/the excerpt « WordPress Codex

You can also change [...] string in the excerpt:
Function Reference/the excerpt « WordPress Codex
- Thanks
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