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Last post: 2 years, 10 months ago | Thread started: Aug 23, 10, 8:03 a.m.

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• hans_glib

  I rather rashly (as it turns out) agreed to help my daughter put her blog together... I thought it would be quite straightforward - find a WP theme and feck about with the CSS.

  But no.

  She wants the home page to have three columns - with each column for a different post category/subject - see below:

  

  Digging around on teh interweb I found a tut (http://www.cre8d-design.com/200... that says this requires multiple loops. I can just about get my head around this but now I have fallen into a spiked pit of php (the codex page on multiple loops...) and I have no idea what the feck I am doing...

  The code I have put together can be seen here:

  http://www.thenewcow.com/qoobeen…

  Are any of you php Heroes out there able to have a quick look and tell me if this reads ok?

  Ta ever so

  Aug 23, 10, 8:03 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  you can't use query_posts multiple times on the same page. query_posts is for modifying the main loop on a page with new parameters. for the second and third loops, you have to create new queries...

  $my_second_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=music&posts_per_p... );
  while ($my_second_query->have_posts()) : $my_second_query->the_post();
  // loop stuff
  endwhile; endif;

  $my_third_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name=live&posts_per_pa... );
  while ($my_third_query->have_posts()) : $my_third_query->the_post();
  // loop stuff
  endwhile; endif;

  • i have no idea what any of that means but thanks very much - i'll give it a go– hans_glib

  

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  Dog-earAug 23, 10, 8:46 a.m. – Permalink

• FallowDeer

  im no wordpress master but I managed to get different loops working on this site http://www.ladybehave.com/blog/ using post query

  But I think it is better using the above method

  • it's possible in some cases, but some global variables don't get reset and plugins that rely on the loop will break– acescence1/2

    Yea I wouldnt use my method if I was releasing a downloadable theme no way– FallowDeer2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 23, 10, 8:52 a.m. – Permalink

• hans_glib

  OK that all works really well, thanks acescence.

  got another one for you... how to make WP generate a thumbnail of an image used in a post, and add it to the excerpt on the home page. I tried the "Thumbnails For Excerpts" plugin but can't seem to get it to respond properly. Any other ideas? Currently I'm on the prowl for a theme that might have this functionality built in, but any help would be much appreciated.

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 10, 12:33 a.m. – Permalink

• kodap

  You will need to add few lines of code in the file "functions.php" , and then call that function where //loop stuff is.
  I'll give you an example:

  http://kodap.com/qbn/example_thu…

  • this function will use the first thumbnail sized image you have uploaded to your post's gallery - it's automatic– kodap1/2

    brilliant! thanks so much– hans_glib2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 10, 3:56 a.m. – Permalink

• meffid

  It would be faster to custom build this whole site than use wordpress.

  • you're telling me. but i don't have the capabilities or cash– hans_glib1/6

    and at least i'm learning a lot about wordpress...– hans_glib2/6

    faster to custom build a whole admin back end? that's ridiculous. maybe just a static page, but that's pretty useless for his purposes.– acescence3/6

    i meant it would be faster for someone clever to build it from scratch than me struggle with WP– hans_glib4/6

    but thanks to you and kodap it's looking and working ok so far– hans_glib5/6

    hey, give yourself some credit man! I think you've still got a head start, you can do it!– acescence6/6

  

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  Dog-earAug 24, 10, 9:22 a.m. – Permalink