Comments on: Multiple Loops on your Main Page – Why and How

By: MorseFire

MorseFire — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:20:06 +0000

hm … well … i wander if you have a chance to read the source code somewhere!? cause it just got eaten up by wp …

By: MorseFire

MorseFire — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:17:55 +0000

hi, it's me ... again. i discovered another problem. do you have any idea why my comments aren't working?


                     
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hope you know what to do. thanks

By: MorseFire

MorseFire — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:55:21 +0000

BTW, maybe that helps http://www.maxblogpress.com/plugins/dppp/use/

By: MorseFire

MorseFire — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:52:24 +0000

hi there,

great article! i was wandering though if (or how) it is possible to add pagination to the query posts?

thanks

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:02:30 +0000

[...] Multiple Loops on your Main Page – Why and How | WordPress Modder I wanted two loops, the first showing one post from a selected category, and the other looping through all posts while excluding the previously displayed post. [...]

By: WordPress Modder

WordPress Modder — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:46:46 +0000

Hi Marian,

The short answer to your question is no, this is completely different from what you are trying to achieve.

Now the long answer…

What you’re describing is the “the_excerpt” function in the WP world, as opposed to a function named “the_content”.

When you look at your main blog page, the code that is displaying your posts is displaying “the_content”. That’s why you are seeing the entire post.

Now, if the code used to display your posts used “the_excerpt” function instead, you would see short summaries of your posts.

You can force individual posts to use “the_excerpt” by inserting the “More” tag after the first couple of lines of your post. Also, some themes have this built in, some don’t.

You go here for some further information:
http://www.sidelinestream.com/blogging/wordpress-excerpts.php

…and here’s a cool plugin I found for you…
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/homepage-excerpts-wordpress-plugin/

Hope that helps. Feel free to use the contact tab if you need more in-depth assistance.

By: Marian Mccanless

Marian Mccanless — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:14:47 +0000

Is this the same as having snippets of numerous post on the home page? They may be in different categories but I want the visitor to the home page to be able to read a small part of each post. Thanks Marian Mccanlesss last blog post..Happy New Year!

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:39:30 +0000

I explained a bit better in the wordpress forum and figured out what I needed (which was basically what your post provides) — http://wordpress.org/support/topic/165447?replies=4. Thanks!

By: WordPress Modder

WordPress Modder — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:14:01 +0000

Hi Erik, and thanks for commenting, I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking.

Can you try and rephrase you’re question and let us know what you’d like to accomplish? Then we can work backwards from your goal and find the parts to give you a solution.

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:47:46 +0000

I actually meant to ask how to pull in blog posts IN ADDITION TO a page post all within one page template?