Forums

LaurelBrittany

I'm trying to figure out how to have a latest post blog loop on every page in my footer. This is my theme: http://lwebdesigns.net/blog/. How do you make a loop for the blog content on every page?

This is the code I am using:

Footer:

<div class="fourcolumn">
	<h2>Latest Post</h2>
	<?php if ( ! have_posts() ) : ?>  
        <h1>Not Found</h1>  
            <p>Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post</p>  
<?php endif; ?>  
  
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>  
 
       <div class="lp-dates"><?php the_time('M <br /> j') ?></div>

                <div class="latest-post"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_teaser', 'wpe_excerptmore'); ?></a><div class="dash-divider"></div></div>  

<?php endwhile; ?>  
</div>

Functions:

<?php function wpe_excerptlength_teaser($length) {
    return 8;
}
function wpe_excerptlength_index($length) {
    return 30;
}
function wpe_excerptmore($more) {
    return '...';
} ?></blockquote>

TheDoc

You'll need to query the posts to make sure that only one shows up:

<?php query_posts( 'posts_per_page=1' ); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
	<!-- post -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
	<!-- post navigation -->
<?php else: ?>
	<!-- no posts found -->
<?php endif; ?>

LaurelBrittany

This just creates errors when I put the first two lines in the place of the original. If I copy this in instead of my loop it does nothing.

LaurelBrittany

Also, I just want posts from the blog feed. Does this only pull posts from the blog feed?

TheDoc

<div class="fourcolumn">
        <h2>Latest Post</h2>

        <?php query_posts( 'posts_per_page=1' ); ?>
        <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
                <div class="lp-dates"><?php the_time('M <br /> j') ?></div>

                <div class="latest-post"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_teaser', 'wpe_excerptmore'); ?></a><div class="dash-divider"></div></div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
                
        <?php else: ?>
                <h1>Not Found</h1>  
        
                <p>Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post</p> 
        <?php endif; ?>
</div>

LaurelBrittany

You're a genius! <3

treehouse : what would you like to learn today?

Forums

WordPress Blog Loop in Footer