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1. 

   dot-brian
   Member

   I am working with cozmoslabs.com Feature Posts function for Thematic...

   I do not know how to call for the post's image so that the feature "box" displays the attached image in the post. Thanks for any help in advance...here is the code:

   function featured_posts(){
   $my_query = new WP_Query('catagory=news&showposts=2');
   echo '<ul id="featured-posts">';
   $feat_class = array();
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
   $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
   $feat_class = array();
   // Category for the post queried
   foreach ( (array) get_the_category() as $cat )
   $feat_class[] = 'category-' . $cat->slug;
   $feat_class = join(" ", $feat_class);
   ?>
   <li id="featured-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php echo $feat_class; ?>">
   <?php
   $posttitle = '<h4><a href="';
   $posttitle .= get_permalink();
   $posttitle .= '" title="';
   $posttitle .= __('Permalink to ', 'thematic') . the_title_attribute('echo=0');
   $posttitle .= '" rel="bookmark">';
   $posttitle .= get_the_title();
   $posttitle .= "</h4>\n";
   echo $posttitle;
   the_excerpt();
   ?>
   <!-- .post -->
   <?php
   endwhile;
   echo '';
   }
   add_action('thematic_belowheader','featured_posts');
   ?>

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   jrobben
   Member

   Hi,
   I am using one of their themes, but I just added smooth slider to the top index widget to create my feature post. works good. see it here www.cookingsalmon.net

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   manlikemalcolm
   Member

   I used this function as well, and it seems to respect the <!-- more--> tag. So if the image is above that tag it will be included.

   I did notice a typo in line 2 of your edited function
   $my_query = new WP_Query('catagory=news&showposts=2');

   "catagory" should be "category"

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   manlikemalcolm
   Member

   I am trying to use this same function to output featured posts on a home page (front-page).

   I basically edited line 2 to include the condition is_front_page())

   while ($my_query->have_posts() & is_front_page()) : $my_query->the_post();

   this keeps the posts tagged with "feature" out of the blog posts on the blog page.

   I am still not outputting any of these featured posts to the front page however. The front page is still using the default template. Do I need to create a template for the front page that calls this function? Or should I just embedded the code in the new template?

   a code sample to get me started would be appreciated.

   Thanks, malcolm

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   manlikemalcolm
   Member

   So I created a custom template for the home page & embedded the Cozmolabs example into that template (removed the function wrapper) and it works great. This code does not seem to respect the <!-- more --> tag however. Can i add this somehow?

   Template code:

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Front Page
   */
   ?>

   <?php get_header() ?>

   <div id="container" class="feature">
   <div id="content">

   <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('tag=featured&showposts=3');
   $feat_class = array();?>

   <?php while ($my_query->have_posts() & is_front_page()) : $my_query->the_post();
   $feat_class = array();
   // Category for the post queried
   foreach ( (array) get_the_category() as $cat )
   $feat_class[] = 'category-' . $cat->slug;
   $feat_class = join(" ", $feat_class);
   ?>
   <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="hentry <?php echo $feat_class; ?>">
   <?php
   $posttitle = '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="';
   $posttitle .= get_permalink();
   $posttitle .= '" title="';
   $posttitle .= __('Permalink to ', 'thematic') . the_title_attribute('echo=0');
   $posttitle .= '" rel="bookmark">';
   $posttitle .= get_the_title();
   $posttitle .= "</h4>\n";
   echo $posttitle;
   the_excerpt();
   ?>
   </div><!-- .post -->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   </div><!-- #content -->
   </div><!-- #container -->

   <?php thematic_sidebar() ?>
   <?php get_footer() ?>

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   manlikemalcolm
   Member

   This code does not seem to respect the <!-- more --> tag however. Can i add this somehow?

   So if you decalre the variable "more" above the header...

   <?php global $more;?>
   <?php get_header() ?>

   and then replace...

   echo $posttitle;
   the_excerpt();

   with the following...

   echo $posttitle; $more = 0;
   the_content('Read More »');

   all is well. :-)

   Thanks, Malcolm

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   dot-brian
   Member

   Thanks for the reply...
   manlikemalcolm...your replacement suggestion works - thanks. My problem is that I am trying to fit it into a smaller box that can't hold the full content so the_excerpt works better here. The page I am trying to duplicate is similar to this - http://teeoffpost.com - in where there are two featured posts at the top of the page. The Cozmoslabs code is perfect but I can't pull the images. What can it seems as simple as inserting code around the

   echo $posttitle;
   the_excerpt();

   lines...but I can't get it. Any thoughts? I've tried TimThumb but couldn't get it to work...

   Thanks for the help

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Try Jutsin Tadlock's get_the_image plugin

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. 

   dot-brian
   Member

   Thanks em hr...get_the_image plugin worked like a charm!

   Posted 2 years ago #

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