Comments on: Improve your Recent Posts

By: Steve Bruner

Steve Bruner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:17:23 +0000

Wish there was a Preview button….

By: Steve Bruner

Steve Bruner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:16:30 +0000

whoop! Let's try that again:


ID;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=1&category_name=featured&exclude='.$postid);
foreach($myposts as $post) :  
?> 
Featured Article:

By: Steve Bruner

Steve Bruner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:12:35 +0000

Sarah,

Thank you for your help. With a few edits, I was able to create a great featured area. Here's the code if anyone else needs it:


ID;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=1&category_name=featured&exclude='.$postid);  
foreach($myposts as $post) :  
?>

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:48:15 +0000

Sarah, Thank you very much for this wonderful tip. I will implement this. I noticed this feature when i was reading rarst blog. I found this link from him.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:56:40 +0000

Hi Steve, what you'll need to do is check the category ID of the single post against the ID of your featured category. If they match then don't display the featured article details.

The code you need is above but let me know if you're not sure how to approach it.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:06:46 +0000

Sarah,

Everytime I have an issue I Google it, and your website comes up!

This is a great article. I'd like to add a tweak.

I have a category called "Featured" that allows me to feature and article on the front page… essentially a sticky. When you go to a Single post, I show the feature article below the Single post to encourage clicking.

Here's the question: I don't want to show the featured article under the single post when the single post IS the featured article.

Thank you !

Steve

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:16:08 +0000

Thanks much Sarah, I've downloaded it and will send the files to Andy (commentluv creator) for verification. I'll let you know how it goes.

It does say compatible up to 2.3, but I trust you have already installed it on a higher blog.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:07:07 +0000

Dennis, changing your plugin is the easiest solution. I don't know what is compatible with Comment Luv however the plugin I use is at http://blog.jodies.de/archiv/2004/11/13/recent-co... which will allow you to control it a lot more and remove names if you wish.

By: Laura-Whateverebay

Laura-Whateverebay — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:17:39 +0000

This is great tutorial, I just changed my theme and need to fix some bugs lol….. This is great information, I can use for my other blogs.

By: Bernard@Chester NJ P

Bernard@Chester NJ P — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:44:12 +0000

What a nice post! Thank you so much for the advice and ideas that I found here that I might use.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:43:16 +0000

OK it appears the only edits I can make within my plugin are Title and Comment Count, not names….any suggestions?

I'm not adverse to switching plugins (as long as it stays compatible with CommentLuv) but I would really rather not hack the core code…..if this is necessary, please be as explicit, yet simple as possible. LOL

By: SEO Strategies

SEO Strategies — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:26 +0000

Good post, Now I am thinking to follow your ideas for my blog.

By: ilahiler dinle

ilahiler dinle — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:18:34 +0000

It is realy super…

thanks

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:02:28 +0000

Hi Dennis,

Recent comments are usually managed by a plugin so there would be a different solution for each plugin. However, I know for my own recent comments plugin I change the template under the settings to control what is displayed, similar to what Kevin suggested.

By: Kevin Muldoon

Kevin Muldoon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:12:11 +0000

Very nice mod Sarah. I think I will remove the current post from the listing but leave them all on the home page.

Dennis – I'm sure a few recent comment plugins allow you to do this in the plugin settings. Not sure if you have hard coded it though.