How To: Make Home Page show current post in full but not others

Here is some sample code to get you started:

<?php
$paged = (intval(get_query_var('paged'))) ? intval(get_query_var('paged')) : 1;
if ($paged == 1) {
  $my_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=1&caller_get_posts=1');
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) { $my_query->the_post();
    $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
    the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
  }
}
$args = array(
   'paged' => $paged,
   'caller_get_posts' => 1,
);
query_posts($args);
if (have_posts()) {
  echo '<ul>';
  while (have_posts()) { the_post();
    if ($post->ID == $do_not_duplicate) continue; ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php }
  echo '</ul>'; ?>
  <div class="navigation">
    <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
    <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
  </div>
<?php } ?>

Thanks vtxyzzy – but it didn’t do the trick.

Regards,
Martin

What did it do? I tested it in the default theme and it worked.

Did you embed that code (or similar) in the structure of your index.php?

vtxyzzy – thanks, I had a closer look and cleaned up some code and it worked but…

it’s missing the title tag on the main post.

Any way to include the code below.

<span class=”postmeta”><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?></span>
<h2>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

Thanks for all your help,
Martin

I think this is what you want, but it is UNTESTED:

<?php
$paged = (intval(get_query_var('paged'))) ? intval(get_query_var('paged')) : 1;
if ($paged == 1) {
  $my_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=1&caller_get_posts=1');
  if ($my_query->have_posts()) { ?>
     <div class="mainpost">
     <span class="postmeta"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></span>
     <h2>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
     <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) { $my_query->the_post();
       $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
       the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
     }
   }?>
   </div>
<?php }

Hi Everybody, I′m trying to do the same thing,I′m prepared to try this code, but where do I paste it, and do I need to modify it?

The code goes in index.php, or a template file for a page. Exactly where it goes depends on your theme. That is why I did not try to show exactly where to put it.

Please open your own thread if you need more information. If you are using a free theme, post its name and someone will probably take a look. If it is a bought theme, you should contact the provider.