Making a post Sticky, has it showing up twice

(@wpfiend)

14 years, 3 months ago

Hi. Thanx for the response.

I am using the theme called “Ships Ahoy!”

And this is the code for home.php.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content"><!-- begin content -->

<h2 class="title">Latest Ramblings</h2>

<div class="home"><!-- begin home -->

		<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); // this shows the latest post you have written ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<h3>by <?php the_author() ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | Filed under: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></h3>
				<div class="entry">
					<?php the_content('continue reading'); ?>
				</div>
			<?php if (function_exists('the_tags')) { the_tags('<p>Tags: ', ', ', '</p>'); } ?>
			<?php edit_post_link('[edit]', '<p class="edit">', '</p>'); ?>
		</div>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
</div><!-- end home -->

<div class="spacer"></div> <!-- the hr below the first post -->

<div class="recentposts"><!-- begin recent posts -->

		<?php query_posts("offset=1"); // you can chage how many posts are shown through your WordPress dashboard = settings = reading ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="repost" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<!--		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<p class="repostmetadata"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?><br/>
    	<?php if(function_exists("the_tags")) the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?></p>
-->
		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<h3>by <?php the_author() ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | Filed under: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></h3>
				<div class="entry">
					<?php the_content('continue reading'); ?>
				</div>
			<?php if (function_exists('the_tags')) { the_tags('<p>Tags: ', ', ', '</p>'); } ?>
			<?php edit_post_link('[edit]', '<p class="edit">', '</p>'); ?>

		</div>
		<?php endwhile; ?>

</div><!-- end recent posts-->

</div> <!-- end begin content -->

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/left.php");?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/right.php");?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Any ideas.

Thanx again,

–wpf.

(@gjames)

Yes, your theme shows the post and recent posts, that is why it appears twice. You have to exclude sticky post from recent post.

Thread Starter

(@wpfiend)

So I can NEVER use the Sticky Post feature as it will ALWAYS display the same post twice???

Can I not change the code that I have included above, to get me where I want….???

–wpf.

(@gjames)

You can use sticky post. As I mentioned before you have to exclude sticky posts from recent posts. – exclude sticky posts from second loop.

Thread Starter

(@wpfiend)

Gisha James:

I have no idea how to do this. What I want is if I have made a post sticky that it be NOT included when the other posts are being shown after the sticky post. I don’t want the sticky post displayed twice.

Here is the code to home.php.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content"><!-- begin content -->

<h2 class="title">Latest Ramblings</h2>

<div class="home"><!-- begin home -->

		<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); // this shows the latest post you have written ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<h3>by <?php the_author() ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | Filed under: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></h3>
				<div class="entry">
					<?php the_content('continue reading'); ?>
				</div>
			<?php if (function_exists('the_tags')) { the_tags('<p>Tags: ', ', ', '</p>'); } ?>
			<?php edit_post_link('[edit]', '<p class="edit">', '</p>'); ?>
		</div>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div><!-- end home -->

<div class="spacer"></div> <!-- the hr below the first post -->

<div class="recentposts"><!-- begin recent posts -->

		<?php query_posts("offset=1"); // you can chage how many posts are shown through your WordPress dashboard = settings = reading ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<div class="repost" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<p class="repostmetadata">by <?php the_author() ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | Filed under: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?><br/>
    	<?php if(function_exists("the_tags")) the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?></p>
		<?php the_content('continue reading'); ?> <!-- Added to include the FULL post -->
		<?php edit_post_link('[edit]', '<p class="edit">', '</p>'); ?>

		</div>
		<?php endwhile; ?>

</div><!-- end recent posts-->

</div> <!-- end begin content -->

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/left.php");?>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/right.php");?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Can you please help??

Thanx,

–wpf.

(@gjames)

In the second loop, replace the existing query_posts(“offset=1”); with

$args =array(“post__not_in” =>get_option(“sticky_posts”),
‘offset’=>1);
query_posts($args);

Thread Starter

(@wpfiend)

That was it!!!!!

Thank you so much for your time.

Warm Regards,

–wpf.

flowerpowermeg

(@flowerpowermeg)

13 years, 9 months ago

Can you please help me as well with code changes to make sure sticky posts don’t come twice? I have exactly same problem and I am not that great at code changes. My theme is albizia and sticky posts keep coming twice.
My home.php code is :
<?php get_header();extract(itx_get_option(‘front’));?>
<div id=”main” class=”wrap”>
<div id=”mainwrap”>
<div id=”content”>
<div id=”contentpad”>
<div id=”contentwrap”>
<?php
$column=itx_get_option(‘front’,’column’);
if (!is_paged()){
itx_sidebar(‘name=innertop’);
if ($type==’fe’||$type==’fl’){
if (have_posts()){itx_home_title();the_post(); itx_content(‘featured’);}
if ($wp_query->post_count<2) $nosearch=1;
}
}

if ($type==’fe’||$type==’fl’){
if(!get_option(‘sticky_posts’)){
$paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1;
$offset=’&offset=’.(($paged-1)*get_query_var(‘posts_per_page’)+1);
} else $offset=’&caller_get_posts=1′;
query_posts($query_string.$offset);
}

if (have_posts()) {
if (!($type==’fe’||$type==’fl’)||is_paged()){itx_home_title();}
if ($type==’fl’) echo ‘<div class=”linepostwrap”>’;
$i=0;
while (have_posts()) {
the_post();
if ($type==’traditional’) itx_single_content(‘singlepost’);
elseif ($type==’fl’) itx_line_content(‘linepost’);
else {
$i++;
$postwrap=ceil($i/$column);
itx_content(‘posts postwrap-‘.$postwrap);
}
}
if ($type==’fl’) echo ‘</div>’;
} elseif (empty($nosearch)) itx_notfound();

?>
<div class=”clear”></div>
<?php if (!is_paged()){itx_sidebar(‘name=innerbottom’);}?>
</div>
<div class=”clear”></div>
<div id=”navi”>
<?php wp_pagenavi();?>
</div>
</div>
</div> <!–/content–>
<?php itx_sidebar(‘name=sidebar&pos=left’);itx_sidebar(‘name=sidebar&pos=right’);?>
</div>
</div> <!–/main–>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

wpbless

(@wpbless)

13 years, 9 months ago

Where is the file that Gisha and WP fiend are discussing?

I believe it’s the home.php file.

Which I can’t find in my wp-admin, wp-content-, wp-includes folders.

I’ve found files are sometimes concealed on my server by some setting at the hosting company. Maybe that’s why.

But can anybody point me to the right file for excluding sticky posts from recent posts?

Many thanks!