Resetting post query after the first page.

  • Resolved iamharlan

    (@iamharlan)


    12 years ago

    I feel like this should be obvious to me, but maybe I’m just not getting enough sleep.

    I set up a blog where I wanted the first post to display by itself at the top of the page in a different style, then the rest of the posts would be below it in a new section. This is working great, but when I click the navigation for the next page, it just shows that same posts again. How do I have the navigation continue to the next posts like normal, even though I did a query to start the loop?

    Here’s my code.

    <?php $top_query = new WP_Query('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while($top_query->have_posts()) : $top_query->the_post(); ?>

		<article class="post first">
                      //Post Content
		</article><!--post-->

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="content">
	<div class="container">
		<section class="main">

			<?php query_posts('offset=1'); ?>
			<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

				<article class="post">
                                     //Post Content
				</article><!--post-->

			<?php endwhile; ?> 

			<div class="navigation"><h1><?php posts_nav_link('','? Back','More on the next page ?'); ?></h1></div>

		</section><!--main-->
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  • Thread Starter iamharlan

    (@iamharlan)

    Oh, and I understand that I can just put a conditional tag on the first query to only display on the home page, but the second query is still going to start from the offset=1 position. And if I put it in the same conditional tag, the next navigation just starts from the beginning with post 1.

    Thread Starter iamharlan

    (@iamharlan)

    Anyone? Or do you know of a better way to place the first post in a separate div and let the rest flow normally?

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    only one loop, with conditional is_paged();

    example:

    <?php if( !is_paged() ) : the_post(); ?>

		<article class="post first">
                      //Post Content
		</article><!--post-->

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if( have_posts() ) : ?>
<div class="content">
	<div class="container">
		<section class="main">

			<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

				<article class="post">
                                     //Post Content
				</article><!--post-->

			<?php endwhile; ?> 

			<div class="navigation"><h1><?php posts_nav_link('','? Back','More on the next page ?'); ?></h1></div>

		</section><!--main-->
</div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

    (untested)

    Thread Starter iamharlan

    (@iamharlan)

    Brilliant. That worked perfectly. Thanks a ton!

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