Sticky post style

no, you just need to put your sticky post in your div,
Place the following code just before the loop:

<div class="postUp">
<?php
	$sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');
	rsort( $sticky );
	$sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 5);
        query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );
?>
</div>

This code will retrieve the 5 most recent sticky posts. To change the number of retrieved posts, just change the 5 by the desired value on line 4.

Wow thanks! Rochsid. I’ve bookmarked this page.

That is a great little piece of code. I have had trouble with this myself.

I have no idea how to style my stickies, and I think my code is calling up stickies as well as calling for them not to display.

My stickies don’t show any separation between title and body of post.

How do I post my code for help with the other issue?

This is very useful!3Q

website is https://www.bergencountynaacp.com/

<?php
/*
Template Name: Home
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>
	<div class="main">

<!--<?php query_posts(array('post__in'=>get_option('sticky_posts'))); ?>-->

    <?php
    /* Get all sticky posts */
    $sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );

    /* Sort the stickies with the newest ones at the top */
    rsort( $sticky );

    /* Get the 5 newest stickies (change 5 for a different number) */
    $sticky = array_slice( $sticky, 0, 5 );

    /* Query sticky posts */
    query_posts( array( 'post__in' => $sticky, 'caller_get_posts' => 1 ) );

if (have_posts()) :
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
        the_title();
        the_excerpt();
    endwhile;
endif;

?>

<?php

if (is_page() ) {
$category = get_post_meta($posts[0]->ID, 'category', true);
}
if ($category) {
  $cat = get_cat_ID($category);
  $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
  $post_per_page = 4; // -1 shows all posts
  $do_not_show_stickies = 0; // 0 to show stickies, 1 to not show
  $args=array(
    'category__in' => array($cat),
    'orderby' => 'date',
    'order' => 'DESC',
    'paged' => $paged,
    'posts_per_page' => $post_per_page,
    'caller_get_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies
  );
  $temp = $wp_query;  // assign orginal query to temp variable for later use
  $wp_query = null;
  $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
  if( have_posts() ) :  while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
	    <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
        <small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
        <div class="entry">
          <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry ?'); ?>
        </div>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments ?', '1 Comment ?', '% Comments ?'); ?></p>
      </div>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <div class="navigation">
      <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('? Older Entries') ?></div>
      <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries ?') ?></div>
    </div>
  <?php else : ?>

		<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
		<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
		<?php get_search_form(); ?>

	<?php endif; 

	$wp_query = $temp;  //reset back to original query

}  // if ($category)
?>

	</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Actually, I found the fix to my missing styles and added appropriate code. Now, I need help cleaning up the rest of my code.

Two issues I can spot:

1) I have two loops. Do I need two – probably not, if no, what do I delete?

2) Regular post is not appearing under stickies (as expected) area on home page. How do I get regular posts to appear?