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I didn’t know you were supposed to declare a variable globally in the first function!

Thanks a lot ??

How would I do that? I can just do a WP_Query that lists posts that don’t have the meta value but then if in the database there are more “featured” posts than what the user specifies to be displayed in the slider, they will just not appear anywhere.

Well, the thing is, this a theme that will be sold so as a developer, I don’t know how many posts will be set to be displayed on the homepage. That being said, I also don’t know how many featured posts will be set, and of the number that is set, how many will actually have the “featured” meta value.

Thanks, it works now! There’s a side-effect to that though. For example, if in the Settings it’s set to display 5 entries per page, and 3 of those entries are “featured” posts, only 2 entries show up instead of 5 non-featured post showing up.

I’m sure there’s an easy fix to that. Any help?

// 'The Loop' Posts
function com_post() {

	global $post, $posts, $com_posts, $featured_ID;

	if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();

		loop code goes here...

	}

	endwhile;

	endif;

}

// Featured Slider Posts
function com_featured() {

	global $post, $posts, $com_featuredPostsNum;

	$args = array(	'meta_value'=> 'on',
			'meta_key'=> 'featured_value',
			'post_type' => 'post',
			'post_status' => 'publish',
			'posts_per_page' => $com_featuredPostsNum,
			'caller_get_posts'=> 1
		     ); 

	$featured = null; $featured = new WP_Query($args); 

	if ($featured->have_posts()) { 

        while ($featured->have_posts()) : $featured->the_post(); $featured_ID = $post->ID; 

		loop code goes here...

	endwhile;

	} wp_reset_query();

}

How can I exclude the posts displayed in the featured post query from the general Loop? These functions are in functions.php by the way.

Hmm… that didn’t work. After I applied that, nothing showed up at all from the Loop. Any other ideas?

A simpler solution is having a container the size you want. Then inside, create another container that is wide enough to fit the entries with margins. That way, the entries will fit with no hacks, but the original container with whatever background you had will remain the same.

Another question, how can I make it so if the $post->ID of a post in The Loop matches with any of the post ID’s in the featured post Query, it doesn’t display?

Works like a charm! Thanks so much!