Comments on: Adding a “featured” post on your theme

By: Arun | BE Folks

Arun | BE Folks — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:10:33 +0000

my theme has got a default featured posts section. but this article teached me to do it manually.

By: stratos.me » Blog Archive » Small hiccup on the “Featured” post

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:50:26 +0000

[...] few days back i posted on how to create a small place on top of your posts in your theme to keep a featured post there (just like the one running here, as you can see on top of the posts). Validating my blog [...]

By: Gerasimos

Gerasimos — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:50:56 +0000

Thumbs up! Nice little things! Faved

By: Kim Woodbridge | (Anti) Social Development

Kim Woodbridge | (Anti) Social Development — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:43:12 +0000

When I get a chance, I’m going to try this out on my elephants site. I’ve been using the sticky plugin to keep my “featured” post on top but I would much rather use a code solution.

Thanks!

By: stratosg

stratosg — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:05:03 +0000

@Raju That is exactly what you need to do. I chose to define the function within the index.php but you can do it in any file. Just make sure it is included. Before the loop you can add the small div to have the featured post stand out. As for the other post i guess it was just a co-incidence If you still have problems please copy-paste your index.php file on pastebin or any place you like, i’ll have a look and put up a corrected version that you can test out.

By: Raju

Raju — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:34:54 +0000

Someone must have got “inspired” looking at your post
Bumped across this post which was written just a few minutes back
http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-make-your-new-posts-stands-out

By: Raju

Raju — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:12:16 +0000

went through your post again What I understood is we can place the actual function in some file (like functions.php – many themes have it) and import it in index.php (or home.php) and call the function just before the loop starts? Please correct me if I am wrong

By: stratosg

stratosg — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:52:27 +0000

@Raju The code i am refering there is the php function. That has to be pasted on the far end of the index.php. The other chunk that is the div for the featured post will be pasted where you want it to appear. I suggest just before the loop before the line i say. If you still have problem come back!

By: Raju

Raju — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:43:18 +0000

I was with you till this line – “All you need to do is copy paste this on the end of the index.php file”. Most of the times, index.php ends with div for content. Rae we supposed to add your code within that div? If you can tell where exactly you would like it to be placed, it will be more helpful!