http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/98090#post-488635
That retrieves the *latest day* in which one or more posts occur. It’s likely you don’t want an empty front page until a post for the present day appears. You would put the example code in your template(s) before The Loop, to initialize it.
thanks a lot!
i´ll try this right now!
can´t believe i missed that in my searches
Nope, just didn´t work. It displayed a number only. Maybe k2 functions are messing with that. Looks like i have no luck on this matter 🙁
*sigh*
Let me set up K2 on my local installation and I’ll report back on what you may need to do (if, you know, I find something different).
Ok, possible solution for K2. First, you need to edit K2’s theloop.php template. In there, locate this section:
<?php
/* Check if there are posts */
if ( have_posts() ) {
You want to modify this php tag by slipping in the following just after <?php but before the /* Check if there are posts */ line:
if ( is_home() && !$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) {
$latest = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_date FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date DESC LIMIT 1");
$latest = str_replace('-', '', substr($latest, 0, 10));
query_posts('m=' . $latest . '&showposts=-1');
$wp_query->is_archive = false; $wp_query->is_home = true;
}
——————-
EDIT: Stuck in the $_SERVER[] portion of the if test to deal with that steekin’ archive link/scrollbar. Not perfect though (‘older’ posts rely on standard query/posts_per_page, so it can be off from the home page).
i´m about to try that solution
i´ve been strugling with the loop to find the query on the index and as a result, now i´m nuts 😀
i also got rid of the rolling archives, i don´t need to show posts from older days anymore. so your solution seems perfect for this case!!!
let me try and come again, but thanks A LOT in advance!
it worked like a charm!!!
aahhhhhhhhh what a relief
there´s only one more thing i´d like to do but it will sound like throwing a bomb here. i apologize in advance for such a php newbie question…
now i finally have the index showing all posts from today using your code. and then there comes the loop itself to style and show each post.
can i make it so:
first 3 news
<?php this style (the complete theloop.php one) ?>
next 10 o 15
<?php this style (less stuff than the other) ?>
all others
<?php this style (title only) ?>
maybe it´s some code after
if ( have_posts() ) {
?
Simplest method for accomplishing this is to have a counter tick off at the start of the post loop, something like:
<?php $postcounter++; ?>
Then set your style evaluated against the counter’s value. Again, simplest way is to assign a css class to a PHP variable. Example:
<?php
if( $postcounter <= 3 ) {
$postclass = 'first3';
} elseif( ($postcounter > 3) && ($postcounter <= 13) ) {
$postclass = 'next10';
} else {
$postclass = 'therest';
}
?>
Finally, where the css class needs to appear:
<?php echo $postclass; ?>
You, my friend, are genious.
thanks a lot for your help!
