Like I promised in a previous post, here is the code required to show latest 5 posts followed by 15 more, like on my homepage. You need to edit the index.php template and add 2 sub-loops separated by wp_reset_query(). Simple as that. Here is the entire index.php code (you should be able to pull the entire loop from there):
<?php get_header();?> <div id="content"> <br clear="all" /><br /> <?php if(have_posts()) : ?> <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=5&offset=0'); while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div id="post-<?php the_ID();?>" <?php post_class();?>> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to <?php the_title();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h2> <small><?php the_time('j F Y');?> by <?php the_author();?></small> <div> <div style="float:left; margin-right:8px"><?php echo get_the_image_link(array('Thumbnail','My Thumbnail'),'thumbnail');?></div> <?php the_excerpt('Read more »');?> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> <p>Category: <?php the_category(', ');?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No comments »', '1 comment »', '% comments »');?><br /><?php the_tags(); ?></p> </div> <?php endwhile;?> <?php wp_reset_query();?> <h2>More recent articles</h2> <br /><br /> <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=15&offset=6'); while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div id="post-<?php the_ID();?>" <?php post_class();?>> <p> <strong><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to <?php the_title();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></strong><br /> <small><?php the_time('j F Y');?> by <?php the_author();?></small> </p> </div> <?php endwhile;?> <div> <div><?php next_posts_link(__('« Older Entries','whiskey'));?></div> <div><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer Entries »','youdrunk'));?></div> </div> <?php else : ?> <h2>Not found</h2> <p>No results found.</p> <?php endif;?> </div> <?php get_sidebar();?> <?php get_footer();?>
You may have noticed that I’m using an unsanitized function, get_the_image_link, to show a thumbnail next to each excerpt. I noticed it when copying the code. Still waiting for a new version of Whiskey Air?